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November test Flashcards

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aud/aus

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to hear, listen

audience, audio, audible, auditorium, audiovisual, audition, auricular, ausculate

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bib/bibl

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book Greek bibliography - a list of books used as sources; bibliomania - an extreme love of books; bibliophile - a person who loves books

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mor/mort

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mor = fool
mortal = death

mortal, immortal, mortality, mortician, mortuary

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cred

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believe

creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredulous, incredible

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duc/duct

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to lead, pull

produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct, aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce, induce

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vit/viv

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alive, life

revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality, vivisection, vital, vitamins, revitalize

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chron

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time
chronology,
chronic, chronicle chronometer, anachronism, synchronize

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graph

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write, written, draw graph

, graphic, autograph, photography, graphite, telegram, polygraph, grammar, biography, lithograph, graphic

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man

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hand, make, do manual

, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate, management

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port

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carry

porter, portable, transport, report, export, import, support, transportation

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greg

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group or herd

gregarious, congregation, segregate, gregarian

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flu

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flow

influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate, reflux, influx

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fed/fid

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trust or is it belief, faith

confide, diffident, fidelity

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chrom

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color

chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic

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dem

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people, populace, population

democracy, demography, demagogue, epidemic

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derm

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skin, covering

hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy

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fin

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end, ended, end/limit

, finished final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, finale

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gen

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birth, race, produce

genesis, genetics, eugenics, genealogy, generate, genetic, antigen, pathogen

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mit/mis

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send

emit, remit, submit, admit, commit, permit, transmit, omit, intermittent, mission, missile

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avi

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avi-, av-

Latin: bird

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dic/dict

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say, speak

dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict, contradict, benediction

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scrib/scrip

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write

scribe, scribble, inscribe, describe, subscribe, prescribe, manuscript

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hydr

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water

dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrogen, hydrophobia

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fac/fec/fic

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do, make

difficult, fashion, feasible, feature, factory, fact, effect, manufacture, amplification, confection

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photo

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light

photograph, photoelectric, photogenic, photosynthesis, photon

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phon

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sound

telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic, homophone, microphone, symphony, euphonious

27
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nov

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new

novel, renovate, novice, nova, innovate

28
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metr/meter

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measure

meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer

29
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geo

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earth

geometry, geography, geocentric, geology

30
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aster/astro

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star

aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut

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bene/bon

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good,

well, gentle benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction, beneficiary, benefit

32
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luc/lum/lus

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light

translucent, luminary, luster, luna, illuminate, illustrate

33
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ver

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true

very, aver, verdict, verity, verify, verisimilitude

34
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cor/corp

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BODY

cor,
cardi heart
cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage

corp
body corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent, corpus luteum

35
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mal

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bad

, badly malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady, malcontent,malfunction, malfeasance, maleficent

36
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ped/pod

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foot

pedal, impede, pedestrian, centipede, tripod, podiatry, antipode, podium

37
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mut

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change

mutation

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phil

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love philosopher, philanthropy, philharmonic, bibliophile

39
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tor/tort

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twist

torture, retort, extort, distort, contort, torsion, tortuous, torturous

40
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vict/vinc

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conquer

victor, evict, convict, convince, invincible

41
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vis/vid

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see

video, evident, provide, providence, visible, revise, supervise, vista, visit, vision, review, indivisible

42
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ven

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come

convene, intervene, venue, convenient, avenue, circumvent, invent, convent, venture, event, advent, prevent

43
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fer

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bear, bring, carry, ferry

carry ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer, transfer

44
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ject

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throw

reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject, dejected, inject, ejaculate, adjacent

45
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nat/nais/nasc

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to be born

nascent, native, pregnant, naive

46
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zo

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animal

zoo (zoological garden), zoology, zodiac, protozoan

47
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pac

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peace

pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean

48
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pyro

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fire

pyrotechnic

49
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theo/the

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God,

a god monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology

50
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vers/vert

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turn,
change convert, revert, advertise, versatile, vertigo, invert, reversion, extravert, introvert, diversion, introvert, convertible, reverse, controversy

51
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tent/ten

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hold

, keep, have retain, continue, content, tenacious

52
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mor

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fool

53
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hetero

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other,
differe
nt heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodyne

54
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tract

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drag, draw, pull

attract, tractor, traction, extract, retract, protract, detract, subtract, contract, intractable

55
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hom

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man

56
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mem/mim

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recall,

remember memo, commemoration, memento, memoir, memorable

57
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psych

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mind, soul

psyche, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis

58
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soph

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wise

sophomore (wise fool), philosophy, sophisticated

59
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spec

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look, see
specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle, aspect, speculate, inspect, respect, prospect, retrospective, introspective, expect, conspicuous

60
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homo

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same

homogenize, homosexual, homonym, homophone

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