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M-DAYS

1. You’d most likely hear the word macula (MAC-you-luh) in a conversation about:
   trucks and buses
   wenches and hussies
   skin or eye blotches
   failures and botches

2. A davit (DAV-it or DAY-vit) would most likely be used for:
   watching a lunar eclipse
   loading or unloading ships
   repairing a fairway, in golf
   launching an insult, or scoff

3. An aphorism (AFF-uh-riz’m) is a kind of:
   ointment for killing lice
   honey-gathering device
   mating-season displaying
   short and witty saying

4. A y axis is most likely found:
   between a horse and a cart
   going up and down on a chart
   in a newborn baby boy
   in genetically modified soy

5. Salmagundi (SAL-muh-GUNDY) usually refers to:
   a city in eastern Morocco
   something you’d find in a taco
   a spicy salad dish
   a colorful, tasty fish

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