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15 Cards in this Set
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benefactor
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person, who gives help or fancial aid.
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benevdent
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desiring to do good; kint, generous
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iconoclast
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Attacker of traditional or cherished belifs, insituitions, ideas.
syn: revolutionary, rebel, radical, dissenter |
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amazon
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large, strong, aggressice woman
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sardonic
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Mockingly bitter or scornful; sarcastic
syn: sneering, mocking, conteptuous, dervisive |
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supercillous
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scornfully looking down on others disdainfully superior
syn: scornful, contemptuous, naught |
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nemesis
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Agent of revange, punishment; difficult or unbeatable opponent, cause of one's downfall or undoing
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introvert
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One who is concerned mainly with self-eximanation and one's own inner life than with others
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capricious
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chagngable, unpredictable
syn: impulsive, fhghty, whimsical |
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panacea
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remedy for all desires sufferings, troubles
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benediction
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blessing expecially at the end of a religious service
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beneficiary
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person who receives benefits
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procrastinate
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put off till later
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extrovert
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One whose intreasts and thoughts are mainly with other people and things outside oneself rather than with one's inner life.
syn: socializer, outgoing person, gregarious person. |
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beneficence
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goodness, kindness
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