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18 Cards in this Set
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ingenuous
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adj - innocent and childlike, especially in being frank, honest and incapable of deception
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disingenuous
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adj - not entirely sincere or open; creating a false impression of frankness
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ossify
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verb - 1 to turn into or make something turn into bone or a bonelike substance. 2 said of one's opinions or habits, etc: to become rigid, fixed or inflexible
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pulsate (with)
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verb - 1 to beat or throb. 2 to contract and expand rhythmically. 3 to vibrate
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sardonic
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adj - mocking or scornful; sneering
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sybarite
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noun - someone devoted to a life of luxury and pleasure
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animadversion
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noun - criticism or censure
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collusion
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noun - secret and illegal co-operation for the purpose of fraud or other criminal activity, etc.
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egoist
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noun - a person who believes in self-interest as a moral principle
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egotist
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noun - a self-centerd person
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egotistical
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adj - self-centerd
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gormandize
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verb - to eat greedily; to guzzle
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inherent (in)
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adj - existing as an essential, natural or permanent part
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meticulous
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adj - paying, or showing, very careful attention to detail; scrupulously careful
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parasite
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noun 1 a plant or animal that for all or part of its life obtains food and physical protection from a living organism of another species which is usually damaged by and never benefits from its presence. 2 a person who lives at the expense of others, contributing nothing in return
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quixotic
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adj - 1 absurdly generous or chivalrous. 2 naively romantic, idealistic or impractical
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secular
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adj - 1 relating to the present world rather than to heavenly or spiritual things. 2 not religious or ecclesiastical; civil or lay
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tantamount (to)
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adj - producing the same effect or result as something; as good as it; equivalent to it
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