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RE-Words 2
In English, "re" is a prefix usually meaning "again", such as in "rebuild" (build again). However, there are many words starting with "re" which have a totally different meaning without the "re".
You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with "re", and one for the remaining word without the "re" (either definition could be given first).
Example: exhausting / ceasing employment
Answer: tiring / retiring
1. leisure time / beginning of time
2. say again / marshy organic material
3. immoral act / sticky yellow organic substance
4. was not truthful / depended on
5. feel bitterness toward / delivered
6. indulgences or luxuries / withdraws army
7. electric potential / violent uprising
8. circuit breaker / deny
You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with "re", and one for the remaining word without the "re" (either definition could be given first).
Example: exhausting / ceasing employment
Answer: tiring / retiring
1. leisure time / beginning of time
2. say again / marshy organic material
3. immoral act / sticky yellow organic substance
4. was not truthful / depended on
5. feel bitterness toward / delivered
6. indulgences or luxuries / withdraws army
7. electric potential / violent uprising
8. circuit breaker / deny
Answer
1. recreation / creation2. repeat / peat
3. sin / resin
4. lied / relied
5. resent / sent
6. treats / retreats
7. volt / revolt
8. fuse / refuse
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Well, that was fun and not too hard either. Some were very easy others took a minute to think about. Thanks for posting.
Wow, a new teaser! What a treat. Was nice to see. Like Babe, I got some straightaway and others took a second or two of thought.
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I enjoyed this one
Nice to see a new teaser; very fun, easy and entertaining. I got 7/8; I could not think of volt.
That was great! It was definitely the perfect difficulty (in my opinion ) so
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7/8 again; same results as three years ago and still could not come up with "volt". I was thinking of "surge" instead of "volt".
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