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20 Cards in this Set
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Guile
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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
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Candor
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the state of being open, frank, and sincere
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Foment
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to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent
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Ingenuous
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free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere; OR artless; innocent; naive
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Implacable
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unappeasable, unbending, merciless, inflexible
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Volatile
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1. evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
2. tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive: a volatile political situation. 3. changeable; mercurial; flighty: a volatile disposition. 4. (of prices, values, etc.) tending to fluctuate sharply and regularly: volatile market conditions. 5. fleeting; transient: volatile beauty. 6. able to fly or flying. |
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Inchoate
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1. not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
2. just begun; incipient. 3. not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject |
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Gregarious
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fond of the company of others; sociable
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Fanatical
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motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics
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Implicit
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1. implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
2. unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence. 3. potentially contained (usually followed by in ): to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion. |
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Explicit
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1. fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal: explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; explicit language.
2. clearly developed or formulated: explicit knowledge; explicit belief. 3. definite and unreserved in expression; outspoken: He was quite explicit as to what he expected us to do for him. 4. described or shown in realistic detail: explicit sexual scenes. 5. having sexual acts or nudity clearly depicted: explicit movies; explicit books |
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Garrulous
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excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters; wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech
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Taciturn
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uncommunicative
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Laconic
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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply
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Zeal
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fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor
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Lethargy
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the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity
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Intransigent
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refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible
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Latent
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present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability
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Fervent
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heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator; ALSO burning, glowing, intensely hot
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Whimsical
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capricious, erratic, unpredictable
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