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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

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Law, to swear

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Adjourn
Adjourn
Jurisprudence
Perjury

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Renounce on oath
Beg or command
System of law
Willful lying under oath

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Juv

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Young

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Juvenile
Juenilia
Rejuvenate

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Young immature
Writing produced in youth
To refresh

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Lang/ling

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Tongue

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Bilingual
Language
Linguistics

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Speaking 2 languages
System of communication
Study of language

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Laud

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Praise, honor

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Cum laude
Laudable
Laudatory

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With honors
Praiseworthy
Expressing praise

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Lav/lau/lu

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To wash

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Ablution
Antediluvian
Deluge
Dilute 
Laundry 
Lavatory
A 
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

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Loose

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Lax
Laxative
Lease
Leash
Relax
Release
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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

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To read, to speak

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Dialect
Lectern
Lecture
Legend
Legible
Lesson
Lexicographer 
Lexicon
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Manner of speaking
Reading desk
Instructional speech
Story, map explanation 
Readable
Instruction 
Writer of dictionaries
Dictionary
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39
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Lect/leg

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To select, to choose

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Collect
Eclectic
Elect
Predilection
Select
A 
Gather together or assemble
Selection ideas from various sources
To choose
Preference
Choose with care
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Lev

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To life, to rise, light

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Alleviate
Levee
Levitate
Levity
Relevant
Relieve
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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

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To tie, to bind

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Ally
League
Liable
Liaison
Lien 
Ligament 
Ligature
Oblige
Rely
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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

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Free

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Deliver
Liberal 
Liberality
Liberate
Libertine
Liberty
Livery
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Set free
Generous
Generosity 
Set free
One who follows own path 
Freedom 
Uniform
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Lith

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Stone

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Acrolith
Lithography
Lithology
Lithotomy
Megalith
Monolith
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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

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Word, speech, thought

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Colloquial 
Dialogue 
Elocution
Eulogy 
Grandiloquent 
Loquacious
Prologue
A 
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

A

Light (brightness)

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Illuminate
Illustrate
Illustrious 
Lackluster
Lucid 
Luminous 
Translucent
A 
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

A

To play

54
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Allude
Delude
Elude
Illusion
Ludicrous
Prelude
A 
Refer casually
Mislead the mind 
Avoid capture
Something that deceives
Ridiculous
Preliminary to an action
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Macro

A

Great, long

56
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Macro
Macrobiotic
Macrocephalous
Macrocosm 
Macroscopic
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Broad, large
System to prolong life
Large head
Universe
Large enough to see with naked eye
57
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Mag/ maj/max

A

Big, great

58
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Magnanimous
Magnate
Magnify
Magnitude
Maxim
Maximum
A 
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

A

Bad, ill, evil, wrong

60
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Maladroit
Malady
Malapropism
Malediction
Malfeasance
Malfunction
Malicious
Malign
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Clumsy
Disorder of body 
Humorous misuse of word
Curse
Misconduct or wrongdoing 
Failure to function properly 
Full of malice 
Speak harmful truths about
61
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Man/manu

A

Hand

62
Q

Emancipate
Manifest
Manual
Manufacture

A

Free from bondage
Readily perceived by the eye or understanding
Operated by hand
Make by hand

63
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Mand/mend

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Command, order, entrust

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Command 
Commend
Countermand
Demand
Mandatory
Recommend
Remand
A 
Order,
Give something to care of another 
Retract an order
Strongly ask for
Commanded
Prais and suggest use of
Send back
65
Q

Medi

A

Middle

66
Q 
Immediate
Intermediate 
Mean
Mediate
Medical
Mediocre
Medium
A 
Nearest
In the middle
Average
 Serve as go between
Middle ages
So-so
Size between small and large
67
Q

Mega

A

Large, great

68
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Megalith
Megalomania
Megalopolis
Megaphone
Megaton
A 
Big stone
Mental contidion with delusions of greatness
V large city 
Magnify sound of voice
Explosive powder
69
Q

Micro

A

V small

70
Q 
Microbe
Microcosm 
Micron 
Microorganism 
Microscope
A 
V small organism
Small system that reflects larger whole 
Millions of a meter
V small organism 
Decide that magnifies things
71
Q

Min

A

Small

72
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Diminish
Diminution
Miniature
Minute
Minutiae
A 
To lessen 
Act of diminishing
Copy at smaller size
Unit of time
Small details
73
Q

Min

A

Project, to hang over

74
Q

Eminent
Imminent
Preeminent
Prominent

A

Towering above others
About to occur
Superior to
Projecting outward

75
Q

Mis

A

Bad, wrong, to hate

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Misadventure
Misanthrope 
Misapply
Mischance 
Mischief
Misconstrue
Misfit
A 
Bad luck
One who hates people
Use something wrong
Bad luck
Bad behavior
Take something in wrong way
Someone that doesn't fit in
77
Q

Mis/mit

A

To send

78
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Emissary 
Intermittent
Remission
Remit
Transmit
A 
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

A

Mixed (miscellaneous, promiscuous)

80
Q

Mob/mom/mot/mov

A

To move

81
Q 
Automobile
Demon
Immovable
Locomotion
Mob
Mobile 
Mobilize 
Moment
Momentous 
Momentum
Motion
Motive
Motor
Mutiny 
Promote
Remove
A 
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

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Soft

83
Q

Emollient
Mild
Mollify
Mollusk

A

Something that softens
Gentle
Soothe
Phylum of invertebrate animals

84
Q

Mon/mono

A

One

85
Q 
Monarch
Monk
Monochord
Monogram
Monograph
Monologue 
Monomania 
Monotonous
A 
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
86
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Mon/mont

A

Remind, warn

87
Q 
Admonish
Monitor
Monument
Premonition 
Remonstrate
Summon
A 
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

A

Death

89
Q

Immortal
Morbid
Moribund

A

Not subject o death
Susceptible to preoccupation with unwholesome matters
Dying, decaying

90
Q

Morph

A

Shape

91
Q

Amorphous
Anthropomorphism
Metamorphosis

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Without definite form
Human characteristics to other things
Transformation

92
Q

Mult

A

Many

93
Q

Multiple
Multiplex
Multiply
Multitudinous

A

Many
Many parts
Increase
Very many

94
Q

Mut

A

To change

95
Q 
Commute
Immutable
Mutation
Permutation
Transmute
A 
Substitute
Unhacnageble 
Process of changing 
Complete change
Change from one into another form
96
Q

Nat/nas/nai/gna

A

Birth

97
Q 
Cognate
Naive
Nascent
Native
Natural
Renaissance
A 
Related by blood
Lacking worldliness
Starting to develop
Belonging to one by nature
Present due to nature
Rebirth
98
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Nau/nav

A

Ship, sailor

99
Q 
Astronaut 
Circumnavigate 
Cosmonaut
Nauseous
Nautical
Naval
Nave
Navy
A 
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
100
Q

Nihil

A

Nothing, none

101
Q

Annihilate

Nihilism

A

Wipe out

Denial of all moral beliefs

102
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Noc/nox

A

Harm

103
Q

Innocent
Innocuous
Noxious
Obnoxious

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Uncorrupted
Not harmful
Injurious
Highly offensive

104
Q

Noct/nox

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Night

105
Q

Equinox
Noctambulant
Nocturnal
Nocturne

A

One of two times a year
Walking at night
Related to the night
Dreamlike piece music

106
Q

Nom

A

Rule, order

107
Q 
Astronomy
Autonomy
Economy 
Gastronomy 
Taxonomy
A 
Study of universe 
Independence 
Use of resources
Art or science of good eating 
Scientific, laws, of classification
108
Q

Nom/nym/noun/nown

A

Name

109
Q 
Acronym
Anonymous
Nomenclature
Nominal
Nominate
Noun
Renown 
Synonym
A 
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
110
Q

Non

A

Not

111
Q

Nonconformist
Nonentity
Nonpareil
Nonpartisan

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One who doesn’t conform
Something that doesn’t exist
Something with no equal
Not affiliated with political party

112
Q

Nounc/nou

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New

113
Q 
Innovate
Neologism 
Neophyte
Neoplasm
Nouveau riche
Novice
Renovate
A 
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
114
Q

Null

A

Nothing

115
Q

Annul
Nullify
Nullity

A

Cancel
Cancel
Condition of being nothing

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