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26 Cards in this Set
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tentative
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temporary; uncertain
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fastidious
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meticulous; demanding; finicky
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surreptitious
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sneaky, secret
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zealous
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enthusuastically devoted to something, fervent
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obtuse
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insentsitive; blockheaded
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visionary
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a dreamer, someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
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stagnation
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montionlessness; inactivity
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maudlin
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silly and over sentimental
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recession
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going back or receding, withdrawal
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magnanimous
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noble in mind, rising about pettiness, forgiving, unresentful
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning; confusing, capable of being interpretedin different ways
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ruminate
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to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over
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castigate
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to criticize severely
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protagonist
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the leading character in a novel; a leader or chamion
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tout
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to praise highly; to brag publicly about
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regorge
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to throw up or to throw back
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conducive
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promoting
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patronize
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to treat as an inferior; to consider to
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pertinent
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having some connectionwit the matter at hand, relevant, to the point
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extrovert
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an open, outgoing person whose attention is facused on others rather than on himself or herself
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gregarious
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sociable; enjoying the comany of others
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benign
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gentle, not hurtful; kind; mild
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noxious
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harmful; offensive
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utopia
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any idealized place, state(a perfect state), situation of perfection
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parsimonious
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stingy
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affable
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easy to talk to; friendly
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