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35 Cards in this Set
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authenticity
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genuineness
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artifice
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a clever trick or stratagem
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patrician
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a person of good background, education, and refinement
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amateur
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an inexperienced or unskilled person
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mentor
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a wise or trusted counselor
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novice
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a beginner or someone in new circumstances
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personage
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a person of importance
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persona
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the narrator in a novel; linked to the author's views
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irony
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indicating something by saying the opposite
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sarcasm
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harsh derision or irony
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self-deprecating
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belittling oneself; overly modest
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trite
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boring and repetitive
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banal
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boring; not fresh
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inane
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lacking sense or significance
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stultifying
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to be boring to the point of irresponsiveness
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travesty
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something very inferior to its model
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neurosis
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a mild disorder characterized by anxiety and indecision
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vestige
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a trace of something no longer present
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disparage
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to discredit, belittle
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insidious
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stealthily treacherous or deceitful
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discrepancy
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instance of inconsistency
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automaton
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a person who acts in a monotonous, routine manner
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inscrutable
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not easily understood; impenetrable
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opaque
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obscure
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furtive
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stealthy, secret
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trenchant
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incisive ore keen; vigorous, energetic
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feigning
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to put on an appearance of
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delusion
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a false thing
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vulgar
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indecent, obscene, lewd
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supercilious
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highly disdainful or contemptuous
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effete
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lacking in wholesome vigor
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genteel
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well-bred or refined
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fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding
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mincing
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affectedly dainty or elegant
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whimsical
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given to whimsy or fanciful notions
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