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When you curtail a word,you remove the last letter and still have a valid word.You will be given clues for the two word?

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When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.

  1. Row; level -> Bind; fasten
  2. Finished -> Put on; take on
  3. To strip; take away -> Plunges into water
  4. Sorrow; desolation -> Scrooge; hoarder
  5. Merry-go-round -> Engage in drinking and partying
  6. Similarity; comparison -> Data measured on a continuous scale
  7. Message holder -> Completely surround
  8. Public declaration of intentions (political) -> Document listing a ship's contents
posted Jun 5, 2015 by Riteshwar

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  1. Tier -> Tie
  2. Done -> Don
  3. Divest -> Dives
  4. Misery -> Miser
  5. Carousel -> Carouse
  6. Analogy -> Analog
  7. Envelope -> Envelop
  8. Manifesto -> Manifest
answer Oct 9, 2015 by Akriti



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