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12 Cards in this Set
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precept
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NOUN- a rule of conduct or action
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salutary
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ADJ- beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
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scathing
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ADJ- bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
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scourge
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VERB- to whip, punish severely; NOUN- a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
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sepulchral
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ADJ- funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
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soporific
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ADJ- tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; NOUN- something that induces sleep
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straitlaced
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ADJ- extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritancial
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transient
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ADJ- lasting only a short time, fleeting; NOUN- one who stays a short time
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unwiedly
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ADJ- not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
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vapid
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ADJ- dull, uniteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
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anomalous
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ADJ- abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
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aspersion
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NOUN- a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming
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