In each of the following word pairs the second word is a synonym of the first. Can you identify another characteristic that the second has to the first?

bright limpid
good   commendable
lass   damsel
old    wizened
out    banish
small  negligible

The "Wombat words" are those found in the second column of the word list provided in this given problem.  The words in the first column were provided solely to help identify the characteristics of a "Wombat word".

Josie, have you identified its characteristics?

Posted by Dej Mar on 2008-01-10 11:44:14