W and P (Part 5) Flashcards

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Conscience/conscious

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your conscience makes you feel guilty when you do bad things/awareness

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Consul/council/councilor/counselor

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diplomat to a foreign country/it refers to a group to discuss and take action on official matters/it is a member of such group/it is an advisor

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continual/continuous

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something that happens frequently, with breaks between the occurrences/something that happens without stopping

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4
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convince/persuade

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we convince when using proof to accept a belief/ we persuade people to act

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5
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cooperation/corporation

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means working together/corporation is a business organization

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6
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copyright/copywrite

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it is the legal ownership of a book, film, place piece of artwork etc./it is something you do if you are creating advertising or publicity material

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7
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core/corps/corpse

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apples have cores/a corps is an organization/it means a dead body

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correspondence/correspondents

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it is a written communication/they are those who write it

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9
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creak/creek

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squeak or groan/waterway or stream

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10
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credible/credulous

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believable or trustworthy/gullible

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crevice/crevasse

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tiny, like that little/a huge crack in a glacier is given the French spelling

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12
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criteria/criterion

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plural/singular

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13
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cue/queue

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clue or a play instrument as in a game/tail or a line

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14
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curb/kerb

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to control/edge of a footpath or sidewalk

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15
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currant/current

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fruit, usually dried/ contemporary or fashionable (adjective)/ stream or flow (noun)

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16
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cursor/curser

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computer marker/swearer

17
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dairy/diary

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milk-producing farm/ daily book

18
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data/ datum

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plural/singular

19
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dateline/deadline

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it is used today mainly to label the bit of text at the top of a printed news story that indicates where and often/ it is most often the date by which something must be accomplished

20
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decent/descent

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socially acceptable or good/movement downwards/your ancestry