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        3.     Kings of old used to have     __     __     __     __     __serfs who were

               essentially slaves.


        4.     The mildew and other     __     __     __     __     __scurf was scraped off the
               window sashes before painting.








        EXERCISE 137


                                        merge       verge                 scourge


        1.     Two street lanes      __     __     __     __     __     __merged into one.


        2.     She's been praying for months, and now she is on the verge__     __     __

               __     __      of becoming a Baptist missionary.


        3.     The miners were on the     __     __     __     __     __verge of permanently

               closing down the gold mine when― Eureka, they struck gold!


        4.     The Salk vaccine is accredited for ending the      __    __    __    __    __
               __     __scourge of polio in the late 1950s.





                                   urge      splurge  surge           purge       gurge


        5.     At the ballgame, they      __    __     __     __     __     __     __     __splurged on

               hot dogs, cracker jacks, peanuts and cokes.


        6.     Their father     __     __     __     __     __urged his children to help their
               needy classmates of families that were nearly destitute.








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