Week 5

1.     Acrimonious (adj) – caustic; bitter

2.     Admonish (v) – to scold/warn

3.     Clandestine (adj) – hidden/secret

4.     Concur (v) – to agree

5.     Construe (v) – to interpret

6.     Culprit (n) – one who commits a crime

7.     Distraught (adj) – upset; confused; agitated

8.     Duplicity (n) – double dealing; deceit

9.     Duress (n) – stress; force; coercion

10.            Egregious (adj) – remarkably bad

11.            Elicit (v) – to draw out; extract

12.            Ethics (n) – moral philosophy

13.            Flagrant (adj) – obvious; blatantly wrong

14.            Impunity (n) - exemption

15.            Inane (adj) - silly

16.            Inexorable (adj) – inflexible; unmoved by persuasion

17.            Paucity (n) – a lack of; shortage

18.            Pernicious (adj) – damaging; harmful

19.            Rampant (adj) – widespread; flourishing

20.            Tolerate (v) – to permit