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16 Cards in this Set
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tenacious
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holding fast, characterized by keeping a firm hold
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adamant, clinging, relentless
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pragmatic
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of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations
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businesslike, logical, realistic
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mundane
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common, ordinary, unimaginative
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commonplace, normal, humdrum
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evanescent
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vanishing, fading away, fleeting
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brief, momentary, temporary
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deleterious
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injurious to health, harmful
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destructive, detrimental, nocuous
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anachronistic
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.
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misdate, misplaced, chronological order
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impetuous
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of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion; impulsive
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abrupt, hasty, unrestrained
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haughty
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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
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conceited, egotistical, snooty
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sagacity
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acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment
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comprehension, insight, practicality
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hedonist
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person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
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glutton, pleasureseeker, thrill-seeker
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clairvoyant
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having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision
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psychic, telepathic, prophetic
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disdain
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to look upon or treat with contempt, despise, scorn
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despisement, hatred, pride
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forbearance
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to refrain or abstain from
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abstinence, self-control, temperance
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spurious
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Not genuine, authentic, or true
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counterfeit, forged, illegitimate
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pretentious
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characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved
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bombastic, flamboyant, pompous
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ephemeral
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lasting a very short time; short lived
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transient, unenduring, flitting
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