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1. The term gutta-percha (guttuh-PERCH-uh) refers to:
   a gum from tree sap
   a glowing tropical fish
   a sacred mountain
   an artificial language

2. A shoat (rhymes with boat) is:
   a beer-and-whiskey drink
   an evil way to think
   a young pig
   a sweet gig

3. A cataract (CATTA-rakt) is:
   an earth-moving machine
   a torture device
   a waterfall
   a medieval song

4. Sequester (suh-KWEST-er) means:
   to give off, to exude
   to isolate, or seclude,
   to call a gambler’s bluff
   to puff up, as with fluff

5. A perspicacious (purse-puh-KAY-shus) person is likely to:
   have keen mentality
   be disjoined from reality
   be something of a neat-freak
   love climbing a high peak

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