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20 Cards in this Set
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stronghold; fortress
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Bastion
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fear
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Trepidation
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To profane a holy place
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Desecrate
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accidental; happening by chance
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Fortuitous
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urgent; passionate
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vehement
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to soothe
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assuage
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producing a lot
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prodigious
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sluggish; lethargic
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torpid
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secretive
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furtive
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haughty; arrogant
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supercilious
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careful; cautious
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Prudent
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overly talative; wordy
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verbose
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common; ordinary; banal
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pedestrian
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harmless
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innocuous
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one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea
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fanatic
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to make better; to augment
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enhance
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to take back
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retract
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scarcity
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paucity
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to repeal; to take back formally
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rescind
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enthusiasm; zest
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zeal
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