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english prefix
vocab 2019
Question | Answer |
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Tenacious | determined, relentless, go getting |
Grimace | a sad , disappointed look, a frown |
Exuberant | thrilled , excited |
fallible | capable of making makes mistakes |
Belligerent | ready to fight, confrontational, aggressive, angry (belli-word root means war) |
surreal | characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery |
bedraggled | in a messy or wiped out condition |
nape | the back of the neck |
expound | to explain, add details |
warily | in a manner marked by careful caution and a watchful nature |
oxymoron | two conflicting or contrasting terms when placed together carry a meaning (jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, awfully good) |
rail | to complain bitterly |