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22 Cards in this Set
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Avid
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intensely eager
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Halcyon
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calm, peaceful
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Devious
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acting or in a shifty or underhanded way
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Accost
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to approach and speak first
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Incendiary
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deliberately setting or causing fires
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Animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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Covenant
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a solemn agreement
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Gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or a minor piece to gain an advantage
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Brackish
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having a salty taste therefore unpleasant to drink
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Histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their thecniques; theatrical
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Celerity
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swiftness, repidity or motion or action
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Suppliant
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asking humbly or earnestly
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Propound
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to put forward, offer, suggest, for consideration
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Propriety
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the state of being proper
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Overt
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open, not hidden
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Undulate
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to move in waves or with a wave-like motion
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Sacrilege
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improper treatment of something sacred
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Talisman
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an object that serves as a charm
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Myopic
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nearsighted
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Summarily
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without delay
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Pejorative
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tending to make worse
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Maelstrom
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a whirlpool of greaat size and violence
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