Tuesday, February 24, 2009

PUZZLE, Feb. 24 th, 2010

Previous Puzzle

1. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...BALLOON
2. Body modification.TATTOO
3. A Group of people.COMMITTEE
4. Acuteness or acumen. KEENNESS

New Puzzle

Find a shorter word with the meaning given within the following words:
Example: "rapscallion" contains the word "rascal": RApSCALlion

See if you can find the shorter words in the words below that fir the definitions given:
1. prosecute
2. scoundrel
3. falsities
4. stockings
5. pantaloons
6. brackets

2 comments:

Unknown said...

1. stop
2. louse
3. lies
4. socks
5. pants
6. brace

Veronica Baig said...

DAKOTA: The last four are good--well done. However, note that for the first two, the letters in the new word must be in the same order as in the longer word.