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english prefix
vocab 2019
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |