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1
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Basted/based

A

Pour liquid on meat to keep it moist

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2
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Caret/karat/carat

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Circumflex accent/unity of measure of gold/unity of measure of a jewel size

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3
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Buoy

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Floater

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4
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Beau

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Boyfriend

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5
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Bough

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Branch of tree

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6
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Cache

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Store away

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7
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Cannon/canon

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Arm/set of traditions

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Chord/cored

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Group of notes sounded together/remove the tough central part of the fruit

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9
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Complacent/complaisant

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Self-satisfied/willing to please others

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10
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Coolie/coulee

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Unskilled laborer/small stream

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11
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Creak/creek

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High pitched sound/natural stream of water

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12
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Dam/damn

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Barrier preventing a flow of water/to condemn

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13
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Disburse/disperse

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Pay it out

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14
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Discreet/discrete

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Cautious/distinct

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15
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Doze/does

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Sleep in lightly/female deer

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16
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Elicit/illicit

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To bring forth a reaction or response/illegal

17
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Ewe/you/yew

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Female sheep/tree

18
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Fete/fate

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Celebratory event

19
Q

Flue/flu/flew

A

Chimney for smoke or gases

20
Q

Fowl/foul

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Chicken

21
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Franc/Frank

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Type of money/member or an ancient group of people (ancestors of French)

22
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Frieze/frees/freeze

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Strip of decoration

23
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Friar/fryer

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Member of religious order (a man)

24
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Fir/fur

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Tree

25
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Gait/gate

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Manner of walking

26
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Guerilla/gorilla

A

Member of a group that fights

27
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Guild/gild

A

Group of people with common interests/ applying a layer of gold

28
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Hoard/horde

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“A collection” of someone who keeps everything/ large group of people

29
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Latter/ladder

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Last item in a list of 2 or more things

30
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Leach/leech

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To drain

31
Q

Leek/leak

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Plant

32
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Lyre/lier/liar

A

Music instrument/Someone that rests in a horizontal position

33
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Sided/cited/sighted

A

Having sides of a specified number or type

34
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Scull/skull

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To row

35
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Soar/sore

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To fly aloft or about

36
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Wails/whales/wales

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Cry of pain

37
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Vice/vise

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Immoral habit/tool

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