12CommonWor

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welveeasywor
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ledbyourf
ri
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com wil
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s.

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edbyMi
gnonFogar
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rl

Jul
y31,
2014

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l-
too-
oft
enel
usi
vepr
izei
sthebi
ngo—whenapl
ayer
usesallseventi
lesatoncetomakeaword.

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qui
xot
ic(
76poi
nts)

notsensi
bleaboutpr
act
icalmat
ter
s;i
deal
ist
icandunr
eal
ist
ic

maxi
mize(
78poi
nts)

makeasbi
gorl
argeaspossi
ble

wheezi
ly(
76poi
nts)

wi
thahuskyorwhi
stl
ingsound

equal
ize(
76poi
nts)
makeequal
,uni
for
m,cor
respondi
ng,
ormat
chi
ng

chut
zpah(
77poi
nts)

(
Yiddi
sh)unbel
ievabl
egal
l;i
nsol
ence;audaci
ty

exor
cize(
76poi
nts)

expelt
hroughadj
urat
ionorpr
ayer
s

whi
zbang(
76poi
nts)

asmallhi
gh-
vel
oci
tyshel
lthatmakesawhizzi
ngsoundf
oll
owedbyabangwheni
thi
ts;
somet
hingver
yconspi
cuousoreffect
ive

j
ezebel(
75poi
nts)

ashamel
essi
mpudentschemi
ngwoman

squeeze(
75poi
nts)

pr
essf
ir
mly

j
ukebox(
77poi
nts)

acabi
netcont
aini
nganaut
omat
icr
ecor
dpl
ayer
;recor
dsar
epl
ayedbyi
nser
ti
ngacoi
n

f
lapj
ack(
76poi
nts)

apancake;af
latcakeoft
hinbat
terf
ri
edonbot
hsi
desonagr
iddl
e

qui
ckl
y(75poi
nts)

wi
thl
it
tl
eornodel
ay