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26 Cards in this Set
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Compatriots |
(n) Fellow countrymen |
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Edict |
(n) official statement; law |
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Expound |
(v) to set forth in detail |
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firmament |
(n) the sky, or heavens |
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hermetically |
(adv) completely sealed; airtight |
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pestilential |
(adj) filled with disease; contagious |
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phylacteries |
(n) small boxes containing scripture; worn by some jewish men for daily prayer |
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premonition |
(n) anticipation on an event, usually negative, even w/o actual warning |
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Truncheon |
a police officer's stick |
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bestial |
(adj) like a beast or animal |
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blandishments |
(n) something used to coax |
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crucible |
(n) container for cooking at high heat |
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emancipated |
(adj) marked by abnormal thinness caused by starvation or disease |
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leprous |
(adj) showing signs of leprosy, which is an infectious disease that affects the body tissue |
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manacle |
(v) to handcuff |
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queue |
(n) waiting line |
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wizened |
(adj) dry, shrunken, wrinkled |
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harangued |
(n) ling pompous speech |
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convalescent |
(v) recovering from an illness or disability |
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contagion |
(n) an influence that spreads rapidly |
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embarkation |
(b) beginning of a journey |
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encumbrance |
(n) burden |
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indeterminate |
(adj) vague, not fixed in advanced |
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rivet |
(v) to hold attention tightly, as if physically attached |
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semblance |
(n) outward appearance, but with a sense of falsity |
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vigilance |
(n) state of extreme watchfulness |
