Riddle #7 worth 50k

[exiledforcefreak]

> > See If You Can Figure Out What These Words Have In
> Common.......
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> > Dresser
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> > Revive
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[magnumcyclonex]

except for the first letter, each word is the same when spelled backwards.

 

[exiledforcefreak]

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[magnumcyclonex]

The specific word that describes this eludes me...

 

[DaGuyWitBluGlasses]

palindrome

 

[The Advocate]

Maybe they're palindromes minus 1 because a palindrome reads the same forwards and backwards (asa, not so Boston, No x in Nixon, able was I ere I saw Elba, poop ... )