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46 Cards in this Set
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animosity
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ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility
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antagonism
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opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
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bellicose
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favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
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belligerent
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waging war pugnacious, quarrelsome
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cantankerous
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difficult or irritating to deal with
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captious
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marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument synonyms see critical |
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contentious
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exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes (TENSION)
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disputatious
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disputatious
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polemical
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of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
Polemous (argument) |
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predator
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one that preys, destroys, or devours
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pugnacious
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having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
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truculent
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aggressively self-assertive : belligerent
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Affable
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pleasant and at ease in talking to others
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Amiable
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being friendly. amiable, good-natured, obliging, complaisant
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Amicable
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amicable, neighborly, friendly
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Congenial
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in harmony, pleasant;, sociable, genial
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Genial
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Sympathy or friendliness
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Convivial
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occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
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Cordial
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warm and friendly
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Gregarious
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Sociable
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Jocular
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Liking to be with people. Joke around them and have fun
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Levity
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Gaiety. Lightheartedness
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Introverted
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- to concentrate or direct upon oneself
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Burgeon
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to grow and expand rapidly : flourish
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Fluster
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upset / discompose (to destroy the composure of)
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Crony
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a close friend especially of long standing : pal
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Plaintiff
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- a person who brings a legal action
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Heckler
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to harass and try to disconcert with question, Badger, Bait
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Stringent
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tight, constricted. Rigid.
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Stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain
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Stowaway
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one that stows away (to put away for future use)
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Subversive
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attempt to overthrow or undermine a government
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Bigot
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a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
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Fledgling
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an immature or inexperienced person
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Philistine
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Narrow-minded.
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Disdainful
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scorn. )מלא בוז.
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Phonetic
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of or relating to spoken language or speech sounds
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Unilateral
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one-sided.
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Pug-nose
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a nose having a slightly concave bridge and flattened nostrils
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Riveting
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- having the power to fix the attention : engrossing, fascinating
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Jester
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fool
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Pariah
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outcast
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Scoundrel
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- a disreputable person : rascal
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Soothsayer
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a person who predicts the future by magical means. Foretell, prognosticate
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Kindred
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- family relationship : kinship
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Maverick
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an unbranded range animal,: an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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