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Dog/Dox

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opinion, prais- orthodox, paradox

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ortho

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Straight, correct- orthodox, unorthodox, orthodontist

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Aco/u

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sharp - acute, acupuncture, accurate

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meter

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measure- thermometer, speedometer

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-ship

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state of being or skill- craftsmanship, citizenship, championship, relationship

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An/Ana

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not or without- anarchy,antonym,anesthetic

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Para

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beside- parasite,paraprofessional

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Esth

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feeling- anesthetic, paraesthesia

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Ology

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study of- biology, geology

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contra

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against, opposite,opposing- contrast, contradict, contraband, contraction

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agon

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pain,struggle/agong,protagonist

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culp

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blame, fault / culprit, culpable

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prot

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first, early / prototype, protocol, protagonist

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Jur

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swear, oath, law/jurisdiction, injure, conjure, jury

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photo

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light / photograph, photosynthesis

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spect

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look, regard/ inspect, respect, retrospect

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Phil

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love/ philosophy, philanthropy

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phob

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fear / acrophonia, clausrophobia

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fort

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strong/ fortify, comfort

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Dict

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say/ diction, dictator, contradict, predict

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action

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process, condition/celebration, coordination

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typ/e

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print / prototype, typical

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hier/o

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Holy, sacred/hieroglyphics, hierarchy

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fend

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strike/ defend, offend

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crac

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government, rule/democracysutocracy

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-dom

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domain, territory/ kingdom, boredom, freedom

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Thes/ Thet

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put or place: thesis, antithesis, parenthetic

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sym/syn

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with or together : symbolism, synonym

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anti

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against or opposite: antibacterial, antiperspirant

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co

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with, together, jointly/ coordinated, cooperation

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Iso

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equal, isometric, isolation

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-hood

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state, condition, quality/brotherhood, neihborhood

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Ex

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out/ export, exclude, experience

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Turb

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disturb bother, turbulence, disturb

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Asper

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rough, harsh/ exasperated, aspersipn

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Dys/Dis

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bad/disease, dystopian

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-Ible

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able to be, capable/ audible, credible

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-Ist

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someone who/dentist, artists

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dactyl

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finger/zygodactyl, pterodactyl

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therap

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treatment/ therapy, hydrotherapy, psychotherapy

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scope

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see, view/ telescope, microscope, macroscopic

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cryo

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cold, frost/cryotherapy, cryoanesthesia, cryopathy

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zygo

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paired/ zygodactyl, zygomorphic

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petero

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wing, feather, pterodactyl, pteropod

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cola

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glue, gelatin, like/ collage, collnate, collegen,

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combus

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burn up/ combustion, incierator, cinerary.

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cuss

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strike, shake/concussion, percussion, repercussions

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Di

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two double twice/dice dimeter, dialogue

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cephal

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head, brain/encephalitis, microcephaly, cephalopods

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esia

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action,process/anesthesia,amnesia

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cinemat/kin

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motion, movement/cinematorgraphy, kinesiology

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gram

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write/grammatical, telegram,grammer

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ic

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like or related to/ graphic, topic,cinematic

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echo

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sound / echolocation, echocardiography, echolocation

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Locat

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Place/location echolocation, relocation

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Eo

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dawn, early/ eolitheon

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Lith/o

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stone/ eolith, lithography, paleolithic

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paleo

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old, ancient/paleolithic, paleontology

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sphere

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Ball,round,globe/ hemisphere, atmosphere

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-ize

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to make, to act/ dramatize, revolutionize, desensitize

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Erg

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work/ energy, alergy,ergophobia

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metall

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metal, mineral, mine/ mentallic, metalloid

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Pyro

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Fire/Pyrotechnics, pyromania, pyrotechnic

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En-

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in, into/ entrance, envelope, enhance

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Eu-

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good, well/ eulogy, euphoria euthanize

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Glac

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ice/glacier, glaciation, glaiology

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Arium

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place, container/aquarium, planetraium, terrarium

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con

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with/connect, consensus, condvde,

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se

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apart/ seperate, segregate, secret,

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Greg

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group, flock, herd/congregation, segregate, gregarious

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Baro

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pressure, weight,/ barometer, barophobia,(gravity), hypobaraphy

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Arium

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place, container/aquarium, planetarium, terrarium

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con

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with/connect, consensus, condude

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se

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apart/ separate, segregate, secret

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Baro

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pressure, weight/ barometer, barophobia, (gravity), hypnotherapy

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Tumi

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swell, disturbance, uproar/tumor, tumultuous, tumult

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Ec

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out, outside, out of place/ eclectic, eclipse, ecstatic, eccentric

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Caust

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fire, burn/ holocaust, caustic, cauterize

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ary

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belonging to connected with / dictionary, library, customary

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Stas / start

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stand, set frim / static, ecstasy, stasis

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Narco

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numbness, stupor, sleep, drug/ narcolesy, narcotics

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saur

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lizard/ dinasaur, pterosaur

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calypt

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cover, hidden, conceaded/ apocalypse, eucalyptus

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Peps/pept

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digest, digestion/ dyspepsia, eupepsia

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-ide

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belonging to/ fluoride, peroxide, coincide

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Tude

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state/ condition, attatude, person felling demeanor

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EVE

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time, age / revolution event

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Medi

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half, middle, between/ Mediterranean, immediate, intermediate

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terr

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Earth, land, ground/ territory

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melan

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black, Dark/ melancholia, melanomas

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Mnem/mnes

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mind, memory/ amnesia(forget something), mnemonie(remember)

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Lav

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wash, clean/ lavish, lavender, labatory

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Purg

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remove, get rid of, clean out/ purge, inpurity

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magn

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great, large/ magnificent, magnitude, maganimous

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inter

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between/ interstate, internation

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mor

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custom, proper/ amoral

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moll

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mild, soft/ mollify, mollusk, molluse

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leps

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take, seize

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mania

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intense craving loss of reason/ kleptomania, mania, maniacal

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Dont

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teeth/ orthodontist, orthodontic

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ped

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foot, child/tripod, pedestrain, pedestrian

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Oxy-

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sharp, pointed/ oxyton, oxyacid

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RE-

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back, again/ return, revert, resent

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-pater

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father/ patermony

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-mony

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result of/ matramony, testimony

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sus

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up/ suspect, suspended

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-pend/pens

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hang, weigh/ dependent, suspense

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Ive

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preforming/ accumulative, abrasice, active

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petro

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rock, stone/ petroleums, petrolhead

110
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-eum

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that, which, place/ colosseum, gynacecum

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-sarco

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flesh/sarcophagus

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-tomy

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cut/ arthrotomy, cardiotomy

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-part

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carry/ portable, important, import, export

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Zo

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aminal, living, being/ zoo, zoologist, zooiac

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-meta

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beyond, after, change/ metamorphists

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-phys

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nature, growth/ phystic, physical

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plac

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calm, pleasing/ implacable, camplacency

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pon

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put, place/ postpon, proponet

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-ician

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expert, specialist/ electrictian, mathematician, technician

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