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Solve the Jumble: CUISM

1. The term coreopsis (cory-OP-sis) refers to a:
   pungent cheese
   dread disease
   spy-watch tower
   yellow flower

2. An urbane (ur-BAYNE) person is:
   interested in plants
   given to rants
   perennially enrolled in some school
   suave, sophisticated, cool

3. An ingot (ING-utt) is:
   a block of metal
   a stewing kettle
   one who can’t speak
   a tributary creek

4. A servile (SUR-vill or -VILE) person is likely to be called:
   a groupie or roadie
   a brown-noser or toady
   a junior-tennis player
   a devout and faithful prayer

5. The word mendacity (men-DASSA-tee) would most likely be used in reference to someone who is:
   studying and cramming
   musically jamming
   lying, misleading
   begging and pleading

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