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65 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 initiative, with less hint of contest or struggle than an aggressive person
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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, not quite officious
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arrogant
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haughty, overbearingly proud
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presumptuous
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assuming too much, becoming bold or forward
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disdainful
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haughty or contemptuous
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insolent
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arrogantly rude
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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 / petulant
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sulky, fretful about small matters
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contentious
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arguing for the sake or arguing
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querulous
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ill-natured, a complainer
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quibbler / caviler
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grasps at trifles, less serious
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hypercritical
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hard to please, but more consistent and serious
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cynical
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scornfully distrustful
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satirical
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seeing and ridiculing vices and follies of the world
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sarcastic
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cruel cutting remarks (Well thats a great definition Word Wealth!)
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sardonic
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a nature that is bitterly scornful
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pessimistic
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a nature that takes a dark, distrustful, and thus cynical view of people and of nature
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misanthropic
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view of detestation
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dogmatic
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unduly positive
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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 or propriety
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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
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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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garrulousness
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noisy and hardly endurable
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volubility
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windy talk, ample, empty, "hot air"
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effusiveness
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outpouring o words, esp. flattering
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diffuseness
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tiresome, taking too many words to make a point
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glibness
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smooth, slick, talkativeness, irresponsible and unrewarding
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fluency
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easy and ample command of language if not ideas
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verbosity
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above all else wordy
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prolixity
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(like diffuseness) word and roundabout with little to say
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gregarious
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sociable
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impetuous
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rushing with great force; impulsive, rash
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precipitate
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rash and hasty, sudden
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ingenuous
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frank, genuine
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ingenue
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ingenuous...
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naïve
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unsophisticated? (Word wealth definitions suck...)
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nostalgic
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homesick, longing for something past
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ostentatious
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fond of display, pretentious
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garish
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gaudy
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pomp
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ceremony and splendid display
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histrionics
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showy, stagy, theatrical
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melodrama
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overdone drama
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sinuous
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curving or winding, devious
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undulating
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going up and down
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circuitous
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roundabout and winding
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serpentine
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twisting and turning
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taciturn
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habitually silent, uncommunicative
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tacit
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implied but not stated
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reticent
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reserved, hesitant about speaking or acting
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truculent
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fierce, savage, cruel
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unctuous
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excessively suave or bland, oily
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valid
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sound, effective, well-founded
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valor
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courage
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valence
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strength (chemisty)
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versatile
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many sided in abilities
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volatile
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changeable, spirited, explosive
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