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When English borrows from another alphabet
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Test your knowledge of strange human behaviors.
The awkward case of 'his or her'
lowlife 'a person of low moral character'
kakistocracy 'government by the worst people'
slimeball 'a morally repulsive or odious person'
salacious 'arousing or appealing to sexual desire'
oligarch 'government in which a small group exercises control'
How many of these commonly confused words do you know?
unwilling or reluctant
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