Word List 12 Flashcards by Joseline lu

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Counterpart

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A thing that completes another

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Coup

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Highly successful action or sudden attack

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Courier

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Messenger

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Covenant

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Agreement

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Covert

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Secret; hidden

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Covetous

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Avaricious; eagerly desirous of

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Cow

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Terrorize; intimidate

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Cower

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Shrink quivering, as from fear

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Coy

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Shy; modest

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Cozen

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Cheat; hoodwink

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Crabbed

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Sour; peevish

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Craftiness

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Slyness; trickiness

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Crass

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Very unrefined; grossly insensible

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Credence

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Belief

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Credo

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Creed

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Credulity

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Belief on slight evidence

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Creed

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System of religious or ethical belief

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Crest

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Highest point of a hill

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Crestfallen

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Dejected; dispirited

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Crevice

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Crack; fissure

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Cringe

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Shrink back, as if in fear

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Criterion

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Standard used in judging

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Crotchety

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Eccentric; whimsical

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Crux

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Crucial point

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Crypt

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Secret recess or vault

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Cryptic

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Mysterious; hidden

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Cull

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Pick out; reject

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Culminate

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Attain the highest point

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Cumbersome

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Heavy; hard to manage

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Curmudgeon

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Churlish; miserly individual

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Cursory

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Casual; hastily done

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Cynosure

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The object of general attention

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Dabble

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Work at in a non-serious fashion

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Dais

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Raised platform for guests of honor

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Dank

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Damp

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Dapper

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Neat and trim

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Dappled

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Spotted

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Daub

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Smear

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Daunt

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Intimidate; frighten

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Dauntless

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bold

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Deadlock

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Standstill; stalemate

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Deadpan

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Wooden; impersonal

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Dearth

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Scarcity

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Debacle

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Sudden downfall; complete disaster

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Debase

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Reduce in quality or value; degrade

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Debauch

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Corrupt; seduce from virtue

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Debilitate

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Weaken; enfeeble

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Debonair

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Friendly; aiming to please

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Debris

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Rubble

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debunk

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Expose as false; exaggerated

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Debutante

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Young woman making formal entrance into society

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Decadence

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Decay

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Decapitate

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Behead

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Decelerate

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Slow down