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noun

• a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

• tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

• a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

• a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

verb

• burn maliciously, as by arson

23%4Puts on … or puts on ___
noun

• affected manners intended to impress others

23%6 He puts up the points (or puts them down)
noun

• a player who makes a score in a game or contest

• a logger who marks trees to be felled

• an official who records the score during the progress of a game

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