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EIV#4
vocabulary #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acrimonious | Caustic, Bitter (adj) |
| Admonish | To scold, warn (v) |
| Clandestine | Hidden, secret (adj) |
| Concur | Agree (v) |
| Construe | To interpret (v) |
| Culprit | One who commits a crime (n) |
| Distraught | Harassed (adj) |
| Duplicity | Double-dealing (n) |
| Duress | Force, coercion (n) |
| Egregious | Outstanding for undesirable quality (adj) |
| Elicit | Extract (v) |
| Ethics | Moral philosophy (n) |
| Flagrant | Notorious (adj) |
| Impunity | Exemption (n) |
| Inane | Silly (adj) |
| Inexorable | Cannot be moved by persuasion, inflexible (adj) |
| Paucity | Shortage (n) |
| Pernicious | Damaging, harmful (adj) |
| Rampant | Flourishing (adj) |
| Tolerate | To permit, to put up with (v) |
| Stock in trade | The necessary equipment |
| To take down a peg | To humiliate |
| Pass the buck | To refuse to take responsibility |
| To honize a person | To idolize |