WHAT ONE WORD?

Credit: Ben L. O'Dell in The American Magazine
Printed in Reader's Digest

Can you find the single word which will be a synonym for both the words in each of the following pairs?

1. sort-----benevolent
2. results-----belongings
3. stays-----corpse
4. barrier-----sword-fighting
5. tresses-----fastens
6. make an effort-----composition
7. ray-----timber
8. intersect-----peevish
9. skin condition-----reckless
10. calculate-----shape
11. poker strategy-----sheer cliff
12. tied-----leap
13. ravine-----overeat
14. spiritualist-----average
15. cataract-----drops

Answers:

1. kind
2. effects
3. remains
4. fencing
5. locks
6. essay
7. beam
8. cross
9. rash
10. figure
11. bluff
12. bound
13. gorge
14. medium
15. falls