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RE-Words 4
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. in actual fact / treaty associate
2. duplication; doing again / formal signed request
3. aggressive dog / happen again
4. write your name / voluntarily quit
5. update a document / a metal holding tool
6. type of writing / change direction
7. see & understand writing / a paid announcement
8. act for someone else / gift
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. in actual fact / treaty associate
2. duplication; doing again / formal signed request
3. aggressive dog / happen again
4. write your name / voluntarily quit
5. update a document / a metal holding tool
6. type of writing / change direction
7. see & understand writing / a paid announcement
8. act for someone else / gift
Answer
1. really / ally2. repetition / petition
3. cur / recur
4. sign / resign
5. revise / vise
6. verse / reverse
7. read / ad
8. represent / present
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