1. What do the following words have in common?

PREVIEW
TALLOW
SELECTION
GOLDEN
BRAIDED
CLAMP
TRACING

2. What do a flightless bird, being tardy, and imitation have in common?

HINTS:
1. It has to do with the first letter of each word.

Answers:

1.The first letter of each word can be dropped and a valid word remains.

2. A flightless bird is an EMU, being tardy is LATE, and to imitate is to EMULATE.