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Metamorphic Me

Mix me up for beauty in halls and theatres
Shuffled, I am an unelected leader
Jumble me, and we become roof leak beaters
Scrambled, we're long-tailed, omnivorous eaters
I am an entertainment craving feeder

What am I?


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Definition: (adjective) Causing harm or injury.
Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial.
Usage: The reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicious publicity for the defendant.

Name Train II

A Name Train is a puzzle where each name is connected together like box cars in a train. You are given the first car (the Engine) and the last car (the caboose), and you have to fill in the car or cars in between. Every two consecutive cars will form a name of a person or character. Joan [ ] Li. The answer is Joan Jet Li (Joan Jet-Female singer, Jet Li-Actor) Ready? OK here goes:

1. Matthew [ ] Mason
2. Bruce [ ] Majors
3. Larry [ ] [ ] Fonda
4. Ashley [ ] [ ] Mandela
5. Rick [ ] [ ] [ ] Luther



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Definition: (noun) A person given to clowning and joking.
Synonyms: merry andrew, clown, goof, goofball.
Usage: At a country fair there was a buffoon who made all the people laugh by imitating the cries of various animals.

Dramatic Transformation

Savage and fierce until you invert my head
Then gentle and peaceful I become instead

What are we?


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Definition: (noun) A wooden pin used in the game of ninepins.
Synonyms: skittle.
Usage: He threw the ball so hard that it knocked the ninepin into the neighbor's yard.

Martini Music

Which artist from Group B can be added to Group A? Why?

Group A: Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Lulu, Paul McCartney and Wings, Sheena Easton, Shirley Bassey
Group B: Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Madonna, Nancy Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Rita Coolidge, Tina Turner


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Welcome to the April edition of Pedagogical Innovations Journal Club.

While there have been growing calls to understand and support rural student success in higher education, rural students' experiences remain largely misunderstood. In this article, the authors employ an integrative literature review method to synthesize existing literature on rural students' experiences and persistence in higher education. Author Ty McNamee will be joining us to summarize this research and discuss its findings with participants.

Definition: (noun) A woman hired to do cleaning or similar work, usually in a large building.
Synonyms: cleaning lady.
Usage: The charwoman cleaned every bathroom in the office building after the executives left for the evening.

Missing Letters 6

Below are incomplete words. Place four (4) letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.

bo (_ _ _ _) mal
bla (_ _ _ _) fast
home (_ _ _ _) le
fe (_ _ _ _) ness
who (_ _ _ _) lasting
or (_ _ _ _) ings


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Definition: (noun) A small molded or sculptured figure; a statuette.
Synonyms: statuette.
Usage: She had all the delicate grace of that Tanagra figurine that you have in your studio, Basil.

Words Out of Order

Can you rank the following series of words in the proper order?

admission, cook, governor, league, message, mustard, pepper, punishment


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Get ready for finals and the end of the semester by attending the Long Night Against Procrastination on Wednesday, April 24th! Learn more about this event in this week's issue of the Psych Scoop.

Definition: (noun) A cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin.
Synonyms: jukebox.
Usage: When they arrived at the dance hall, the professional musicians were dismayed by the presence of the popular nickelodeon.

Friends of Mine

I shake hands with many different people. Some pull me close and some push me away. In the end, they always leave me.

What am I?


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Congratulations to Karman Motevaze and Darian Schwietz for being the 2024 Staff Excellence Award Recipients.

Definition: (noun) An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur.
Synonyms: omen, prognostication, presage, prodigy.
Usage: The soldier looked to the sky for a portent and was gripped with fear when he read his future in the clouds.

Chain Reaction #3

Your goal is to connect the first word with the last word by making compound words.

Example:
Ball
Game
Some
Time
Table
Ware
House

The words connecting ball and house are:
ballgame
gamesome
sometime
timetable
tableware
warehouse

Can you try?

(number of letters) (first letter) (------ spaces of other letters)

Low
(4) D - - -
(4) F - - -
(3) O - -
(4) S - - -
(4) L - - -
Shot


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Definition: (noun) A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
Synonyms: dragger.
Usage: The fisherman boarded the trawler at four in the morning.