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16 Cards in this Set
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Restrained |
Characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate. |
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Insidiously |
Intended to entrap or beguile. |
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Degrade |
Treat or regard with contempt or disrespect. |
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Subtle |
so delicate or precise as to be difficult to describe |
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Self-Effacing |
Not claiming attention for oneself |
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Undoctored |
Genuine or not altered. |
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Audacious |
Showing willingness to take bold risks. |
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Mimic |
to imitate or copy |
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Writerly |
of or characteristic of a professional author; consciously literary. |
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Highbrow |
Being highly cultured or intellectual. |
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Pretentious |
Someone or something that claims to be grand or important when that is not the case. |
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Commercial |
making or intended to make a profit; engaged in commerce. |
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Collaboration |
the action of working with someone to produce or create something. |
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Perplexed |
completely baffled; very puzzled. |
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titillated |
stimulate or excite (someone), especially in a sexual way. |
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complacent |
showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements. |
