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Vocab Week 5

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

acrimonious

a)

silly

b)

caustic, bitter

c)

notorious

2.

admonish

a)

to permit, put up with

b)

to interpret

c)

to scold, warn

3.

clandestine

a)

hidden, secret

b)

flourishing

c)

caustic, bitter

4.

concur

a)

to scold, warn

b)

agree

c)

to interpret

5.

construe

a)

to permit, put up with

b)

agree

c)

to interpret

6.

culprit

a)

one who commits a crime

b)

moral philosophy

c)

exemption

7.

distraught

a)

force, coercion

b)

harassed

c)

silly

8.

duplicity

a)

double-dealing

b)

flourishing

c)

harassed

9.

duress

a)

double-dealing

b)

force, coercion

c)

exemption

10.

egregious

a)

outstanding for undesirable quality

b)

hidden, secret

c)

double-dealing

11.

elicit

a)

extract

b)

to interpret

c)

agree

12.

ethics

a)

moral philosophy

b)

one who commits a crime

c)

shortage

13.

flagrant

a)

harassed

b)

notorious

c)

silly

14.

impunity

a)

exemption

b)

notorious

c)

shortage

15.

inane

a)

silly

b)

caustic, bitter

c)

flourishing

16.

inexorable

a)

cannot be moved by persuasion, inflexible

b)

silly

c)

harassed

17.

paucity

a)

silly

b)

exemption

c)

shortage

18.

pernicious

a)

damaging, harmful

b)

cannot be moved by persuasion, inflexible

c)

harassed

19.

rampant

a)

flourishing

b)

damaging, harmful

c)

double-dealing

20.

tolerate

a)

extract

b)

cannot be moved by persuasion, inflexible

c)

to permit, to put up with

21.

stock in trade

a)

double-dealing

b)

moral philosophy

c)

the necessary equipment

22.

to take down a peg

a)

to scold, warn

b)

to permit, put up with

c)

to humiliate

23.

pass the buck

a)

to refuse to take responsibility

b)

to interpret

c)

to permit, put up with

24.

to lionize a person

a)

to idolize

b)

to humiliate

c)

to refuse to take responsibility