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Icon

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Image, idol

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Icon
Iconic
Iconoclast
Iconology

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Symbolic picture
Being representative
One who attacks established beliefs
Symbolism

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Idio

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Ones own

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Idiom
Idiosyncrasy
Idiot

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Language, dialect, style of speaking
Peculiarity of temperament
Utterly stupid person

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In/im

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Not, without

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Immoral
Impartial
Inactive
Indigent
Indolence 
Innocuous
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Not moral
Not partial
Not active
Poor
Slothful 
Not harmful
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In/im

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In, into

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Implicit
Incarnate
Indigenous
Influx 
Intrinsic
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Not expressly stated
Given a bodily form
Native, innate
Flowing in 
Belonging to thing by nature
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Inter

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Between, among

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Interim
Interloper
Intermittent
Intersperse 
Interstate
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Temporary or provisional arrangement 
One who intrudes in the domain of others
Stopping or ceasing for a time 
Scatter here and there
Connection or involving states
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Intra

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Inside, within

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Intramural
Intrastate
Intravenous

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Within school
Within state
Inside veins

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It/iter

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Way, journey

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Ambition
Circuit 
Itinerant
Itinerary
Reiterate
Transit
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Strong desire to achieve
Line around an area
Traveling 
Travel plans
To repeat 
Traveling
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Ject

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To throw, to throw down

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Abject
Conjecture
Dejected
Eject
Inject
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Utterly hopeless, humiliating, wretched
Formation of opinion on incomplete information 
Sad, depressed
Throw out
To place where needed in something
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Joc

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Joke

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Jocose
Jocular
Jocular
Joke

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Given to joking
In joking manner
Merry
Witticism

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Join/jug/junct

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To meet, to join

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Adjoin
Conjugal 
Conjunction
Injunction
Junction 
Junta
Rejoinder
Subjugate
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To be next to 
Related to marriage
Joining
Command 
Act of joining 
Group military officers that join together
Reply 
Make subservient
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Jour

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Day

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Adjourn
Journal
Journey

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Close a meeting
Record of days
Trip

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Jud

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To judge

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Adjudicate
Judiciary
Judicious
Prejudice

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Act as judge
System of courts
Having good judgment
Previous or premature judgment

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Jur
Law, to swear
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Adjourn Adjourn Jurisprudence Perjury
Renounce on oath Beg or command System of law Willful lying under oath
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Juv
Young
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Juvenile Juenilia Rejuvenate
Young immature Writing produced in youth To refresh
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Lang/ling
Tongue
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Bilingual Language Linguistics
Speaking 2 languages System of communication Study of language
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Laud
Praise, honor
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Cum laude Laudable Laudatory
With honors Praiseworthy Expressing praise
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Lav/lau/lu
To wash
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``` Ablution Antediluvian Deluge Dilute Laundry Lavatory ```
``` Act of cleansing Before the biblical flood Great flood of water To make thinner by adding water Items to wash Room with equipment for washing ```
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Lax/leas/les
Loose
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``` Lax Laxative Lease Leash Relax Release ```
``` Loose Meds to loosen bowels To rent out Cord to give animal some freedom while runs loose Loosen Let go ```
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Lec/leg/lex
To read, to speak
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``` Dialect Lectern Lecture Legend Legible Lesson Lexicographer Lexicon ```
``` Manner of speaking Reading desk Instructional speech Story, map explanation Readable Instruction Writer of dictionaries Dictionary ```
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Lect/leg
To select, to choose
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``` Collect Eclectic Elect Predilection Select ```
``` Gather together or assemble Selection ideas from various sources To choose Preference Choose with care ```
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Lev
To life, to rise, light
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``` Alleviate Levee Levitate Levity Relevant Relieve ```
``` Make easier to endure Embankment Rise in the air Humor Bearing on or pertinent to info at hand To mitigate ```
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Li/lig
To tie, to bind
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``` Ally League Liable Liaison Lien Ligament Ligature Oblige Rely ```
``` Unite Association Legally responsible Connection Right to hold property Band holding bones together Connection between two letters Obligate Depend upon ```
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Liber
Free
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``` Deliver Liberal Liberality Liberate Libertine Liberty Livery ```
``` Set free Generous Generosity Set free One who follows own path Freedom Uniform ```
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Lith
Stone
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``` Acrolith Lithography Lithology Lithotomy Megalith Monolith ```
``` Statue with stone head and limbs Printing process Study rocks Operation to remove stones from the body Big stone Single block of stone ```
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Loc/log/loqu
Word, speech, thought
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``` Colloquial Dialogue Elocution Eulogy Grandiloquent Loquacious Prologue ```
``` Or ordinary or familiar conversation Conversation Art of clear and expressive speaking Speech or writing in praise Pompous in language Talkative Introduction ```
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Luc/lum/lus
Light (brightness)
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``` Illuminate Illustrate Illustrious Lackluster Lucid Luminous Translucent ```
``` Supply or brighten with light To make intelligible with examples or analogies Highly distinguished Lacking brilliance or radiance Easily understood Bright, brilliant Permitting light to pass through ```
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Lud/lus
To play
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``` Allude Delude Elude Illusion Ludicrous Prelude ```
``` Refer casually Mislead the mind Avoid capture Something that deceives Ridiculous Preliminary to an action ```
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Macro
Great, long
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``` Macro Macrobiotic Macrocephalous Macrocosm Macroscopic ```
``` Broad, large System to prolong life Large head Universe Large enough to see with naked eye ```
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Mag/ maj/max
Big, great
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``` Magnanimous Magnate Magnify Magnitude Maxim Maximum ```
``` Generous in forgiving an insult Powerful or influential person Increase apparent size of Greatness of size Expression of general truth Highest amount ```
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Mal/male
Bad, ill, evil, wrong
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``` Maladroit Malady Malapropism Malediction Malfeasance Malfunction Malicious Malign ```
``` Clumsy Disorder of body Humorous misuse of word Curse Misconduct or wrongdoing Failure to function properly Full of malice Speak harmful truths about ```
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Man/manu
Hand
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Emancipate Manifest Manual Manufacture
Free from bondage Readily perceived by the eye or understanding Operated by hand Make by hand
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Mand/mend
Command, order, entrust
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``` Command Commend Countermand Demand Mandatory Recommend Remand ```
``` Order, Give something to care of another Retract an order Strongly ask for Commanded Prais and suggest use of Send back ```
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Medi
Middle
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``` Immediate Intermediate Mean Mediate Medical Mediocre Medium ```
``` Nearest In the middle Average Serve as go between Middle ages So-so Size between small and large ```
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Mega
Large, great
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``` Megalith Megalomania Megalopolis Megaphone Megaton ```
``` Big stone Mental contidion with delusions of greatness V large city Magnify sound of voice Explosive powder ```
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Micro
V small
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``` Microbe Microcosm Micron Microorganism Microscope ```
``` V small organism Small system that reflects larger whole Millions of a meter V small organism Decide that magnifies things ```
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Min
Small
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``` Diminish Diminution Miniature Minute Minutiae ```
``` To lessen Act of diminishing Copy at smaller size Unit of time Small details ```
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Min
Project, to hang over
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Eminent Imminent Preeminent Prominent
Towering above others About to occur Superior to Projecting outward
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Mis
Bad, wrong, to hate
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``` Misadventure Misanthrope Misapply Mischance Mischief Misconstrue Misfit ```
``` Bad luck One who hates people Use something wrong Bad luck Bad behavior Take something in wrong way Someone that doesn't fit in ```
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Mis/mit
To send
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``` Emissary Intermittent Remission Remit Transmit ```
``` Messenger or agent sent to represent interests of another Stopping and starting at intervals Lessening of intensity or degree To send money Send from one place to another ```
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Misc
Mixed (miscellaneous, promiscuous)
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Mob/mom/mot/mov
To move
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``` Automobile Demon Immovable Locomotion Mob Mobile Mobilize Moment Momentous Momentum Motion Motive Motor Mutiny Promote Remove ```
``` Vehicle that moves of own power To move down in org. Incapable of moving Moving from place to place Disorderly group of people Movable To prepare for moving Instant Great importance Force driving a moving object Movement Reason for action Device that makes something move Rebellions Move to higher rank Take away ```
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Moll
Soft
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Emollient Mild Mollify Mollusk
Something that softens Gentle Soothe Phylum of invertebrate animals
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Mon/mono
One
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``` Monarch Monk Monochord Monogram Monograph Monologue Monomania Monotonous ```
``` Rule by single person Man in religious order living apart from society Musical instrument with one string Design combining letters into one Scholarly study of single subject Speech or other dramatic opposition Obsession with one thing Boring ```
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Mon/mont
Remind, warn
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``` Admonish Monitor Monument Premonition Remonstrate Summon ```
``` Counsel against something One that admonishes Structure erected as memorial Forewarning To say or plead in protect Call together ```
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Mor/mort
Death
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Immortal Morbid Moribund
Not subject o death Susceptible to preoccupation with unwholesome matters Dying, decaying
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Morph
Shape
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Amorphous Anthropomorphism Metamorphosis
Without definite form Human characteristics to other things Transformation
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Mult
Many
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Multiple Multiplex Multiply Multitudinous
Many Many parts Increase Very many
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Mut
To change
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``` Commute Immutable Mutation Permutation Transmute ```
``` Substitute Unhacnageble Process of changing Complete change Change from one into another form ```
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Nat/nas/nai/gna
Birth
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``` Cognate Naive Nascent Native Natural Renaissance ```
``` Related by blood Lacking worldliness Starting to develop Belonging to one by nature Present due to nature Rebirth ```
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Nau/nav
Ship, sailor
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``` Astronaut Circumnavigate Cosmonaut Nauseous Nautical Naval Nave Navy ```
``` One who travels into space Sail all the way around One who travels in outer space Squeamish feeling Related to sailing or sailors Related to the navy Central portion of church Military force ```
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Nihil
Nothing, none
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Annihilate | Nihilism
Wipe out | Denial of all moral beliefs
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Noc/nox
Harm
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Innocent Innocuous Noxious Obnoxious
Uncorrupted Not harmful Injurious Highly offensive
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Noct/nox
Night
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Equinox Noctambulant Nocturnal Nocturne
One of two times a year Walking at night Related to the night Dreamlike piece music
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Nom
Rule, order
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``` Astronomy Autonomy Economy Gastronomy Taxonomy ```
``` Study of universe Independence Use of resources Art or science of good eating Scientific, laws, of classification ```
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Nom/nym/noun/nown
Name
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``` Acronym Anonymous Nomenclature Nominal Nominate Noun Renown Synonym ```
``` Word formed from initial letters Having unknown name System of names Name only Propose by name as candidate Person, place, or thing Fame Word similar in meaning to another ```
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Non
Not
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Nonconformist Nonentity Nonpareil Nonpartisan
One who doesn't conform Something that doesn't exist Something with no equal Not affiliated with political party
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Nounc/nou
New
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``` Innovate Neologism Neophyte Neoplasm Nouveau riche Novice Renovate ```
``` To being something new Newly coined word Beginner New growth in body One who has become recently rich New person to field Restore to earlier condition ```
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Null
Nothing
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Annul Nullify Nullity
Cancel Cancel Condition of being nothing

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