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33 Cards in this Set
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tenacious |
keeping a firm hold of something |
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erroneous |
wrong |
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fickle |
changing frequently, especially one's loyalties |
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zealous |
showing great enthusiasm in pursuit of an objective |
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maudlin |
self pitying
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appeasing |
pacifying/satisfying someone by agreeing to their demands |
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churlish |
rude in a mean spirited way |
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boorish |
rough, bad mannered, coarse |
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magnanimous |
generous, forgiving, especially toward a rival or a less fortunate person |
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indignant |
feeling anger or annoyance at perceived unfair treatment |
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incensed |
very angry/enraged |
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prudish |
having a tendency to be shocked by matters related to sex or nudity |
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puritanical |
displaying very strict moral attitudes towards indulgence and sex
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ostracised |
excluded from society |
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sanguine |
optimistic in an apparently bad situation |
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punctilious |
showing great attention to detail
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erudite |
having or showing great knowledge or learning |
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quixotic
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extremely idealist, realistic, impractical |
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lugubrious |
looking or sounding sad |
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rambunctious |
uncontrollably energetic |
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perfunctory |
carried out without great or real interest or effort |
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ardour |
great enthusiasm or passion |
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sombre |
dull, dark |
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benevolent |
well meaning, kind |
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fervour |
intense and passionate feeling
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aloof |
not friendly, conspicuously uninvolved |
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doting |
extremely and uncritically fond of someone |
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seraphic |
angelic |
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chagrin |
annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated |
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sycophantic |
behaving obediently to an excessive degree to gain advantage |
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obsequious |
obedient to an excessive degree |
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ambivalent |
having mixed feelings towards something
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titillated |
aroused to interest or mild excitement |
