top button
Flag Notify
    Connect to us
      Site Registration

Site Registration

You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with "re", and one for the remaining word without the "re".

0 votes
239 views

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. difficult search / politely ask
  2. trustworthy / legally responsible
  3. hospital room / prize for achievement
  4. back in good health / put something over
  5. rhythmic force in arteries / drive back by force
  6. smooth by ironing / subdue by force
  7. become less severe / provided in loan
  8. process of updating / act of seeing
posted Feb 14, 2017 by Anuradha Tabyal

Share this puzzle
Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button

1 Answer

0 votes
  1. QUEST REQUEST
  2. RELIABLE LIABLE
  3. WARD REWARD
  4. RECOVER COVER
  5. PERCUSSION REPERCUSSION
  6. PRESS REPRESS
  7. ABATE REBATE
  8. REVIEW VIEW
answer Feb 19, 2017 by Kewal Panesar



Similar Puzzles
0 votes
You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits.....

You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word.
Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob)
Words: atmosphere, dimension, equivalent, imperative, networks
Definitions:
A silent belly button
Cross- country skiing
Dracula's neckwear
Those who detest rhyming verse
Voice in the head

0 votes
You are given three words and three definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that........

You are given three words and three definitions.
Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions.
Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word.
Example - Cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob)
Words: editorial, coriander, wolverine
Definitions:
A person who enjoys a fermented beverage
A restaurant for killer whales a true moron

0 votes
You are given four words and four definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits.....

You are given four words and four definitions.
Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions.
Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word.
Words:
broadcast, hydrate, lighthouse, pirate
Definitions:
A baked pastry filled with asphalt, a burglary committed by a ghost, high temperature, low humidity, untalented thespians

+3 votes
You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits.....

You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word.
Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob)

Words: armadillo, grandmother, pharmacist, sedimentary, vacation

Definitions:
a bed for a bird
a mob, all carrying guns
a wagon accident
filthy sailors
pungent pickle odor

+10 votes
When you behead a word, you remove first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words.

When you beheaded a word, you remove first letter and still have a valid word.
You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
1. Shut -> Misplace; fail
2. Open -> Glass container
3. Unusual; lightly cooked -> They exist
4. Prevent from spoiling -> Holding back

...