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50 Cards in this Set
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Done in secret procedure
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Stealthy
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Stealthily; treacherous or deceitful
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Insidious
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Hold fast and firm; highly retentive
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Tenacious
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Flower; shrub
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Hydrangeas
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Wishing evil or harm on another
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Malevolent
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Threadlike and leafless organ of climbing plants
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Tendrils
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Having no energy
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Listless
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Anything that heals or makes you feel better
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Panacea
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Biredo
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Ennui
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Shyness
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Diffidence
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Eye glasses with tiny handle
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Lorgnette
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Showy; pretentious
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Ostentatious
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Inferio
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Subservient
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A challeng
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Gauntlet
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Harsh; stern
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Austere
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Sluggish; lack of energy
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Languor
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Dirty; filty
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Sordid
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Bottle holding wine or water
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Carafe
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Hungry
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Ravenous
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Sneaky; shifty; not trustworthy
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Furtive
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Off and on at intervals
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Intermittent
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Large number of
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Myriad
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Raincoat
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Mackintosh
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Muffins
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Crumpets
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Pastry
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Scone
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Social blunder; mistake
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Faux pas
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Careful with details
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Fastidious
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Couch with a back
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Divan
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Sickly yellow color usually in the face
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Sallow
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And a soft voice
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Sotto voce
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Complaining
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Querulous
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Pretending to be something you're not; showy
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Pretentious
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Puppet
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Marionette
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The and boney
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Gaunt
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Songbird
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Linnet
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Insulting and rude
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Derogatory
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Mollusks/shells
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Winkles
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Joking; fake
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Farce
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Small boat
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Dinghy
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Eyeglasses
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Pince-nez
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Secretive
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Clandestine
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Sudden; unplanned
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Spontaneous
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Abandon; lost; lonely; left alone
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Forlorn
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Stinging plants
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Nettles
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Delicious
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Delectable
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Flowering plant in Florida
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Bougainvillea
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Had waiter
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Maitre d'
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Brotherhood; friendship; fellowship
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Camaraderie
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A way of hiding
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Subterfuge
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Dress
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Frock
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