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Delete a Letter 47
Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.
1) to rise suddenly (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) reliable, trustworthy
2) foreseeable, inevitable (11 letters) & (delete 7th letter) capable of being asserted
3) to turn aside or prevent from acting (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) caribou
4) a contemptible person (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a trigonometric function
1) to rise suddenly (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) reliable, trustworthy
2) foreseeable, inevitable (11 letters) & (delete 7th letter) capable of being asserted
3) to turn aside or prevent from acting (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) caribou
4) a contemptible person (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a trigonometric function
Answer
1) surge & sure2) predictable & predicable
3) deter & deer
4) swine & sine
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