RHYMING WORDS XVII

The words answering the clues in each set below will rhyme.

1. South Pacific archipelago

    Tool to remove water from glass

 

2. Steal

    Steak 

3. Happening at the same time

    Something that discourages a person from doing something

4. Object of hate or dread

    Slaughterhouse

    Large cabinet

    Woman's private room or bedroom

5. Pacify

    Make feeble or weaken

    Make easier

    Hasten

6. Sin

    Feeling of despondency 

    Admitting to a crime

    Departure form the subject at hand

7. Assemble

    Lurch from side to side 

    Deep, covered soup dish

    Indecent

    Young (Scottish) girl

    Tranquil

8. Live

    Live on very little

    Oppose

    Demand

    Stop

    Continue

    Join the military

 

9. Identification of an illness

    Predicted course of an illness

    Disease caused by eating undercooked pork

 

10. Severe mental disorder

      Bad breath

      Like the little bird on a rhino's back

 

11. Give all of one's time and resources to a cause

      Reduce in rank

      Be a sign of, indicate 

Answers:

 

1. Fiji

    Squeegee

 

2. Sirloin

    Purloin

 

3. Concurrent

    Deterrent 

4. Bete noir

    Abattoir

    Armoir

    Boudoir

 

5. Conciliate

    Debilitate

    Facilitate

    Precipitate

 

6. Transgression

     Depression

     Confession

     Digression

 

7. Convene

    Careen

    Tureen

    Obscene

    Colleen

    Serene

 

8. Exist

    Subsist

    Resist

    Insist

    Desist

    Persist

    Enlist

 

9. Diagnosis

    Prognosis

    Trichinosis

 

10.  Psychosis

       Halitosis

       Symbiosis

11. Devote

      Demote

      Denote