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PREFIX ROOT SUFFIX Flashcards

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a

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without (apathy, amoral, asymmetrical)

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ab

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away (absent, abduct, abnormal, abort)

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-cious, -uous

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Full of (vivacious, volumptuous)

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acu

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sharp (acute, acupressure, acupuncture, acuity)

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agri

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farming (agriculture, agrarian)

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alb

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white (albino, albumen, albacore)

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amb

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both (ambivalent, ambiguous, ambidextrous)

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ambul

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walk, move (amble, ambulance, ambulant)

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amic

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friendly (amicable, amicably, dynamic)

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ana

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back (anachronism, anabasis)

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anti (ant)

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against, opposite (antagonist, antidote, antibiotics)

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arche (archi)

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primitive, origin (archaic, archaeology, archive)

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auto

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self (autopilot, autonomous, autocratic)

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bel

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war, fight (rebel, antebellum, bellicose)

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bene

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good (benefit, benign, benevolent, benefactor)

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bi

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two (bicycle, biceps, biscotti, biweekly)

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cata

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intensive, according to (cataclysm, catastrophic, catalog)

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cede (cess, ced)

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go, withdraw (recede, exceed, recession)

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ceive

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take (receive, perceive, reconceive)

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cent

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hundred (centennial, century, percent)

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cerebr

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brain (cerebral, cerebrate)

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cert

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sure (certain, ascertain, certify)

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chron

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time (chronicle, chronology, anachronism)

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cide

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kill (genocide, pesticide)

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circum

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around (circumference, circumstance)

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clam (claim)

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shout, speak (exclaim, clamor, proclaim)

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clar

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clear (clarify, clarification, declare)

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clud (clus)

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close (conclusion, seclude, conclude)

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clin (cline)

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lean (inclination, incline, recline)

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co

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with, together, joint (coauthor, cosign, collaborate, cooperate)

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cog

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know (cognitive, incognito, cognition)

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con

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together, common (connect, convention, concur)

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contra

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against (contraband, contrary)

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corp

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body (corporation, corpse, corporal)

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counter

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opposing, contrary (counteract, counterintuitive, counteroffer)

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cracy (crat)

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rule (democracy, democrat, theocracy, bureaucracy)

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cred

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believe (incredible, credit, credulous, credence)

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crypt

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hidden, secret (cryptic, encrypt)

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culp

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blame, fault (culpable, exculpate, culprit)

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cumul

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mass, heap (accumulate, cumulative)

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dem

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people (democracy, demographics)

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di

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twice, two (dilemma, diverse, dioxide)

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dia

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across, through (dialogue, diameter, diagnosis)

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domin

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master (dominate, predominate, domineering)

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don

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give (donate, pardon, donor)

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dorm

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sleep (dormitory, dormant, dormer)

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dur

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harden, long lasting (durable, duration, endure)

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dyn

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power, energy (dynamite, dynamic)

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ence (ance)

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state, condition (performance, conference, insurance)

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esth (aesth)

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beauty, feeling (esthetician, aesthetic, kinesthesia

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ethn

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nation, race (ethnicity, ethnology, ethnocentric)

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eu

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good, well (euphemism, euphoria)

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ex

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out, former (exit, ex-girlfriend, exterminate, extract)

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extra

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beyond (extraordinary, extraterrestrial, extravagance)

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fer

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carry, bring (transfer, ferry, conifer, confer)

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flect (flex)

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bend (reflect, flexible, inflect, deflect)

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fid

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trust (confidence, fidelity)

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fore

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in front of, previous (before, therefore, forebode, forecast)

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fusc

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dark (obfuscation, infuscate, subfuscous, fuscous)

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ger

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old age (geriatrics, gerontology)

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grad (gress)

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to step, to go (digress, gradual, graduate)

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gyn

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woman (gynecology, androgynous, misogyny)

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homo (homeo)

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same, alike (homogenous, homonym, homeopath)

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hyper

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over, beyond (hyperactive, hyperventilate)

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hypo

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under (hypothermic, hypothesis, hypoglycemia)

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ian

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related to (librarian, historian, pedestrian)

67
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idio

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peculiar, distinct (idiotic, idiomatic)

68
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in/im

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not (incapable, incomplete, informal, imperfect)

69
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infra

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beneath (infrastructure, infrared)

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inter

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between (interview, international, interstate)

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ir

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not (irrational, irredeemable, irrelevant, irregular)

72
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iso

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equal (isobar, isometric)

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lab

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work (elaborate, laboratory, laborious, labor, collaborate)

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lat

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broad, wide (dilate, latitude)

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laud

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praise (laudably, applause, applaud)

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lex

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word, law (lexicology, dyslexic, alexia, lexicon)

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loq

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speech (loquacious, eloquent, colloquialism)

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luc

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light (elucidate, lucid, translucent)

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macro

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large, great (macroeconomics, macronutrients, macroevolution)

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mal

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bad, evil (malignant, maltreat, malfeasance, malicious)

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medi

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middle (mediocre, medium, medieval)

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melan

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black, dark (melancholy, melanoma, melodrama)

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meta

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change, beyond, after (metaphysics, metamorphosis, metastasis)

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