More word fun from the overactive brain of twicks:
What do these words have in common?
peony
wield
suite
really
course
seize
amble
abide
sewing
Need a hint? Okay – they’re the “opposite” of:
statute
work
clamp
purse
holly
doze
mangy
lazy
rouge
If you want to guess, put it in a spoiler box for the sake of those who get to the thread after you do – or come up with some examples of your own and post them for my perusal.
If you drop the second letter in each of the first set of words, you form a new word. If you drop the second to the last letter in the second set, you form a new word.
Yup.
Too easy? 
I wouldn’t say it was too easy, although it came to me on the second word of the first list. I like word puzzles and was looking for that type of twist right from the start.
Bird bird bird, b-bird’s the word!
No!
And I’m not telling you just how long I puzzled before looking at the Cap’ns spoiler, either. 
A couple more entries for the lists:
1st list: derive
2nd list: strangle
writhe
either list ( 
): beard
heard