Cc2 english Flashcards

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Censorious

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Severaly criticize

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Certitude

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Certainty

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Buttress

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Support

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Censure

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Blame criticize

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Conjecture

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Surmise

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Aloof

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Apart,reserved

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Tenacity

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Firmness, persistently

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Impecunious

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Without money

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Conviction

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Strongly held belief

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Languish

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Lost

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Cliche

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Strong as an ox

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Degradation

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Humiliation

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Corrugated

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Wrinkled, rigid

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Confound

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Confuse

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Flagrant

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Conspicuously wicked

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Impede

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Hinder, block

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21
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Illusory

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Not real

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22
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Cajole

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Deceive by flattery

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Invert

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Turn upside

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24
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Elicit

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Draw out by discussion

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Gratuitous

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Given freely

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Gregarious

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Detrimental

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Harmful , damaging

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Intrepid

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Enhance
Advance,improve
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Diligence
Persistent hard work
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Enigma
Puzzle
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Charlaton
Quack, pretender to knowledge
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Digression
Wandering away from the subject
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Seaiccate
Dry up
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Satirical
Mocking
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Devious
Going astray , erratic
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Dehydrate
Remove water from
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Sycophants
Servile flatterer
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Unkempt
Uncared for appearance
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Replete
Filled to capacity
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Scrutinize
Examine closely
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Devise
Think up , invent
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Submissive
Yielding, timid
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Gravity
Seriousness
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Spurious
False, counterfeit
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Saturate
Soak
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Tentative
Provisional, experimental
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Scrupulous
Extremely through
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Diffuse
Wordy, rumbling
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Elated
Overjoyed
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Spurn
Reject , scorn
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Diminution
Lessening, reduction in size
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Elegy
Poem or song expressing lamentation
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Candor
Frankness