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Improper Prefixes
The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. For example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix).
1) to remove a furnace pipe
2) to cease being windy
3) to return electrons to their orbits
4) to deliver a meal before it is ordered
1) to remove a furnace pipe
2) to cease being windy
3) to return electrons to their orbits
4) to deliver a meal before it is ordered
Answer
1) deduct (de duct)2) disgust (dis gust)
3) unionize (un ionize)
4) preserve (pre serve)
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Cool!
Those were fun!
Did not much are for this one.
I had fun trying to figure these out , but I only got the last one. I'm not sure if they were hard or I just should have tried harder to figure them out.
I got a rather more obvious alternate answer for #2) : unwind.
Also, though this is a bit of a stretch, for #3): renege (ie, to "make more negative again").
Also, though this is a bit of a stretch, for #3): renege (ie, to "make more negative again").
I thought this was quite difficult. I got two of them. I like the "unwind" answer for #2!
My answer for #3 was revelance (re-valence).
My answer for #3 was revelance (re-valence).
Then, again, I guess "regale" could make it windy again.
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