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JKLM Words

1. A jeroboam (jer-uh-BO-um) is:
a long, delaying speech
an African leaping animal
a two-hulled canoe
an oversize wine bottle

2. Kallikaks (CALLA-kacks) were members of:
a fierce Turkish tribe
a low-life extended family
Eskimo governing councils
flocks of now-extinct diving birds

3. A lemming (LIM-ing) is a kind of:
hybrid citrus fruit
grossly inferior product
dream-inducing potion
migratory rodent

4. To mulct (mulkt) means to:
gain something by fraud or deceit
dig fallen leaves into soil
coat with milk and honey
moan woefully

5. To nictate (NICK-tate) means to:
govern harshly
use tobacco products
wink the eye
stay up all night

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