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wren          yen           ten          pen

Japanese money __________                            2 x 5 = __________

a writer's tool __________                      a little bird __________

                          a strong desire, a craving __________

playpen; penitentiary __________                2 + 3 + 4 + 1 = __________

Exercise 91

                    fence         hence         sense        dense     tense

             thick __________                   a wall or barrier __________

thus, therefore __________                      logic, reason __________

                                       to duel with swords __________

                                  stretched tight, taut, rigid __________

                           skill in argument, to verbally parry __________

Exercise 92               blench         bench       drench         French
            clench

to hold onto tightly __________                 thoroughly soaked __________

                    to draw back, shrink, flinch, quail __________

people of France __________                            seat __________

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