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CODES

1. Which of these choices would best define "codex" (CODE-ex)?
   crook
   book
   picture-taker
   secret-breaker

2. Occult (uh-KULT) means:
   wilted
   tilted
   forbidden
   hidden

3. As commonly used in English, de riguer (duh ruh-GRRR) means:
   necessary, needed
   ignored, unheeded
   difficult, tough
   a fake, a bluff

4. An epicurean (eppa-CURE-ee-un) would most likely enjoy:
   reading the Odyssey
   behaving most modestly
   a banquet or orgy
   watching Bess and Porgy (well, it’s an eye rhyme)

5. A silviculturist (SIL-vuh-culturist) would most likely be involved in:
   growing trees
   keeping bees
   mineral mining
   gourmet dining

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