Chapter 5: The Mighty Prefix Words

Question 1

EXPUNGE, EXCISE, EXPURGATE

Answer 1

To take OUT; delete; remove

Question 2

ECCENTRIC

Answer 2

Literally OUT of the center; departing from a recognized, conventional,
or established norm; an odd, UNCONVENTIONAL person

Question 3

EXTRICATE

Answer 3

To get OUT of a difficult situation or entanglement

Question 4

EXEMPLARY

Answer 4

Standing OUT from the norm; outstanding; worthy of imitation

Question 5

ENUMERATE

Answer 5

To count OUT; to list; to tick off the reasons for

Question 6

ELUSIVE

Answer 6

OUT of reach and therefore difficult to catch, define, or describe

Question 7

EXORBITANT

Answer 7

Literally OUT of orbit and therefore unreasonably expensive

Question 8

REDUNDANT

Answer 8

Needlessly repetitive; saying things AGAIN and AGAIN

Question 9

REPUDIATE, RECANT, RENOUNCE

Answer 9

To take BACK; to reject; DISAVOW

Question 10

RELINQUISH

Answer 10

To surrender or give back (or return) a possession, right, or privilege

Question 11

RESILIENT

Answer 11

Bouncing BACK from ADVERSITY or misfortune; recovering quickly

Question 12

REAFFIRM

Answer 12

To assert AGAIN; to confirm; state positively

Question 13

RETICENT

Answer 13

To hold BACK one’s thoughts, feelings and personal affairs; restrained or
reserved

Question 14

REBUFF

Answer 14

To repel or drive BACK; to bluntly reject

Question 15

RENOVATE

Answer 15

To make new AGAIN; restore by repairing and remodeling

Question 16

REJUVENATE

Answer 16

To make young AGAIN; to restore youthful vigor and appearance

Question 17

RESURGENT

Answer 17

Rising AGAIN; sweeping or surging BACK

Question 18

DELETERIOUS

Answer 18

Going DOWN in the sense of having a harmful effect; injurious

Question 19

DECRY

Answer 19

To put DOWN in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong
disapproval

Question 20

DESPONDENT

Answer 20

DOWNCAST; very dejected; FORLORN

Question 21

DENOUNCE

Answer 21

To put DOWN in the sense of a making a formal accusation; to speak
against

Question 22

DEMISE

Answer 22

Sent DOWN in the sense of ending in death; the cessation of existence or
activity

Question 23

DEBUNK

Answer 23

To put DOWN by exposing false and exaggerated claims

Question 24

DERIDE

Answer 24

To put DOWN with contemptuous jeering; to ridicule or laugh at

Question 25

DEVOID

Answer 25

DOWN in the sense of being empty; completely lacking in substance or
quality; BEREFT; vacant

Question 26

IMPECCABLE

Answer 26

Having NO flaws; perfect

Question 27

IMPLACABLE

Answer 27

NOT capable of being PLACATED or appeased

Question 28

INEXORABLE

Answer 28

NOT capable of being stopped; relentless; inevitable

Question 29

INCOHERENT

Answer 29

NOT coherent and therefore lacking organization; lacking logical or
meaningful connections

Question 30

INSURMOUNTABLE

Answer 30

NOT capable of being surmounted or overcome

Question 31

IRREVERENT

Answer 31

Lacking proper respect or seriousness; disrespectful

Question 32

CIRCUMSPECT

Answer 32

Looking carefully around—thus cautious and careful; PRUDENT;

discreet

Question 33

CIRCUITOUS

Answer 33

CIRCULAR and therefore indirect in language, behavior or action,
roundabout; wingding

Question 34

CIRCUMVENT

Answer 34

To circle AROUND and therefore bypass; to avoid by artful

maneuvering

Question 35

CIRCUMSCRIBE

Answer 35

To draw a line AROUND and therefore to narrowly limit or restrict
actions

Question 36

MAGNANIMOUS

Answer 36

Filled with generosity and forgiveness; forgoing resentment and
revenge

Question 37

ERRONEOUS

Answer 37

Filled with errors; wrong

Question 38

MOMENTOUS

Answer 38

Filled with importance; very significant

Question 39

MELLIFLUOUS

Answer 39

Smooth and sweet; flowing like honey

Question 40

OMINOUS

Answer 40

Filled with menace; threatening

Question 41

ACRIMONIOUS

Answer 41

Filled with bitterness; sharpness in words; RANCOROUS

Question 42

COPIOUS

Answer 42

Filled with abundance; plentiful

Question 43

ABSTEMIOUS

Answer 43

Filled with moderation; TEMPERATE in eating and drinking

Question 44

MALODOROUS

Answer 44

Filled with an unpleasant odor; foul-smelling

Question 45

TEDIOUS

Answer 45

Filled with boredom; very tiresome; dull and fatiguing