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8/21/11

Certitude

Certitude

Pronounced:
<Cert . titude>

My use:
I think with certitude that the team will finish the project. It is an easy project to do.


Means:
To be certain. To be completely sure about something.

Literary:
So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; – Matthew Arnold, poet,

Memory trick:
Cert . itude
Cert (Reminds of) Certain or sure
itude (reminds of) attitude or a way of thinking
sure thinking



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