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46 Cards in this Set
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Aggressive
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Assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack
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Forward
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Quick to take the initiative
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Officious
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Forward in a meddlesome or objectionable manner
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Assertive
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Forward or insistent but not quite officious
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Arrogant
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Haughty, overbearingly proud
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Presumptuous
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Assumes too much about, or for, himself and thus becomes too bold
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Disdainful
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Haughty or contemptuous, but not overbearing
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Insolent
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Arrogantly rude and discourteous
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Supercilious
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Disdainful or scornfully aloof
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Captious
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Fault-finding, hard to please
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Peevish
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Sulky and fretful about small matters
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Contentious
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Likes to argue for the sake of arguing
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Querulous
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Likely to be ill-natured and merely a complainer
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Quibbler
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Grasps at trifles and is less serious or sincere than a captious person
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Hypercritical
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Hard to please, but likely to be more consistent and more serious than a captious critic
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Cynical
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Scornfully distrustful
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Satirical
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See and ridicules the vices and follies of the world
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Sarcastic
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Little love and much distrust for people and thus makes cruel and cutting remarks
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Sardonic
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Bitterly scornfully and more biting than a sarcastic temperament
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Pessimistic
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Dark and distrustful, and thus cynical view of people and nature
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Misanthropic
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Humankind is one of detestation rather than of merely pessimistic hopeless
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Dogmatic
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Unduly positive, dictatorial
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Fastidious
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Daintily refined, very discriminating
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Particular
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Fussy about details
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Squeamish
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Unduly sensitive to what is unsavory
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Scrupulous
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Very precise and discriminating
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Prudish
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Excessive sense of delicacy
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Fatuous
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Complacently stupid or silly
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Infatuation
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Foolish or unreasoning fondness which makes up in intensity what is lacks in durability
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Garrulous
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Talkative
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Loquaciousness
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Excessive but endurable
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Volubility
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Windy talk, ample, empty, hinting of “hot air”
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Effusiveness
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An outpouring of words, especially of a flattering nature
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Diffuseness
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Tiresome, slick talkativeness, irresponsible and unrewarding
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Fluency
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An easy and ample command of language if not of ideas
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Verbosity
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Above all else wordy, whether it makes sense or not
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Prolixity
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Like diffuseness, is wordy and roundabout, with little to say
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Gregarious
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Sociable, inclined to go in groups
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Impetuous
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Rushing with great force: impulsive, rash, hasty
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Impulsive
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Quick to act on emotional incitement
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Precipitous
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Actions are rash and hasty, as well as sudden
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Ingenuous
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Frank, genuine, free from reserve
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Ingénue
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Either ingenuous girl or an actress representing such a person
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Nostalgic
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Homesick, longing for something past
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Ostentatious
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Found of display, pretentious
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Volatile
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Changeable, spirited, explosive
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