RHYMING WORDS VII

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

The words answering the clues in each set will rhyme.

 

1)

Live

Live

Ridicule

Omit a sound or syllable when speaking 

 

2)

Protected against, as a disease

Simplistic, dull

Kibbutz, for example

Common newspaper name

3)

Shelter

Expert 

Poe's bird

Cowardly

 

4)

Sharp in observing and assessing

Opinion generally held of someone 

Reduce, as a prison sentence

Thin out, reduce the concentration

Answers:

 

1)

Abide

Reside

Deride

Elide

 

2)

Immune 

Jejune

Commune

Tribune

 

3)

Astute

Repute

Commute

Dilute