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25 Cards in this Set
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Furtive
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Secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
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Guileless
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Without deceit, innocent or honest
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Hone
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To sharpen, to make more effective
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Impertinent
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Rude, Intrusive, Meddlesome
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Impudent
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Disrespectful, improper bold behavior
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Indigenous
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Native to a certain area
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Infallible
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Incapable of error, unfailing
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Ingenuity
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Cleverness, inattentiveness, resourcefulness, ingeniousness
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Innate
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Existing from birth, inborn, inherent
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Inordinate
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Exceeding reasonable limits, excessive
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Irascible
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Irritable, easily angered, cross, short-tempered
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Lament
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To express sorrow
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Malevolence
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Evil intentions
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Melancholy
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Depression of spirits or sadness
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Oblique
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Slanting, misleading
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Oblivion
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State of being forgotten
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Ominous
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Threatening
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Palette
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A board in which a painter mixes paints on
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Palliate
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To ease pain
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Piety
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Devotion to God
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Placid
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Peaceful or Calm
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Predilection
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Preference
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Profane
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Showing contempt toward scared things, unholy
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Propel
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To drive through or push forward
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Propensity
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Preference, Natural inclination
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