Seven-letter words - change zero to two letters to make a new word (Part 1)

fateful

fellate

flatten

interesting flow of four words…

battens

used in roofing

fattens

fastest

fattest

taffeta

taffies

:yum: candy

raffles

falafel

alfalfa

affably

fallacy

clearly

reality

brittle

Liberty
Liberty
Lib-er-ty
Lib-er-ty

Liberal
Liberal
Li-ber-al
Liberal

enabler