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20 Cards in this Set
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Allusive
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alluding to a particular conclusion, guiding the reader to a particular association
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Benevolent
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Kindly, charitable.
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Burlesque
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Derisive caricature; comic or satirical imitation; parody.
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Compassionate
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Sympathetic, showing compassion
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Complimentary
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Expressing or containing a compliment
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Condescending
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To deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner
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Confident
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Marked by assurance, successs, very bold; presumptuous.
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Contemptuous
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Manifesting, feeling or expressing hate
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Contentious
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Exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes.
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Cynical
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Skeptical of the motives of others; believing that people are motivated by selfishness.
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Detached
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Separate from others; free from emotional involvement; disconnected.
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Didactic
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Intended to instruct, inclined to teach or moralize excessively
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Diffident
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Reserved, Unassertive. Hesitant in speaking through lack of self-confidence
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Disdainful
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Expressive of scorn or contempt.
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Dramatic
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Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
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Elegiac
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Expressing sorrow or lamentation
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Facetious
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Playfully jocular (jesting); humerous
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Factual
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Truthful
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Flippant
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Lacking proper respect or seriousness
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Impartial
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Showing lack of favoritism; free from undue bias.
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