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One of the categories on a recent “Jeopardy” with Alex Trebek was ‘“A ‘B’ 6 Shot.”’ Each correct response was a six-letter word starting with B. In this week’s column, the first four are from “Jeopardy.” I thought of the last six.

Please let me know how well you did.

{1.} “Job title of a college treasurer”

One of the categories on a recent “Jeopardy” with Alex Trebek was ‘“A ‘B’ 6 Shot.”’ Each correct response was a six-letter word starting with B. In this week’s column, the first four are from “Jeopardy.” I thought of the last six.

Please let me know how well you did.

{1.} “Job title of a college treasurer”

(March 26) It’s cooler this morning — still a little touch of winter — just enough to remind us that spring has not fully arrived even through the calendar says that is has.

Here are a few tips that you may want to use if you are ever planning to bake a delectable coconut cake.  First, always use fresh ingredients.  If the ingredients call for butter, use real butter, not margarine.  The best type to use in good coconut cakes is sweet cream salted butter.  Your butter should be chilled, but soft, when mixing your i

Thank you for reading the Vaughan’s Vocabulary column each week. I enjoy writing it and I appreciate each reader. The column is a fun way to expand our vocabularies.

See how you do with this week’s word quiz. Please let me know how well you did.

1. Which one is a synonym for lengthy?

A. sententious

B. extended

(March 21) I was up about 6 a.m. and came to the kitchen for my regular morning cup of coffee. My view from my window was spectacular! The moon was full and beginning to sink into the western sky just behind the trees. The skinny, leafless limbs were in view just in front of the moon, but not blocking its shiny, golden light.