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50 Word Group M, N, O, P, Q, R Flashcards

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RACI / RADI

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root
deracinate: to uproot
radish: a root vegetable

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RAMI

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branch
ramiform: branchlike

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RECT

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straight, right
erect: upright; starting up straight
rectitude: moral uprightness; moral straightness

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REG

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king, rule
interregnum: a period between kings
regent: one who serves on behalf of a king; one who rules
regicide: killing a king; one who kills a king

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RETRO

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backward
retroactive: extending to things that happened in the past
retrofit: to install newer parts into an older device or structure

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RUB / RUD

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rubella: German measles; a disease marked by red spots
rubicund: reddish; rosy-cheeked

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RUD

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crude
rude: uncivilized; impolite
rudimentary: undeveloped

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QUAD / QUAR / QUAT

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four
quadrille: a square dance involving four couples
quart: one-fourth of a gallon

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QUIE / QUIT

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quiet, rest
acquiesce: to comply, give in
quiescence: the condition of being at rest, still, inactive

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QUIN / QUINT

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five
quinquennial: a five-year period
quintuple: five times as many

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PAC / PEAC

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peace
appease: to bring peace to
pacify: to ease the anger or agitation of

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PALP

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to feel
palpable: capable of being felt; tangible
palpate: to feel; to examine by feeling
palpitate: to beat quickly, as the heart; to throb

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PAN / PANT

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all, everyone
panegyric: formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
panoply: a wide-ranging and impressive array or display

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PAR

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equal
disparage: to belittle, speak disrespectfully about
parity: equally, as in amount, status, or character

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PARA

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next to, beside
paragon: a model of excellence
parody: to imitate for purpose of satire

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PAU / PO / POV / PU

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few, little, poor
paucity: smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness
pauper: a person without any personal means of support
puerile: childish, immature
pusillanimous: lacking courage or resolution

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PEC

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money
impecunious: having no money; penniless
peculation: embezzlement
pecuniary: relating to money

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PED

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foot
antipodes: places that are diametrically opposite each other on the globe
impede: to retard progress by means of obstacles or hindrances

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PEL

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to drive, to push
dispel: to drive away; to disperse
impel: to force; to drive forward

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PER

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completely
perforate: to make a way through or into something
perfunctory: performed merely as routine duty
pertinacious: resolute, persistent

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PET / PIT

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to go, to seek, to strive
impetuous: characterized by sudden or rash action or emotion
petulant: showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance

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PHIL

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love
bibliophile: one who loves or collects books
philatelist: one who loves or collets postage stamp

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PHON

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sound
euphony: the quality of sounding good
polyphony: the use of simultaneous melodic lines to produce harmonies in musical compositions

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PLAC

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to please
complacent: self-satisfied, unconcerned
complaisant: inclined or disposed to please
implacable: unable to be pleased

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POLY
many polyandry: the practice of having multiple husbands polyglot: someone who speaks many languages
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POT
to drink potable: drinkable; safe to drink; a drink potation: drinking; a drink
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PRIM
first primal: original; most important primeval: ancient; going back to the first age of the world
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PROB
to prove, to test approbation: praise, consideration opprobrium: the disgrace incurred by shameful conduct probity: honesty, high-mindedness
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PROP / PROX
near proximate: nearby; coming just before or just after proximity: nearness; distance
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PROT/PROTO
first protagonist: the main character in a play or story prototype: the first version of an invention, on which later models are based
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PUG
to fight impugn: to challenge as false pugilist: a fighter or boxer pugnacious: to quarrel or fight repeatedly
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PUNC / PUNG / POIGN
to point, to prick, to pierce compunction: a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong expunge: to erase, eliminate completely punctilious: strict or exact in the observance of formalities
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PYR
fire pyre: a bonfire, usually for burning a dead body pyrosis: heartburn
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OB
toward, to, against, over obfuscate: to render indistinct or dim; darken obsequious: overly submissive obstinate: stubbornly adhering to an idea, inflexible obstreperous: noisily defiant, unruly
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NOV / NEO / NOU
new neologism: a newly coined word, phrase, or expression neophyte: a beginner; a new convert; a new worker neoplasm: a new growth in the body; a tumor
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NAT / NAS / NAI / GNA
birth cognate: related by blood; having a common ancestor nascent: starting to develop
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NIHIL
Nothing, none annihilate: wipe out; reduce to nothing nihilism: denial of all moral beliefs; denial that existence has any meaning
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NOC / NOX
harm innocuous: not harmful or injurious noxious: injurious or harmful to health or morals
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NOCT / NOX
night noctambulant: walking at night; sleepwalking nocturne: a dreamlike piece of music; a painting set at night
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NOM / NYM / NOUN / NOWN
name nomenclature: a system of names; systematic naming nominal: existing in name only; negligible renown: fame; reputation
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NON
not nonentity: something that doesn’t exist; something that isn’t important nonpareil: something with no equal
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MACRO
great, long macrobiotics: a system intended to prolong life macrocephalous: having a large head macrocosm: the universe; a large system that is reflected in at least one of its subsets
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MAG / MAC / MAJ
big, great magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury magnate: a powerful or influential person maxim: an expression of general truth or principle
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MAL / MALE
bad, ill, evil, wrong maladroit: clumsy; tactless malapropism: humorous misuse of a word malfeasance: a misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official malign: to speak harmful untruths about, to slander
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MEGA
large, great megapolis: a very large city megaton: explosive power equal to 1000 tons of TNT
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MICRO
very small microbe: a very small organism micron: a millionth of a meter
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MIN
small diminution: the act or process of diminishing minutiae: small or trivial details
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MIS
bad, wrong, to hate misadventure: bad luck; an unlucky accident misanthrope: one who hates people or humanity mischance: bad luck; an unlucky accident
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MIS / MIT
to send emissary: a messenger or agent sent to represent the interests of another remit: to send money
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MOLL
soft emollient: something that softens or soothes (e.g., a lotion) mollify: sooth; soften; calm
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MON / MONIT
to remind, to warn admonish: to counsel against something; caution premonition: forewarning, presentiment remonstrate: to say or please in protest, object, or reproof
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MON / MONO
one monarchy: rule by a single person monograph: a scholarly study of a single subject monomania: an obsession with a single subject
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MOR / MORT
death immortal: not subject to death moribund: dying, decaying
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MORPH
shape amorphous: without definite form; lacking a specific shape anthropomorphism: attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena
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MULT
many multiplex: having many parts multitudinous: very many; containing very many; having very many forms

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