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18 Cards in this Set
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paradigm
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n, an example serving as a model; pattern
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epiphany
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n, a sudden intuitive perception of or insite
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lugubrious
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a, mournful or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated manner
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obsequious
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a, characterized by deference; fawning; sycopantic
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acumen
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n, keen insight, shrewdness
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homogeneous
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a, composed of the same kind or nature; not heterogeneous
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chicanery
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n, the use of sly language, reasoning etc. to trick or deceive
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xenophobe
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n, a person who fears or hates foreigners, strange customs, etc.
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kinetic
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a, characterized by movement or caused by motion
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sanguine
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a, cheerfully optimistic, hopeful or confident; reddish, ruddy
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incognito
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a, with one's identity hidden, disguised or unknown
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Facetious
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a, not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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nihilism
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n, belief that all existence is senseless
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vacuous
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a, empty, showing a lack of ideas or intelligence, purposeless
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deleterious
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a, injurious to health, harmful, injurious
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Loquacious
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a, characterized by excessive talk, garrulous, wordy
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Unctuous
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characteristic of an ointment, excessively suave or smug
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Precipitous
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a, of the nature of a situation of great peril, extremely steep
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