Palindromes
A palindrome is a word that reads the
same if it is turned back-to-front. So the names Bob, Eve, and Otto are all
palindromes. So is the name of the pop group Abba.Try to identify palindromic
words from the following clues.
1)Example
Part of the body - Eye
2)
Midday – Noon
3)A
young dog – Pup
4)
Flat – Level
5)A
word for addressing a lady – Madam
6)An
Eskimo canoe – Kayak
7)A
system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc. – Radar
8)An
action – Deed
9)Pieces
of music for one person – Solos
10)Grass
that grows on the seashore – Marram
11)In
music, half a semibreve – Minim
11)Doctrine
– Tenet
12)Restorer
- Reviver
13)Language of a south Indian state - Malayalam
__________
Plurals
14)Louse
- lice.
15)Mother-in
–law -
mothers-in-law.
16)Index
- indexes or indices.
17)Teaspoonful
- teaspoonfuls.
18)Crisis
- crises.
19)Phenomenon
- phenomena.
20)Court
martial - courts martial.(The plural of the Court not the procedure).
21)Incognito
- incognitos.
22)Opus
- opuses or opera.
23)Manservant
- menservants.
24)Grant-in-aid
- grants-in-aid.
25)Armful
- armfuls.
26)Addendum
- addenda.
27)Stigma
- stigmas or stigmata.
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