Select the word that means to trick or fool others.
In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, author Mark Twain created the quick-witted and incorrigible character of Tom Sawyer. Whatever his Aunt Polly tells Tom to do, Tom wants to do the opposite. One fine Saturday, Aunt Polly orders Tom to paint their front fence with whitewash. Tom is desperate to get out of the chore and quickly figures out how to bamboozle the neighborhood boys into doing it for him. By acting absorbed in his task and feigning reluctance to let anyone else take the paintbrush from him, Tom makes the job appear quite desirable. Before long, the other boys have fallen for the deceit and are begging to do Tom's chore.
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incorrigible
incorrigible
whitewash
whitewash
bamboozle
bamboozle
deceit
deceit
Select the word that means offensive.
Many engineers have tried to develop environmentally friendly sources of electricity for homes and businesses. One interesting technology turns cow manure into electricity. Manure from cows or other farm animals is placed into an anaerobic digester, or oxygen-free tank, where it produces biogas. Biogas, composed primarily of methane, is then burned to generate electricity. This process can reduce the noisome odors from piles of cow manure, which often bring complaints from the dairy farms' neighbors. Despite some unanticipated glitches in the systems, governments continue to support "poop power" because of its enormous potential. The manure of one thousand cows can produce enough power for two hundred and fifty homes.
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reduce
reduce
noisome
noisome
complaints
complaints
unanticipated