Building a Better Vocabulary

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Lecture 7: Wicked Words Wicked Words Lecture 7 A ccording to the Irish political theorist and philosopher Edmund Burke, “The onl ...

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Lecture 7: Wicked Words Malinger (verb) To fake or exaggerate illness, usually to avoid work. Venal (adjective) Open to corrupti ...

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