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Breaking your word
The following words can all be broken into two pieces in such a way that a word can be added to the end of the first part and the beginning of the second part to form new words. For example, SOMETIME can be split into SOME and TIME, and DAY can be added to form SOMEDAY and DAYTIME.
Moreover, the words that are added all have something in common.
What are the new word pairs and what is the common thread?
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DETER
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Moreover, the words that are added all have something in common.
What are the new word pairs and what is the common thread?
TENDER
DETER
GLEAN
Answer
TENOR and ORDERDEBUT and BUTTER
GLAND and ANDEAN
OR, BUT and AND are all conjunctions.
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