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51 Cards in this Set
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Gregarious
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seeking and enjoying the company of others
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Iconoclastic
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One who seeks to overthrow traditional beliefs
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Docile
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obedient
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Disparage
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to speak badly of
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alleviate
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to relieve
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succinct
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short and to the point
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belligerent
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given to or marked by hostile behavior
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sage
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a person who is shown great respect for his experience
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Obdurate
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stubborn
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elusive
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hard to catch
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Limpid
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transparent clearness
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Miser
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greedy person
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desolate
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deserted
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exorbitant
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extravagant
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rejuvenate
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to make well again, restore
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Solitary
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living without others
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incipient
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in an initial or early stage
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Charlatan
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a person who claims to possess knowledge or skill that he does not have
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Paradox
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seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
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Quixotic
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idealistic but impractical
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Exacerbate
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to make worse, aggravate
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Lucid
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clear, easily understood
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innate
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inborn, inherent
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sophomoric
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immature, juvenile
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fortuitous
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happening by accident or chance, unplanned
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depreciate
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to reduce or lower the value of, belittle
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fabrication
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to make up a deliberately false statement
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pessimist
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one who tends to take gloomist possible view of a situation
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buttress
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anything that serves as a support, prop, reinforce
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flag
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to lose energy and grow weak
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salve
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a medical ointment that soothes or heals
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immutable
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unchanging
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coerce
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to force to act in a given manner
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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loquacious
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very talkative
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atrophy
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to waste away
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trepidation
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a state of alarm or dread
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected
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mercurial
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very changeable in temperament
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wary
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cautious, watchful
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wary
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cautious, watchful
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demagogue
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a leader who keeps power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions of prejudices
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robust
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full of health and strength
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conjecture
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to guess
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cynic
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someone who believes all peopel are motivated by greed
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cajole
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persuade by flattery
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expound
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to explain fully
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relegate
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to send to an inferior position
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hypocrisy
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the feignings of beliefs that one does not have
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chauvinism
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boastful devotion or glorificationn of one's country
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pious
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deeply religious
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