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A

amoral, atheist, atypical, anonymous

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without

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AB/ABS

abduct, abhor, abolish, abstract, abnormal

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off, away from, apart, down

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AC/ACR

acid, acute, acerbic, acrid, exacerbate

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sharp, bitter

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ACT/AG

agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, synagogue

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to do; to drive; to force; to lead

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AD/AL

adapt, adjacent, addict, admire, address

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to, toward, near

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AL/ALI/ALTER

alternative, alias, alibi, alter, altruist

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other, another

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AM

amateur, amenity, enamored, amity, amicable

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love

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AMB

ambient, preamble, ambassador, ambush

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to go; to walk

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AMBI/AMPH

ambiguous, amphibian, ambidextrous

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both, more than one, around

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ANIM

unanimous, animosity, equanimity, animus

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of the life, mind, soul, spirit

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ANNUI/ENNI

annual, perennial, anniversary

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year

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ANTE

anterior, antedate, antebellum, antediluvian

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before

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ANTHRO/ANDR

android, misanthrope, androgynous, anthropogenic

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man, human

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ANTI

antibody, antidote, antipathy, antiseptic

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against

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APO

apology, apocalypse, apogee, apostasy

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away

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ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY

architect, archenemy, anarchy, monarchy

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chief, principal, ruler

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AUTO

automatic, autocrat, autonomy

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self

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BE

belittle, bemoan, bewilder, belie

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to be; to have a particular quality; to exist

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BEL/BELL

antebellum, rebel, belligerent

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war

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BEN/BON

benefit, benevolent, bonus, bona fide

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good

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BI

binocular, biennial, bilingual

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twice, double

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CAD/CID

accident, coincidence, decadent

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to fall; to happen by chance

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CANT/CENT/CHANT

accent, chant, enchant, recant, incentive

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to sing

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CAP/CIP/CEPT

capture, anticipate, suceptible

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to take; to get

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CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT

capital, precipitate, capitulate

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head, headlong

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CARD/CORD/COUR

cardiac, encourage, dicord

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heart

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CARN

carnivorous, canival, reincarnation

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flesh

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CAST/CHAST

cast, castigate, chastise

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cut

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CED/CEED/CESS

actecendent, concede, predecessor

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to go; to yield; to stop

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CENTR

concentrate, eccentric, concentric, centrifuge

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center

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CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT

dicrete, acertain, discreet, hypocrite

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to separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide

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CHRON

synchronize, chronology, chronic

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time

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CIRCU

circumference, circuit, circumstances

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around, on all sides

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CIS

scissors, precise, incision

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to cut

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CLA/CLO/CLU

conclude, claustrophobia, disclose

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shut, close

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CLAIM/CLAM

exclaim, proclaim, clamor, reclaim

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to shout; to cry out

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CLI

decline, recline, climax

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to lean toward

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CO/COL/COM/CON

connect, coerce, compatible, collide

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with, together

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COUR/CUR

recur, curriculum, concur, courier

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running; a course

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CRE/CRESC/CRET

accrue, increase, increment, accretion

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to grow

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CRED

incredible, credit, credentials

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to believe; to trust

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CRYP

crypt, cryptology, cryptography

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hidden

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CUB/CUMB

cubicle, succumb, incubate, recumbent

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to lie down

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CULP

culprit, culpable, mea culpa

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blame

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DAC/DOC

doctor, indoctrinate, docile

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to teach

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DE

decend, decipher, defile, defame, delineate

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away, off, down completely, reversal

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DEM

democracy, epidemic, endemic, demographics

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people

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DI/DIA

dialogue, diagnose, dichotomy

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apart, through

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DIC/DICT/DIT

dictionary, predict, verdict

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to say; to tell; to use words

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DIGN

dignity, deign, condign, disdain

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worth

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DIS/DIF

disperse, disseminate, dissipate

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away from, apart, reversal, not

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DOG/DOX

orthodox, paradox, dogma

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opinion

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DOL

condolence, indolence, doleful

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suffer, pain

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DON/DOT/DOW

donate, pardon, antidote, endow

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to give

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DUB

dubious, dubiety, indubitable

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doubt

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DUC/DUCT

abduct, conduct, induce, produce

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to lead

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DUR

endure, durable, duress, duration

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hard

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DYS

dystrophy, dyslexia, dysfunctional

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faulty, abnormal

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E/EF/EX

evade, explude, extricate, exonerate

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out, out of, from, former, completely

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EPI

epidemic, epilogue, epidermis, epigram

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upon

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EQU

equation, adequate, iniquity

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equal, even

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ERR

err, error, erratic

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to wander

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ESCE

adolescent, obsolescent, incandescent

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becoming

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EU

euphemism, eulogy, euthanasia

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good, well

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EXTRA

extraordinary, extract, extrapolate

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outside, beyond

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FAB/FAM

fable, affable, ineffable, defame

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speak

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FAC/FIC/FIG/FAIT/FEIT/FY

factory, faction, prolific, ratify, conterfeit

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to do; to make

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FER

offer, referendum, proliferate

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to bring; to carry; to bear

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FERV

fervor, fervid, effervescent

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to boil; to bubble

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FID

confide, fidelity, infidel

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faith, trust

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FIN

final, confine, definitive, infinite

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end

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FLAG/FLAM

flammable, flagrant, conflagaration

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to burn

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FLECT/FLEX

deflect, flexible, inflect, reflect

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to bend

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FLU/FLUX

fluid, fluctuation, confluence, effluence

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to flow

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FORE

foresight, foreshadow, forthright

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before

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FORT

fortune, fortunate, fortuitous

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chance

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FORT

fortify, fortissimo, forte

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strength

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FRA/FRAC/FRAG/FRING

fracture, fragment, refractory, infringe

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to break

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FUS

profuse, suffuse, diffuse, infusion

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to pour

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GEN

generous, genetics, gender, carcinogenic

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birth, creation, race, kind

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GN/GNO

agnostic, ignore, recognize, incognito

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know

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GRAD/GRESS

progress, aggressive, degrade, digress

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to step

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GRAT

grateful, gratuity, gracious

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pleasing

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HER/HES

coherent, adhesive, inherent, adherent

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to stick

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(H)ETERO

heterosexual, heterogeneous

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different

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(H)OM

homogeneous, homosexual, anomaly

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same

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HYPER

hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperglycemia

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over, excessive

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HYPO

hypodermic, hypochondriac, hypocritical

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under, beneath, less than

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IDIO

idiot, idiom, idiosyncrasy

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one’s own

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IM/IN/EM/EN

embrace, intrinsic, inplicit, incarnate

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in, into

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IM/IN

inactive, innocuous, impartial

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in, into

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INTER

interstate, interim, intermittent

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between, among

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JECT

inject, dejected, eject, conjecture

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to throw; to throw down

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JOIN/JUNCT

junction, adjoin, subjugate

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to meet; to join

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JUR

perjury, abjure, adjure

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to swear

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LAV/LUT/LUV

lavatory, pollute, deluge, antediluvian

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to wash

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LECT/LEG

collect, elect, select, eclectic

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to select, to choose

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LEV

relieve, alleviate, relevant, levitate

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lift, light, rise

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LOC/LOG/LOQU

dialogue, elocution, prologue, colloquial

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word, speech

didn’t want to use loquacious… too obvious!

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LUC/LUM/LUS

illustrate, translucent, lackluster, lucid

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light

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LUD/LUS

allude, illusion, ludicrous, delude, elude

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to play

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MAG/MAJ/MAX

magnify, maximum, magnanimous

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big

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MAL/MALE

malfunction, malicious, malign

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bad, ill, evil, wrong

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MAN

manual, manufacture, manifest

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hand

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MIN

minute, minutiae, miniature

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small

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MIN

eminent, imminent, prominent

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to project, to hang over

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MIS/MIT

transmit, remission, intermittent

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to send

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MISC

micellaneous, promiscuous

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mixed

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MON/MONIT

monument, summon, admonish, premonition

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to remind; to warn

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MORPH

amorphous, metamorphosis

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shape

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MORT

immortal, morbid, moribund

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death

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MUT

commute, mutation, permutation

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change

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NAT/NAS/NAI

natural, native, cognate

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to be born

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NIC/NOC/NOX

innocent, noxious, obnoxious

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harm

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NOM

astronomy, economy, taxonomy

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rule, order

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NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN

synonym, nominate, nomenclature

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name

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NOUNC/NUNC

announce, pronounce, renounce

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to announce

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NOV/NEO/NOU

novice, renovate, innovate, nouveau riche

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new

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OB/OC/OF/OP

obese, obstinate, obstruct, oblique, obtuse

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toward, to, against, over

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OMNI

omnibus, omnipresent, omnipotent

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all

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PAC/PEAC

appease, pacify, pacifier, pact

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peace

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PAN

panorama, pantheon, pandemic

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all, everyone

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PAR

par, apartheid, disparage, disparate

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equal

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PARA

parallel, parasite, parody, paranoid

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next to, beside

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PAS/PA

sympathy, compassion, impassive, pathogenic

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feeling, suffering, disease

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PAU/PO/POV/PU

poverty, paucity, pauper, impoverish, puerile

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few, little, poor

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PED

pediatrician, pedant, encyclopedia

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child, education

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PED/POD

pedal, pedestrian, expedite, impede

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foot

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PEN/PUN

penal, penalty, punitive, penance

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to pay; to compensate

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PEND/PENS

depend, stipend, compensate, appendix

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to hang; to weight; to pay

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PER

persistent, perflex, peruse, perfunctory

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completely

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PERI

perimeter, periscope, peripatetic

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around

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PET/PIT

appetite, compete, petition, centripetal

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to go; to seek; to strive

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PHIL

philosophy, philadelphia, bibliophile

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love

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PLAC

placid, placebo, implacable

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to please

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PLE

complete, deplete, supplement, plethora

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to fill

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PLEX/PLIC/PLY

complex, replica, implicit, duplicity

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to fold, twist, tangle, or bend

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PON/POS/POUND

component, expose, juxtapose, repository

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to put; to place

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PORT

import, export, portable

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to carry

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POST

posthumous, posterior, posterity

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after

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PRE

precarious, premonition, precedent

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before

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PREHEND/PRISE

surprise, reprehensible, comprise

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to take; to get; to seize

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PRO

prolific, profuse, prodigal, provident

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much, for, a lot

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PROB

probe, approbation, opprobrium, reprobate

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to prove; to test

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PUG

pugnacious, impugn, repugnant, pugilist

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to fight

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PUNC/PUNG/POIGN

point, puncture, compunction

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to point; to prick

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QUE/QUIS

acquire, conquest, query, prequisite

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to seek

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QUI

quiet, tranquil, acquiesce, disquiet

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quiet

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RID/RIS

riddle, derision, risible

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to laugh

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ROG

interrogate, arrogant, surrogate

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to ask

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SACR/SANCT/SECR

sacred, sacrifice, sanctify, execrable

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sacred

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SAL/SIL/SAULT/SULT

insult, somersault, salient, resilient, exult

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to leap, to jump

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SCI

conscious, conscience, omniscient

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to know

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SCRIBE/SCRIP

scribble, describe, ascribe, conscription

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to write

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SE

select, seduce, segregate, secede

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apart

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SEC/SEQU

second, prosecute, sequence, non sequitur

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to follow

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SED/SESS/SID

preside, resident, sediment, dissident, residual

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to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot

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SENS/SENT

sense, sensory, sentiment, resent

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to feel; to be aware

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SOL

dissolve, soluble, dissolution, absolution

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to loosen; to free

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SPEC/SPIC/SPIT

perspective, speculation, suspicious, spectrum

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to look; to see

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STA/STI

static, destitute, obstinate, constitute

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to stand; to be in place

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SUA

suave, persuade, dissuade, assuage

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smooth

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SUB/SUP

submissive, subsidiary, subliminal, subtle

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below

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SUPER/SUR

surpass, supersede, supercilious

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above

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TAC/TIC

reticent, tacit, taciturn

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to be silent

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TAIN/TEN/TENT/TIN

detain, pertain, tenacious, tenure

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to hold

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TEND/TENS/TENT/TENU

tension, tentative, contentious

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to stretch; to thin

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THEO

atheist, theocracy, theology, apotheosis

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god

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TRACT

tractor, attract, contract, abstract

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to drag; to pull; to draw

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TRANS

transaction, transparent, transition, transgress

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accross

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US/UT

abuse, usage, usurp, utilitarian

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to use

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VEN/VENT

convene, venturesome, intervene

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to come or to move toward

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VER

verdict, veracious, verity

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truth

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VERD

verdant, verdure

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green

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VERS/VERT

controversy, revert, diverse, aversion

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to turn

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VI

vivid, vicarious, viable, vivacity

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life

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VID/VIS

evident, video, adviser, survey

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to see

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VIL

vilify, revile, vile

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base, mean

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VOC/VOK

vocabulary, advocate, equivocate, vociferous

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to call

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VOL

voluntary, malevolent, benevolent

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to wish

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VOR

voracious, carnivorous, omnivorous

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to eat

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