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21. a peal of bells 22. a shoal of fish

23. a tuft of grass 24. a team of players

25. a volley of bullets 26. a yoke of oxen

G. One Word For Many

1. anonymous – a letter or poem written without the writer’s name
revealed

2. antidote – a medicine that destroys the effect of poison

3. audience – an assembly of people hearing/watching a movie

4. amphibian – a creature that can live on land as well as in water

5. autobiography – the life story of a person written by himself/herself
6. bankrupt – a person who cannot pay off his debts

7. cannibal – a person who eats other people

8. carnivore – an animal living on prey

9. catalogue – a complete list of items such as books or goods

10. audible – that can be heard
11. corrigible – that can be corrected

12. credible – that can be believed

13. curable – that can cured

14. delible – that can be rubbed out

15. eligible – a person having right qualifications, etc.
16. fallible – one who can make mistakes

17. horrible – that sends a current of horror

18. informer – one who gives information to the police or other
authority

19. legal – saccording to law

20. legible – that can be easily read

21. movable – that can be moved

22. patriot – one who loves one’s country above everything
23. traitor – one who betrays one’s motherland

24. waiter – one who serves customers in a hotel

25. fratricide – murder of one’s brother

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