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13 Cards in this Set
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unfeeling
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Having no physical feeling or sensation; insentient.
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sensuous
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pleasure-seeking, hedonistic, sybaritic, epicurean, bacchanalian
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pedantic
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hairsplitting, particular, formal, precise, fussy, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal)
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callous
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unfeeling; insensitive; heartless, cold, harsh, hardened, indifferent, insensitive, hard-boiled (informal)
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taciturn
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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; uncommunicative, habitually reserved and uncommunicative, incommunicative, uncommunicative
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stingy
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Giving or spending reluctantly; reluctant to give or spend; niggardly; penurious. unwilling to spend. mean, penny-pinching (informal)
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altruistic
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showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others. selfless, generous, humanitarian, charitable, benevolent
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phlegmatic
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showing little emotion; unemotional, indifferent, cold, heavy, dull, sluggish.
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gullible
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Easily deceived or duped; naive and easily deceived or tricked; naive
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volatile
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marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; fickle
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nosy
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Given to prying into the affairs of others; snoopy; offensively curious or inquisitive; intrusive.
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prudent
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Wise in handling practical manners; exercising good judgement or common sense; having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; wise
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manipulative
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Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate; scheming, calculating, cunning, sly, designing, slick, shrewd...
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