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39 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eager and ready
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Bent
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extremely determined or resolved
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Solicitous
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eager; anxiously desirous for the approval of others
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Assiduous
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diligent; hardworking; done with dedication; SEDULOUS
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Aloof
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reserved; RETICENT; DETACHED; "out in the left field"
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Stoic
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emotionless; passive; unaffected; outwardly indifferent
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Apathy
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indifferent; lack of caring or interest
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Callous
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feeling no emotion; hardened
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Complacent
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smug; satisfied
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Contemptuous
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scornful; not giving respect to
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Disdain
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bitterly scornful; showing an arrogant pride
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Haughty
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having arrogant self-pride while looking down on others
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Insolent
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defiantly disrespectful of people and/or rules; rude
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Narcissistic
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self-love; thinking about you above everyone else; EGOCENTRIC
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Presumptuous
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brash; forward and bold; literally "presuming stuff"
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Supercilious
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proud and scornful; looking down on others with arrogance
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Affected
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fake, plastic behavior designed to impress others
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Audacious
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extremely and outwardly bold; fearless
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Cavalier
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arrogant in temperament; acting with little concern for others
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Condescending
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patronizing superiority; thinking you're better than others
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Flout
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to treat with severe disdain or contempt; to openly MOCK
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Hardy
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having great endurance; bold; courageous; strong
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Impudent
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not showing proper respect; shameless boldness; AUDACIOUS
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Pretentious
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ostentatious; showy; intentionally trying to seem important
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Swagger
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to walk around in a proud and boisterous manner
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Aggregate
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in total; the sum of somethin
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Amalgam
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a mixture or combination
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Coalesce
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to come together and form one unified mass
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Quixotic
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overly idealistic to the point of being foolish or impractical
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Anomaly
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abnormal; atypical; an ABERRATION; deviating from the norm
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Outlandish
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odd; strange; bizarre
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Blatant
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incredibly obvious; not subtle; offensively noisy
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Lucid
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clear; easily understood OR illuminated; well-lit
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Objective
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adj. impartial and unbiased
n. the end goal |
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Digress
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to wander off topic (verbally); to stray away from the main point
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Desultory
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randomly digressing from one topic to another; rambling
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Eloquent
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having forceful, fluent, and articulate expression
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Intimate
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to hint at or imply; to suggest indirectly
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Voluble
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talking at length with ease and comfort
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