VOCABULARY week 5

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FLAGRANT
Parking in front of a hydrant is flagrant violation of the city's law.
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outrageous, glaringly bad
ADMONISH
I suspect my father will admonish me for coming late.
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to warn, to reprove
DURESS
The confession was signed under duress, the attorney claimed.
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compulsion, force
CULPRIT
The culprit was caught with his fingers in the cookie jar.
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the guilty person
INEROXABLE
Television detectives are ineroxable in their pursuit of lawbreakers.
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inflexible, unrelenting
RAMPANT
When the plague was rampant on the island, Dr. Arrowsmith's wife died.
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going unchecked, widespread
INANE
Orville Wright was criticized for his inane desire to fly.
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foolish
ETHICS
A special management comittee was asked to investigate business ethics.
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code of principles
CONCUR
If I can get my parents to concur, I will join the Peace Corps.
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agree
CLANDESTINE
The spies thought their meeting was a clandestine one, but a throng of F.B.I. agents gathered outside the building.
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secret, undercover
EGREGORIOUS
The bank teller's egregorious error was difficult to correct.
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remarkably bad
DISTRAUGHT
The soldiers were distrought to learn that their furloughs had been canceled.
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mentally confused, crazed
DUPLICITY
They were accused of duplicity in their dealings with both sides.
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cunning, trickery
ACRIMONIOUS
We tried to ignore her acrimonious comments, but that took considerable restraint.
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bitter
PAUCITY
Although it was a creative writting class, the teacher complained about the paucity of talent there.
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scarcity
ELICIT
They were able to elicit the support of the public.
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to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction
PERNICIOUS
The cuts in government funding have had a pernicious effect on local health services.
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harmful, causing injury
TOLERATE
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to put up with, to bear
CONSTRUE
Any change in plan would be construed as indecision.
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to make deduction, to infer
IMPUNITY
Criminal gangs are terrorizing the city with impunity.
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freedom from punishment

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