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MARCH

1. The word mojo (MOE-joe) would most likely be used in conversation about:
   cultivation of coffee beans
   off-road cycle racing
   voodoo, or magic
   desert tribes

2. A priori (a-pre-OREE) means:
   before sunrise
   based on theory
   related to bees
   top of the line

3. You’d most likely find a ratchet (RACH-it):
   in an exterminator’s truck
   on an outrigger canoe
   inside a lobster trap
   in an old watch

4. Carborundum (car-buh-RUN-dum) is a kind of:
   tricky puzzle
   abrasive material
   oversized jar
   Italian rallying cry

5. You’d most likely find hachures (hash-OOR):
   on a map
   in your lap
   in an opium den
   on a ball-point pen

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