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10 Cards in this Set
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Precept
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A rule of conduct or action (N.)
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Salutary
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Beneficial, helpful, healthful wholesome (Adj.)
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Scathing
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Bitterly Severe, withering; causing; great harm.
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Scourge
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To whip, punish severely (v.) a cause of affliction or suffering' a source of severe punishment or criticism (n.)
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Sepulchral
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Funereal, typical of the tomb' extremely gloomy or dismal (adj.)
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Soporific
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tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy (adj.) Something that induces sleep (n.)
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Straitlaced
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Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical (adj.)
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Transient
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lasting only a short time (adj.) one who stays only a short time (n.)
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Unwieldy
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not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity (adj.)
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Vapid
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dull, uninteresting, tiresome;lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force (adj.)
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