What do the following word pairs have in common? 

1. Between - Destiny 

2. Twangy - Opalescent

3. Mainstay - Antagonist 

4. Recoil - Smorgasbord 

5. Wholesome - Palpitate 

6. Polyester - Luminosity 

7. Whittle - Transmission 

8. Espresso - Environment

9. Withholding - Tragedies 

10. Lithography - Surfboard 

11. Coincidence - Concentric

12. Clockwise - Monkeyshines 

Hint:

Hidden words

 

Answers:

 

Two related words are concealed in each pair:

 

1. betWEEn - desTINY  

2. tWANgy - oPALEscnt

3. mainSTAY - antaGOnist

4. recOIL - smorGASbord

5. wHOLEsome - palPITate

6. polYESter - lumiNOsity 

7. wHITtle - transMISSion

8. esPRESSo - envIRONment 

9. withhOLDing - trAGEDies

10. litHOGraphy - surfBOARd 

11. COINcidence - conCENTric

12. cLOCKwise - monKEYshines