clandestine
distraught
to take down a peg
egregious
culprit
inexorable
inane
duress
paucity
concur
admonish
rampant
to pass the buck
duplicity
acrimonious
stock in trade
ethics
flagrant
mentally confused
remarkably bad
to evade responsibility
to take to conceit out of a braggart
going unchecked; widespread
code of principles
inflexible; unrelenting
to warn; to reprove
the goods, tools, and other requisites of a profession
bitter
the guilty person
secret; undercover
compulsion; force
foolish
cunning; trickery
outrageous, glaringly bad
agree
a small amount; scarcity