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1. The word neutrino (nyoo-TREE-no or noo-) would most likely refer to:
   a fixed fox
   vitamin-enriched lox
   a subatomic particle
   an inoffensive article

2. To efface (if-ACE) is to:
   ridicule, debase
   wipe out, erase
   put on beauty aids and such
   gingerly feel, lightly touch

3. A wen is a kind of:
   trap for a rabbit
   hard-to-break habit
   sly, twisted grin
   cyst on the skin

4. A yarmulka (YAR-mul-kuh) is:
   a petty offense, a minor sin
   a skullcap worn by Jewish men
   a double-hulled Inuit canoe
   a fable or yarn, not always true

5. One meaning of the verb “to rifle” (RI-ful) is to:
   make light of something serious
   talk gibberish, as if delirious
   cut some spiral grooves
   pound the turf with hooves

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