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ACCRETION
 
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 REACTION
 
 
 Bonus puzzle: Interpret this to read a reasonably common verb, which we should in general try to avoid doing:
 
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OVER "RE," "ACT"
 
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ORIENTAL
 
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 ANTERIOR
 
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Wasn't there a Red Sox shortsop a few years back named Edgar REORIENT O --> ARENTERIA  ?  'Course there was! |  |  |  
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RETAINED
 
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 DETRAIN - what you do when you get down from it
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Is there an "H" in this word?? Just askin' 
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Doesn't have to be, but that's the way the ST- should be pronounced whether you put the H in the spelling or not.  And then sometimes it's a -UE-, or at least a -Ü-, instead of a plain -U-.  That's the problem with transliterations.  But any way you write it, or say it, it's still yummy! |  |  |  
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'preciate the explanation, just wondering. 
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(if  you get my meaning)
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CULOTTES
 
 T --> O
 
 CLOSEOUT
 
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