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Each pair of definitions is for two words,where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted. What are words?

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Each pair of definitions is for two words,where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted. What are words?
( Ex: brand and band)
The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.
1. covered with soft thick hair (5 letters) and (delete 3rd letter) violent anger, wild rage
2. a fabric made of fibrous material (5 letters) and (delete 5th letter) to coagulate
3. the relative resistance of a material to scratching or denting (8 letters) and (delete 4th letter) the straps by which a parachute is fastened to a person
4. a hypnotic, cataleptic or ecstatic state (6 letters) and (delete 4th letter) a barely perceptible amount

posted Jan 31, 2020 by Vikram Luthra

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  1. Furry--> fury
  2. Cloth--> clot
  3. Hardness--> harness
  4. Trance--> trace
answer Jan 31, 2020 by Hanifa Mammadov



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