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51 Cards in this Set
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braggadocio
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known for bragging
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braggart
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known for bragging
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vaunt
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brag
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gloat
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brag
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brigand
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living by plunder
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despoil
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plunder
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chauvinist
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person who shows excessive nationalism
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jingoist
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person who shows excessive nationalism
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cynic
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person who is distrustful of humans
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debunker
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person who exposes falsehood
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debacle
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calamity, catastrophe
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fiasco
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catastrophe
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demagogue
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person who uses popular prejudices and false claims to gain power
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egoist
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person who is selfish
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egotist
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selfish person
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altruist
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person who thinks about others
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glutton
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fat
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hedonist
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person known for seeking pleasure
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stoic
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leading life of self-denial
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ascetic
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leading life of self-denial
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austere
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leading life of self-denial
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spartan
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leading life of self-denial
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hypocrite
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person who says something and does another
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iconoclast
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person known for attacking settled beliefs
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laggard
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person known for being habitually tardy
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habituate
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become accustom to something
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inure
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become accustom to something
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acclimate
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become accustom to something
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recidivist
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going back to bad habits
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inveterate
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become accustom to something
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loafer
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lazy person
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loiterer
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lazy person
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magnate
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person having great power
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typhoon
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person having great power
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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miser
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stingy, cheap person
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skinflint
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cheap person
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charlatan
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person who pretends to have knowledge that they don't
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quack
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person who pretends to have knowledge that they don't
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malinger
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pretends to be sick to avoid work
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maverick
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non-conformist
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renegade
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traitor, known for rejecting lawful or conventional behavior
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reprobate
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person who is morally corrupt
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rogue
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rascal
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sage
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person known for being wise
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savant
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person known for being wise
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spend-thrift
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known for spending money unwise
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stalwart
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known for being loyal to a cause
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stickler
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person who insists on something stubborn, usually triffle, trivial
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virtuoso
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known for excelling in techniques of an art
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zealot
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enthusiast
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