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Latin And Greek Root Words Flashcards

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Ab

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Off, away from, apart, down.

Abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject, abnormal, abolish, abstinence, abstract, abstruse.

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Able/Ible

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Capable of or worthy of.

Changeable, combustible, inevitable, presentable.

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Ac/acr

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Sharp, bitter, sour.

Acerbic, acid, acrimonious, acumen, acute, exacerbate.

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Act/ag

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To do, to drive, to force, to lead.

Agile, agitate, litigate, pedagogue, prodigal, synagogue.

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Acou

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Hearing.

Acoustic

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Ad or A double letter

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To, toward, near.

Accede, adapt, addict, address, adhere, adjacent, adjoin, admire, advocate, attract.

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Al/Ali/alter

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Other or another.

Alias, alibi, alien, allegory, alter ego, alternative, altruist.

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Am

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Love.

Amateur, amatory, amiable, amicable, amity, enamored, inamorata.

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Ambi/amphi

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Both, on both sides, around.

Ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous, amphibian.

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Ambl/ambul

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To go, to walk.

Ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble.

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Anim

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Of the life, mind, soul, breath.

Animal, animosity, equanimity, magnanimous, unanimous.

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Annui/enni

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Year.

Annals, annual, anniversary, annuity, perennial.

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Ant/ante

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Before.

Antebellum, Antecedent, antedate, antediluvian, anterior.

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Anthro/andr

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Human, man

Androgen, androgynous, android, anthropocentric, anthropology, misanthrope, philanderer

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Anti

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Opposite or against.

Antibody, antidote, antipathy, antipodal, antiseptic.

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Apo

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Away.

Apocalypse, apocryphal, apogee, apology, apostasy, apostle.

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Aqua/aque

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Water.

Aquamarine, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, subaqueous.

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Arch/archy/archi

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Chief, principal, ruler.

Anarchy, archenemy, architect, monarchy, oligarchy

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Ard

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To burn.

Ardent, ardor, arson.

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Auto

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Self

Autocrat, automatic, autonomy.

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A or An

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Not, without.

Agnostic, amoral, anomaly, anonymous, apathy, atheist, atrophy, atypical.

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Be

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About, to make, to surround, to affect.

Belie, belittle, bemoan, bewilder.

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Bel/bell

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Beautiful.

Belle, embellish

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Bell

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War.

Antebellum, belligerent, rebel.

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Ben/bene

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Good.

Benediction, benefit, benevolent, benign.

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Bi/bin

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Two.

Biennial, bilingual, bilateral, binocular, bipartisan, combination

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Bon/boun

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Good, generous.

Bona fide, bonus, bountiful,

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Brev/brid

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Short, small.

Abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviloquent, brevity, brief.

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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: decaying/deteriorating, recidivist: one who repeatedly relapses into crime

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Cant/cent/chant

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To sing

Accent, chant, enchant, incantation, incentive, and recant.

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Cap/capit/cipit

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Head, headlong

Capital, capitulate, caption, disciple, precipice, precipitate

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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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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, castrate

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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, accelerant, celerity, decelerate

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Cent

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Hundred, hundredth

Bicentennial, cent, centigrade, centimeter, centipede, century, percent

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Centr

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Center

Centrifuge, centrist, concentrate, concentric, eccentric

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Cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

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To separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

Ascertain, certitude, criterion, discreet, discrete, hypocrite

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Chrom

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Color

Chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic

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Chron

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Time

Anachronism, chronic, chronology, chronometer, synchronize

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Circu/circum

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Around.

Circuit, circuitous, circumference, circum size, circumspect, circumstance

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Cis

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To cut

Exorcise, incision, incisive, precise, scissors

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Cla/clo/clu

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To shut, to close

Claustrophobia, cloister, conclude, disclose, exclusive, preclude

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Claim/clam

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To shout, to cry out

Clamor, disclaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim

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Cli

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To lean towards

Climax, decline, disinclination, proclivity, recline

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Co/col/com/con

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With, together

Coerce, collaborate, collide, commensurate, compatible, conciliate, connect

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Cogn/conn

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To know

Cognition, incognito, recognize

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Contra/contro/counter

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Against

Contradict, contrary, controversy, counterfeit, countermand, encounter

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Corp/cors

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Body

Corporation, corps, corpse, corpulent, corset, incorporation

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Cosm

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Order, universe, world

Cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm

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Cour/cur

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Running, a course

Concur, courier, curriculum, cursory, excursion, incursion, recur

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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, credo, credulity, incredible

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Crypt

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Hidden

Apocryphal, crypt, cryptography, cryptology,

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Cub/cumb

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To lie down

Cubicle, incubate, incumbent, recumbent, succumb

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Culp

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Fault, blame

Culpable, culprit, inculpate, mea culpa

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Dac/doc

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To teach

Didactic, docile, Doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate

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De

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Away, off, down, completely, reversal

Decipher, defame, deferential, defile, delineate, descend

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Dele

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To Erase
Delete
Indelible

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Dem

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People

Democracy, demographics, endemic, epidemic, pandemic

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Dext

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Right hand, right side, deft

Ambidextrous, dexter, dexterity,

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Di

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Day

Dial, diary, dismal, diurnal, meridian, quotidian

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Di/dia

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In two, through, across

Diagnose, dialogue, diameter, dichotomy

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Di/dif/dis

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Away from, apart, reversal, not

Diffuse, dilate, dilatory, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, dissuade

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Dic/dict/dit

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To say, to tell, to use words

Dictionary, interdict, predict, verdict

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Dign

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Worth

Condign, deign, dignitary, dignity, disdain

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Dog/dox

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Opinion

Dogma, orthodox, paradox

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Dol

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To suffer, to pain, to grieve

Condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolence

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Don/dot/Dow

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To give

Anecdote, antidote, donate, endow, pardon

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Dorm

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Sleep

Dormant, dormitory

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Dors

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Back

Dorsal, endorse

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Dub

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Doubt

Dubiety, dubious, indubitable

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Duc/duct

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To lead

Abduct, conducive, conduct, induce, induct, produce

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Dulc

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Sweet

Dulcet, dulcified, dulcimer

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Dur

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Hard, lasting

Dour, durable, duration, duress, endure, obdurate

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Dys

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Faulty, abnormal

Dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspepsia, dystrophy

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E/ex

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Out, out of, from, former, completely

Efface, evade, exclude, exonerate, expire, extricate

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Ego

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Self

Ego, egocentric, egoism, egotism

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Em/en

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In, into

Embrace, enclose

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Epi

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Upon

Epidemic, epidermis, epigram, epilogue, epithet

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Equ

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Equal, even

Adequate, equation, equidistant, iniquity,

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Err

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To wander

Arrant, err, erratic, error

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Esce

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Becoming

Adolescent, convalescent, incandescent, obsolescent, reminiscent

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Eu

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Good, well

Eugenics, eulogy, euphemism, Euphony, euthanasia

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Extra

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Outside, beyond

Extract, extradite, extraordinary, extrapolate, extra sensory

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Fab/fam

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To speak

Affable, defame, fable, famous, ineffable,

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Fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy

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To do, to make

Configuration, counterfeit, deficient, effigy, faction, factory, prolific, ratify

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Fal

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To err, to deceive

Default, fail, fallacy, false, faux pas, infallible

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Fatu

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Foolish

Fatuity, fatuous, infatuated

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Fer

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To bring, to carry, to bear

Confer, offer, proffer, proliferate, referendum

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Ferv

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To boil, to bubble

Effervescent, fervid, fervor

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Fi/fid

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Faith, trust

Affidavit, confide, fidelity, fiduciary, infidel

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Fin

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End

Confine, definitive, final, infinite, infinitesimal

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Flagr/flam

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To burn,

Conflagration, flagrant, flambeau, inflame

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Flect/flex

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To bend, to turn

Deflect, flexible, genuflect, inflect, reflect

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Flu/flux

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To flow

Confluence, effluence, fluctuation, fluid, mellifluous

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Fore

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Before

Foreshadowing, foresight, forestall, forthright

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Fort

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Chance

Fortuitous, fortunate, fortune

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Fort

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Strength

Forte, fortify, fortissimo

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Fra/frac/frag/fring

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To break

Fractious, fracture, fragment, infringe, refractory

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Fug

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To flee, to fly

Centrifugal, fugitive, fugue, refuge, refugee, subterfuge

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Fulg

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To shine

Effulgent, refulgent

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Fum

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Smoke

Fume, fumigate, perfume

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Fus

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To pour

Diffuse, fusillade, infusion, profuse, suffuse,

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Gen

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Birth, creation, race, kind

Carcinogenic, congenital, gender, generous, genetics, progeny.

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Gn/gno

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To know

Agnostic, diagnose, ignoramus, ignore, prognosis

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Grad/gress

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To step

Aggressive, degrade, digress, egress, progress, regress

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Gram/graph

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To write, to draw

Diagram, epigram, grammar, graph, graphite, photograph

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Grat

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Pleasing

Gracious, grateful, gratuity, ingratiate

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Greg

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Flock

Aggregate, congregate, egregious, gregarious, segregate

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Hap

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By chance

Haphazard, hapless, happen, happily, happy, mishap, perhaps,

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Hemi

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Half

Hemisphere, hemistitch

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Hes/her

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To stick

Adherent, adhesive, coherent, inherent

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(H)etero

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Different, other

Heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual

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Hol

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Whole

Catholic, holocaust, hologram, holograph, holistic

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(H)om

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Same

Homeostasis, homogeneous, homosexual, homonym

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Hum

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Earth

Exhume, humble, humility

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Hyper

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Over, excessive

Hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperglycemia

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Hypo

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Under, beneath, less than

Hypochondriac, hypocritical, hypodermic, hypothesis

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Icon

A

Image, idol

Icon, iconic, iconoclast, iconology

125
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Idio

A

Ones own

Idiom, idiosyncrasy, idiot

126
Q

In/im

A

In, into

Implicit, incarnate, indigenous, influx, intrinsic

127
Q

In/im

A

Not, without

Immoral, impartial, inactive, indigent, indolence, innocuous

128
Q

Inter

A

Between, among

Interim, interloper, intermittent, intersperse, interstate

129
Q

Intra

A

Inside, within

Intramural, intrastate, intravenous

130
Q

It/iter

A

Way, journey

Ambition, circuit, itinerant, itinerary, reiterate, transit

131
Q

Ject

A

To throw, to throw down

Abject, conjecture, dejected, eject, inject

132
Q

Joc

A

Joke

Jocose, jocular, jocund, joke,

133
Q

Join/jug/junct

A

To meet, to join

Adjoin, conjugal, conjunction, injunction, junction, junta, rejoinder, subjugate

134
Q

Jour

A

Day

Adjourn, journal, journey

135
Q

Jud

A

Judge

Adjudicate, judiciary, judicious, prejudice

136
Q

Jur

A

Law, to swear

Abjure, adjure, jurisprudence, perjury

137
Q

Juv

A

Juvenile, juvenilia, rejuvenate

138
Q

Lang/ling

A

Tongue

Bilingual, language, linguistics

139
Q

Laud

A

Praise, honor

Cum laude, laudable, laudatory

140
Q

Lav/lau/lu

A

To wash

Ablution, antediluvian, deluge, dilute, laundry, lavatory

141
Q

Lax/leas/les

A

Loose

Lax, laxative, lease, leash, relax, release

142
Q

Lec/leg/lex

A

To read, to speak

Dialect, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, lexicographer, lexicon

143
Q

Lect/leg

A

To select, to choose

Collect, eclectic, elect, predilection, select

144
Q

Lev

A

To lift, to rise, lightweight

Alleviate, levee, levitate, levity, relevant, relieve

145
Q

Li/lig

A

To tie, to bind

Ally, league, liable, liaison, lien, ligament, ligature, oblige, rely

146
Q

Liber

A

Free

Deliver, liberal, liberality, liberate, libertine, Liberty, livery

147
Q

Lith

A

Stone

Caroling, lithography, litho loft, lithotomy, megalith, monolith

148
Q

Loc/log/loqu

A

Word, speech, thought

Colloquial, dialogue, elocution, eulogy, grandiloquent, loquacious, prologue

149
Q

Luc/lum/lus

A

Light/ brightness

Illuminate, illustrate, illustrious, lackluster, lucid, luminous, translucent

150
Q

Lud/lus

A

To play

Allude, delude, elude, illusion, ludicrous, prelude

151
Q

Macro

A

Great/long

Macro, macrobiotics, microcephalous, macrocosm, macroscopic

152
Q

Mag/maj/max

A

Big, great

Magnanimous, magnate, magnify, magnitude, maxim, maximum

153
Q

Mal/male

A

Bad, Ill, evil, wrong

Maladroit, malady, malapropism, malediction, malfeasance, malfunction, malicious, malign

154
Q

Man/Manu

A

Hand

Emancipate, manifest, manual, manufacture

155
Q

Mand/mend

A

To command, to order, to entrust

Command, commend, countermand, demand, mandatory, recommend, remand

156
Q

Medi

A

Middle

Immediate, intermediate, medieval, mediocre, medium

157
Q

Mega

A

Large, great

Megalith, megalomania, megalopolis, megaphone, megaton

158
Q

Micro

A

Very small

Microbe, microcosm, micron, microorganism, microscope

159
Q

Min

A

Small

Diminish, diminution, miniature, minute, minutiae

160
Q

Min

A

To project, to hang over

Eminent, imminent, preeminent, prominent

161
Q

Mis

A

Bad, wrong, to hate

Misadventure, misanthrope, misapply, mischance, mischief, misconstrue, misfit

162
Q

Mis/mit

A

To send

Emissary, intermittent, remission, remit, transmit

163
Q

Misc

A

Mixed

Miscellaneous, promiscuous

164
Q

Mob/mom/mot/mov

A

To move
Automobile, demote, immovable, locomotion, mob, mobile, mobilize, moment, momentous, motion, motive, motor, mutiny, promote, remove

165
Q

Moll

A

Soft

Emollient, mild, mollify, mollusk

166
Q

Mon/monit

A

To remind, to warn

Admonish, monitor, monument, premonition, remonstrate, summon

167
Q

Mon/mono

A

One

Monarchy, monk, mono chord, monogram, monograph, monologue, monomania, monotonous

168
Q

Mor/mort

A

Death

Immortal, morbid, moribund

169
Q

Morph

A

Shape

Amorphous, anthromorphism, metamorphosis

170
Q

Mult

A

Many

Multiple, multiplex, multiply, multitudinous

171
Q

Mut

A

To change

Commute, immutable, mutation, permutation, transmute

172
Q

Nat/nas/nai/gna

A

Birth

Cognate, naive, nascent, native, natural, Renaissance

173
Q

Nau/nav

A

Ship, sailor

Astronaut, circumnavigate, cosmonaut, nauseous, nautical, naval, nave, navy

174
Q

Nihil

A

Nothing, none

Annihilate, nihilism

175
Q

Noc/nox

A

Harm

Innocent, innocuous, noxious, obnoxious

176
Q

Noct/nox

A

Night

Equinox, noctambulant, nocturnal, nocturne

177
Q

Nom

A

Rule, order

Astronomy, autonomy, economy, gastronomy, taxonomy

178
Q

Nom/nym/noun/nown

A

Name

Acronym, anonymous, nomenclature, nominal, nominate, noun, renown, synonym

179
Q

Non

A

Not

Noncomformist, nonentity, nonpareil, nonpartisan

180
Q

Nounc/nunc

A

To proclaim

Announce, pronounce, renounce

181
Q

Nov/neo/nou

A

New

Innovate, neologism, neophyte, neoplasm, nouveau riche, novice, renovate

182
Q

Null

A

Nothing

Annul, nullify, nullity

183
Q

Ob

A

Toward, to, against, over

Obese, obfuscate, oblique, obsequious, obstinate, obstreperous, obstruct, obtuse

184
Q

Omni

A

All

Omnibus, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient

185
Q

Oner

A

Burden

Exonerate, onerous, onus

186
Q

Oss/oste

A

Bone

Ossify, ossuary, osteopathy

187
Q

Pac/peac

A

Peace

Appease, pacifier, pacify, pact

188
Q

Palp

A

To feel

Palpable, palpate, palpitate

189
Q

Pan/pant

A

All/ everyone

Pandemic, panegyric, panoply, panorama, pantheon

190
Q

Par

A

Equal

Apartheid, disparage, disparate, par, parity

191
Q

Para

A

Next to, beside

Parable, paragon, parallel, paranoid, parasite, parody

192
Q

Pas/pat/path

A

Feeling, suffering, disease

Compassion, dispassionate, empathy, impassive, pathogenic, sociopath, sympathy

193
Q

Pau/po/pov/pu

A

Few, little, poor

Impoverish, paucity, pauper, poverty, puerile, pusillanimous

194
Q

Pec

A

Money

Impecunious, peculation, pecuniary

195
Q

Ped

A

Child, education

Encyclopedia, pedagogue, pedant, pediatrician

196
Q

Ped/pod

A

Foot

Antipodes, expedite, impede, pedal, pedestrian, podium

197
Q

Pel

A

To drive, to push

Compel, dispel, expel, impel, propel

198
Q

Pen/pene

A

Almost

Peninsula, penultimate, penumbra

199
Q

Pen/pun

A

To pay, to compensate

Penal, penalty, penance, penitent, punitive

200
Q

Pend/pens

A

To hang, to weight, to pay

Appendage, appendix, compensate, depend, indispensable, stipend

201
Q

Per

A

Completely

Perforate, perfunctory, perplex, persistent, perspicacious, pertinacity a, peruse

202
Q

Peri

A

Around

Perimeter, peripatetic, periscope

203
Q

Pet/pit

A

To go, to seek, to strive

Appetite, centripetal, compete, impetuous, petition, petulant

204
Q

Phil

A

Love

Bibliophile, philatelist, philology, philosophy

205
Q

Phob

A

Fear

Claustrophobia, hydrophobia, phobia, xenophobia

206
Q

Phon

A

Sound

Euphony, megaphone, phonetics, polyphony, telephone

207
Q

Photo

A

Light

Photograph, photon, photosynthesis

208
Q

Plac

A

To please

Complacent, complaisant, implacable, placebo, placid

209
Q

Ple/plen

A

To fill, full

Complete, deplete, implement, plentitude, plethora, replete, supplement

210
Q

Plex/plic/ply

A

To fold, twist, tangle, bend

Complex, duplicity, implicate, implicit, replica, supplicate

211
Q

Poly

A

Many

Polyandry, polygamy, polyglot, polygon, polytheism

212
Q

Pon/pos/pound

A

To put, to place

Component, expose, expound, juxtapose, repository

213
Q

Port

A

To carry

Deportment, dis port, export, import, importune, portable

214
Q

Post

A

Behind, after

Post facto, posterior, posterity, posthumous

215
Q

Pot

A

To drink

Potable, potation, potion

216
Q

Pre

A

Before, in front

Precarious, precedent, precept, precocious, premonition, presentiment

217
Q

Prehend/prise

A

To take, to get, to seize

Apprehend, comprise, enterprise, reprehensible, reprisals, surprise

218
Q

Pri/prim

A

First

Primal, primary, prime, primeval, pristine

219
Q

Pro

A

In front, before, much, for

Problem, proceed, profuse, prolific, propound, proselytize, provident

220
Q

Prob

A

To prove, to test

Approbation, opprobrium, probe, probity, reprobate

221
Q

Prop/prox

A

Near

Approximate, proximate, proximity

222
Q

Prot/proto

A

First

Protagonist, protocol, prototype, protozoan

223
Q

Pseud/pseudo

A

False

Pseudonym, pseudopod, pseudoscience

224
Q

Pug

A

To fight

Impugn, pugilist, pugnacious, repugnant

225
Q

Punc/pung/poign

A

To point, to prick, to pierce

Compunction, expunge, point, punctilious, puncture, pungent

226
Q

Pyr

A

Fire

Pyre, pyromania, pyrosis, pyrotechnics

227
Q

Quad/quar/quat

A

Four

Quadrant, quadrille, quadruple, quadruplets, quart, quaternary,

228
Q

Que/quis

A

To seek

Acquire, conquest, exquisite, inquisitive, perquisite, querulous, query

229
Q

Quie/quit

A

Quiet, rest

Acquiesce, disquiet, quiescence, quiet, tranquil

230
Q

Quin/quint

A

Five

Quinquennial, quintessence, quintuple

231
Q

Raci/radi

A

Root

Deracinate, eradicate, radical, radish

232
Q

Rami

A

Branch

Ramification, ramiform

233
Q

Re

A

Back/again

Recline, regain, remain, reorganize, request

234
Q

Rect

A

Straight, right

Correct, direct, erect, rectangle, rectitude

235
Q

Reg

A

King, rule

Interregnum, realm, regal, regent, regicide, regiment, regular

236
Q

Retro

A

Backward

Retroactive, retrofit, retrograde, retrospective

237
Q

Rid/ris

A

To laugh

Derision, risible

238
Q

Rog

A

To ask

Abrogate, arrogant, arrogate, derogatory, interrogate, surrogate

239
Q

Rub/rud

A

Red

Rouge, rubella, rubicund, rubric, russet

240
Q

Rud

A

Crude

Erudite, rude, rudimentary, rudiments

241
Q

Sacr/sanct

A

Holy

Execrable, sacrament, sacred, sacrifice, sacrilege, sanctify, sanction

242
Q

Sag/sap/sav

A

Taste, thinking, discerning

Insipid, sagacious, sage, sapient, savant, savor

243
Q

Sal

A

Salt

Salary, saline

244
Q

Sal/sil/sault/sult

A

To leap, to jump

Assault, desultory, exult, insolent, insult, resilient, salient, somersault

245
Q

Salu

A

Health

Salubrious, salutary, salute,

246
Q

Salv

A

To save

Salvage, salvation, savior

247
Q

San

A

Healthy

Sane, sanitarium, sanitary

248
Q

Sang

A

Blood

Consanguinity, sanguinary, sanguine

249
Q

Sat

A

Enough

Assets, dissatisfied, sate, satisfy, saturate

250
Q

Sci

A

To know

Conscience, conscious, omniscient, prescient, unconscionable

251
Q

Scribe/script

A

To write

Ascribe, circumscribe, conscription, describe, postscript, proscribe, scribble, script, transcript

252
Q

Se

A

Apart, away

Secede, sedition, seduce, segregate, select, separate, sequester

253
Q

Sec/sequ/sue/Sui

A

To follow

Non sequitur, obsequious, prosecute, pursue, second, sequence, suite

254
Q

Sed/sess/Sid

A

To sit, to settle

Assiduous, dissident, insidious, preside, resident, residual, sediment, session

255
Q

Sem

A

Seed, to sow

Disseminate, semen, seminary

256
Q

Semi

A

Half

Semicircle, semiconscious

257
Q

Sen

A

Old

Senate, senescent, senile, sire

258
Q

Sens/sent

A

To feel, to be aware

Dissent, insensate, presentiment, resent, sense, sensory, sentiment, sentinel

259
Q

Sin/sinu

A

Bend, fold, curve

Insulate, sinuous, sinus

260
Q

Sol

A

Alone

Desolate, isolate, soliloquize, solipsism, solitude

261
Q

Sol

A

Sun

Parasol, solar, solarium, solstice

262
Q

Sol

A

To loosen, to free

Absolution, dissolute, dissolution, dissolve, resolution, soluble

263
Q

Somn

A

Sleep

Insomnia, somnambulist, somniferous, somniloquist, somnolent

264
Q

Soph

A

Wisdom

Philosopher, sophism, sophisticated

265
Q

Sourc/surg/surrect

A

To rise

Insurgent, insurrection, resurrection, source, surge

266
Q

Spec/spic

A

To look, to see

Circumspect, conspicuous, perspective, perspicacious, retrospective, specious, spectrum, speculation

267
Q

Spir

A

Breath

Aspire, expire, spirit,

268
Q

Sta/sti

A

To stand, to be in place

Apostasy, constitute, destitute, obstinate, stasis, static

269
Q

Strict/string/stran

A

To tighten, to bind

Astringent, constrain, restriction, strangle

270
Q

Sua

A

Sweet, pleasing, to urge

Assuage, dissuade, persuade, suave

271
Q

Sub/sup

A

Below, under

Subliminal, submissive, subsidiary, subterfuge, subtle, suppose

272
Q

Summ

A

Highest, total

Consummate, sum, summary, summit

273
Q

Super/Sur

A

Over, above

Supercilious, superfluous, superlative, supersede, surmount, surpass, surveillance

274
Q

Sym/syn

A

Together

Symbiosis, symmetry, sympathy, symposium, synonym, synthesis

275
Q

Tac/tic

A

To be silent

Reticent, tactic, taciturn

276
Q

Tact/tag/tam/tang

A

To touch

Contact, contagious, contaminate, contiguous, intact, intangible, tactile

277
Q

Tain/ten/tent/tin

A

To hold

Abstention, detain, pertain, pertinacious, sustenance, tenable, tenacious, tenure

278
Q

Tend/tens/tent/tenu

A

To stretch, to thin

Attenuate, contentious, distend, extenuating, tendentious, tension, tentative

279
Q

Test

A

To bear witness

Attest, contest, detest, protest, testament, testify

280
Q

Theo

A

God

Apotheosis, atheist, theocracy, theology

281
Q

Therm

A

Heat

Thermal, thermometer, thermonuclear, thermostat

282
Q

Tim

A

Fear

Intimidate, timid

283
Q

Tor/torq/tort

A

To twist

Contort, distort, extort, torch, torque, tort, torture

284
Q

Torp

A

Stiff, numb

Torpedo, torpid, torpor

285
Q

Tox

A

Poison

Antitoxin, intoxicated, toxic

286
Q

Tract

A

To drag, to pull, to draw

Abstract, attract, contract, detract, protracted, tractable, tractor

287
Q

Trans

A

Across, beyond

Intransigent, transaction, transcendent, transgress, transition, transparent

288
Q

Ult

A

Last, beyond

Penultimate, ulterior, ultimate, ultimatum, ultraviolet

289
Q

Umbr

A

Shadow

Adumbrate, penumbra, somber, umbrage, umbrella

290
Q

Un

A

Not

Unseen, unusual

291
Q

Und

A

Wave

Abound, inundate, undulate

292
Q

Uni/un

A

One

Reunion, unanimous, unicorn, uniform, universe

293
Q

Urb

A

City

Suburb, urban, urbane, urbanization

294
Q

Us/ut

A

To use

Abuse, usage, usurp, utilitarian

295
Q

Vail/Val

A

Strength, use, worth

Ambivalent, avail, convalescent, equivalent, evaluate, invalid, valediction, valid, value

296
Q

Ven/vent

A

To come or to move toward

Adventitious, contravene, convene, intervene, venturesome

297
Q

Ver

A

Truth

Aver, voracious, verdict, verisimilitude, verity

298
Q

Verb

A

Word

Proverb, verbatim, verbiage, verbose

299
Q

Verd

A

Green

Verdant, verdure

300
Q

Vers/vert

A

To turn

Aversion, avert, controversy, diverse, extrovert, inadvertent, introvert, revert

301
Q

Vi

A

Life

Convivial, joie de vivre, viable, vivacity, vivid

302
Q

Vid/vis

A

To see

Adviser, evident, survey, video, vista

303
Q

Vil

A

Base, mean

Revile, vile, vilify

304
Q

Viru

A

Poison

Virulent, viruliferous, virus

305
Q

Voc/vok

A

Call, word

Advocate, avocation, convoke, equivocate, invoke, vocabulary, vocation, vociferous

306
Q

Vol

A

Wish

Benevolent, malevolent, volition, voluntary

307
Q

Volu/volv

A

To roll, to turn

Convolution, evolve, revolt, revolve, voluble, volume

308
Q

Vor

A

To eat

Carnivorous, omnivorous, voracious

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