RHYMING WORDS XV

The answer words to the clues in each set below will rhyme.

 

1. Animal den

    Special aptitude for doing something well

    Pirate

    Suave, urbane

2. Insensitive, crude  

    Pester

    Accumulate

    Go beyond the expected

3. Pacify, reduce - fear

    Bear or pay all or part of expenses

    Analyze the quality of metal or ore

    Dental concern

4. Claim that someone has committed a crime

    Solemn procession, as at a funeral

    

5. Follow as a consequence

    Fill with emotion or ideals

    Chase after

    First perfomance

6. Vie

    Full to the uttermost

    Separate, distinct

    One who has (or affects to have) a special appreciation for art and beauty

7. Unhealthy, yellowish skin color

    Inexperienced, immature

    Consecrate

    Of farmland left unplanted to renew soil

8. Make thin, reduce in strength

    Cause to appear less serious

Answers:

 

1. Lair

    Flair

    Corsair

    Debonaire

 

2. Crass

    Harass

    Amass

    Surpass

 

3. Allay

    Defray

    Assay

    Decay

 

4. Allege

    Cortege

 

5. Ensue

    Imbue

    Pursue

    Debut

 

6. Compete

    Replete

    Discrete

    Esthete

 

7. Sallow

    Callow

    Hallow

    Fallow

 

8. Attenuate

    Extenuate