PRO AND CON  I
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Feb. 1999
Thomas Parker

The words in GROUP A all have synonyms or near-synonyms that begin with PRO. The Group B word synonyms all start with CON. If you discount their respective PRO and CON prefixes, every Group A answer has a mate in Group B that shares all of its letters except one.  For example, COMPLAINED in Group A can be answered with a synonym - PROTESTED. In Group B, STUFFED UP can be answered with CONGESTED. Dropping the prefixes, TESTED and GESTED differ by only one letter. Can you match up the words from the two groups?

GROUP A                                  GROUP B
COMPLAINED                          SIGNIFY
ADAGE                                      BEHAVIOR
PUBLICIZE                                HOT-DOG STAND
VEGETABLES                           STUFFED UP
CONSPICUOUS                         IMPRISON
BLASPHEMOUS                       SUMMON BY MAGIC
OBTAIN                                      CHANGE RELIGIONS
LINE OF WORK                         ASIA, FOR ONE

Answers:

GROUP A - SYNONYMS         GROUP B - SYNONYMS
PROTESTED                             CONGESTED
PROVERB                                  CONDUCT
PROMOTE                                 CONCESSION
PRODUCE                                  CONNOTE
PROMINENT                             CONFINE
PROFANE                                   CONJURE
PROCURE                                   CONVERT
PROFESSION                             CONTINENT

MATCHES
proTESTED - conGESTED
proVERB - conVERT
proMOTE - conNOTE
proDUCE - conDUCT
proMINENT - conTINENT
proFANE - conFINE
proCURE - conJURE
proFESSION - conCESSION