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30 Cards in this Set
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Entrepid
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fearless
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conventional
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customary or traditional
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incensed
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extremely angry
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impetus
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a stimulating force
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obeisance
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gesture that expresses respect
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impertinent
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showing lack of proper respect
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reputedly
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supposedly
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guise
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outward appearance or aspect
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egalitarian
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characterized by a beleif in equal rights for all
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partisan
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fervently supports a cause
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carping
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naggingly critical
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deferential
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courteously respectful
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lethargic
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sluggish
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patronizing
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charactorized by superior manner
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phlegmatic
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having a calm temprement
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sanctimonous
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pretending religious devotion
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sanguine
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confident; optimistic
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scurrilous
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abusive and vulgar
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surly
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sullenly ill-humored
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truculent
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disposed to fight
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assented
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to agree or concur
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consensus
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majority of opinion
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dissent
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to disagree with the majority
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insensate
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without human feeling or sensativity
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presentiment
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a feeling or impression that something is about to happen
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resentment
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the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act
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sensibilities
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capacity for sensation or feeling
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sententious
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overly preachy
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sentimentality
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basing everything on emotion
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sentinels
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a person that stands as watching
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