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CAD / CID

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to fall, to happen by chance
cascade: a waterfall descending over a steep surface
coincidence: a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time, apparently by chance
recidivist: one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime

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CAP / CIP / CEPT

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to take, to get
capture: to take by force or stratagem
percipient: having perception; discerning; discriminating
precept: a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct

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CAP / CAPIT / CIPIT

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to head, headlong
capital: the city or town that is the official seat of government
capitulate: to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
precipice: a cliff with a vertical face

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CARD / CORD / COUR

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heart
concord: agreement; peace, amity
concordance: agreement, concord, harmony
discord: lack of harmony between persons or things

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CED / CEED / CESS

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to go, to yield, to stop
accede: to yield to a demand; to enter office
cessation: a temporary or complete discontinuance
incessant: without stop

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CELER

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speed
accelerant: something used to speed up a process
celerity: speed; quickness

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CERN / CERT / CRET / CRIM / CRIT

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to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
certitude: freedom from doubt
discrete: detached from others, separate
hypocrite: a person who pretends to have beliefs that she does not

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CHROM

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color
chromatic: having to do with color
chromosome: genetic material that can be studied by coloring it with dyes

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CHRON

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time
anachronism: something that is out-of-date or belonging to the wrong time
chronic: constant, habitual
chronometer: a highly accurate clock or watch

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CIRCU / CIRCUM

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around
circuitous: roundabout, indirect
circumspect: cautious; watching all sides

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CIS

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to cut
exorcise: to seek to expel an evil spirit by ceremony
incisive: penetrating, cutting

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CLA / CLO / CLU

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to shut, to close
claustrophobia: an abnormal fear of enclosed places
cloister: a courtyard bordered with covered walks, esp. in a religious institution
preclude: to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence o

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CLAIM / CLAM

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to shout, to cry out
clamor: a loud uproar
disclaim: to deny interest in or connection with
proclaim: to announce or declare in an official way

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CLI

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to lean toward
climax: the most intense point in the development of something
disinclination: aversion, distaste
Proclivity: inclination, bias

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CO / COL / COM / CON

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with, together
commensurate: suitable in measure, proportionate
conciliate: to placate, win over
connect: to bind or fasten together

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CONTRA / CONTRO / COUNTER

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against
contrary: opposed to; opposite
countermand: to retract an order

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CORP / CORS

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body
corps: a body (an organized group) of troops
corpulent: obese; having a lot of flesh
incorporation: combining into a single body

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COSM

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order, universe, world
cosmology: a theory of the universe as a whole
cosmopolitan: worldly
microcosm: a small system that reflects a larger whole

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COUR / CUR

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running, a course
concur: to agree
cursory: going rapidly over something; hasty; superficial
incursion: a hostile entrance into a place, esp. suddenly

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CER / CRESC / CRET

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to grow
accretion: an increase by natural growth
accrue: to be added a matter of periodic gain
excrescence: an outgrowth

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CRED

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to believe, to trust
credo: any formula of belief
credulity: willingness to believe or trust too readily

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CULP

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fault, blame
culpable: deserving blame or censure
inculpate: to charge with fault
mea culpa: through my fault; my fault

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BE

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about, to make, to surround, to affect (often used to transform words into transitive verbs)
belie: to misrepresent; to contradict
belittle: to make small; to make something appear smaller
bemoan: to lament; to moan for

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BEL / BELL

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beautiful
belle: a beautiful woman
embellish: to make beautiful; to ornament

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BEN / BENE
good benediction: act of uttering a blessing benefit: anything advantageous to a person or thing benign: having a kindly disposition
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BI / BIN
two biennial: happening every two years bilingual: able to speak one’s native language and another with equal facility binocular: involving two eyes
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BON / BOUN
good, generous bona fide: in good faith; without fraud bountiful: generous
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BREV / BRID
short, small abbreviate: to shorten breviloquent: laconic; concise in one’s speech brevity: shortness
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BURS
purse, money bursar: treasurer bursary: treasury disburse: to pay
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A / AN
not, without agnostic: one who believes the existence of God is not provable amoral: neither moral nor immoral; having no relation to morality atrophy: the wasting away of body tissue
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AB
off, away from, apart, down abdicate: to renounce or relinquish a throne abject: cast down; degraded abstract: conceived apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances abstruse: hard to understand; secret, hidden
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ABLE / IBLE
capable of, worthy of changeable: able to be changed combustible: capable of being burned; easily inflamed
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AC / ACR
sharp, bitter, sour acerbic: sour or astringent in taste; harsh in temper acid: something that is sharp, sour, or ill-natured acrimonious: caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature acumen: mental sharpness; quickness of wit
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ACT / AG
to do, to drive, to force, to lead agile: quick and well-coordinated in movement; active, lively pedagogue: a teacher
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AD
to, toward, near (often the d is dropped and the first letter to which a is prefixed is doubled.) accede: to yield to demand; to enter office addict: to give oneself over, as to a habit or pursuit adjoin: to be close or in contact with
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AL / ALI / ALTER
other, another alias: an assumed name allegory: figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another altruist: a person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others
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AM
love amateur: a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than financial or professional gain amity: friendship; peaceful harmony amorous: inclined to love, esp. sexual love
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AMB / AMPHI
both, on both sides, around ambidextrous: able to use both hands equally well ambient: moving around freely; circulating ambiguous: open to various interpretations
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AMB / ABUL
to go, to walk ambulance: a vehicle equipped for carrying sick people (from a phrase meaning “walking hospital”) ambulatory: of, pertaining to, or capable of walking perambulator: one who makes a tour of inspection on foot
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ANIM
of the life, mind, soul, breath animosity: a feeling of ill will or enmity equanimity: mental or emotional stability, especially under tension magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury
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ANNUI / ENNI
year annals: a record of events, esp. a yearly record annual: of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly perennial: lasting for an indefinite amount of time
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ANT / ANTE
before antecedent: existing, being, or going before antedate: precede in time antediluvian: belonging to the period before the biblical flood; very old or old-fashioned
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ANTHRO / ANDR
man, human androgen: any substance that promotes masculine characteristics androgynous: being both male and female misanthrope: a person who hates humans or humanity
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APO
away apocalypse: revelation; discovery; disclosure apogee: the highest or most distant point apostasy: a total desertion of one’s religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
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ARCH / ARCHI / ARCHY
chief, principal, ruler anarchy: a state or society without government or law monarchy: a government in which the supreme power is lodged in a sovereign oligarchy: a state or society ruled by a select group
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ARD
to burn ardent: burning; fierce; passionate ardor: flame; passion arson: the crime of setting property on fire
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AUTO
self autonomy: independence or freedom autocrat: an absolute ruler

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