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quirk  smirk  shirk  chirk           irk

bother or annoy __________         a squeak or a chirp __________

              a sassy or impudent look __________

              to shun or shake off (responsibility) __________

              odd way or mannerism __________

               burl furl curl churl

fold up a flag; take in the sails __________
gnarled or knotted growth on a tree trunk __________
lock of hair curved into a round or spiral shape __________
an ill-tempered, ill-bred, uncouth, rude, or boorish person __________

Exercise 139

                     hurl   purl knurl

                 small hard knob or protuberance __________
a soft murmuring sound (as of a shallow brook or stream) __________

              to throw something with great force __________
                    to flow in whirls and ripples __________

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