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10 Cards in this Set
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Avarice |
gree; desire for wealth |
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Furtive |
stealthy; secretive |
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Bacchanalian |
wild and drunken |
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Extradite |
to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority |
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Copious |
numerous; large in quantity |
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Irascible |
easily angered |
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Mercenary |
a professional soldier hired by a foreign army |
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Bastion |
a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it) |
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Jettison |
to cast overboard; to discard |
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Ostracize |
to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common descent |
