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 |
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Aberrant |
Errant |
abide |
Bide |
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honorable |
Noble |
accustomed |
Used |
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hostelry |
Hotel |
acrid |
Acid |
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hurries |
Hies |
action |
Act |
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ignorable |
Noble |
admonish |
Monish |
|
illuminated |
Lit |
adroitness |
Adroit |
|
imaginary |
Airy |
affect |
Act |
|
impair |
Mar |
allocate |
Allot |
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impassive |
Passive |
alone |
One |
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impertinent |
Pert |
amicable |
Amiable |
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incapability |
Inability |
amicability |
Amity |
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indolent |
Idle |
apposite |
Apt |
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inflammable |
Flammable |
appropriate |
Apt |
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inheritor |
Heir |
arch |
Arc |
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insignia |
Sign |
arena |
Area |
|
instructor |
Tutor |
artifice |
Art |
|
intoxicate |
Toxic |
artistry |
Art |
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invaluable |
Valuable |
astound |
Stun |
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irateness |
Ire |
balsam |
Balm |
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islet |
Isle |
banish |
Ban |
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isolated |
Sole |
barren |
Bare |
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joined |
On |
barricade; barricaded |
Bar, Barred |
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joviality |
Joy |
barrier |
Bar |
|
latest |
Last |
barristers |
Bar |
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lighted |
Lit |
because |
Cause |
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market |
Mart |
before |
Ere |
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masculine |
Male |
belated |
Late |
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matches |
Mate |
blossom |
Bloom |
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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 |
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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 |
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unsightly |
Ugly |
grandiose |
Grand |
|
variegated |
Varied |
gigantic |
Giant |
|
veracity |
Verity |
history |
Story |
|
wealth |
Weal |