GRE root words #1 Flashcards
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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
good
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bi/bin
two
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bon/boun
good, generous
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brev/brid
short, small
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burs
- purse, money
| - bursar, bursary, disburse, reimburse
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cad/cid
- to fall, to happen by chance
| - accident, cascade, coincidence, decadent, recidivist
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cant/cent/chant
to sing
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cap/cip/cept
to take, to get
anticipate, capture, emancipate, percipient, precept, susceptible
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cap/capit/cipit
head, headlong
capital, capitulate, caption, disciple, precipice, precipitate
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card/cord/cour
heart
cardiac, concord, concordance, discord, encourage
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carn
flesh
carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnation, reincarnation
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cast/chast
to cut
cast, caste, castigate, chaste, chastise
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caus/caut
to burn
caustic, cauterize, cautery, holocaust
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ced/ceed/cess
to go, to yield, to stop
accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, incessant, predecessor
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celer
speed
accelerate, celerity
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cent
hundred, hundredth
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centr
center
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cern/cert/cret/crim/crit
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
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chrom
color
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chron
time
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circu/circum
around
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cis
to cut
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cla/clo/cu
to shut, to close
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claim/clam
to shout, to cry out
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cli
to lean toward
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co/col/com/con
with, regular
coerce, collaborate, collide
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cogn/conn
to know
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contra/contro/counter
against
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corp/cors
body
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cosm
order, universe, world
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cour/cur
running, a course
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cre/cresc/cret
to grow
accretion, accrue, creation, excrescence, increase, increment
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cred
to believe, to trust
credentials, credit
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crypt
hidden
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cub/cumb
to lie down
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culp
fault, blame
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dac/doc
to teach
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de
away, off, down, completely, reversal
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dele
to erase
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dem
people
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dext
right hand, right side, deft
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di
day
quotidian
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di/dia
in two, through, across
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di/dif/dis
away from, apart, reversal, not
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dic/dict/dit
to say, to tell, to use words
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dign
worth
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dog/dox
opinion
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dol
to suffer, to pain, to grieve
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don/dot/dow
to give
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dorm
sleep
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dors
back
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dub
doubt
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duc/duct
to lead
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dulc
sweet
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dur
hard lasting
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dys
faulty, abnormal
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e/ex
out, out of, from, former, completely
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ego
self
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em/en
in, into
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epi
upon
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equ
equal, even
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err
to wander
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esce
becoming
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eu
good, well
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extra
outside, beyond
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fab/fam
to speak
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fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
to do, to make
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fal
to err, to deceive
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fatu
foolish
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fer
to bring, to carry, to bear
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ferv
to boil, to bubble
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fi/fid
faith, trust
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fin
end
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flagr/flam
to burn
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flect/flex
to bend, to turn
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flu/flux
to flow
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fore
before
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fort
chance
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fort
strength
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fra/frac/frag/fring
to break
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fug
to flee, to fly
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fulg
to shine
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fus
to pour
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gen
birth, creation, race, kind
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gn/gno
to know
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grad/gress
to step
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gram/graph
to write, to draw
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grat
pleasing
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greg
flock
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hap
by chance
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hemi
half
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her/hes
to stick
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(h)etero
different, other
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hol
whole
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(h)om
same
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hum
earth
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hyper
over, excessive
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hypo
under, beneath, less than
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icon
image, idol
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in/im
not, without
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in/im
in, into
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inter
between, among
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intra
inside, within
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it/iter
way, journey
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ject
to throw, to throw down
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joc
joke
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join/jug/junct
to meet, to join
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jour
day
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jud
to judge
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jur
law, to sweat
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juv
young
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lang/ling
tongue
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laud
praise, honor
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lav/lau/lu
to wash
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lax/leas/les
loose
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lec/leg/lex
to read, to speak
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lect/leg
to select, to choose
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lev
to lift, to rise, light (weight)
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li/lig
to tie, to bind
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liber
free
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lith
stone
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loc/log/loqu
word, speech, thought
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luc/lum/lus
light (brightness)
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lud/lus
to play
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macro
great, long
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mag/maj/max
big, great
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mal/male
bad, ill, evil, wrong
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man/manu
hand
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mand/mend
to command, to order, to entrust
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medi
middle
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mega
large, great
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micro
very small
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min
small
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min
to project, to hang over (eminent, imminent)
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mis
bad, wrong, to hate
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mis/mit
to send
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misc
mixed
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mob/mom/mot/mov
to move
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moll
soft
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mon/mono
one
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mon/monit
to remind, to warn
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mor/mort
death
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morph
shape
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mult
many
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mut
to change
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nat/nas/nai/gna
birth
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nau/nav
ship, sailor
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nihil
nothing, none
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noc/nox
harm
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noct/nox
night
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nom
rule, order
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nom/nym/noun/nown
name
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non
not
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nounc/nunc
to announce
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nov/neo/nou
new
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null
nothing
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ob
toward, to against, over
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omni
all
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oner
burden
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oss/oste
bone
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pac/peac
peace
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palp
to feel
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pan/pant
all, everyong
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par
equal
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para
next to, beside
