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Root List (A-C) Flashcards

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A/an

A

Not, without

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Agnostic
Amoral 
Anomaly
Anonymous
Apathy
Atheist
Atrophy
Atypical
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  1. One who believe the existence of god is nor provable
  2. Neither moral or immoral
  3. An irregularity
  4. Unknown authorship
  5. Lack of interest
  6. One who does not believe in god
  7. Wasting away of body tissue
  8. Not typical
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AB

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Off, away from, apart, down

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Abdicate
Abduct
Abhor
Abject
Abnormal 
Abolish 
Abstinence
Abstract
Abstruse
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  1. To renounce or relinquish a throne
  2. To take away by force
  3. To hate, detest
  4. Cast down, degrade
  5. Deviating from standard
  6. To do away with, make void
  7. Forbearance from indulgence
  8. Conceive apart from concrete
  9. Hard to understand
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Able/ible

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Capable, worthy of

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Changeable
Combustible
Inevitable
Presentable

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  1. Able to be changed
  2. Capable of being burned
  3. Impossible to be avoided
  4. Suitable for being presented
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AC/ACR

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Sharp, bitter, sour

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Acerbic
Acid
Acrimonious
Acumen
Acute
Exacerbate
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  1. Sour or astringent in taste, harsh in temper
  2. Something that is sharp, sour, or ill natured
  3. Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature
  4. Mental sharpness, quickness of wit
  5. Sharp at the end, ending in a point
  6. To increase bitterness or violence
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ACT/AG

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To do, to drive, to force, to lead

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Agile
Agitate
Pedagogue 
Prodigal 
Synagogue
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  1. Quick and well coordinate in movement
  2. To move or force into violent
  3. Teacher
  4. Wastefully or recklessly extravagant
  5. Gathering or congregation of jews for purpose of religious worship
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Acou

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Hearing

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Acoustic

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Pertaining to hearing, sound made through mechanical, not electronic, means

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AD

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To, toward, near

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Accede
Adapt
Addict
Address
Adhere
Adjacent
Adjoin
Admire
Advocate
Attract
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  1. To yield to a demand
  2. Adjust or modify fittingly
  3. To give oneself over, as to a habit or pursuit
  4. To direct a speech or written statement
  5. To stick fast, cleave, cling
  6. Near, close, or contiguous
  7. To be close or in contact with
  8. To regard with wonder, pleasure, and approval
  9. To plead in favor of
  10. To draw either by physical force or by an appeal to emotions or senses
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Al/ali/alter

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Other, another

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Alias
Alibi
Alien
Allegory
Alter ego 
Alternative
Altruist
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  1. An assumed name
  2. The defense by an accused person that he was verifiably elsewhere at the time of the crime
  3. One born in another country
  4. Figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
  5. Second self, substitute or deputy
  6. Possible choice
  7. Person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others
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AM

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Love

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A mature
Amatory
Amiable
Amicable
Amity 
Amorous 
Enameled
Inamorata
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  1. Person who engages in an activity for pleasure
  2. Of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking
  3. Having or showing agreeable personal qualities
  4. Characterized by exhibiting good will
  5. Friendship, peaceful harmony
  6. Inclined to love, sexual love
  7. Inflamed with love, charmed, captivated
  8. Female lover
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AMBI/AMPHI

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Both, on both sides, around

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Ambidextrous
Ambient
Ambiguous
Amphibian

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  1. To use both hands
  2. Move around freely
  3. Open to various interpretations
  4. Two fold nature
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AMBL/AMBUL

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To go, to walk

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Ambulance
Ambulatory
Perambulator
Preamble

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  1. Vehicl equipped for carrying sick people
  2. Of, pertaining to, capable of walking
  3. One who makes tour of inspection on foot
  4. Intro statement
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ANIM

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Of the life, mind, soul, breath

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Animal
Animosity 
Equanimity 
Magnanimous
Unanimous
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  1. Living being
  2. Feeling of ill will or enmity
  3. Mental or emotional stability, especially under tension
  4. Generous in forgiving an insult or injury
  5. Of one mind
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ANNUI/ENNI

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Year

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Annals
Anniversary 
Annual 
Annuity 
Perennial
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  1. Record of events
  2. Yearly recurrence of the date
  3. Of, for, or pertaining to a year
  4. Specified income payable at stated intervals
  5. Lasting for an indefinite amount of time
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Ant/ante

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Before

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Antebellum
Antecedent
Antedate
Antediluvian
Anterior
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  1. Before the war
  2. Existing, being, or going
  3. Precede in time
  4. Belonging to period before biblical flood
  5. Placed before
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Anthro/Andr

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Man, human

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Androgen
Androgynous
Android 
Anthropogenic
Anthropology 
Misanthrope
Philanderer
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  1. Any substance that promotes masculine characteristics
  2. Being both male and female
  3. Robot
  4. Humanity as central fact of universe
  5. Science that deals with the origins of humankind
  6. One who hates humans or humanity
  7. One who carries on flirtations
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Anti

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Against, opposite

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Antibody
Antidote
Antipathy
Antipodal
Antiseptic
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  1. Protein naturally existing in blood serum that reacts to overcome the toxic effects of an antigen
  2. Remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc
  3. Aversion
  4. Opposite side of the globe
  5. Free from germs
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Apo

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Away

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Apocalypse 
Apocryphal 
Apogee
Apology 
Apostasy 
Apostle
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  1. Revelation, discovery, disclosure
  2. Of doubtful authorship or authenticity
  3. Highest or most distant point
  4. Expression of one’s regret or sorrow for having wronged another
  5. Total desertion of one’s religion, principles, party, etc
  6. One of 12 disciples sent forth by jesus to preach the gospel
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Aqua/aque

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Water

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Aquamarine
Aquarium 
Aquatic
Aqueduct 
Subaqueous
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  1. Bluish green color
  2. Tan for keeping fish and other underwater creatures
  3. Having to do with water
  4. Channel for transporting water
  5. Underwater
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Arch/archi/arch

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Chief, principal, ruler

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Anarchy
Archenemy 
Architect
Monarchy 
Oligarchy
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  1. Sate or society without government or law
  2. Chief enemy
  3. Devisor, maker, planner of anything
  4. Government in which the supreme power is lodged in a sovereign
  5. State or society ruled by a select group
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ARD

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To burn

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Ardent
Ardor
Arson

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  1. Burning, fierce, passionate
  2. Flame, passion
  3. Crime of setting property
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Auto

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Self

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Autocrat
Automatic
Autonomy

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  1. Absolute ruler
  2. Self-moving
  3. Independence
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Be

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About, to make, to surround, to affect

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Belie
Belittle
Bemoan
Bewilder

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  1. To misrepresent
  2. To make small
  3. To moan for, to lament
  4. To confuse completely
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Bel/bell

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Beautiful

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Belle

Embellish

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  1. Beautiful woman

2. To make beautiful

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47
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Bell

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War

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48
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Antebellum
Belligerent
Rebel

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  1. Before the war
  2. Warlike, given to waging war
  3. Person who resists authority
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Ben/bene

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Good

50
Q

Benediction
Benefit
Benevolent
Benign

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  1. Act of uttering a blessing
  2. Anything advantageous to a person or thing
  3. Desiring o do good to others
  4. Having kindly disposition
51
Q

Bi/bin

A

Two

52
Q 
Biennial 
Bilateral
Bilingual 
Binocular
Bipartisan 
Combination
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  1. Happening every 2 years
  2. Pertaining to or affecting two or bother sides
  3. Speak 2 languages
  4. Two eyes
  5. Represent 2 parties
  6. Joining of 2 or more things into a whole
53
Q

Bon/boun

A

Good, generous

54
Q

Bona ride
Bonus
Bountiful

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  1. In good faith
  2. Something given over and above what is due
  3. Generous
55
Q

Brev/brid

A

Short, small

56
Q 
Abbreviate
Abridge
Brevet
Breviloquent
Brevity 
Brief
A
  1. To shorten
  2. To shorten
  3. Honorary promotion with no additional pay
  4. Laconic, concise in one’s speech
  5. Shortness
  6. Short
57
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Burs

A

Purse, money

58
Q

Bursar
Bursary
Disburse
Reimburse

A
  1. Treasurer
  2. Treasury
  3. To pay
  4. To pay back
59
Q

Cad/cid

A

To fall, to happen by chance

60
Q 
Accident
Cascade
Coincidence
Decadent
Recidivist
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  1. Happening by chance, unexpected
  2. Waterfall
  3. Striking occurrence of two or more events at one time
  4. Decaying, deteriorating
  5. One who repeatedly relapses
61
Q

Cant/cent/chant

A

To sing

62
Q 
Accent
Chant
Enchant
Incantation
Incentive
Recant
A
  1. Prominence of a syllable in terms of pronunciation
  2. Song
  3. Subject to magical influence
  4. Chanting of words purporting to have magical power
  5. To which incites action
  6. To withdrawal
63
Q

Cap/cip/cept

A

To take, to get

64
Q 
To anticipate
Capture
Emancipate 
Percipient 
Precept
Susceptible
A
  1. To realize beforehand
  2. Take by force
  3. Free from restraint
  4. Having perception
  5. Commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct
  6. Capable of receiving, admitting, undergoing, or being affected by something
65
Q

Cap/capit/cipit

A

Head, headlong

66
Q 
Capital
Capitulate 
Caption
Disciple
Precipice
Precipitate
A
  1. The city or town that is the official seat of government
  2. To surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
  3. Heading or title
  4. One who is a pupil of the doctrines of another
  5. Cliff with a vertical face
  6. Hasten the occurrence of
67
Q

Card/cord/cour

A

Heart

68
Q 
Cardiac
Concord
Concordance
Discord
Encourage
A
  1. Pertaining to the heart
  2. Agreement, peace
  3. Agreement, concord,harmony
  4. Lack of harmony between persons or things
  5. To inspire with spirit or confidence
69
Q

Carn

A

Flesh

70
Q 
Carnage
Carnival
Carnivorous
Incarnation
Reincarnation
A
  1. Slaughter of a great number of people
  2. Traveling amusement show
  3. Eating flesh
  4. Being invested with a bodily form
  5. Rebirth of a soul in a new body
71
Q

Cast/chast

A

To cut

72
Q 
Cast
Caste
Castigate
Chaste
Chastise
A
  1. To throw or hurl
  2. Hereditary social group
  3. Punish in order to correct
  4. Free from obscenity
  5. Discipline
73
Q

Caus/caut

A

To burn

74
Q

Caustic
Cauterize
Cautery
Holocaust

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  1. Burning or corrosive
  2. Burn or deaden
  3. Instrument used for branding
  4. Burnt offering
75
Q

Ced/ceed/cess

A

To go, to yield, to stop

76
Q 
Accede
Antecedent 
Cessation 
Concede
Incessant
Predecessor
A
  1. To yield to demand
  2. Existing
  3. Temporary or complete discontinuance
  4. To acknowledge as true
  5. Without stop
  6. One who comes before another
77
Q

Celer

A

Speed

78
Q

Accelerant
Accelerate
Celerity
Decelerate

A
  1. Something used to speed up a process
  2. To increase in speed
  3. Speed, quickness
  4. To decrease in speed
79
Q

Cent

A

Hundred

80
Q 
Bicentennial
Cent
Centigrade
Centimeter
Centipede
Century
Percepnt
A
  1. 2 hundred
  2. Hundredth of a dollar
  3. Temp system with one hundred degrees between freezing and boiling points
  4. One hundredth of a meter
  5. Many legs
  6. One hundred years
  7. In every hundred
81
Q

Centr

A

Center

82
Q 
Centrifuge
Centrist
Concentrate 
Concentric
Eccentric
A
  1. Apparatus that rotates at high speed and separates substances of diff densities
  2. Of or pertaining to operate political or social ideas
  3. To bring to common center
  4. Having a common center
  5. Off center
83
Q

Cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

A

To separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

84
Q 
Ascertain
Certitude
Criterion
Discreet
Discrete 
Hypocrite
A
  1. To make sure of
  2. Freedom from doubt
  3. Standard of judgement
  4. Judicious in ones conduct of speech
  5. Detached from others
  6. Person who pretend to have beliefs that she does not
85
Q

Chrom

A

Color

86
Q

Chromatic
Chrome
Chromosome
Monochromatic

A
  1. Having to do with color
  2. Metallic element used to make vivid colors or something plated with chromium
  3. Genetic material that can be studied by coloring it with dyes
  4. Having only one color
87
Q

Chron

A

Time

88
Q 
Anachronism 
Chronic
Chronology 
Chronometer
Synchronize
A
  1. Something that is out of date or belonging to the wrong time
  2. Constant, habitual
  3. Sequential order in which past events occurred
  4. Highly accurate clock
  5. Occur at the same time
89
Q

Circu/circum

A

Around

90
Q 
Circuit
Circuitous 
Circumference
Circumspect
Circumstances
A
  1. Line around an area
  2. Roundabout
  3. Outer boundary of circular area
  4. Cautious
  5. Existing conditions or state of affairs surrounding and affecting an agent
91
Q

Cis

A

To cut

92
Q 
Exorcise 
Incision
Incisive
Precise
Scissors
A
  1. To seek to expel evil spirit
  2. Cut, gash, notch
  3. Penetrating, cutting
  4. Definitely stated or defined
  5. Cutting instrument for paper
93
Q

Cla/clo/clu

A

To shut, to close

94
Q 
Claustrophobia 
Cloister 
Conclude 
Disclose
Exclusive
Preclude
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  1. Abnormal fear of enclosed spaces
  2. Courtyard bordered with covered walks
  3. To bring to an end
  4. To make known, reveal, or uncover
  5. Not admitting of something else
  6. To prevent the presence
95
Q

Claim/clam

A

To shout, to cry out

96
Q 
Clamor
Disclaim
Exclaim
Proclaim
Reclaim
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  1. A loud uproar
  2. To deny interest in or connection with
  3. To cry out
  4. To announce or declare
  5. To claim the return of a right
97
Q

Cli

A

To lean toward

98
Q 
Climax
Decline
Disinclination
Proclivity 
Recline
A
  1. The most intense point
  2. To cause slope or incline downward
  3. Aversion
  4. Inclination
  5. Lean back
99
Q

Co/col/com/con

A

With, together he

100
Q 
Coerce
Collaborate
Collide
Commensurate
Compatible
Conciliate
Connect
A 
To compel by force
To work with another
To strike one another 
Suitable in measure
Capable of existing together 
To placate
To bind
101
Q

Cogn/conn

A

To know

102
Q

Cognition
Incognito
Recognize

A

The process of knowing
With ones identity concealed
To identify as already known

103
Q

Contra/contro/counter

A

Against

104
Q 
Contradict
Contrary 
Controversy 
Counterfeit 
Countermand
Encounter
A 
Oppose
Opposed to
Disputation 
Fake
Restrict an order
Meeting
105
Q

Corp/cors

A

Body

106
Q 
Corporation
Corps
Corpse 
Corpulent
Corset 
Incorporation
A 
Company treated as individual 
Body of troops
Dead body 
Obese 
Give shape and support body 
Combining into single body
107
Q

Cosm

A

Order, universe, world

108
Q 
Cosmetic
Cosmic
Cosmology 
Cosmonaut 
Cosmopolitan 
Cosmos 
Microcosm
A 
Improving the appearance
Relating to the universe
Theory of the universe
An astronaut
Worldly 
Universe
Small system that reflects larger one
109
Q

Cour/cur

A

Running, a course

110
Q 
Concur
Courier
Curriculum
Cursive
Cursory
Excursion 
Incursion
Recur
A 
Accord in opinion
Messenger traveling in haste who bears news 
Regular course of study
Handwriting in flowing strokes
Going rapidly over something
Short journey or trip 
Hostile entrance into a place
To happen again
111
Q

Cre/cresc/cret

A

To grow

112
Q 
Accretion
Accrue
Creation
Excrescence
Increase
Increment
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To increase by natural growth 
To be added as matter of periodic gain 
Act of producing or causing to exist 
Outgrowth 
To make greater
Something added or gained
113
Q

Cred

A

To believe, to trust

114
Q 
Credentials
Credit
Credo
Credulity 
Incredible
A 
Anything that provides basis for belief 
Trustworthiness 
Formula of belief
Willingness to believe or trust too readily 
Unbelievable
115
Q

Crypt

A

Hidden

116
Q

Apocryphal
Crypt
Cryptography
Cryptology

A

Doubtful authorship
Subterranean chamber
Procedure of making and usin secret writing
Science of interpreting secret writings

117
Q

Cub/cumb

A

To lie down

118
Q 
Cubicle 
Incubate
Incumbent
Recumbent 
Succumb
A 
Any small space or compartment 
To situation upon for hatching
Holding indicated position 
Lying down
To give away, yield
119
Q

Culp

A

Fault, blame

120
Q

Culpable
Culprit
Inculcate
Mea culpa

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Deserving blame
Person guilty of offense
Charge with fault
Through my fault

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