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precept
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a rule of conduct or action
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salutary
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beneficial, helpful;healthful,wholesome
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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, a cause of afflicition or suffering; a source of severe punishment or critism
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sepulchral
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flog beat; bane plague, pestilence
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soporific
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tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness of lethargy
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straitlaced
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extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, purdish puritanical
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transient
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lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time
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unwieldy
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not easily carried, handled or managed because of size or complexity
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vapid
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dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking sharpness, flavor liveliness or force.
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