English Flashcards

(9 cards)

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Curruption
(Noun)

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Curroption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power

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Shanty
(Noun)

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A shanty is a small rough hut which poor people live in,built from tin,cardboard,or other materials that are nit very strong

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Stifiling
(Adj)

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Stifiling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable you can alse use stifiling to describe a place that is exetremely hot.

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Squatter
(Noun)

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A squatter is someone who lives in an unused building without having legal right to do so and without paying any rent or any property tax

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Syphon
(Verb)

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If you use syphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purposemfor which they were not intented

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Prosecution
(Noun)

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The lawyers who try to probve a person on trial is guilty are called prosecution

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Poise
(Adj)

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If someone jas poise, they are calm,dignified,and self- controlled

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Destitute
(Adj)

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Someone who aphas destitiute has no money or possesions

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Marginalised
(Verb)

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To marginalise a group of people meants to take them feel isolated and unimportant

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