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76 Cards in this Set
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MAGNATE
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person of great power, importance, or wealth
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MALEFACTOR
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one who does ill to others, evil person
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MARINER
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sailor
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MARTINET
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strict disciplinarian
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MATRIARCH
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female head of family
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MAVEN
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a person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert.
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MAVERICK
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one who won’t follow the heard
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MEDIUM
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person through which others communicate
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MEGALOMANIAC
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one with delusions of grandeur
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MENDICANT
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impoverished person
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MENTOR
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guide, tutor
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MERCENARY
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one who fights for money rather than beliefs or country
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MIME
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one who pantomimes
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MISANTHROPE
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miscreant, evil person
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MINSTREL
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traveling musician
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MISER
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parsimonious person, skinflint
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MONARCH
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king or queen
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MOUNTEBANK
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trickster, charlatan, deceiver
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NEMESIS
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agent of retribution or punishment
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NEPOTIST
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one who favors his or her relatives
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NEOPHYTE/NOVICE
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beginner
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NEUROTIC
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one who suffers from an emotional disorder brought on & char. by frustration and emotional conflict
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NIHILIST
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one who totally rejects all existing political and social institutions and traditional religious and moral values
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NOMAD
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one who travels from place to place without a permanent home
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NUMISMATIST
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coin collector
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OCTOGENARIAN
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person in his or her eighties
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OCULIST
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eye doctor
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OMBUDSMAN
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official who investigates complaints
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OPPORTUNIST
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one who takes advantage of every opportunity to further his or her own ends regardless of consequences and moral principles
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OPTIMIST
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one who looks on the bright side and expects the best
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ORATOR
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public speaker
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PACIFIST
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person who opposes war
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PANDERER
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one who exploits and indulges the baser desires or prejudices of others
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PARAGON
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a model or pattern of excellence; exemplar
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PARIAH
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a social outcast
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PARTISAN
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member of a party who acts on behalf of his or her party
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PARVENU / UPSTART
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person who has risen suddenly from a low position to great success
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PATRIARCH
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male head of family
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PATRON
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one who supports, promotes, or protects a person or cause
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PAWN
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one used by others unwittingly
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PEDAGOGUE
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teacher
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PEDANT
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dogmatic and dull teacher
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PEER
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person of one’s own class, age, station, etc.
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PENITENT
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one who is sorry for wrongdoing or sin
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PEON
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unimportant person
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PERJUROR
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one who lies under oath
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PESSIMIST
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one who expects the worst
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PHILANDERER
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one who is unfaithful; who “fools around”
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PHILANTHROPIST
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one who gives generously to benefit others
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PHILATELIST
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stamp collector
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PHILISTINE
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one who is ignorant, uncultured, or smugly conventional in ideas and tastes
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PILFERER
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thief
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PLAGIARIST
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one who steals another’s words or ideas and presents them as his or her own
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PLENIPOTENTIARY
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ambassador having full power to speak for his government
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PLUNDERER
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looter
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POLEMICIST
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one who takes a stand on a controversial issue and defends it with an argument
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POLYGAMIST
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married to more than one spouse at the same time
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POSEUR
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one who assumes a manner or attitude in order to deceive or impress others
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POTENTATE
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ruler with great power or authority
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PRAGMATIST
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one who does the practical thing, rather than the ideal one
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PRATTLER
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one who babbles incoherently
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PREDATOR
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hunter
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PRELATE
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clergyman of high rank, esp. w/ authority over other clergymen
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PRODIGAL
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one who is recklessly extravagant
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PRODIGY
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extraordinarily gifted or talented person
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PROFLIGATE
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a person totally corrupt with respect to morals
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PROGENITOR
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forbearer
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PROGNOSTICATER
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seer, predicts the future
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PROPAGATOR
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one who spreads, transmits, or disseminates information, ideas, beliefs, etc.
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PROPHET
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one who tells the future
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PROTAGONIST
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hero or heroine in a story
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PROSELYTE
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one who has been converted from another point of view, belief, religion, etc.
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PROXY
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one authorized to act for another
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PUGILIST
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fighter
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PUNDIT
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learned person; today used to describe one who makes public commentary
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PURIST
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one who insists on strict purity and wants things unadulterated
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