Thursday, April 14, 2016

PUZZLE

Solution to the previous puzzle

1. PYGMY
2. BAGMAN
3. STIGMA
4. PHLEGM
5. AUGMENT


New Puzzle:

Find the word pairs defined below.

Hint: The two words will be the same except for the extra letter at the beginning of the first word.

Example: Begin --> Sour
Answer:   Start   --> Tart

1. Outer layer                      -->     Oxidized metal
2. Defraud; violate rules      -->     energy in transit
3. Sensation of cold             -->     Local land elevation
4. Go upward                      -->     Jointed appendage; branch
5. Strong metal rope           -->      Having necessary skill
6. Confined; restrained        -->     Old; grew older
7. Stop; discontinue             -->     Freedom from hardship
8. Lacking dirt                     -->      Lacking fat


*Note, the first person with the correct answer gets the bonus point.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Find the word pairs defined below.

Hint: The two words will be the same except for the extra letter at the beginning of the first word.

Example: Begin --> Sour
Answer: Start --> Tart

1. Outer layer --> Oxidized metal
Answer: Crust --> Rust

Fatumaos155 said...

1. Outer layer
1.Crust --> Oxidized metal
Rust
2. Defraud; violate rules
2.Cheat --> energy in transit
Heat
3. Sensation of cold
3.Chill --> Local land elevation
Hill
4. Go upward
4.Climb --> Jointed appendage; branch
Limb
5. Strong metal rope
5.Cable --> Having necessary skill
Able
6. Confined; restrained
6.saged --> Old; grew older
Aged
7. Stop; discontinue
7.Cease --> Freedom from hardship
Ease
8. Lacking dirt
8.Clean --> Lacking fat
Lean

fatumaos155 said...

6.Confined; restrained
Caged
6.Old; grew older
Aged

Michael said...

Fatuma wins the bonus -- though #6 should be "sage/age", not "saged/aged".