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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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acou

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hearing

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act / ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead

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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 (also used to transform words into transitive verbs)

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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

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cad / cid

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to fall, to happen by chance

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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

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cap / capit / cipit

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head, headlong

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card / cord / cour

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heart

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carn

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flesh

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cast / chast

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to cut

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caus / caut

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to burn

ard is also to burn

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ced / ceed / cess

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to go, to yield, to stop

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celler

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speed

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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 / clu

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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 forward

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co / col / com / con

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with, together

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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

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cred

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to believe, to trust

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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 (skillful)

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di

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day

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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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don / dot / dow

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to give

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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

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ego

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self

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em / en

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in, into

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epi

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upon

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equ

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equal, even

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err

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to wander

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esce

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becoming

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eu

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good, well

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extra

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outside, beyond

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fab / fam

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to speak

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fac / fic / fig / fait / feit / fy

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to do, to make

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fal

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to err (make a mistake), to deceive

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fatu

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foolish

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fer

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to bring, to carry, to bear

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ferv

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to boil, to bubble

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fi / fid

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faith, trust

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fin

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end

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flagr / flam

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to burn

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flect / flex

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to bend, to turn

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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

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chance or 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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fum

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smoke

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fus

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to pour

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gen

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birth, creation, race, kind

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gni / gno

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to know

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grad / gress

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to step

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gram / graph

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to write, to draw

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grat

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pleasing

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greg

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flock

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hap

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by chance

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hemi

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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

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whole

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(h)om

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same

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hum

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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

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image, idol

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idio

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one’s own

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in / im

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in, into or not, without

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inter

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between, among

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intra

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inside, within

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it / iter

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way, journey

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ject

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to throw, to throw down

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joc

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joke

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join / jug / junct

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to meet, to join

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jour

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day

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jud

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to judge

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jur

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law, to swear

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juv

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young

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lang / ling

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tongue

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laud

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praise, honor

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lav / lau / lu

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to wash

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lax / leas / les

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loose

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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

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lev

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to lift, to rise, light (weight)

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li / lig

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to tie, to bind

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liber

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free

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lith

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stone

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loc / log / loqu

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word, speech, thought

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luc / lum / lus

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light (brightness)

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lud / lus

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to play

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macro

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great, long

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mag / maj / max

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big, great

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mal / male

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bad, ill, evil, wrong

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man / manu

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hand

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mand / mend

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to command, to order, to entrust

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medi

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middle

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mega

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large, great

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micro

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very small

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min

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small or to project, to hang over

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mis

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bad, wrong, to hate

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mis / mit

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to send

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misc

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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 / monit

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to remind, to warn

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mon / mono

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one

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mor / mort

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death

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morph

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shape

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mult

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many

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mut

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to change

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nat / nas / nai / gna

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birth

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nau / nav

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ship, sailor

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nihil

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nothing, none

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noc / nox

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harm

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noct / nox

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night

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nom

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rule, order

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nom / nym / noun / nown

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name

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non

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not

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nounc / nunc

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to announce

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nov / neo / nou

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new

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null

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nothing

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ob

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toward, to, against, over

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omni

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all

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oner

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burden

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oss / oste

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bone

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pac / peac

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peace

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palp

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to feel

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pan / pant

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all, everyone

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par

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equal

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para

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next to, beside

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pas / pat / path

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feeling, suffering, disease

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pau / po / pov / pu

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few, little, poor

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pec

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money

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ped

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child, education

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ped / pod

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foot

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pel

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to drive, to push

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pen / pene

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almost

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pen / pun

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to pay, to compensate

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pend / pens

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to hang, to weight, to pay

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per

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completely

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peri

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around

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pet / pit

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to go, to seek, to strive

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phil

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love

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phob

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fear

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phon

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sound

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photo

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light

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plac

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to please

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ple / plen

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to fill, full

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plex / plic / ply

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to fold, twist, tangle, or bend

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poly

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many

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pon / pos / pound

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to put, to place

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port

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to carry

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post

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behind, after

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pot

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to drink

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pre

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before, in front

214
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prehend / prise

A

to take, to get, to seize

215
Q

pri / prim

A

first

216
Q

pro

A

in front, before, much, for

217
Q

prob

A

to prove, to test

218
Q

prop / prox

A

near

219
Q

prot / proto

A

first

220
Q

pseud / pseudo

A

false

221
Q

pug

A

to fight

222
Q

punc / pung / poign

A

to point, to prick, to pierce

223
Q

pyr

A

fire

224
Q

quad / quar / quat

A

four

225
Q

que / quis

A

to seek

226
Q

quie / quit

A

quiet, rest

227
Q

quin / quint

A

five

228
Q

raci / radi

A

root

229
Q

rami

A

branch

230
Q

re

A

back, again

231
Q

rect

A

straight, right

232
Q

reg

A

king, rule

233
Q

retro

A

backward

234
Q

rid / ris

A

to laugh

235
Q

rog

A

to ask

236
Q

rub / rud

A

red

237
Q

rud

A

crude (in a raw, not refined state)

238
Q

sacr / sanct

A

holy

239
Q

sag / sap / sav

A

taste, thinking, discerning (discriminating; having or showing good judgement)

240
Q

sal

A

salt

241
Q

sal / sil / sault / sult

A

to leap, to jump

242
Q

salu

A

health

243
Q

salv

A

to save

244
Q

san

A

healthy

245
Q

sang

A

blood

246
Q

sat

A

enough

247
Q

sci

A

to know

248
Q

scribe / script

A

to write

249
Q

se

A

apart, away

250
Q

sec / sequ / sue / sui

A

to follow

251
Q

sed / sess / sid

A

to sit, to settle

252
Q

sem

A

seed, to sow (plant, scatter)

253
Q

semi

A

half

254
Q

sen

A

old

255
Q

sens / sent

A

to feel, to be aware

256
Q

sin / sinu

A

bend, fold, curve

257
Q

sol

A

alone or to loosen, to free or sun

258
Q

somn

A

sleep

259
Q

soph

A

wisdom

260
Q

sourc / surg / surrect

A

to rise

261
Q

spec / spic

A

to look, to see

262
Q

spir

A

breath

263
Q

sta / sti

A

to stand, to be in place

264
Q

strict / string / stran

A

to tighten, to bind

265
Q

sua

A

sweet, pleasing, to urge

266
Q

sub / sup

A

below, under

267
Q

summ

A

highest, total

268
Q

super, sur

A

over, above

269
Q

sym / syn

A

together

270
Q

tac / tic

A

to be silent

271
Q

tact / tag / tam / tang

A

to touch

272
Q

tain / ten / tent / tin

A

to hold

273
Q

tend / tens / tent / tenu

A

to stretch, to thin

274
Q

test

A

to bear witness

275
Q

theo

A

god

276
Q

therm

A

heat

277
Q

tim

A

fear

278
Q

tor / torq / tort

A

to twist

279
Q

torp

A

stiff, numb

280
Q

tox

A

poisen

281
Q

tract

A

to drag, to pull, to draw

282
Q

trans

A

across, beyond

283
Q

ult

A

last, beyond

284
Q

umber

A

shadow

285
Q

un

A

not

286
Q

und

A

wave

287
Q

uni / un

A

one

288
Q

urb

A

city

289
Q

us / ut

A

to use

290
Q

vail / val

A

strength, use, worth

291
Q

ven / vent

A

to come or to move toward

292
Q

ver

A

truth

293
Q

verb

A

word

294
Q

verd

A

green

295
Q

vers / vert

A

to turn

296
Q

vi

A

life

297
Q

vid / vis

A

to see

298
Q

vil

A

base, mean

299
Q

viru

A

poison

300
Q

voc / vok

A

call, word

301
Q

vol

A

wish

302
Q

volu / volv

A

to roll, to turn

303
Q

vor

A

to eat

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