Puzzle ZBFF 

Workings

Hint
Try removing some letters.

Answer
Carrot.

Reasoning
Each of the other words remains a real word if you remove the first and last letter:
s-event-y b-raw-l c-love-r p-rope-r c-arro-t * s-win-g e-merge-d c-raft-y t-rave-l s-acre-d s-ton-e p-lung-e