chattel

link: cattle

 "Tex's cattle were his chattel."

an item of personal, movable property; slave

procrastinate

link: grass hate

"Larry hated to cut the grass and would procrastinate about it for weeks."

to put off until a later time

lament

link: cement

"We lament that Joe got buried in cement."

to express sorrow or regret; to mourn

aloof

link: roof

"Snowball, the cat, was so aloof when guests came she hid on the roof."

distant, reserved in manner; univolved

cerebral

link: cereal

"Eat your cereal so you'll grow up to be cerebral like your father."

of or relating to the brain; an intellectual person

impede

link: speed

"The job of highway patrolmen is to impede speeding motorists."

to obstruct with; to delay

evade

link: blade

"A magician's secret for evading blades."

to elude or avoid by cunning; to flee from a pursuer

connoisseur

link: king of sewer

"The king of the sewer is a connoisseur or garbage."

an expert, particularly in matters or art and taste

efface

link: erase

"How to efface a face by erasing it."

to rub away

expunge

link: sponge

"A sponge expunging a spill."

to remove; to delete; to erase