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S.No. WORD

1 Irrelevant

2 Surveillance

3 Bioclimatology
4 Gaiety

Misogynists
5

6 Arachnophobia

Cinnamon
7

Alcohol
8

9 Paraphernalia

10 Entrepreneur

11 Onomatopoeia

Dyslexia
11
 Accommodation
12

13 Gallows

14 Remuneration

15 Blasphemy

16 Hypothecation

17 Gratuitous

18 Interrogation
19 Annulment

20 Abeyance

TEACH MY CHILD ED
g Strategies - CLAT Exam
USAGE RULE AND EXCEPTIONS
CLAT 2009
E the 'r' for verbs of one syllable when the final 'r' is preceded by a

LE the 'r' for words of more than one syllable when the stress does
st syllable.

s:DO NOT DOUBLE the r for verbs of one syllable when the final
by a double vowel (e.g. fear>fearing, feared)DO NOT DOUBLE th
more than one syllable, when the stress falls on the first syllable (e
prospered, prospering)

the l when it is preceded by a single vowel.

DOUBLE the lwhen it is preceded by a double vowel (e.g. conceal
g, concealed)

CLAT 2010
he e when the suffix starts with a vowel.
the e when the word ends indge.
P the final e when adding -ing
ords ending in y preceded by a vowel, retain the y when adding s o

rds ending in y, retain the y when adding ing.

ords ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y to i before
ds ending in y preceded by a vowel, retain the y when adding s or

rds ending in y, retain the y when adding ing.

ords ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y to i before

ix

CLAT 2011
ntaning 'y', preceded and succeeded by vowels, can never contain a
l 'y'.
as are always connected to an entity with the letter 'o',

CLAT 2012
containing identical consequent letters, the double letters are alwa
d by a vowel.

ant in a word followed by a vowel can never be preceded by anoth

t.

CLAT 2013
ination 'ph' can never be succeeded by a consonant.
nsecutive consonants are always followed by a vowel.
before e, except after c
e after c for words with a shensound.
ei when the vowels sounds like an a as in 'weigh'

he words ending in vowels, drop the vowel when taking the abstra
 CLAT 2017
ecutive double consonants in a single word are always connected w
ween them.
the l when it is preceded by a single vowel
words drop a letter when adding a suffix, but it isnot always the fin

the e when the suffix starts with a vowel.

the e when the word ends indge.
the final e when adding -ing
ds ending in y preceded by a vowel, retain the y when adding s or

rds ending in y, retain the y when adding ing

ords ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y to i before
ix
words drop a letter when adding a suffix, but it isnot always the fin

the e when the suffix starts with a vowel.

the e when the word ends indge.
the final e when adding -ing
ending in 'y' always take 'ous' in the abstract form
considered the primary syllable.
words drop a letter when adding a suffix, but it isnot always the fin

the e when the suffix starts with a vowel.

the e when the word ends indge.
the final e when adding -ing
the l when it is preceded by a single vowel.
ecutive consonant letters are never joined by the vowel 'u'.
rd ending in 'ay' takes 'ance' as the tertiary succeeder in the abstra

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