vocabulary Mother Tongue Flashcards
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regrettable
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adjective
deserving regret
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Assurance
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noun
guarantee
2
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insular
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adjective
characteristic of an isolated people
3
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override
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verb
pass over
4
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steer
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verb
direct the course
5
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hone in
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move toward or focus attention on an objective
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wittily
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amusingly or ingeniously clever
7
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craft
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verb
to make or produce with care, skill, or ingenuity
8
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quandary
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noun
state of perplexity or doubt
9
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nascent
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adjective
coming or having recently come into existence
10
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envision
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verb
to picture to oneself
11
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watered down
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adjective
diminished in force or effect
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keenly
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adjective
intense
13
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upon
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preposition
on
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wrought
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adjective
worked into shape by effort
