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30 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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bucolic
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of or characteristic of shepherds and flocks;pastoral
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cognizant
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fully informed;conscious
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dissident
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disagreeing, as in opinion or belief
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dogmatic
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characterized by an authoriatative arrogant assertion of unproved or unproveable principles
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ebullient
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overflowing with excitement, enthusiasm, or exuberance
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euphemism
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the substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit
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existentialism
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a body of ethical thought, current in the 19th and 20th centuries about the uniqueness and isolation of individual experience
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facile
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done or achieved with little effor/easy
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endemic
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prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality or people
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inculcate
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fix in the mind, as by insisten ugrging(repetition)
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insidious
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sly, treacherous, tricky. intention to cause pain
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kinetic
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of motion
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lascivious
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showing or exciting lust
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litigious
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given to or characterized by litigation, argumentative excessive (legal action)
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maladroit
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clumsy, lack of dexterity
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messianic
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of or pertaining to a messiah, belonging to an inspirtational leader
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nihilism
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a doctrine that nothing exists, is knowable, or can be communicated
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obdurate
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stubborn, unyielding;inflexible
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obsequious
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servile, humbly submissive, fawning
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pacifist
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opposer to all war
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panacea
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a remedy for all disease or solution for all problems or difficulties
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paucity
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smallness of quantity; scarcity;scantiness
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pernicious
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casuing insidious harm or ruinl;injurious, hurtful, fatal
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phlegmatic
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not easily excited to action or display emotion;apathetic, calm
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plethora
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overabundance;excess
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control;not obedient or compliant
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salacious
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lustful or lecherous
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sycophant
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self-seeking, servile flatter;fawning parasite
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vacuous
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without contents;empty, lacking in ideas or intelligence
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