RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES IV

GAMES Magazine 

April, 2001

Stephen Snideman

 

Change one letter in each word in the left-hand column to a new one. The result may or may not be a word. Put these letters to the front or back of a word in the right-hand column to make a longer word. For example, given AMY in the left-hand column and WALL in the right-hand column: Change the M in AMY to B, giving ABY. Add these letters to WALL to get WALLABY. The longer words will all be in the same category, and the changed letters, shown in ( ), reading down, will spell another word in that category.

 

HINT: The category is shown below the answers:

 

1. DIP                       GENT

2. COY                     PASS

3.TENURE               HYPO

4. LAPSE                 TANGLE

5. MAN                    METER

6. TRAITOR            EL

7. RED                     PRO

 

Answers:

 

1. DIP - DIA - DIAMETER  (P)

2. COY - COM - COMPASS  (Y)

3. TENURE - TENUSE - HYPOTENUSE  (R)

4. LAPSE - LIPSE -  ELLIPSE  (A)

5. MAN - TAN - TANGENT  (M)

6. TRAITOR - TRACTOR - PROTRACTOR  (I)

7. RED - REC - RECTANGLE  (D)

Category: Geometry and trigonometry terms

Bonus word: PYRAMID