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51 Cards in this Set
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angry
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feeling or showing stron resentment uses exclamation or profanity
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apologetic
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feeling sorry or regretful using sad and meaningful words
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benevolent
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charitable kindly feelings putting others needs before your own quiet laid back
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bitter
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hateful negative crabby harsh shows no compassion
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candid
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unrehearsed not expected
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clinical
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non-emotional very matter of fact deals only with facts and scientific viewpoints
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cold
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non emotional very matter of fact deals only with facts with a lack of emotional attachment and not caring
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condescending
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making yourself lower so dumb people can understand you better
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confident
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assured bold brave sure of oneself strong belief in oneself
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confused
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to be puzzled a general bewilderment disturbed disconcert disarrange
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cynical
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belief that people are selfish and dishonest hopeless helpless
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detached
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writing about something you don't care for not focused no reaction
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dreamy
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imaginative an unreachable dream of the author peaceful disorganized vagueness long words and sentences
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giddy
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happy dizzy to be lighthearted
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nostalgic
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being homesick or wanting something to return like a feeling
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patronizing
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treating as inferior talking down to
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poignant
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affects feelings to the point soft spot for touchy things
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sad
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grief sorrow mournful unhappiness
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sarcastic
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dry humor or mocking tone
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sardonic
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humorous scornful mocking ironic sarcastic bitter meant to cause emotional stress NOT HAPPY
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somber
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dark dull gloomy extremely serious shadowy
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sweet
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gracious delightful
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sympathetic
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pity compassionate caring usually involves love and feeling sorry or sad
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tired
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to make weary to exhaust patience soft and gentle writing quiet tone negative respective no energy
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vibrant
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pulsing or throbbing with energy peppy not boring a lot of personality colorful smooth
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whimsical
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playful comical amusing kinky
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merciless
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cruel no mercy pitiless
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Cain and Abel
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two jealous people but one gives everything he has and the other does not and the person that doesnt give his all kills or hurts the other who gave his all
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Bohemian
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someone who doesn't behave in a way others think they should out of the ordinary and not the same as the rest of the society
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Utopia
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a place that can be perfect or hell any place the can never survive because of humans
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Socrates
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influence on western philosophy modest main point of intrest is morals and finds truth through questions
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Aphrodite
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beautiful siren to men that has affairs goddess of love and beauty
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Face that launched a Thousand Ships
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someone who starts a big fight with other people and sacrifices other peoples lives and sanity for their own
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Star Crossed Lovers
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a relationship doomed from the start fate determines your life
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Black Death
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a plague that spreads quickly around to people causing heart break and death
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Bacchus and Dionysos
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having a good time out of control getting drunk or crazy Gods of art and music
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Acropolis
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the center of the city at which most other things are centered around very secure and a safe haven
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Job
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terrible things happen to someone but they dont give up because they have faith
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All the Worlds a Stage
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the world is nothing but a stage for humans to act on and live out their lives
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Tweedledee and Tweedledum
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two people of two groups resembling each other so closely that they are practically indistinguishable.
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Garden of Eden
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paradise an idyllic place or state of perfect bliss and innocence
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Pandora's Box
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letting out the bad symbolizes how women brought bad and evil to into the world of man
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Chutzpah
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someone with supreme self confidence nerve and shameless audacity ironic
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Apollo
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someone who is creative young handsome a ladys man
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Moses
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a helpful outstanding leader
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Achille's Heel
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the one weak or sore point in a person's character
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Adam and Eve
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two vulnerable people who were influenced by the devil to decieve one another and God and do bad things
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Narcissus
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a very vain and selfish person that thinks the world revolves around them but who is very beautiful and everyone loves them
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David and Goliath
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an underdog or someone who is small in size or an overwhelming challenge or situation in which the charactes has the odds against him
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Bloody Mary
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someone who does something really bad and punishes themselves for their own actions
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Trojan Horse
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when something actually harmful is shown as good
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