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Two Words in One
The following list of words are all proper words unto themselves, but each word also has a smaller word within it. The trick is that the smaller word "hidden" within the letters of the large word has to be a synonym for the larger word. One example is: rapscallion and rascal.
Can you work out the others?
1. blossoms
2. evacuate
3. encourage
4. calumnies
5. indolent
6. prattle
7. rampage
8. perambulate
9. pinioned
10. joviality
11. container
12. regulates
13. splotches
14. slithered
15. perimeter
16. curtail
17. respite
18. diversified
Can you work out the others?
1. blossoms
2. evacuate
3. encourage
4. calumnies
5. indolent
6. prattle
7. rampage
8. perambulate
9. pinioned
10. joviality
11. container
12. regulates
13. splotches
14. slithered
15. perimeter
16. curtail
17. respite
18. diversified
Answer
1. blooms2. vacate
3. urge
4. lies
5. idle
6. prate
7. rage
8. ramble
9. pinned
10. joy
11. can or tin
12. rule or gate
13. spots
14. slid
15. rim
16. cut
17. rest
18. diverse
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