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Exercise 142

                            slurp         chirp

              tweet, peep __________ to sip loudly __________

Exercise 143

                     nurse         purse          curse

pocketbook, handbag, clutch __________ a jinx, hex, or spell __________
                                    a doctor's aide __________

              verse         terse         hearse         worse

                     poetry, rhymed meter __________

a funeral limousine __________            not as good as __________

brusque, curt, snappy, gruff; short, concise or to the point __________

Exercise 144

              curt          hurt   blurt          spurt         pert

                      injured, wounded __________
        to speak out suddenly or impulsively __________
said abruptly, gruffly or harshly, or ungraciously __________
 a marked increase of effort for a short period __________

              saucy, lively, chipper, feisty __________

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