A kangaroo word is a word that has a smaller word inside it, just like a mother kangaroo has a baby kangaroo (called a joey) in her pouch.
A kangaroo word is one that carries within itself a smaller word which is a synonym of the word itself. This means that both the words have the same meaning.
The letters of the synonym are found in the same order as in the given word, but some letters are omitted.
See how many kangaroo words you can find in the words given below.
- alone
- appropriate
- catacomb
- chariot
- container
- deceased
- deliberate
- destruction
- devilish
- observe
- plagiarist
- deteriorate
- exhilaration
- exists
- fabrication
- façade
- feasted
- hostelry
- illuminate
- market
- masculine
- observe
- pantaloons
- precipitation
- recline
- respite
- revolution
- rotund
- salvage
- satisfied
- separate
- supervisor
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