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Latin Roots Semester 1 Flashcards

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Peer

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A person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status

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Revivify

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To restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate

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Par [pair, peer]

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Equal

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Mord, mors

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Bite

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Anim

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Life, spirit, mind, soul

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Vit, viv

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Live

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Vitality

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Capacity to live or grow

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Mordant

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Sharply caustic or sarcastic; biting

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Para, par [pair]

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Prepare, ward off

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Morb

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Illness

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Immortal

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Not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying

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Insomnia

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Inability to obtain sufficient sleep; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness

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Dormant

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Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive; torpid

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Morality

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Conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct

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Magnanimous

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High-minded, noble

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Morbific

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Causing disease

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Apparatus

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Any complex instrument or mechanism for a specific purpose

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Torpid

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Inactive or sluggish

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Parity

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Equality, as in amount, status, or character

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Somn

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Sleep; dream

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Dorm

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Sleep

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Mort

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Death

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Torp

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Stupor, numbness

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Animation

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Animated quality; liveliness, vivacity, spirit

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Viviparous

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Bringing forth living young rather than eggs

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Mor

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Custom

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Cordial

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Sincere; heartfelt

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Expedite

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To speed up the process of; hasten

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Multiped

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Having many feet

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Dentate

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Having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes

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Cap, cip, capt

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Take

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Cord

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Heart

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Capit, cipit

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Head

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Corporation

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Any group of persons united or regarded as united in one body

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Digital

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Of or pertaining to a digit or finger

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Reincarnation

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Rebirth of the soul in a new body

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Mandate

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An authoritative order or command

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Reception

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The act of taking into one’s possession

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39
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Carnivorous

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Flesh-eating

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Dent

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Tooth

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Incipient

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Beginning to exist or appear; in the initial stage

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Digit

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Finger, toe

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Manual

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Of or pertaining to the hand or hands

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Corporal

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Of the human body; bodily; physical

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Capital

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Any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.

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Corpor

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Body

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47
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Manu

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Hand

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Consanguinity

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Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship

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Ped

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Foot

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Mand, mend

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Entrust, order

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51
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Carn

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Flesh

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Sanguine

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Blood

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53
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Fatu

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Foolish

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Fig, fix, -fy

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Fasten; pierce

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Assemble

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To bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole

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Discriminate

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To note or observe a difference

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Fing, fig, fict

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Form; shape; invent; imagine

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Sens, sent

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Feel; be aware

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Sag

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Shrewd; wise

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60
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Far

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Divine law

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61
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Sensitive

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Endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses

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Fa, fat, fess

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Speak

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Simil, simul, sembl

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Together; likeness

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Omniscient

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Having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding

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Quasihistorical

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Resembling that of, pertaining to, or characteristic of history or past events

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Fatuous

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Foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner

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Fac, fact, fect, -fic, -fy

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Do; make; cause

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Simulate

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To assume or have the appearance or characteristics of

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Discern

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To distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different

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Fiction

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Something feigned, invented, or imagined

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Prefix

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Something put before or in front

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Non-, ne- (rarely, neg-)

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Not

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Quasi-

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As if; seemingly

74
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Cern, cert, cret

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Sift; separate; distinguish; decide

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Insipid

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Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities

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Affable

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Pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked or villainous

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Crim, crimin

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Judgement; accusation; crime

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Sagacious

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Having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense

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Sci

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Know

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Factory

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A building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods

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Sap, sip

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Taste; discern; be wise

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Vid, vis

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See

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Invisible

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Not visible; not perceptible by the eye

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Divid, divis

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Separate

86
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Teg, tect

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Cover

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Plumb-

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Lead

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Tang, ting, tag, tig, tact

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Touch

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Aud, audit

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Hear

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Aural

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Of or pertaining to the ear or the sense of hearing

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Palp

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Feel; touch

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Audible

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Capable of being heard

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Argent

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Like silver; silvery white

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Tacit

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Unvoiced or unspoken

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Aureate

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Golden or gilded

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Oculist

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A doctor of medicine specializing in diseases, function, and anatomy of the eye

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Disgust

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A strong distaste; nausea; loathing

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Gust

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Taste

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Expect

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To anticipate the occurrence or coming of

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Ferr-

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Iron

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-fer, -ferrous

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Bear; carry; produce

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Aur

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Ear

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Tac, tic

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Silent

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Argent-

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Silver

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Ocul

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Eye

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Spec, spic, spect

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Look at; examine

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Indivisible

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Not separable into parts; incapable of being divided

108
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Ger, gest

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Bear; carry

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Impalpable

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Incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch

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Detective

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Serving to uncover the existence of

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Ingest

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To take, as in food, into the body

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Ferriferous

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Producing or yielding iron

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Aur-

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Gold

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Tangible

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Capable of being touched

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Veracity

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Conformity to truth or fact; accuracy

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Vor

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Eat

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Virile

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Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a man

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Pauci-

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Few

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Multilingual

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Dealing with of involving several or many languages

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Supersonic

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Greater than the speed of sound waves through air

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Lingu

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Language; tongue

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Verb

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Words

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Vir

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Man

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Verbose

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Characterized by the use of many or too many words

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Langu

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Faint; weary

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Brev-

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Short

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Virtuoso

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A person who has special skill or knowledge in a field

128
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Elongate

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To increase in length

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Languid

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Lacking in vigor or vitality; Slack or slow

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Voracity

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The condition or quality of consuming or craving large quantities of food

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Lingual

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Pertaining to languages

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Paucity

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Smallness of quantity; scarcity

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Ver

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Truth

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Verity

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The state or quality of being true

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Long-

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Long

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Verbal

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Of or pertaining to words

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Virtu

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Strength; virtue

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Multi-

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Many

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Omnivorous

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Eating all kinds of food indiscriminately

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Omni-

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All

141
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Son

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Sound

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Brevity

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Shortness in time or duration

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Malediction

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Curse

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Vocal

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Of, pertaining to, or uttered with the voice

145
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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner

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Equity

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The quality of being fair or impartial

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Loquacious

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Characterized by excessive talk

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Mal-

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Bad; ill

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Benign

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Showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness

150
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Duc, duct

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Lead

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Magn-

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Great; large

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Soli-, sol-

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Alone; only

153
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Ben-, bon-

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Good; well

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Garrul

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Chatter, talk

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Dic, dict

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Say, speak; assert

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Dica, dicat

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Proclaim; set apart

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Dedicate

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To set aside or assign to a specific function, task, or purpose

158
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Voc, vok

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Voice; call

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Introduce

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To bring to first knowledge or experience of something

160
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Equ

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Equal, fair

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Magniloquence

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Use of extravagant language

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Benediction

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An utterance of good wishes

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Soliloquy

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The act of speaking while or as if alone

164
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Iniquity

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A gross injustice or wickedness

165
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Loc, locat

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Place

166
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Equality

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Correspondence in quality, degree, value, rank, or ability

167
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Loqu, locut

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Speak

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Predict

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To declare or tell in advance

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Location

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A place or situation occupied

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