STUMPERS CXXIV

1. Can you think of two words, each ending in the same three letters, one meaning barren and the other meaning prolific?

2. Can you think of two words, each ending in the same three letters, one meaning an old, feeble woman, and the other a young woman ready for marriage?

Answers:

1. STERILE - FERTILE
2. ANILE - NUBILE

Credit: The Word's The Thing
Dr. Louis D. Appel