Round 3.  10 Words. Phonetic Spelling.

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36 The process of bringing an institution or organization up to date; modernization.

 

ə-jôr´nə-mĕnʹtō

uh JORE nuh MEN toe

 
37 Belonging to the family of rodents that includes the squirrels.
sīʹy-rĭn´

SIGH yer in

 
38
  • A sailor.
  • A blue that is duller than yale.
mătʹlō´

MAT low

 
39 A brothel. l´pānʹər

loo PAINER

 
40 A wild indelicate song. fĕsʹə-nīn´ 

FESS uh 9

 
41

The most primitive living rodent, about the size of a cat. communal in Pacific Northwest stream-bank burrows.

 

 

sə-wĕlʹəl

suh WELL'l

 
42 The monetary unit of Hungary from 1927 to 1946. pengʹgœ

PENG œ

œ: the sound that results as you try to say able while your lips are rounded as though you're about to say over

 
43 The first English coin showing the king's head in profile.
chēkʹə-sīd´

CHEEK aside

 
44 The study of the location of feathers on a bird. tĕrʹə lŏlʹə-jē

TARE uh LOLL uh gee

 
45
  • A charm performed by going three times about an object in the direction of the sun and sometimes carrying fire in the right hand. 
  • Clockwise.
dēʹzəl

DEE zul

 

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