What do the following words have in common?

1. Leisure

2. Target

3. Forbid

4. Pardon

5. Adhere

6. Caprice 

7. Earnest

8. Delivery 

9. Grammar

10. Stereotype

 

Answer:

 

Each word is composed of two smaller words, but they are not compound words. That is, the two smaller words are not related - as they are in compound words (i.e. bedroom).