COMING DOWN THE ILE I

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Specialized Vocabulary

The answer to each clue will be a word ending in ILE:

1. Nimble 

2. Obsequious

3. Gracefully slender

4. Submissive, tractable

5. Cloth or woven fabric

6. Taint, pollute, desecrate

7. Like a weak, old woman

8. Having to do with the sense of touch 

9. Mislead, delude by charm or cunning

10. Not Jewish, to a person who is Jewish

11. Re-establish friendship, resolve a dispute

12. Appearing easy and comprehensive, but ignoring the true complexity of an issue

Answers:

 

1. Agile

2. Servile

3. Gracile

4. Docile

5. Textile

6. Defile

7. Anile

8. Tactile

9. Beguile

10. Gentile

11. Reconcile

12. Facile