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14 Cards in this Set
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Compatriots
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Fellow countrymen.
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Edict
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Official statement.
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Expound
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To present and expain a theory or idea in detail.
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Firmament
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The sky, or heavens.
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Hermetically
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Completely sealed and or air tight.
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Peatilential
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Filled with disease; contagious.
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Phylacteries
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Small boxes containing scripture; worn by some jewish men.
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Pillage
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To rob with open violence.
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Premonition
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Anticipation of an event usually negitive, even without actual warning.
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Truncheon
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A police officers stick.
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Hysteria
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Behavior exhibiting excessive uncrotrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
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Convoy
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An escourt bu public officials for the purpose of protection.
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Deportee
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One who has been exiled from his or her homeland.
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Beadle
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A minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order at services and sometimes civil functions.
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