January 2017: Family Reunions

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Family Reunions

by Regis Modesta

Change each group of 10 words below into a “family” of different words (words or proper names that have something in common) by dropping one letter from each word and then rearranging the remaining letters. For example, given the entries
HAUNT, HAIRDO, and ADVANCE, you could drop the N from HAUNT to get UTAH, drop the R from HAIRDO for IDAHO, and drop the C from ADVANCE to get NEVADA, all in the category “U.S. states.” Can you reunite each family by determining the category for each and unscrambling the 10 entries?

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FAMILY ONE

Category: ____________________________

  1. VASE                 ____________________
  2. JAWED              ____________________
  3. LATEX               ____________________
  4. MATIN              ____________________
  5. MAYOR             ____________________
  6. LIKELY              ____________________
  7. VOILES             ____________________
  8. DEFROST         ____________________
  9. UNEARTH        ____________________
  10. REMEDIAL       ____________________

FAMILY TWO

Category: ____________________________

  1. FUZES              ____________________
  2. KNIFE               ____________________
  3. REHAB             ____________________
  4. SWEAR             ____________________
  5. BASHED           ____________________
  6. MESHIER         ____________________
  7. THANAGE        ____________________
  8. PRIMATES       ____________________
  9. TEMPERED      ____________________
  10. PINEWOODS   ____________________

FAMILY THREE

Category: ____________________________

  1. EASE                 ____________________
  2. PESKY              ____________________
  3. PESTO              ____________________
  4. GIRTHS             ____________________
  5. CONCEIT          ____________________
  6. DRAGGER         ____________________
  7. HOBBLED         ____________________
  8. OVERBETS       ____________________
  9. PRESCIND        ____________________
  10. RECEPTIVE      ____________________

FAMILY FOUR

Category: ____________________________

  1. MONDO             ____________________
  2. ARREST             ____________________
  3. DRABLY             ____________________
  4. WEAKLY            ____________________
  5. MANAKIN         ____________________
  6. MATHMAN       ____________________
  7. ROMAINE         ____________________
  8. SUSTAIN           ____________________
  9. MANGANIN      ____________________
  10. WASHBOARD   ____________________