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10 Cards in this Set
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Machiavellian
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Politically devious
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Babbitt
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A person who goes into the standard American middle-class sterotype
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Malaprop
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Unintentional, humorous misuse of words
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Pandemonium
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Uproar, chaos
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Spoonerism
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Switching two first letters of words
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Philistine
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A person who doesn't care about culture or values
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Sadistic
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A person who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on others
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Panglossian
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Always optimistic about everything
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Martinet
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Strictly following the rules, and forcing others to do the same
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Cross of Pass the Rubicon
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To go past a place where return is no longer possible
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