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21 Cards in this Set
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belittling |
speaking of in a slighting (insulting) way; reducing through ridicule |
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benevolent |
kindly; well-wishing; compassionate; promoting the welfare of others |
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benighted |
unenlightened; ignorant; in the dark |
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benign |
kindly; gentle; good-natured; not dangerous |
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bigoted |
narrow-minded; intolerant; prejudiced |
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bitter |
sharp, caustic (cutting) |
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blasé |
tired and bored with life and its pleasures; ho-hum |
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blasphemous |
boldly sacrilegious; irreverent |
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sacrilegious |
going against holiness |
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blithe |
merry; joyous; happily lighthearted; jovial; jocund; jolly |
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blunt |
lacking in tact; bluff; brusque; curt; gruff; abrupt; crusty |
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bombastic |
using pompous language to impress or show off; grandiloquent; pretentious |
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boorish |
rude; insensitive; loud and obnoxious; churlish; loutish |
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brisk |
lively; alert; invigorating |
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callous |
feeling no emotion or sympathy; hard-hearted; cold and unfeeling |
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calumnious |
slanderous; defamatory; libelous; harming someone's reputation |
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candid |
direct; honest; sincere |
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capricious |
unpredictable; erratic |
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casual |
informal |
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caustic |
cutting; bitter; sharp |
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censorious |
severely critical; blaming; finding fault; judgmental |
