1. rampant going unchecked; widespread H1NI vaccinations should stop the rampant spread of the virus. 5 th Week/1 st Day

2. inane foolish Our argument over the movie was inane. 5 th Week/1 st Day

3. ethics code of principles My personal ethics will not permit me to cheat on the test. 5 th Week/1 st Day

4. concur agree I concur with your decision to attend college. 5 th Week/1 st Day

5. clandestine secret, undercover After a few clandestine meetings, they were able to plan the surprise party. 5 th Week/1 st Day

6. stock in trade the goods, tools, and other requisites of a profession A quick wit and a warm smile were the salesman’s stock in trade.

7. flagrant outrageous; glaringly bad Exceeding the speed limit by 30 miles per hour is a flagrant violation of traffic laws. 5 th Week/ 2 nd Day

8. admonish to warn; reprove After giving me a speeding ticket, the officer admonished me to slow down. 5 th Week/2 nd Day

9. duress compulsion, force The student completed his senior project under duress. 5 th Week/2 nd Day

10. culprit the guilty person The manager caught the culprit who had broken into his store. 5 th Week/ 2 nd Day

11. inexorable inflexible, unrelenting Many current high school seniors have an inexorable goal- to graduate in May 2010. 5 th Week/2 nd Day

12. to take down a peg to take the conceit out of a braggart The alumni thought they had a great basketball team, but our varsity took them down a peg.

13. egregious remarkably bad Stealing from the elderly blind woman was an egregious act. 5 th Week/3 rd Day

14. distraught mentally confused, crazed The young mother was distraught when her toddler was lost in the department store. 5 th Week/3 rd Day

15. duplicity cunning, trickery The con men used duplicity to take money from the elderly couple. 5 th Week/3 rd Day

16. acrimonious bitter The famous couple’s divorce was especially acrimonious because it involved a child. 5 th Week/3 rd Day

17. paucity scarcity The soup kitchen is trying to address the paucity of food among the residents of that neighborhood. 5 th Week/3 rd Day

18. To pass the buck to evade responsibility He always gives me a straight answer and never tries to pass the

19. elicit to draw forth The patient teacher tried to elicit an answer from the reluctant student. 5 th Week/4 th Day

20. pernicious harmful, causing injury Plants that are destructive to other plants are sometimes called pernicious weeds. 5 th Week/4 th Day

21. tolerate to put up with, to bear I will not tolerate disrespectful behavior. 5 th Week/4 th Day

22. construe to make a deduction; infer He construed her throwing his clothes out the window as a sign that his wife wanted him to leave. 5 th Week/4 th Day

23. impunity freedom from punishment The corrupt sheriff allowed his brother to steal from others with impunity. 5 th Week/ 4 th Day

24. To lionize a person to make a big fuss over someone When the famous poet Dylan Thomas visited the United States, he was lionized wherever he lectured.