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20 Cards in this Set
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Doubtful, unclear obscure
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Ambiguous
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A person who hates humankind
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Misanthrope
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Emphasize
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Accentuate
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Lacking restrain, indulging in things
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Dissolute
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Characterized by detail
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Intricacy
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Brief and to the point
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Terse
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Symbolic story or representation to teach a moral
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Allegory
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Covering completely
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Comprehensive
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Question for effect and not for an answer
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Rhetorical
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To take by force
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Usurp
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Not equal or harmonious
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Incongruous
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Pleasant, weIl-expressed
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Felicitous
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Worthy or moral disgrace, worthless
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Despicable
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Exciting
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Provocative
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Characterized by raging unrestrained violence
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Ferocity
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Principal or leading character
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Protagonist
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Examining oneself
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Introspective
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Language or dialect that is native to a specific place
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Vernacular
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Introduction, comes first
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Prologue
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Guess or presume based on evidence
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Conjecture
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