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30 Cards in this Set
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Devious
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A. done in an underhanded manner; tricky; shify
B. straying from a straight ir direct cource C. departing from the correct or proper way; erring |
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Duplicity
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Deliberate deception or tricky by speaking or acting in 2 different ways concerning the same matter.
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Fictictious (adjective)
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A. Adopted or assumed in order to decieve; false
B. Of fiction imaginary unreal |
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guileless (adjective)
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free of slyness or craftness; simple and innocent
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gullible (adjectibe)
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easily decieved or fooled
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Hyprocritical (adjective)
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pretending to have some desirable or publicly approved attitude; insecere
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masquerade (verb)
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A. To have or put on deceptive apperance; to wear a mask or diguise
B. A diguise or false outward show; pretense C. a dance or party at which masks and fancy costumes are worn D. An involved scheme |
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Overt (adjective)
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Open and observable; apperant
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Reputable (ajective)
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having a good name; well thought of; honerable
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Veracity (noun)
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A. devotion to the truth; honesy
B. Conformity to truth or fact accuracy and preception |
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Behold (verb)
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To gaze at; look upon
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dicernment (noun)
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keenness or sharpness in detecting, distinuishing or seleting
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envision (verb)
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to picture in the mind
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Forsee (verb)
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To see or to Know beforhand
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Gape (verb)
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A. To stare in amazement with the mouth open
B. To open the mouth wide; Yawn C. open wide |
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Impressionistic (adjective)
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A. Of or pertaining to a highly personalized response based on resone or fact
B. Reflecting a style of painting of the late nineteenth century that is markes by concentrtation on the impression creating by the subject |
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Insight (noun)
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A. the ability to see and understand the true nature of somthing
B. The idea if the true nature of somthing |
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Myopia (noun)
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A. shortsightedness or lack of good judgement in thinking or planning
B. Nearsightedness |
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Perceptive (Adjective)
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A. Having the ability to be keenly aware if things and situation; knowing
B. Marked by understanding |
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Survey (verb)
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A. To examin ir look at broadly.
B. to inpect carfully srutinize |
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Cosmopolitan (adjective)
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sophisticated in an international way
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Geopolitics (noun)
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The study of the realationshop between geography and politics
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impolitic (adjective)
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Unwise; not exibiting good judment.
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megalopolis (noun)
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A unified urban region comprising several large cities and their surrounding areas
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Metropolitan (adjective)
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pertaining to a major city
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Policy (noun)
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a general plan, principle, or cource of action followed by organization or an individual
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Politico (noun)
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An informal or journalistic term for a politician
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surburban (adjective)
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characteristics of the suburbs, the mainly residential areas surrounding large cities
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urban (adjectibe)
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like a city; characteristics of cities
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urbane (adjective)
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Elegantly polite abd sophisticated
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