Monday, March 24, 2008

Word Quiz

Change just one letter in each of the following words to make a new word that also works for the clue:

1. AMEND      (Change)      _ _ _ _ _
2. STOOL       (Place to Sit) _ _ _ _ _
3. PONDER   (To Think)  _ _ _ _ _ _ 
4. WEDDED  (Joined Together)  _ _ _ _ _ _ 
5. BANEFUL  (Causing Harm)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
6. DEPRESS  (Push Down)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
7. MILLION  ( Very Large Number)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
8. MUDDLED (Unclear)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
9. SCATTER  (Send In All Directions)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
10. STILLED  (Forced To Be Quiet)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
11. STORING  (Putting Away For Safekeeping)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
12. WHISPER ( Speak In A Low Voice)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
13. WISHFUL  (Longing For) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
14. DROPPED  (Sank)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
15. ELASTIC  (In A Flexible State)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
16. SHUNNED  (Pushed Aside)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
17. JAPANESE  (Asian Islander)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

10 comments:

Kara said...

1. AMEND (Change): Emend
2. STOOL (Place to Sit): Stoop
3. PONDER (To Think): Wonder
4. WEDDED (Joined Together): Welded
5. BANEFUL (Causing Harm): Baleful
6. DEPRESS (Push Down): Pressed?
7. MILLION (Very Large Number): Billion
8. MUDDLED (Unclear): Puddled
9. SCATTER (Send In All Directions): Spatter
10. STILLED (Forced To Be Quiet): Stalled
11. STORING (Putting Away For Safekeeping):
12. WHISPER (Speak In A Low Voice):
13. WISHFUL (Longing For):
14. DROPPED (Sank):
15. ELASTIC (In A Flexible State): Plastic
16. SHUNNED (Pushed Aside):
17. JAPANESE (Asian Islander): Javanese

Kara said...

16. Shinned?

Kara said...

14. Dripped?

Nora said...

1. emend
2. stoop
3. wonder
4. welded
5. baleful
6. REPRESS
7. billion or zillion
8. muddied or fuddled
9. spatter
10. STIFLED
11. STOWING
12. whimper
13. wistful
14. DROOPED
15. plastic
16. SHUNTED
17. Javanese

Nora said...

according to the quiz:

Rating
10 = good
14 = excellent
17 = ACE!

Kara said...

I'll take "good."

Kara said...

ps: Is the sale over yet?

Kara said...

: )

Nora said...

Yeah, the sale was over on Wednesday.

Anonymous said...

1.emend
2.stoop
3.wonder
4.welded
5.baleful
6.repress
7.trillion
8.fuddled
9.shatter
10.stalled
11.shoring
12.whimper
13.wistful
14.cropped
15.plastic
16.shunted
17. javanese