One can have recourse to a reverse dictionary in cases like this (Oxford
University Press do one, but a rhyming dictionary would be some help). Of
course they don't match up pairs for one where they exist, but one can
check.
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> On a lighter note, (for an SAT vocab exercise) I wonder if I might solicit
> words that fit the pattern of noun ending in -or and adjective in -id.
>
> For instance:
>
> splendor/splendid
> candor/candid
> rancor/rancid
> stupor/stupid
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jane Saral
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