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Things stern often describes ("stern ________")
- code
- sheets
- light
- lecture
- disapproval
- sense
- virtues
- realities
- rule
- tube
- teacher
- features
- figure
- gaze
- judgment
- countenance
- manner
- rail
- demands
- resistance
- look
- resolution
- eyes
- tubes
- face
- aspect
- section
- orders
- windows
- action
- warning
- resolve
- moralist
- integrity
- line
- judge
- command
- critic
- decree
- eye
- morality
- duty
- disciplinarian
- wheel
- deck
- laws
- taskmaster
- discipline
- authority
- simplicity
- master
- faces
- letter
- measures
- voice
- warnings
- silence
- necessities
- seat
- severity
- parent
- test
- reply
- fact
- expression
- spirit
- opposition
- character
- necessity
- attitude
- post
- frame
- rebuke
- punishment
- man
- glance
- justice
- god
- stuff
- chase
- reality
- lines
- refusal
- father
- tone
- facts
- determination
- repression
How stern often is described ("________ stern")
- off
- broken
- funereal
- wide
- gilded
- high
- submerged
- lofty
- tapered
- gentle
- entire
- wooden
- longer
- west
- singularly
- elliptic
- uttermost
- square
- sound
- pink
- vertical
- tall
- fragmentary
- more
- less
- late
- flat
- graceful
- heavy
- shaped
- unconsumed
- huge
- massive
- open
- little
- half
- elliptical
- yellow
- serious
- weekly
- rounded
- overhanging
- pointed
- above
- usual
- full
- german
- low
- somewhat
- pretty
- extreme
- circular
- starboard
- carved
- blunt
- narrow
- curved
- round
- straight
- very
- handsome
- false
- sharp
- whole
- broad
- nearest
