DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD II

FAMILY REUNIONS
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
February, 2015
Stanley Newman

Each word in the two lists below can be changed into a new one by dropping one letter and re-arranging the others. All the new words will belong to the same family. Once you know the family, it is much easier to determine the new words, so the lists go from most to least difficult. Can you determine the new words in each list and the family to which they belong?

List I
1. THAWED
2. CURIE
3. COAST
4. BRONC
5. VERY

List II
1. MATRIARCH
2. ELEVATORS
3. BLANKETED (two words)
4. INCUBATE
5. AIRDROME
6. NAIVETY
7. INVADE
8. BRICK
9. DEBT 

HINTS:

Letters to be dropped:

List I:

1. D

List II:

1. T

2. R

3. K

4. U

5. D

Answers:

List I
1. WHEAT
2. RICE
3. OATS
4. CORN
5. RYE ----------- GRAINS

List II
1. ARMCHAIR
2. LOVESEAT
3. END TABLE
4. CABINET
5. ARMOIRE
6. VANITY
7. DIVAN
8. CRIB
9. BED ---------------- FURNITURE