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74 Cards in this Set
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vegetate
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live in a passive way
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muclt
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deprive of a possesion unjustly
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expiate
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make amends for
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importune
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beg for ceaselessly
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ostracize
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ban; exclude from a group
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procrastinate
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put off untill future time; delay
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scintillate
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sparkle with wit or humor
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rusticate
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spend time in the country
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impute
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attribute the fault or responsibility to
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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atheist
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One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods
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agnosticism
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The belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist
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fatalist
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the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable
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egoist
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One devoted to one's own interests and advancement
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altruism
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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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stoicism
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indifference to pleasure or pain
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chauvinism
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fanatical patriotism
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jingoism
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chauvinistic patriotism
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liberalism
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believe in progression and change in the government
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conservative
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Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
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epicureanism
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Devotion to a life of pleasure and luxury
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monogamy
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a single spouse in a marraige
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bigamy
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illegially marrying someone else while still married to another
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polygamy
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the practice of having more than one spouse at a time
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misogamy
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hatred of marraig
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monotheism
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the belief in one god
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bicuspid
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a tooth with two prongs
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polyglot
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one who speaks many languages
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misanthropy
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hatred or mistrust of human kind
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theology
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the study of God and religion
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philanthropy
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love of mankind
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anthropology
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study of man
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philology
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study of language
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coquette
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a woman that flirts much
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circe
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a woman who gets pleasure from luring men to their destruction
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amazon
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a tall strong masculine woman
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virago
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noisy, scolding, domineering woman
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adonis
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a very handsom young man
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judas
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a tratior who betrays his friend
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futilitarian
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pessimest, cynical person
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vulgarian
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someone with vulgar taste and manners
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pedant
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One who exhibits one's learning or scholarship ostentatiously
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egoist
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someone who is extremely selfish
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esthete
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a person of fine taste and artistic flair
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ascetic
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Leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, usually for spiratual purposes
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demagouge
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a leader that appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace
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martinet
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someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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sycophant
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a self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people
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agnostic
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One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God
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tyro
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a beginner in learning something
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virtuoso
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a person with masterly skill in fine art
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clairvoyant
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Having the power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses
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philatelist
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stamp collector
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numismatist
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coin collector
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gourmet
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A connoisseur of fine food and drink
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connoisseur
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a person of discriminating taste
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pyromaniac
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obssession for fire
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dipsomaniac
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someone with an uncontrollable compulsion to drink
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megalomaniac
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someone obsessed by delusions of grandeur
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monomaniac
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pathological obssesion with one idea or subject
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kleptomaniac
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compulsion to steal
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claustrophobia
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fear of small or crowded places
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agoraphobia
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fear of open, or big empty spaces
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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hypochodriac
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continually complains about imaginary illnesses
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amnesiac
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loss of memeory
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somnambulist
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walkis in their sleep
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insomniac
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inability to fall or stay asleep for a long period of time
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manic-depressive
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someone who's unpredictable moods alternates from extreme mania to depression
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schizophrenic
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someone with a split or divided personality that looses contact with reality and often imagines their someone else
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melancholiac
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someone who often thinks of or attempts suicide
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paranoiac
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imagines that everyone is out to hurt or kill you
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oedipus complex
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"mama's boy" who, accoriding to Freudians, wants to kill his father and marry his mother
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electra complex
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hostile to her mother, in love with her father
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