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30 Cards in this Set
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Anthropocentrism
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putting man at the center of one's philosophy
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Chimerical
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changeable,unstable
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Diligent
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hard-working
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Feasible
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possible and practicable
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Indulgent
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pampering, satisfying desires
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Marred
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damaged spoiled
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Pariah
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an outcast from society
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Profanity
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swearing, cursing
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Serrated
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jagged, saw-like
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Urbane
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sophisticated, suave
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Assiduous
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thorough, diligent
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Cogent
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lucid, well argued
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Divert
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entertain; distract; cause a detour
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Fractious
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irritable, difficult to control
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Inscrutable
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mysterious, impenetrable
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Mettle
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courage, bravery, valor
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Pellucid
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transparently clear
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Punctilious
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paying attention to small details
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Spurious
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false; fallacious
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Verbosity
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using too many words
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Artifice
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deception, trickery
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Coalesce
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come together, merge
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Dispassionate
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neutral, objective
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Forensic
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concerned with courts of law
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Innate
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inherited, inborn
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Merge
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come together, coalesce
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Pedestrian
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common, mundane, banal
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Provincial
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unsophisticated, narrow-minded
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Specious
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false, spurious, fallacious
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Venial
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minor, unimportant
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