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24 Cards in this Set
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INTREPID
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STEADFAST AND COURAGEOUS
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LACONIC
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USING FEW WORDS; TERSE
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MALLEABLE
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CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED; TRACTABLE; PLIABLE
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MAVERICK
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AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES NOT GO ALONG WITH ANY GROUP OR PARTY
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MENDACITY
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THE CONDITION OF BEING UNTRUTHFUL, DISHONESTY
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MERCURIAL
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CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID AND UNPREDICATABLE CHANGE IN MOOD
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METICULOUS
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CHARACTERIZED BY EXTREME CARE AND PRECESION; ATTENTIVE TO DETAILS
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MOLLIFY
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TO CALM OR SOOTHE, TO REDUCE IN EMOTIONAL INTENSITY
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OBDURATE
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UNYIELDING, HARDHEARTED; INTRACTABLE
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OBFUSCATE
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TO DELIBERATELY OBSCURE, TO MAKE CONFUSING
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OBSEQUIOUS
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EXHIBITING FAWNING ATTENTIVENESS
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OBSTINATE
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STUBBORN, HARDHEARTED, UNCOMPROMISING
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OPPROBRIUM
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DISGRACE, CONTEMPT,SCORN
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OSTENTATIOUS
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CHARACTERISED BY OR GIVEN TO PRETENTIOUSNESS
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PENDANTIC
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THE PARADING OF LEARNING
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PERVADE
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TO PERMEATE THROUGHOUT
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PERVASIVE
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HAVING THE TENDENCY TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT
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PHLEGMATIC
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CALM, SLUGGISH, UNEMOTIONAL
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PIRATE
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TO ILLEGALY USE OR REPRODUCE
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PLETHORA
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SURPLUS
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POLEMICAL
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CONTROVERSIAL, ARGUMENTATIVE
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PRAGMATIC
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PRACTICAL RATHER THAN IDEALISTIC
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RANCOROUS
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CHARACTERIZED BY BITTER, LONG LASTING RESENTMENT
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RHETORIC
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THE ART OR STUDY OF EFFECTIVE USE OF LANGUAGE FOR COMMUNICATION AND PERSUATION
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