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100 Cards in this Set
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Archetype |
classic example of |
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Clemency
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mercy
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Disinterested
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unbiased
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Flout
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defy; reject
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Ingénue
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naïve, unsophisticated person
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Mendacious
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given to lying
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Paucity
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shortage
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Protean
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changeable
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Sophomoric
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juvenile; immature
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Venal
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corrupt; can be bribed
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Archives
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collections of old records; place of storage of old documents
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Cliché
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overused expression; something unoriginal
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Disparage
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criticize; belittle
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Flustered
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worked-up; not calm
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Ingrate
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ungrateful person
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Mercenary
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concerned only with money
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Peccadillo
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minor weakness; trivial offence
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Protégé
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person under protection of, or guided by another
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Soporific
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inducing sleep
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Veneer
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surface coating
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Articulate
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clear; lucid; eloquent
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Clientele
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customers
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Disparity
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an inequality
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Fly-by-night
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unreliable; disreputable
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Inimical
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hostile
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Mercurial
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volatile; changeable
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Pedant
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person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
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Protocol
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procedure; code of behavior
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Sparse
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spare; bare; meager
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Venerate
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revere; worship
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Artifice
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deception; trickery
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Coalesce
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come together; merge
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Dispassionate
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neutral; objective
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Forensic
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concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)
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Innate
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inherited; inborn
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Merge
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come together
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Pedestrian
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common; mundane; banal
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Provincial
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unsophisticated; narrow-minded
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Specious
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false
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Venial
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minor; unimportant
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Artisan
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craftsman
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Coddle
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pamper; fuss over; indulge
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Disseminating
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circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)
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Fortitude
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bravery
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Innocuous
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harmless; inoffensive
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Metaphorically
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symbolically; figuratively
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Peerless
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without equal
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Prudent
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cautious; wise
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Speckled
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spotted; freckled; dotted
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Veracity
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truthfulness
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Ascetic
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without luxuries; severely simple
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Coercion
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force
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Diurnal
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active in daytime
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Fortuitous
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happening by chance
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Innovate
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create; introduce something new
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Meticulous
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very careful; painstaking
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Pejorative
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derogatory
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Puerile
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childish
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Sporadic
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not continuous; intermittent
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Verbose
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talkative; long-winded; rambling
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Assiduous
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thorough; diligent
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Cogent
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lucid; well argued
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Divert
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1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour
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Fractious
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irritable; difficult to control
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Inscrutable
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mysterious; impenetrable
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Mettle
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courage; bravery; valor
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Pellucid
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transparently clear
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Punctilious
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paying attention to small details
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Spurious
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false
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Verbosity
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using too many words
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Assuage
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to calm
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Cogitate
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think over something; ponder
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Docile
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gentle and easily lead
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Fraudulent
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fake; false
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Insentient
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unfeeling
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Milieu
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environment
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Pensive
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in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
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Purloin
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steal
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Stagnant
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still; not moving
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Vertigo
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dizziness
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Astute
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perceptive; sharp-witted
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Collage
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picture made from fragments of other pictures
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Dogmatic
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having stubbornly held opinions
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Frivolous
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not serious
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Insipid
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dull; bland; boring
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Mire
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swamp; muddy ground
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Penury
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poverty
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Pusillanimous
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cowardly
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Staid
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dull; sober; serious
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Vestigial
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not developed
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Asylum
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place of refuge or safety
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Collate
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arrange in order
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Dolt
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stupid person
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Frugal
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economical; not wasting anything
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Instigate
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to start; provoke
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Misanthrope
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hater of the rest of mankind
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Perceptive
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observant
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Pyromania
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compulsion to start fires
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Stanza
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section of a poem
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Vignette
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small sketch |
