Page 158 Letter C/ D Flashcards

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Controversial

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Causing public discussion and disagreements, disputable, debatable

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Conventional

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Usual, traditional, ordinary

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Conversion

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Change, transformation

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Core

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Center

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5
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Counteract

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To neutralise, to oppose

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Coward

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One who lacks courage

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Crave

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To want greatly, to desire eagerly

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Credulous

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Inclined to believe too readily, easy to deceive, gullible

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Creed

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A set of principles or religious beliefs

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Crop

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An agricultural plant

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Cruise

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To sail or travel about, to drive slowly

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Crumb

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A small piece or amount

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Crutch

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A support used as an aid in walking, often in pairs

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Cryptic

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Mysterious and hard to understand

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Culpable

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Blameworthy, reprehensible, guilty

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Cumbersome

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Complicated, inconvenient, clumsy, awkward

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Curt

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Brusque, abrupt

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Curtail

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To limit, to shorten

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Dagger

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A short pointed knife

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Dangle

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To hang loosely, to swing

21
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Decency

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Modest behaviour

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Deck

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The floor of a ship