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PRELIMINARIES X
PREPBOOK
WORD STACK
WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED
CHOOSE THE ODD ONE
OUT
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X
A R SPELL THE WORD

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2024-25
May - September
ONLINE

This Prepbook is a guideline for you to prepare for the

Preliminaries. The competition questions may be asked from
outside this book.
 PRELIMINARIES PREPBOOK FOR EPSILON (GRADES 7 & 8)

ROUNDS OF PRELIMINARIES

1 Word Stack 2 Words Often Confused

3 Choose The Odd One Out 4 Spell The Word (Oral Round)

1 Word Stack (10 words)

This is a round with clues. Participant has to select the correct set of letters given in the
box to find the answer.

There are 10 questions and each correct answer carries 1 mark.

2 Words Often Confused (10 sentences)

This is a round with options. Participant has to select the correct word from the options
provided.

There are 10 questions and each correct answer carries 1 mark.

3 Choose The Odd One Out (10 exercises)

This is a round with word sets. The participant has to select the odd word from the given
word set.

There are 10 questions and each correct answer carries 1 mark.

4 Spell The Word (10 words): KNOCK-OUT ROUND

The participant is asked a word and has to spell it orally. This is a knockout round. If a
word is spelt incorrectly, then no further words are asked. The participant cannot use a
pen and paper or write the spelling before answering.

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1 WORD STACK
Combine the letters given in the boxes to form the word. The word must match the clue given.
The number of letters of the answer is given in brackets. Each set of letters can be used only
once.

SET 1

VOL TU EST NN NO EL TAI FL TOR

PAD CU GA LOR LA OO KU RA DLE
GA SU RA CA GE DO DS ATE XY

Sr.No. Clues Answer

1. Magma (7) VOLCANO

2. Used for moving a small boat (6)

3. Constellation (6)

4. Underground passage (6)

5. Seamster (6)

6. Museum keeper (7)

7. Puzzle with numbers (6)

8. A place for repairing cars (6)

9. Tea plantation (6)

10. Natural disaster (6)

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 SET 2

ET CE HA RE LT PR WD EC
ISE AT ANI ASE MA OM QU TOR
DA TU VER NE NCE BOU CLE SH

Sr.No. Clues Answer

1. Cunning (6)

2. Pause (4)

3. Discontinue (5)

4. Meticulous (7)

5. Quick-witted (6)

6. Molecule (4)

7. Cartoonist (8)

8. Choreography (5)

9. Harmony (4)

10. Arrangement of flowers (7)

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 SET 3

PL BO PR AS TA VER NY TE DE
OC ME AMI BA DY OR OOF TIC IRE
SE JO EMP IG TA LO CK GON EY

Sr.No. Clues Answer

1. Discuss (6)

2. Kingdom (6)

3. Study of Plants (6)

4. Evidence (5)

5. Music (6)

6. Poetry (5)

7. Recycle (7)

8. Geometrical shape (7)

9. Art of paper folding (7)

10. One who rides horses (6)

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2 WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED
Fill in the blanks with the correct option from the words provided.

Sr.No. Sentence

1. The bank made provision for its . (personal / personnel)

2. He filed a against his brother. (suit / suite)

3. She wore a dress made of cloth. (course / coarse)

4. My eyes are . (sore / soar)

5. I him tomorrow. (except / expect)

6. He English and French as well. (talks / speaks)

7. We can you of our full support. (assure / ensure)

8. Many people were found after the explosion. (losing / missing)

9. Neither clothes nor food available there. (was / were)

10. This is the boy I was speaking of. (who / whom)

11. You boys must settle it by . ( yourselves / yourself)

12. He is incapable doing good work. (for / of)

13. I have not seen him the past few days. (for / since)

14. Control your or I will call the police. (temperature / temper)

15. The patient began to normally. (breath / breathe)

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Sr.No. Sentence

16. She worried about something. (looks / is looking)

17. My box of crayons missing. (are / is)

18. A heavy descended upon the fields. (missed / mist)

19. She dusted off her bed and down. (lay / lie)

20. I can’t walk any . (farther / further)

21. May is here than any other month. (hottest / hotter)

22. The will be unveiled tomorrow. (statute / statue)

23. The thief the businessman with a pistol. (threaten / threatened)

24. A tips would have saved us from making mistakes. (few / little)

25. My cycle collided a scooter. (with / on)

26. A lot of people eat junk food, tend to put on weight. (when / who)

27. Great pains been taken by the family. (has / have)

28. He has recovered from his illness well. (quiet / quite)

29. Everyone laughed him. (at / on)

30. The laid the egg inside the nest. (foul / fowl)

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3 CHOOSE THE ODD ONE OUT
Identify and select the odd word in the sets of words given below.
Example: Apple, Banana, Potato, Orange
The odd one is Potato since it is a vegetable, and the others are fruits.
The first one is done for you.

Sr.No. Word list Answer

1. POSSESS RELEASE
OCCUPY
RELEASE
OWN

2. SHALLOW
FRIVOLOUS
SUPERFICIAL
PROFOUND

3. HAZARD
SECURITY
PERIL
DANGER

4. MEAGRE
AMPLE
PALTRY
SPARSE

5. RESIST
GUARD
FORSAKE
SHIELD

6. RANDOM
DEFINITE
ARBITRARY
IRREGULAR

7. GUSH
TRICKLE
FLOOD
POUR

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Sr.No. Word list Answer

8. COPY
IMITATION
ORIGINAL
REPLICA

9. LANKY
PLUMP
SLENDER
WIRY

10. TURBID
MUDDY
CLEAR
MURKY

11. ALOOF
COMMUNAL
SOCIAL
CIVIL

12. DESIGN
DEVISE
DESTROY
CONCEIVE

13. ILLITERATE
IGNORANT
LEARNED
UNEDUCATED

14. HARMONY
SOLIDARITY
CONSENSUS
CONFLICT

15. ACQUIRE
RELINQUISH
PURCHASE
SOURCE

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Sr.No. Word list Answer

16. ORDINARY
UNIQUE
DISTINCTIVE
SPECIAL

17. INCORPORATE
EXCLUDE
ENCOMPASS
ACCOMMODATE

18. STRANGE
WEIRD
USUAL
BIZARRE

19. RAPID
BRISK
SLUGGISH
SWIFT

20. FUNNY
SERIOUS
HILARIOUS
LAUGHABLE

21. HONEST
SINCERE
DEVIOUS
GENUINE

22. PRACTICE
COMPETITION
CONTEST
RACE

23. SIMPLIFY
MUDDLE
COMPLICATE
CONFUSE

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Sr.No. Word list Answer

24. CAUSTIC
SARCASTIC
ARROGANT
SINCERE

25. TRIPPING
TREKKING
ROLLING
TUMBLING

26. INFERTILE
STERILE
PRODUCTIVE
BARREN

27. DESOLATE
FESTIVE
MISERABLE
WRETCHED

28. TIMID
BOLD
BRASH
BRAZEN

29. UNBIASED
IMPARTIAL
NEUTRAL
PARTISAN

30. CONSEQUENCE
CAUSE
RESULT
OUTCOME

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4 WORD BASKET
Strengthen your vocabulary and spelling with these words.
This list indicates the words that may be asked in Spell The Word (STW) round.

1. ABSTRACT 35. EXUBERANT 69. OPAQUE

2. ACCLAIM 36. FACILITATE 70. OPPORTUNITY
3. ACCOMPLICE 37. FATIGUE 71. PASTORAL
4. ACRONYM 38. FORGERY 72. PATRIARCH
5. ALABASTER 39. HABITAT 73. PAVILION
6. ALLOWANCE 40. HAGGARD 74. PERPLEXED
7. ANTIQUE 41. HEIRLOOM 75. PLETHORA
8. APPEASE 42. HILARIOUS 76. PNEUMONIA
9. ASSERT 43. HOROSCOPE 77. PRIVILEGE
10. AUDIBLE 44. HURRICANE 78. PROCESSOR
11. BENEVOLENT 45. HYPERBOLE 79. QUORUM
12. BESEECH 46. INCREMENT 80. RAMPAGE
13. BOMBARD 47. INCUR 81. RECIPIENT
14. BOOMERANG 48. INTRICATE 82. REFERENCE
15. BOUQUET 49. INTUITION 83. RELEVANT
16. BROCHURE 50. JOCULAR 84. RENDEZVOUS
17. BUREAUCRAT 51. JUDICIARY 85. RESISTANCE
18. CLAMOUR 52. LABYRINTH 86. RESTAURANT
19. COLLAGE 53. LACKLUSTRE 87. ROUGHAGE
20. COMMENCE 54. LATENT 88. SABOTAGE
21. CORRESPONDENCE 55. LATTICE 89. SCENARIO
22. DELEGATE 56. LAVENDER 90. SOLACE
23. DESPERATE 57. LIEUTENANT 91. SOUVENIR
24. DIAGNOSIS 58. LUMINOUS 92. SPECTACLE
25. DISTINGUISH 59. LUXURIOUS 93. SUSPICIOUS
26. DIVERGE 60. MAGNANIMOUS 94. SYMMETRY
27. DWELLING 61. MITIGATE 95. TERRESTRIAL
28. ECCENTRIC 62. MONOLOGUE 96. TRANQUIL
29. ELOQUENT 63. MUNDANE 97. VENGEANCE
30. EMBARRASS 64. MYSTERY 98. VENTILATOR
31. EXERCISE 65. NEGOTIATE 99. VETERINARY
32. EXHIBIT 66. NEUROLOGY 100. VIGILANT
33. EXPEDITION 67. OBLIVIOUS
34. EXTINCT 68. OMINOUS

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 ANSWER KEY
1 WORD STACK

SET 1 ANSWER SET 2 ANSWER

1. VOLCANO 1. SHREWD

2. PADDLE 2. HALT

3. GALAXY 3. CEASE

4. TUNNEL 4. PRECISE

5. TAILOR 5. CLEVER

6. CURATOR 6. ATOM

7. SUDOKU 7. ANIMATOR

8. GARAGE 8. DANCE

9. ESTATE 9. TUNE

10. FLOODS 10. BOUQUET

SET 3 ANSWER

1. DEBATE

2. EMPIRE

3. BOTANY

4. PROOF

5. MELODY

6. VERSE

7. PLASTIC

8. OCTAGON

9. ORIGAMI

10. JOCKEY

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2 WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED

SR.NO. ANSWER SR.NO. ANSWER

1. personnel 16. looks
2. suit 17. is
3. coarse 18. mist
4. sore 19. lay
5. expect 20. further
6. speaks 21. hotter
7. assure 22. statue
8. missing 23. threatened
9. were 24. few
10. who 25. with
11. yourselves 26. who
12. of 27. have
13 for 28. quite
14. temper 29. at
15. breathe 30. fowl

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3 CHOOSE THE ODD ONE OUT

SR.NO. ANSWER SR.NO. ANSWER

1. RELEASE 16. ORDINARY
2. PROFOUND 17. EXCLUDE
3. SECURITY 18. USUAL
4. AMPLE 19. SLUGGISH
5. FORSAKE 20. SERIOUS
6. DEFINITE 21. DEVIOUS
7. TRICKLE 22. PRACTICE
8. ORIGINAL 23. SIMPLIFY
9. PLUMP 24. SINCERE
10. CLEAR 25. TREKKING
11. ALOOF 26. PRODUCTIVE
12. DESTROY 27. FESTIVE
13. LEARNED 28. TIMID
14. CONFLICT 29. PARTISAN
15. RELINQUISH 30. CAUSE

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