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KEY: 1–h, 2–f, 3–a, 4–j, 5–b, 6–i, 7–c, 8–e, 9–d, 10–g

Can you work with the words? (II)

1. adulatory a. aggressive; “fighting”

2. proscriptive b. of no great consequence

3. militant c. bearing ill-will; wishing harm

4. malign d. of the nature of curses

5. trivial e. clumsy, awkward

6. maledictory f. worshipful, adoring

7. malevolent g. bad, harmful, hurtful

8. maladroit h. relating or pertaining to prohibitions