- todistractattentionfroma distressingsituation(6lettersbegm-
ningwithd) - tolowera person'sstatus(6lettersbeginningwithd)
- totakeovera situationorgroup(5lettersbeginningwithc)
- tocheckorcontrol(4lettersbeginningwithc)
10.toplanoutskillfully(8lettersbeginningwithe)
11.to prohibitthetransportationoffreight(7lettersbeginningwithe)
12.tocalltomind(5lettersbeginningwithe)
13.tolessenin intensity(5lettersbeginningwitha)
14.tojoinintoa systematicwhole(10 lettersbeginningwitha)
15.toopena subjectfordiscussion(6lettersbeginningwithb) - toobscureordarken(7lettersbeginningwithe)
- tospreadoutstrategically(6lettersbeginningwithd)
- toswayfromsidetoside(6lettersbeginningwithc)
- to give promise of futureaction or performance (5 letters
beginningwitha) - tomakephysicallyoremotionallyimpure(6lettersbeginning
withd)
Word$ to choo$efrom:abate, abort,admonish, articulate, assimilate,
augur,broach, buoy up,careen, co-opt,curb, debrief, defile, demean,
deploy,divert,eclipse,embargo,engineer,evoke.
7. Firstspotlight
Throughoutthisbookwe'llspotlightsomewordsthathaveinteresting
histories.ThefirstcomesfromthenovelCandidebyVoltaire,inwhich
therewasa characterwhobelievedthatthiswasthebestofallpossible
worldsandthateverythingthathappenediniteventuallyturnedoutfor
thebest. Thenameofthatcharacterhascomedown tousasan
adjectivewhichisusedeventodaytodescribesomeonewhoseesthe
brightsideofeverymisfortune.Thatwordis spelledoutin thefirstletter
ofeveryworddefinedbelow. Howsooncanyoufillinallitslettersand
usethemtohelpyoufindtherestofthedefinedwords?