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10 Cards in this Set
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Precept
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A rule of conduct of 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 affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
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Sepulchral
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funereal,typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
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Soporific
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tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that induces sleep.
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straitlaced
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extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct: prudish; 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 copmlexity
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Vapid
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dull,uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, of force.
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