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IT PAYS TO INCREASE YOUR Word Power

1. spinneret—A: spinning-wheel pedal. B: thread-producing organ in spiders or insects. C: handle on a spinning top.

2. patella—A: back of a watch. B: bone at the front of the knee. C: metal tip on a cane.

—A: bolt that is the pivot of a hinge. B: The outside edge of a coin. C: petal on

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