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15 Cards in this Set
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mercurial
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quick and changeable in temperament
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posthumous
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occurring or continuing after one's death
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dexterous
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skillful in the use of the hands
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agnostic
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one that believes there can no proof of the existence of God but does not deny the possibility
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quintessence
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the purest most essential element of something
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denigrate
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to attack the reputation of; defame
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bowdlerize
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to remove obscene material from for concerns of being proper
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specious
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seeming to be true but actually fallacious
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transitory
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existing only briefly
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pedagouge
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an educator
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perfunctory
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done routinely with little care
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected or reformed
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abject
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deserving of contempt; despicable
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disconcerting
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upsetting or perturbing
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind
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