The African-American Writers A Literary Reader

Two Poems
by Gwendolyn Brooks

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	1.   To _____ is to lie in wait, as in ambush.
	smirk lurk	sneer cackle
	2.   Something that is damaged in a tattered, frayed, or torn fashion can be described as ______.
	coarse fowl	raggedly haggard
	3.   A man usually looks ______ when he is brusque or stern in manner or appearance.
	gruff gentile	inept sincere
	4.   Which of the following means to "put an end to; discontinue"?
	fleece cease	prolong bypass
	5.   When something _____, it makes the sound of a whining cry.
	yawns moans	claps bleats

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