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Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 12th English Vocabulary Clipped Words
Clipping is a process of coining a new word. It is done by removing a portion of the original word.
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Question 1.
Choose the clipped word for airplane”.
(a) aer
(b) aerop
(c) aero
(d) plane
Answer:
(d) plane
Question 2.
Choose the clipped word for “biology”.
(a) bio
(b) biol
(c) logy
(d) Biolog
Answer:
(a) bio
Question 3.
Choose the clipped word for the word “cafeteria”.
(a) caf
(b) cafe
(c) tena
(a) cafet
Answer:
(b) cafe
Question 4.
Choose the clipped word for “champion”.
(a) chap
(b) pion
(c) ch ion
(d) champ
Answer:
(d) champ
Question 5.
Choose the clipped word for “Chemistry”.
(a) Chemist
(b) Mistry
(c) Chern
(d) Chemis
Answer:
(c) Chem
Question 6.
Choose the clipped word for “chimpanzee”.
(a) chimpan
(b) chimp
(c) panzee
(d) chirn
Answer:
(b) chimp
Question 7.
Choose the clipped word tòr “coeducational”.
(a) co-ed
(b) co-edu
(c) co-educate
(d) co-educ
Answer:
(a) co-ed
Question 8.
Choose the clipped word for “Internet”.
(a) mt
(b) intern
(c) net
(d) inter
Answer:
(c) net
Question 9.
Choose the clipped word for “graduate”.
(a) grate
(b) grad
(c) grade
(d) gradu
Answer:
(b) grad
Question 10.
Choose the clipped word for “electronic mail”.
(a) E-mail
(b) electro-mail
(c) elect-mail
(d) e-mail
Answer:
(d) e-mail
Question 11.
Choose the clipped word for ‘dormitory”.
(a) dort
(b) dorm
(c) dormi
(d) dormit
Answer:
(b) dorm
Question 12.
Choose the clipped word for “fabulous”.
(a) fabul
(b) falous
(c) fab
(d) fabu
Answer:
(c) fab
Question 13.
Choose the clipped word for the word “information”.
(a) info
(b) inform
(c) ino
(d) infrm
Answer:
(a) info
Question 14.
Choose the clipped word for “gasoline”.
(a) galine
(b) gas
(c) gasol
(d) gaso
Answer:
(b) gas
Question 15.
Choose the clipped word for “hippopotamus”.
(a) hipot
(b) potamus
(c) hipo
(d) hippo
Answer:
(d) hippo
Question 16.
Choose the clipped word for “teenager”.
(a) tee
(b) teenag
(c) teen
(d) ager
Answer:
(c) teen
Question 17.
Choose the clipped word for “luncheon”.
(a) lunch
(b) lunchon
(c) leon
(d) lunchen
Answer:
(a) lunch
Question 18.
Choose the clipped word for “moving picture”.
(a) mpic
(b) mopic
(c) movepic
(d) movie
Answer:
(d) movie
Question 19.
Choose the clipped
(a) piano word for “pianoforte”.
(b) piaf
(c) pionofort
(d) piaforte
Answer:
(a) piano
Question 20.
Choose the clipped
(a) prade word for “promenade”.
(b) promade
(c) prom
(d) promade
Answer:
(c) prom
Question 21.
Choose the clipped
(a) reftor word for ‘refrigerator’.
(b) refrig
(c) gerator
(d) fridge
Answer:
(d) fridge
Question 22.
Choose the clipped
(a) chronise word for “synchronise”.
(b)synchron
(c) sync
(d) synchro
Answer:
(d) vet
Question 23.
Choose the clipped
(a) rhin word for the word “rhinoceros”.
(b) rhino
(c) rhinoce
(d) ceros
Answer:
(c) sync
Question 24.
Choose the clipped
(a) stats word for “statistics”.
(b) statis
(c) static
(d) statist
Answer:
(b) rhino
Question 25.
Choose the clipped word for “veterinarian”.
(a) vetem
(b) vetrin
(c) veter
(d) vet
Answer:
(a) stats
Some more examples of clipped words:
| 1 | agriculture | agri |
| 2. | alchemist | chemist |
| 3. | alumni/alumna | alum |
| 4. | amend | mend |
| 5. | apollinaris | polly |
| 6. | automobile | auto |
| 7. | beautiful | beauty |
| 8. | biology | bio |
| 9. | botany | bot |
| 10. | brassiere | bra |
| 11. | brother | bro |
| 12. | burst |
bust |
| 13. | buttocks | butt |
| 14. | cablegram | cable |
| 15. | calculus | calc |
| 16. | cellphone | cell |
| 17. | centum | cent |
| 18. | cleric | clerk |
| 19. | coattails | tails |
| 20. | coca-cola / cocaine | coke |
| 21. | coeducational | coed |
| 22. | comprehensive | comp |
| 23. | condominium | condo |
| 24. | co-operative | co-op |
| 25. | cousin |
cous |
| 26. | cucumber | cuke |
| 27. | daddy | dad |
| 28. | daily paper | daily |
| 29. | delicatessen / delicacy | deli |
| 30. | dental / dentistry | dent |
| 31. | detective | tec |
| 32. | differential | diff |
| 33. | disport | sport |
| 34. | distill | still ; |
| 35. | doctor | doc |
| 36. | dormitory | dorm |
| 37. | drapery | drape |
| 38. | earthquake | quake |
| 39. | ecology | eco |
| 40. | enthusiasm | enthu |
| 41. | examination | exam |
| 42. | fabulous |
fab |
| 43. | faggot | fag |
| 44. | fraternity | frat |
| 45. | gabble | gab |
| ’46. | gentleman | gent |
| 47. | Gypsy | gyp |
| 48. | hackney | hack |
| 49. | head-shrinker | shrink |
| 50. | homosexual | homo |
| 51. | jet aircraft | jet |
| 52. | laboratory | lab |
| 53. | lavatory | lav |
| 54. | limousine | limo |
| 55. | literature | lit |
| 56. | lubricate | lube |
| 57. | mathematics | maths |
| 58, | maximum | max |
| 59. | medical |
medic |
| 60. | memorandum | memo |
| 61. | mistress | miss |
| 62. | mobile vulgus | mob |
| 63. | modem | mod |
| 64. | mommy | mom |
| 65. | motorcar | car |
| 66. | non-vegetarian | non-veg |
| 67. | oleomargarine | margarine |
| 68. | parachute | chute |
| 69. | parole dhonneur | parole |
| 70. | penitentiary | pen |
| 71. | pepper |
pep |
| 72. | percolate / perquisite | perk |
| 73. | periwig | wig |
| 74. | petroleum | petro |
| 75. | photograph | photo |
| 76. | popular | pop |
| 77. | president | pres |
| 78. | professional | pro |
| 79. | professor | prof |
| 80. | psychology | psych |
| 81. | public house | pub |
| 82. | pugnacious | pug |
| 83. | pajamas | jams/jammies |
| 84. | quadrangle / quadraphonic | quad |
| 85. | raccoon | coon |
| 86. | referee/reference | ref ‘ |
| 87. | representative | rep |
| 88. | revolution/reverend | rev |
| 89. | robot |
bot |
| 90. | saxophone | sax |
| 91. | schizophrenic | schizo |
| 92. | scramble | scram |
| 93. | squadron | squad |
| 94. | specifications | specs |
| 95. | sweatsuit | sweats |
| 96. | synchronize | sync |
| 97. | teacher | teach |
| 98. | technical | tech |
| 99. | telephone | phone |
| 100. | television | tele |
| 101. | trigonometry | trig |
| 102. | triumph |
trump |
| 103. | trombone | bone |
| 104. | turnpike | pike |
| 105. | tuxedo | tux |
| 106. | tympani | tymps |
| 107. | universal joint | U joint |
| 108. | university | varsity |
| 109. | vegetarian | veg |
| 110. | veteran / veterinarian | vet |
| 111. | website | web |
| 112. | zoological garden | zoo |