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Kangaroo
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What is a kangaroo word?
"A kangaroo word is a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning. For example: the word masculine contains the word male, which is a synonym of the first word; similarly, the word observe contains its synonym."
Aberrant Errant   Aberrant Errant
abide  Bide   honorable  Noble
accustomed  Used   hostelry  Hotel
acrid  Acid   hurries  Hies
action  Act   ignorable  Noble
admonish  Monish   illuminated  Lit
adroitness  Adroit   imaginary  Airy
affect  Act   impair  Mar
allocate  Allot   impassive  Passive
alone  One   impertinent  Pert
amicable  Amiable   incapability  Inability
amicability  Amity   indolent  Idle
apposite  Apt   inflammable  Flammable
appropriate  Apt   inheritor  Heir
arch  Arc   insignia  Sign
arena  Area   instructor  Tutor
artifice  Art   intoxicate  Toxic
artistry  Art   invaluable  Valuable
astound  Stun   irateness  Ire
balsam  Balm   islet  Isle
banish  Ban   isolated  Sole
barren  Bare   joined  On
barricade; barricaded  Bar, Barred   joviality  Joy
barrier  Bar   latest  Last
barristers  Bar   lighted  Lit
because  Cause   market  Mart
before  Ere   masculine  Male
belated  Late   matches  Mate
blossom  Bloom   municipality  City
blotch  Blot   myself  Me
bombard  Bomb   nourished  Nursed
breathe  Breath   obligated  Oblige
burst  Bust   obnoxious  Noxious
calumnies  Lies   observe  See
canister  Can   omnibus  Bus
capable  Able   ornamented  Ornate
capsule  Case   pantaloons  Pants
cartoon  Cart   perambulate (ramble, amble)  Amble
casket  Case   perimeter  Rim
catacomb  Comb   plagiarist  Liar
cavern  Cave   platter  Plat
chocolate  Cola   pinioned  Pinned
cleanse  Clean   postured  Posed
cleanser  Clean   practicable  Practical
clue  Cue   practioner  Actor
clump  Lump   prattle  Prate
community  (county, city)   precipitation  Rain
concede  Cede   prematurely  Early
concession  Cession   proffer  Offer
confederated  Con   proportionate  Prorate
container (can, tin)  Can, tin   prosecute  Sue
contaminate  Taint   quiescent  Quiet
contradictory  Contrary   quintuplet  Quintet
cooled  Cold   rambunctious  Raucous
cozen  Con   rampage  Rage
curtail  Cut   ransack  Sack
damsel  Dam   rapscallion  Rascal
daub  Dab   ravaging  Raging
dazzle  Daze   recline  Lie
debar  Bar   regulate  Rule
deceased  Dead   respite  Rest
deception  Con   reticule  Retile
deliberate (verb)  Debate   retrogress  Regress
departed  Dead   revolution  Revolt
department  Arm   rotund  Round
depository  Depot   routine  Rout
desiderate  Desire   salvage  Salve
destruction  Ruin   satiate  Sate
deteriorate (rot, die)  Riot   satisfied  Sated
devilish  Evil   scion  Son
dice  Die   scoundrel  Curl
disappointed  Sad   sculpt  Cut
dream  Rem   separate  Part
effeminate  Effete   sextuplet  Sextet
egotist  Egoist   signal  Sign
encourage  Urge   slithered  Slid
enjoyment  Joy   smidgen  Smidge
equilateral  Equal   splinter  Splint
 equitable  Equal   splotch  Spot
evacuate  Vacate   squash  Quash
exists  Is   stocking  Stock
expurgate  Purge   strives  Tries
fabrication  Fiction   stumble  Tumble
facade  Face   substandard  Bad
factual  Actual   supervisor  Superior
falsities  Lies   supremacist  Racist
feast  Eat   tracked  Traced
feasted  Fed   transgression  Sin
felicitous  Fit   trustworthy  Trusty
fraction  Ration   umpteenth  Nth
frangible  Frail   unsightly  Ugly
grandiose  Grand   variegated  Varied
gigantic  Giant   veracity  Verity
history  Story   wealth Weal