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1. The term chthonic (THON-ik) means:
   related to clocks
   the study of rocks
   darkly mysterious, weird
   with meshing teeth, geared

2. The word hegira (hij-EYE-ruh) refers to:
   a spiral, or coil
   a bubbling, or boil
   a confrontation, fight
   a journey, flight

3. You’d most likely hear the term igneous (IG-nee-us) in a conversation about:
   products of high heat
   frozen sweet treats
   Inuit dwellings
   skin-cysts, or swellings

4. Something that’s laminated (LAM-uh-nated) is:
   soured
   painted
   mourned
   layered

5. What the Brits call a lorry (rhymes with story), we’d call:
   a drunk
   a trunk
   a truck
   a monk

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