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PADRE

1. A pseudopod (SUDO-pod), literally speaking, is:
   a foot that’s false
   an Austrian waltz
   an inconstant lover
   a plant’s seed cover

2. An adroit (uh-DROYT) person is:
   sickly
   prickly
   skillful
   willful

3. A diadem (DYE-uh-dem) is a kind of:
   farm that’s upland
   crown, or headband
   small diving bird
   tale that’s absurd

4. Refulgent (re-FUL-junt) means:
   overloaded
   corroded
   shining, gleaming
   musing, dreaming

5. An espalier (es-PAL-yer or -yea) is associated with:
   French fencers
   crustacean pincers
   army ants
   flattened plants

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