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34 Cards in this Set
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aloof
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indifferent and reserved
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conceit
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excessively high opinion of oneself
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diffident
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reserved
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erratic
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irregular or eccentric
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or changed
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insular
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1) isolated 2) narrow-minded
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nascent
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beginning to develop
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paradox
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a statement that seems contrary to common sense yet is perhaps true
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pedant
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one who is too concerned with or shows off his learning
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pertinent
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relevant
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semantic
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relating to meaning in language
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transcribe
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make a copy, arrangement, or recording of
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vagary
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whim- sudden or brief idea or wish
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verisimilitude
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appearance of truth or reality or something that has the appearance of truth
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boisterous
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noisily turbulent
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nonchalant
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showing indifference
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qualms
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scruple; reluctant due to ethical considerations
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sadistic
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delight in cruelty
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unscrupulous
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behaving or acting in total disregard of conscience, ethical principle, or rights of others
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anomaly
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something abnormal or unusual
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ambiguous
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having more than one interpretation or meaning
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ambivalence
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simultaneous attraction and repulsion
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annals
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chronological record of history
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antebellum
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existing before the US civil war
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antediluvian
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ancient
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anterior
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located before in place or time
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antropomorphic
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the explanation of what is not human as though it is
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind
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anticlimax
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something strikingly less important than what has preceded it
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antithesis
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direct opposite
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autocracy
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government by one person having unlimited power
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automaton
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robot
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autonomic
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acting or functioning automatically
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autonomy
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self-governing
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