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125 Cards in this Set
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perfunctory
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acting routinely without interest or care
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penitent
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showing regret
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opulence
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wealth, abundance
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malice
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desire to harm others
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languid
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slow, sluggish
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand; mysterious
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infallable
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incapable of error
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indolence
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laziness
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inane
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lacking importance
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impervious
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cannot be damaged
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ferocity
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savagery
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ephemeral
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lasting a short period of time
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elucidate
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to explain; to make clear
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efface
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to erase; wear away
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debase
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to reduce in quality
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calamity
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a serious event
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cajole
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to persuade, coax
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amorphous
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shapeless; having no form
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amenable
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open to advice
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ameliorate
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to improve
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acrimonious
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bitter in nature
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oblique
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misleading; indirect
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haughty
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arrogant, proud
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flourish
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to thrive; to grow well
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buoyant
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floating; cheerful
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altruistic
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generous
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ambivalent
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having contradicting feelings
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angular
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gaunt; sick looking
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arrogant
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overly proud and boastful
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aversion
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strong disliking
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discern
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to differntiate between two or more things
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disdain
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intense dislike
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disparage
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to degrade or put down
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disparity
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unequal in rank or degree
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embellish
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to decorate
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engender
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to produce or create
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innocuous
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harmless
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insipid
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boring and stupid
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lament
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to mourn
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laud
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to praise
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obscure
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difficult to see, vague, unclear
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ostentatious
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showy, pretentious
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prodigal
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wasteful, a person given to extravagence
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repudiate
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to reject
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reticence
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reluctance to speak
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revere
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to honor
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serence
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calm or placid
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subtle
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delicate; not obvious
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superfluous
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beyond what is needed, an overflow
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taciturn
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quiet
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antithesis
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a direct opposite; contrast
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ascend
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to rise
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austere
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stern; strict
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autonomous
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independant self contained
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banal
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common; ordinary
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benign
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not causing harm; beneficial
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capricious
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fickle, often changing
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dawdle
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to waste time
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defamation
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act of harming or destroying someone's reputation
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esoteric
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understood by only a small group
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exacerbate
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to aggrivate
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extol
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to praise or glorify
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fastidious
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reflecting a demanding attitude
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furtive
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secretive, stealthy
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gregarious
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sociable and outgoing
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hypocrite
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someone who is insecure or decietful
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innate
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existing from birth
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lethargic
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sluggish lacking energy
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melancholy
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depression of spirits
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opague
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not allowing the passage of light
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prolific
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abundantly fruitful
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reprove
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to scold
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symmetry
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balanced proportions
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tranquil
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peaceful, calm
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venerate
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to honor
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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affable
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friendly, courteous
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audacity
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daring
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contrite
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extremely apolagetic
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credulous
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gullible
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depravity
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moral corruption, a wicked act
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deprecate
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to belittle, disapprove
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didactic
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instructive, designed to teach
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dormant
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inactive, sleeping
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enigmatic
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mysterious, puzzeling
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erudite
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scholarly
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exotic
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unique, foriegn
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fuse
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to mix or join by melting
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immutable
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unchanging
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incorrigible
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incapable of being changed or improved
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loathe
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to detest
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mitigate
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to make less severe
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nullify
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to cause to not be in effect
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pacifistic
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opposed to war
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pretentious
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self-important
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prologue
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intro to play or work
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recant
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to withdraw or to repudiate a statement
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servile
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overly submissive
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trepidation
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fear, trembeling
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vilify
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to defame
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aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty or art
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aloof
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separated by choice
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archaic
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out of use
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assuage
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to ease or mitigate
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belie
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to give a false impression
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contentious
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causing controversy
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daunt
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to intimidate
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debilitate
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to weaken
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discord
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lack of agreement
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dissemination
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the act of spredding widely
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dogmatic
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strongly oppinionated
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duplicity
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hypocrisy
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egocentric
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selfish and self centered
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euphemism
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sweet talking to avoid being rude
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gluttonous
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greedy for food or drink
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ominous
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threatining
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petulance
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unreasonable touchiness or irribility
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pompous
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exagerated show of dignity or self importance
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precocious
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early in developement
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slothful
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lazy
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mundane
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ordinary
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trivia
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insignificant matters
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verbose
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talkative
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virulent
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poisonous, hateful
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volatile
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quickly changeable
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