5th Week Words

It is four hours and counting to upload Grace, Ramzi, Ryan, and Sara's group performance, and, as my flight leaves for Jordan shortly, I will not have time to finish it now. Rest assured, I will put them up when I return. I hope everyone will have a great vacation. Don't spend too much time studying, but don't spend too little either.
Mr. Smith

5th Week Words:
ac⋅ri⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous –adjective
caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.: an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.
ac'ri•mo'ni•ous•ly adv., ac'ri•mo'ni•ous•ness n.

ad⋅mon⋅ish –verb (used with object)
1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
2. to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner: The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.
ad•mon'ish•er n., ad•mon'ish•ing•ly adv., ad•mon'ish•ment n.

clan⋅des⋅tine –adjective
characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
clan•des'tine•ly adv., clan•des'tine•ness, clan'des•tin'i•ty n.

con⋅cur –verb (used without object), -curred, -cur⋅ring.
1. to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
2. to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated: Members of both parties concurred.

con⋅strue verb, -strued, -stru⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
2. to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer: He construed her intentions from her gestures.
–noun
7. the act of construing.
con•stru'al n.

cul⋅prit –noun
1. a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.

dis⋅traught –adjective
1. distracted; deeply agitated.
2. mentally deranged; crazed.

du⋅plic⋅i⋅ty –noun, plural -ties for 1.
1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing.

du⋅ress –noun
1. compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.

e⋅gre⋅gious –adjective
1. extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
e•gre'gious•ly adv., e•gre'gious•ness n.

e⋅lic⋅it –verb (used with object)
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: to elicit the truth; to elicit a response with a question.
e•lic'i•ta'tion n., e•lic'i•tor n.

eth⋅ics –plural noun
1. (used with a singular or plural verb ) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics.

fla⋅grant –adjective
1. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
2. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.
fla'gran•cy, fla'grance n., fla'grant•ly adv.

im⋅pu⋅ni⋅ty –noun
1. exemption from punishment.
2. immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action.

in⋅ane –adjective
1. lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions.
2. empty; void.
–noun
3. something that is empty or void, esp. the void of infinite space.
in•ane'ly adv.

in⋅ex⋅o⋅ra⋅ble –adjective
1. unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
2. not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor.
in•ex'o•ra•bil'i•ty, in•ex'o•ra•ble•ness n., in•ex'o•ra•bly adv.

pau⋅ci⋅ty –noun
1. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
2. smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness.

per⋅ni⋅cious –adjective
1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
2. deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.
per•ni'cious•ly adv., per•ni'cious•ness n.

ramp⋅ant –adjective
1. violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: a rampant leopard.
2. growing luxuriantly, as weeds.
ram'pan•cy n., ram'pant•ly adv.

tol⋅er⋅ate –verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
2. to endure without repugnance; put up with: I can tolerate laziness, but not incompetence
tol'er•a'tive adj., tol'er•a'tor n.