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C1 Vocab academic

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to assure To guarantee that something specific will happen.
to check on To check the well-being, truth, or condition of someone or something.
to count on To put trust in something or someone.
to presume To think that something is true based on probability or likelihood.
to toss To make a decision by throwing a coin in the air and guessing which side will face up when it lands.
to underestimate To regard something or someone as smaller or less important than they really are.
to weaken To become less resolved or determined.
assured Displaying confidence in oneself and one's capabilities.
concrete Based on facts rather than opinions.
doubtful Improbable or unlikely to happen or be the case.
dubious Unsure or hesitant about the credibility or goodness of something.
inconclusive Not producing a clear result or decision.
robust Displaying forcefulness and determination.
set Prepared or likely prepared for something.
skeptical Having doubts about something's truth, validity, or reliability.
speculative Based on opinions or guesses rather than facts or evidence.
suspected (Particularly of something bad) Assumed to have happened or be the case without proof.
tentative Not firmly established or decided, with the possibility of changes in the future.
undeniable Clearly true and therefore impossible to deny or question.
to be (only/just) a matter of time To certainly happen at some point in the future.
or what Used to show one's uncertainty about something.
to stand a chance To have a likelihood of success or achieving a desired outcome.
there is no question of Used to convey that something cannot happen under any given circumstances.
you can never tell Used to say that one can never be sure of something.
guesswork The action of trying to provide an answer without having all the necessary information.
hesitation The fact of being uncertain about something.
outlook One's thoughts or expectations regarding what will happen in the future.
paradox A logically contradictory statement that might actually be true.
uncertainty Something about which one cannot be certain.
easily Very likely to happen or be the case.
supposedly Used to suggest that something is assumed to be true, often with a hint of doubt.
as luck would have it Said to mean that a good or bad event occurred by chance
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