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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Specialization

A

Process where meaning of a word shifts from the general to the specific.

Ex: disease once referred to any discomfort and now means illness, a type of discomfort.

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Generalization

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Opposite of specialization. Meaning of word gets broader.

Ex: decimate used to mean destruction of 1/10th of a military unit and now means destruction of any large part.

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-itious

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Characterized by

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-id

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Tending to ; Inclined to

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-ulous

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Tending to; inclined to

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AC(U), ACR, ACET

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Sharp, bitter

Ex: acid, acute

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CAD, (CID), CAS

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To take, seize

Ex: cadence, accident

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CAP, (CIP), CAPT

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To take, seize

Ex: incapacitate, recipient

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FAC, (FIC), FACT, (FECT)

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To do, make

Ex: faculty, efficient

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FLOR

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Flower

Ex: florist, floral

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FLU, FLUX, FLUV, FLOUOR(O)

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To flow

Ex: fluid, flux

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FOLI, [FOIL]

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Leaf

Ex: folio, defoliant

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NOC, NOX, NIC, NEC

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To harm; kill

Ex: innocent, obnoxious

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NOV

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New

Ex: novel, novice

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Functional change

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Word that comes to be a different part of change

Ex: red can be an adjective to describe color and noun to describe a Red (communist)

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-ive

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Tending to; included

Ex: actIVE

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-uous

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Tending to; inclined to

Ex: continuous

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-ory

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Tending to; serving to

Ex: introductory

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CERN, CRET, CERT

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To separate ; distinguish

Ex: discernment , secret

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DUR

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Hard; to last

Ex: duration, endurable

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FUND, FUS, [FOUND]

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To pour; melt

Ex: refund, fusion

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NASC, NAT

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To be born

Ex: nascent, native, prenatal

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PEL(L), PULS

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To drive; push

Propel, compelling

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PON, POSIT

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To place, put

Ex: deposit , component

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TORT

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To twist

Ex: torture, distort

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Degeneration of meaning

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Something that once had a positive meaning now has a negative meaning.

Ex: villain used to mean farm laborer

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-ity (-ety, -ty)

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Quality of; taste

Ex: gravity, sanity

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-(I)tude

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Quality of; state

Ex: longitude, multitude

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-acy

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Quality of or state of being

Ex: accuracy, inadequacy

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AM

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To love

Ex: amorous, amatory

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DE, DIV

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God

Ex: deity, divine

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32
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[JOURN]

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Day

Ex: journal

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OR

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To speak

Ex: oracle, oration

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PROB, [PROV]

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Good; to test

Ex: probe, approve

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RAP, RAPT

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To seize

Ex: rapid, rape

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36
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STRING,STRICT

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To draw tight

Ex: stringent, strict

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37
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VER

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True

Ex: veritable, very

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38
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-(I)mony

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Quality of ; state of

Testimony
Matrimony

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-acity

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Quality of; being inclined to

Audacity
Capacity

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-y

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Quality of ; state of; result of

Custody
Perjury

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41
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-ate

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Office of; holder of

Senate
Magistrate

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42
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CID, CIS

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To kill; cut

Insecticide
Fratercide

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MATR, MATERN

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Mother

Maternity

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44
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PATR, PATERN

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Father

Paternity

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45
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PATRON

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Protector

Patronize

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46
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SEQU, SECUT

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To follow

Sequence, consequence

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47
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SOL

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Alone

Solitude

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48
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VIV

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To live

Vivid
Revive

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49
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-ion

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Act of; state of

Completion

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50
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-ment

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Result of
act of

Excitement
Ligament

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51
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-men

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Result of

Specimen

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52
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CRE,CRESC, CRET

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To grow

Crescent

53
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I, IT

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To go

Transient
Ambient

54
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JUG, JUNCT

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A yoke; to join

Jugular
Juncture

55
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LEG, LIG, LECT

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To choose; pick out

Legible
Legend

56
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MON

A

To warn; advise

Admonish
Monument

57
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SOLV, SOLUT

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To free; loosen

Absolve

58
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-i(cule)

A

Little

Molecule
Muscle

59
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-el

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Little

Novel
Morsel

60
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-il

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Little

Pupil
Codicil

61
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-ole, -ule

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Little

Capsule
Formula

62
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FERV

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To boil, bubble

Fervent

63
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FRANG, FRING, FRACT

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To break

Frangibe, fraction

64
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GRAN

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Grain

Granary, granola

65
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MINOR, MINUS

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Small, smaller

Minority, minute

66
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PATI, PASS

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To endure, suffer

Patient
Passive

67
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Quir, quisit, quest

A

To cut

Inquisition , question

68
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SEC, SEG, SECT

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To cut

Segment
Section

69
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Euphemism

A

Substituting a less direct phrase for a direct term

70
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Taboo deformation

A

An unlucky or offensive term is disguised by mispronouncing it

Instead of God: gosh, golly

71
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Circumlocution

A

To speak around something

Example
Maximally impactful advertising means

Good, successful advertising.

72
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-ance, ancy, ence, ency

A

Quality of

Vigilance
Hesitancy

73
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-or

A

State of

Ardor
Furor
Error

74
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-ary

A

Place for

Library
Granary

75
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-ory

A

Place for

Dormitory
Lavatory
Auditorium

76
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AG, ACT

A

To do; driving

Agent, agile

77
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CLAM

A

Cry out

Exclamation

78
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COG

A

To think, reflect

Cogent, cogitation

79
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DIC, DICT

A

To say

Diction
Contradiction

80
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GER, GEST

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To carry; produce

Exaggerate, congestion, digest

81
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MIT, MIS

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To send, let go

Admit, transmitter

82
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SCI

A

To know

Science

83
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SON

A

Sound

Supersonic, sonata

84
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VAL, VAIL

A

To be strong ; be worthy

Value, equivalent, prevail

85
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-ure

A

Act of ; result of

Ex fracture

86
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-(u)lence, -(o)lence

A

State or quality of being full

Example: violence. Fraudulence

87
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-or

A

One who does; that which does

Example: actor, aggressor

88
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-and(um)

A

That which must be _______

Example memorandum; agendum

89
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ERR

A

To wander

Example error , erratic

90
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JAC, JECT

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To throw

Example eject

91
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NOMEN, NOMIN

A

Name

Example nomenclature

92
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SCRIB, SCRIPT

A

To stand

Example describe ; inscribe

93
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ST(a), STIT, SIST

A

To stand

Example: stance, circumstance

94
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VOLV, VOLUT

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To roll

Revolve; involve

95
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-esce

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To begin; become

Example convalesce

96
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CAPIT

A

Head

Example decapitate

97
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GNO, NO

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To know

Example recognize, ignore

98
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LOC

A

Place

Example location

99
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PUT

A

To prune , reckon, think

Example amputate, compute

100
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RADIC

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Root

Example radical

101
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ROG

A

To ask

Example arrogant

102
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SPIR

A

To breathe

Example spirit, conspire

103
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-ify, efy

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To make

Example: pacify

104
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-ific

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Making, causing

Example pacific, terrific

105
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AL, ALT

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To nourish, grow tall

Example alumnus, altitude

106
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MEDI

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Middle

Example median

107
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MIGR

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To move from one place to another

Example migrate

108
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MORT

A

Death

Example mortal

109
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PET

A

To seek, assail

Example: compete

110
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PUG(N)

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To fight; a fist

Example repugnant

111
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GRAT

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Pleasing; grateful

Example gratitude

112
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MISC, MIXT

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To mix

Example mixture

113
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MOV, MOT

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To move

Example movement

114
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NEG

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To deny

Example negative

115
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PURG

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To clean

Example purge

116
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VULG

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Common, ordinary

Example vulgar

117
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CORD

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Heart

Example cordial, accord

118
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FLECT, FLEX

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To bend

Example deflection

119
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MAN(u)

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Hand

Example manicure

120
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PORT

A

To carry

Example portable

121
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STRU, STRUCT

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To build

Example structure

122
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TERMIN

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Boundary , end

Example terminal

123
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VINC, VICT

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To conquer

Example convince , victor

124
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AUD

A

To hear

Example
Audi

125
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CARN

A

Flesh

Example: carnage

126
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NUNCI

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To announce

Example: annunciation

127
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PRESS

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To press

Example pressure

128
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PROPRI

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One’s own; fitting

Example: propietary

129
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SAT(IS)

A

Enough

Example: satiate

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