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25 Cards in this Set
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Compatriots
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fellow countrymen
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edict
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offical statement; law
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expound
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to set forth in detail
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firmament
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the sky, or heaven
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hermetically
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completely sealed; airtight
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pestilential
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filled with disease
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phylacteries
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small boxes containing scripture
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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 negative,even without actual warning
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trucheon
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a police officer's stick
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bestial
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like a beast or animal
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blandishments
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something used to coax
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crucible
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container for cooking at high heat
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emaciated
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marked by abnormal thinness caused by starvation or disease
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leprous
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showing signs of leprosy
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manacle
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to handcuff
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queue
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waiting in line
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wizened
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dry, shrunken, wrinkled
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contagion
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an influence that spreads rapidly
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embarkation
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beginning of a journey
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encumbrance
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burden
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indeterminate
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vague, not fixed in advance
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rivet
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to hold attention to tighly, as if physically attached
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semblance
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outward appearance, but with a sense of falsity
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vigilance
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state of extreme watchfulness
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