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

Can you work with the words? (II)

a. pierce; make a hole in; (noun) a small
1. acute
hole

b. clarity; lucidity; ability to be understood
2. acuity
quickly and easily

c. sounding plausible, or looking right, but
3. punctuate
actually false or untrue

d. in the future; describing that which, or one
4. puncture
who, can be looked forward to

5. pungence, pungency e. care; watchfulness; caution

6. perspicuity f. sharp; sudden; keen-minded

g. tending to examine and to think about
7. prospective
one’s motives, feelings, etc.

8. introspective h. interrupt sharply or suddenly

i. sharpness or spiciness of taste, smell, wit,
9. circumspection
etc.

10. specious j. keeness of mind, thinking, or intellect