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17 Cards in this Set
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Megalomania |
Grand delusions of one's own importance Delusions of grandeur |
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Banal |
Commonplace Ordinary and dull Without sparkle or originality |
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Rationalize |
To justify Find a worthier motive for one's actions |
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Penury |
Extreme poverty |
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Peccadillo |
Slight sin Trifling or small sin |
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Jingoist |
Favoring a warlike foreign policy |
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Fiasco |
A miserable and ridiculous failure |
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Chicanery |
Trickery |
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Elite |
Best or most capable of any group |
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Idiosyncrasy |
A characteristic peculiarity |
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Imbroglio |
A complicated or embarrassing situation |
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Panacea |
Remedy or cure for all diseases or ills |
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Intelligentsia |
Educated and intelligent classes of people |
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Malinger |
To feign or fake sickness in order to escape work |
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Anomaly |
Something that is irregular or inconsistent |
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Braggadocio |
Empty boasting Pretentious bragging |
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Parvenu |
One who has new wealth One who flaunts newly attained wealth |
