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a/an

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not, without

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ab

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off, away from, apart, down

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able/ible

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capable of, worthy of

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ac/acr

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sharp, bitter, sour

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act/ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead

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acou

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hearing

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ad

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to, toward, near

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al/ali/alter

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other, another

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am

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love

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ambi/amphi

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both, on both sides, around

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ambl/ambul

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to go, to walk

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anim

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of the life, mind, soul, breath

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annui/enni

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year

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ant/ante

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before

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anthro/andr

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man, human

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anti

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against, opposite

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apo

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away

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aqua/aque

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water

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arch/archi/archy

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chief, principal, ruler

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ard

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to burn

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auto

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self

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be

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about, to make, to surround, to affect

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bel/bell

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beautiful

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bell

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war

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ben/bene

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good

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bi/bin

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two

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bon/boun

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good, generous

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brev/brid

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short, small

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burs

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  • purse, money

- bursar, bursary, disburse, reimburse

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cad/cid

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  • to fall, to happen by chance

- accident, cascade, coincidence, decadent, recidivist

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cant/cent/chant

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to sing

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cap/cip/cept

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to take, to get

anticipate, capture, emancipate, percipient, precept, susceptible

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cap/capit/cipit

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head, headlong

capital, capitulate, caption, disciple, precipice, precipitate

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card/cord/cour

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heart

cardiac, concord, concordance, discord, encourage

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carn

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flesh

carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnation, reincarnation

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cast/chast

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to cut

cast, caste, castigate, chaste, chastise

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caus/caut

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to burn

caustic, cauterize, cautery, holocaust

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ced/ceed/cess

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to go, to yield, to stop

accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, incessant, predecessor

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celer

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speed

accelerate, celerity

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cent

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hundred, hundredth

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centr

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center

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cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

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to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

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chrom

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color

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chron

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time

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circu/circum

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around

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cis

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to cut

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cla/clo/cu

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to shut, to close

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claim/clam

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to shout, to cry out

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cli

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to lean toward

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co/col/com/con

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with, regular

coerce, collaborate, collide

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cogn/conn

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to know

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contra/contro/counter

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against

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corp/cors

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body

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cosm

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order, universe, world

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cour/cur

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running, a course

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cre/cresc/cret

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to grow

accretion, accrue, creation, excrescence, increase, increment

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cred

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to believe, to trust

credentials, credit

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crypt

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hidden

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cub/cumb

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to lie down

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culp

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fault, blame

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dac/doc

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to teach

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de

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away, off, down, completely, reversal

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dele

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to erase

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dem

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people

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dext

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right hand, right side, deft

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di

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day

quotidian

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di/dia

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in two, through, across

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di/dif/dis

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away from, apart, reversal, not

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dic/dict/dit

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to say, to tell, to use words

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dign

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worth

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dog/dox

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opinion

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dol

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to suffer, to pain, to grieve

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73
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don/dot/dow

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to give

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74
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dorm

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sleep

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dors

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back

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dub

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doubt

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duc/duct

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to lead

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dulc

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sweet

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dur

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hard lasting

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dys

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faulty, abnormal

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e/ex

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out, out of, from, former, completely

82
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ego

A

self

83
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em/en

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in, into

84
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epi

A

upon

85
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equ

A

equal, even

86
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err

A

to wander

87
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esce

A

becoming

88
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eu

A

good, well

89
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extra

A

outside, beyond

90
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fab/fam

A

to speak

91
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fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy

A

to do, to make

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fal

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to err, to deceive

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fatu

A

foolish

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fer

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to bring, to carry, to bear

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ferv

A

to boil, to bubble

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fi/fid

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faith, trust

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fin

A

end

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flagr/flam

A

to burn

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flect/flex

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to bend, to turn

100
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flu/flux

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to flow

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fore

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before

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fort

A

chance

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fort

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strength

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fra/frac/frag/fring

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to break

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fug

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to flee, to fly

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fulg

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to shine

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fus

A

to pour

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gen

A

birth, creation, race, kind

109
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gn/gno

A

to know

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grad/gress

A

to step

111
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gram/graph

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to write, to draw

112
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grat

A

pleasing

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greg

A

flock

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hap

A

by chance

115
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hemi

A

half

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her/hes

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to stick

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(h)etero

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different, other

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hol

A

whole

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(h)om

A

same

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hum

A

earth

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hyper

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over, excessive

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hypo

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under, beneath, less than

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icon

A

image, idol

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in/im

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not, without

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in/im

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in, into

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inter

A

between, among

127
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intra

A

inside, within

128
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it/iter

A

way, journey

129
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ject

A

to throw, to throw down

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joc

A

joke

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join/jug/junct

A

to meet, to join

132
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jour

A

day

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jud

A

to judge

134
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jur

A

law, to sweat

135
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juv

A

young

136
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lang/ling

A

tongue

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laud

A

praise, honor

138
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lav/lau/lu

A

to wash

139
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lax/leas/les

A

loose

140
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lec/leg/lex

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to read, to speak

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lect/leg

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to select, to choose

142
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lev

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to lift, to rise, light (weight)

143
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li/lig

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to tie, to bind

144
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liber

A

free

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lith

A

stone

146
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loc/log/loqu

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word, speech, thought

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luc/lum/lus

A

light (brightness)

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lud/lus

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to play

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macro

A

great, long

150
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mag/maj/max

A

big, great

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mal/male

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bad, ill, evil, wrong

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man/manu

A

hand

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mand/mend

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to command, to order, to entrust

154
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medi

A

middle

155
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mega

A

large, great

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micro

A

very small

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min

A

small

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min

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to project, to hang over (eminent, imminent)

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mis

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bad, wrong, to hate

160
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mis/mit

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to send

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misc

A

mixed

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mob/mom/mot/mov

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to move

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moll

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soft

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mon/mono

A

one

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mon/monit

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to remind, to warn

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mor/mort

A

death

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morph

A

shape

168
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mult

A

many

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mut

A

to change

170
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nat/nas/nai/gna

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birth

171
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nau/nav

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ship, sailor

172
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nihil

A

nothing, none

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noc/nox

A

harm

174
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noct/nox

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night

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nom

A

rule, order

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nom/nym/noun/nown

A

name

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non

A

not

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nounc/nunc

A

to announce

179
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nov/neo/nou

A

new

180
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null

A

nothing

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ob

A

toward, to against, over

182
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omni

A

all

183
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oner

A

burden

184
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oss/oste

A

bone

185
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pac/peac

A

peace

186
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palp

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to feel

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pan/pant

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all, everyong

188
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par

A

equal

189
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para

A

next to, beside

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