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1. Let's start with our first featured letter: "A". Ali, from Anatolia, announced, "attend well, acolytes. Bring me my ALMANDINE, for I wish to appreciate it."
What would one do with "ALMANDINE," anyway?
2. On to "B". Bobby the bachelor would not be bound by bonds. Every Saturday night, Bob and his buds would bring themselves to the bar, where they would behave like BACCHANTS. The bartender, belatedly, would bounce them.
What is a "BACCHANT?"
3. Now to "C". Carl was a cadet who called cadence for his company. He was also a constituent of a CABAL which would crush Constitutional canons. Contemptible, Carl!
What would a "CABAL" be?
4. Now, on to "D". "The devil is in the details," Daniel declared. "Designing a durable DRAY is downright difficult!"
Durn those drays. What is a "DRAY" anyway?
5. Now, "E". Edward the educator made every effort to EDUCE eloquence and erudition from his charges through enlightened techniques.
What does "EDUCE" mean?
6. Let's do "F". Fred FEIGNED felicity toward felines so that his friendship with Felicia might flourish. Frankly, Fred was frightened of them. He wasn't very forthcoming!
What was Fred doing? What is "FEIGNING"?
7. Now "G". Grandstanding goalie Gunther Gottrocks - of the Gloucester Goldfish - was grilled about his godawful showing in the game. Gunther then made sure to GAINSAY his goofs. What guile!
What does "to GAINSAY" mean?
8. Now "H". Haggai was happy because he lived in a HAGIOCRACY. In fact, Haggai was the Chief Hierophant, who, his whole life, had never had to hawk handicrafts in the town hall.
What is a "HAGIOCRACY?"
9. Next, "I". Isadore was irked because he was now involved in an intense IMBROGLIO not of his own making. Lacking imagination or intuition, Izzy felt inadequate.
What is an "IMBROGLIO?"
10. Lastly, "J". Jolly Jimmy Jones jumped at the chance to don his jaunty JODHPURS to joust with Joseph, one-on-one in a single race. No joke!
What are "JODHPURS" anyway?
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