DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD XXV

FAMILY REUNIONS
GAMES.World of Puzzles
December, 2019
Regis Modesta

Drop one letter from each of the following words and re-arrange the remaining letters to form new words. The first five words will have something in common, and the second five words will have something (different) in common.

1. EWER
2. UNITY
3. KINDLY
4. EPITHET
5. PREGAME
6. COOLEST
7. GARBLED
8. REFUTER
9. UNYOKED
10. VERBENA

HINTS:
1-5: Size
5-10: Animals

Answers:

1.  WEE
2. TINY
3. DINKY
4. PETITE
5. MEAGER
6. OCELOT
7. BADGER
8. FERRET
9. DONKEY
10. BEAVER