STUMPERS CCCLXXIV

1. Can you think of two five-letter words that differ by only a single letter, one meaning able to move quickly and easily, and the other meaning old and doddering?

 

2. What do the words PEN and LOSE have in common? 

3. Can you think of a five-letter word, such that if you insert a T into it, the new six-letter word means about the same thing?

4. Think of two words, one of five letters and the other of six. One means very serious and the other means relatively minor?

 

Answers:

 

1. AGILE - ANILE 

 

2. Each can be preceded by a single letter to make them opposites:

    OPEN - CLOSE 

 

3. ROUND - ROTUND 

4. VENAL -very serious (unpardonable)

     VENIAL - minor (forgivable)