Monday Muddle: palate, palette, pallet, pallid

palate: (noun) roof of the mouth; preference in taste or flavour

palette: (noun) the board used by artists for their paints; the range of colours used in art or makeup; (adjective) used with the word knife to describe a tool used by an artist to spread paint

pallet: (noun) a portable wooden platform used for storing or moving goods; a temporary bed, often made of straw; a wooden tool used to shape clay

pallid: (adjective) wan, unusually pale because of illness

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