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1. Example: From the word FRAGILE, remove a smaller word that means "existence". You may OR MAY NOT need to rearrange some letters to find the smaller word.
If you remove the correct word, without further anagramming you will have a word remaining that means "scrap of cloth, often used for cleaning". Write that word in the blank.
FRAGILE-LIFE (existence) = RAG (scrap of cloth)
Answer: RAG
Got it? Okay, here goes:
From the word "TAXABLE", remove a smaller word that means "hatchet" (American spelling). You will be left with a word that means "article of furniture for dining".
2. From the word "PLETHORA", remove a smaller word that means "appeal" or "entreaty". You will be left with a word that means "Norse god of thunder".
3. From the word "LACRIMOSE", remove a smaller word that means "additionally". You will be left with a word that means "a breach of the law".
4. From the word "GRIFTER", remove a smaller word that means "to make an error". You will be left with a word that means "offering".
5. From the word "MANDIBLE", remove a smaller word that means "to tie tightly". You will be left with a word that means "opposite of female".
6. From the word "CLARIFY", remove a smaller word that means "the opposite of succeed". You will be left with a word that means "weep".
7. From the word "BROADCAST", remove a smaller word that means "boor". You will be left with a word that means "to cook with a mixture of roasting and broiling".
8. From the word "COVALENT", remove a smaller word that means "carbon-rich rock". You will be left with a word that means "to express intense feelings".
9. From the word "BALONEY", remove a smaller word that means "a large cove". You will be left with a word that means "solitary".
10. From the word "BANDICOOT", remove a smaller word that means "sound made by a dove". You will be left with a word that means "outlaw".
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austinnene
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