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10 Cards in this Set
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Persuasive
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able to get a person to do something or to agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
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Philosophical
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interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
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Pious
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having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes use pejoratively, when the display is excessive and overly righteous
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Poetical
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having the qualities of poetry, such as pleasing rhytms or images
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pompous
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displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in comic characters
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primitive
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simple and crude
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prurient
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preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
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psychological
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having to do with the human mind and human behavior
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puritanical
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strict or severe in matters of morality
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realistic
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inclined to represent things as they really are
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