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Mrs. Musick Vocab Week Five
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8th Grade
11/07/2014
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acrimonious
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caustic, bitter
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admonish
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to scold, warn
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clandestine
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hidden, secret
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concur
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agree
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construe
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to interpret
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culprit
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one who commits a crime
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distraught
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harassed
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duplicity
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double-dealing
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duress
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force, coercion
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egregious
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outstanding for an undesirable quality
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elicit
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extract
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ethics
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moral philosophy
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flagrant
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notorious
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impunity
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exemption
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inane
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silly
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inexorable
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not motivated by persuasion
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paucity
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shortage
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pernicious
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damaging, harmful
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rampant
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flourishing
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tolerate
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to permit, to put up with
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stock in trade
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the necessary equipment
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to take down a peg
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to humiliate
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pass the buck
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to refuse to take responsibility
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to lionize a person
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idolize
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