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18 Cards in this Set
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Compatriots |
Fellow countrymen |
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Edict |
Official statement;law |
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Expound |
Set fourth in detail |
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Firmament |
The sky, or heavens |
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Hermetically |
Airtight |
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Pedtilential |
Filled with disease |
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Phylacteries |
Small boxes containing scripture; wore by some Jewish men for daily prayer |
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Pillage |
Rob with violence |
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Premonition |
Anticipation of an event, usually negative, even without actually warning |
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Truncheon |
A police officers stick |
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Bestial |
Like a beast or animal |
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Blandishments |
Something used to coax |
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Crucible |
Container for cooking liquids; trial or test |
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Emaciated |
Marked by abnormal thinness |
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Leprous |
Showing signs of leprosy |
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Manacle |
Handcuff |
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Queue |
Waiting line |
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Wizened |
Dry, shrunken, wrinkled |
