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15 Cards in this Set
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garrulous
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excessively talking
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anarchist
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a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom
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itinerant
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working in one place for a comparatively short time and then moving on to work in another place, usually as a physical or outdoor laborer; characterized by alternating periods of working and wondering
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boor
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a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel
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recluse
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characterized by seclusion; solitary; a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation
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neophyte
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a beginner or novice
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charlatan
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a person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack
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apoplectic
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extremely angry; furious
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supercilious
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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous; arrogantly scornful
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luddite
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one who opposes technical or technological change
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scurrilous
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insulting, offensive; vulgar
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diffident
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy
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vapid
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without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious
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belie
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to show to be false; contradict; to misrepresent
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exculpate
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to clear of guilt or blame
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