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Exercise 23            bask  cask       flask mask                  task
                  ask

a chore __________ a goatskin container for wine __________

to lie out in the sun __________        to question __________

to cover up __________ a barrel or keg holding bourbon __________

                       to conceal (one’s face) __________

Exercise 24

                             chasm spasm

                                    a violent fit __________
                        a painful muscle contraction __________
                       a wide, deep split, gorge, cleft __________

Exercise 25

                       asp   clasp      gasp grasp

                       to grip or hold on to __________

                       to express surprise or shock __________

                       a poisonous snake __________

to take hold of __________                a clip __________

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