The unrelated words in the list below can be paired according to the following rule.

They each have a common synonym which connects them.

For example, spar and crate would be connected by the word box.

Identify the pairs and provide the link word.

Please include any alternative solutions that you may find.

average
deer
deny
enrapture
exhort
garbage
gift
intend
interval
introduce
irate
iron
mend
portico
quandary
rear
saltire
scupper
snap
whiskey

(In reply to re: finding the links to a chain by Josie Faulkner)

Josie, I realized that the object was to find ten pairs.

If I had formed the chain, then I would have had ten pairs.   I just found it interesting that that there can be more than the obvious pairs. 

Posted by Dej Mar on 2007-07-12 05:33:28