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a/an

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not, without

agnostic, amoral, anomaly, anonymous, apathy, atheist, atrophy, atypical

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ab

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off, away from, apart, down

abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject, abnormal, abolish, abstinence, abstract, abstruse

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able/ible

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capable of, worthy of

changeable, combustible, inevitable, presentable

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ac/acr

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sharp, bitter, sour

acerbic, acid, acrimonious, acumen, acute, exacerbate

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acou

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hearing

acoustic

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act/ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead

agile, agitate, pedagogue, prodigal, synagogue

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ad

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to, toward, near
(Often d is dropped and first letter is doubled)

accede, adapt, addict, address, adhere, adjacent, adjoin, admire, advocate, attract

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al/ali/alter

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other, another

alias, alibi, alien, allegory, alter ego, alternative, altruist

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am

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love

amateur, amatory, amiable, amicable, amity, amorous, enamored, inamorata

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ambi/amphi

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both, on both sides, around

ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous, amphibian

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ambl/ambul

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to go, to walk

ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble

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anim

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of the life, mind, soul, breath

animal, animosity, equanimity, magnanimous, unanimous

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annui/enni

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year

annals, anniversary, annual, annuity, perennial

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ant/ante

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before

antebellum, antecedent, antedate, antediluvian, anterior

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anthro/andr

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man, human

androgen, androgynous, android, anthropocentric, anthropology, misanthrope, philanderer

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anti

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against, opposite

antibody, antidote, antipathy, antipodal, antiseptic

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apo

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away

apocalypse, apocryphal, apogee, apology, apostasy, apostle

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aqua/aque

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water

aquamarine, aquarium. aquatic, aqueduct, subaqueous

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arch/archi/archy

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chief, principal, ruler

anarchy, archenemy, architect, monarchy, oligarchy

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ard

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burn

ardent, ardor, arson

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auto

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self

autocrat, automatic, autonomy

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be

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able, to make, to surround, to affect
(often to make transitive verbs)

belie, belittle, bemoan, bewilder

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bel/bell

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beautiful

belle, embellish

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bell

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war

antebellum, belligerent, rebel

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ben/bene

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good

benediction, benefit, benevolent, benign

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bi/bin

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two

biennial, bilateral, bilingual, binocular, bipartisan, combination

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bon/boun

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good, generous

bona fide, bonus, bountiful

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brev/brid

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short, small

abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviloquent, brevity, brief

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burs

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purse, money

bursar, bursary, disburse, reimburse

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cad/cid

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to fall, to happen by chance

accident, cascade, coincidence, decadent, recidivist

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cant/cent/chant

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to sing

accent, chant, enchant, incantation, incentive, recant

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cap/cip/cept

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to take, to get

anticipate, capture, emancipate, percipient, precept, susceptible

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cap/capit/cipit

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head, headlong

capital, capitulate, caption, disciple, precipice, precipitate

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card/cord/cour

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heart

cardiac, concord, concordance, discord, encourage

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carn

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flesh

carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnation, reincarnation

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cast/chast

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to cut

cast, caste, castigate, chaste, chastise

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caus/caut

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to burn

caustic, cauterize, cautery, holocaust

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ced/ceed/cess

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to go, to yield, to stop

accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, incessant, predecessor

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celer

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speed

accelerant, accelerate, celerity, decelerate

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cent

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hundred, hundredth

bicentennial, cent, centigrade, centimeter, centipede, century, percent

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centr

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center

centrifuge, centrist, concentrate, concentric, eccentric

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cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

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to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

ascertain, certitude, criterion, discreet, discrete, hypocrite

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chrom

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color

chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic

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chron

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time

anachronism, chronic, chronology, chronometer, synchronize

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circu/circum

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around

circuit, circuitous, circumference, circumspect, circumstance

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cis

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to cut

exorcise, incision, incisive, precise, scissors

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cla/clo/clu

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to shut, to close

claustrophobia, cloister, conclude, disclose, exclusive, preclude

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claim/clam

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to shout, to cry out

clamor, disclaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim

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cli

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to lean toward

climax, decline, disinclination, proclivity, recline

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co/col/com/con

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with, together

coerce, collaborate, collide, commensurate, compatible, conciliate, connect

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cogn/conn

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to know

cognition, incognito, recognize

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contra/contro/counter

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against

contradict, contrary, controversy, counterfeit, countermand, encounter

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corp/corps

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body

corporation, corps, corpse, corpulent, corset, incorporation

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cosm

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order, universe, world

cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm

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cour/cur

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running, a course

concur, courier, curriculum, cursive, cursory, excursion, incursion, recur

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cre/cresc/cret

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to grow

accretion, accrue, creation, excrescence, increase, increment

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cred

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to believe, to trust

credentials, credit, credo, credulity, incredible

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crypt

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hidden

apocryphal, crypt, cryptography, cryptology

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cub/cumb

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to lie down

cubicle, incubate, incumbent, recumbent, succumb

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culp

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fault, blame

culpable, culprit, inculpate, mea culpa

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dac/doc

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to teach

didactic, docile, doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate

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de

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away, off, down, completely, reversal

decipher, defame, deferential, defile, delineate, descend

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dele

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to erase

delete, indelible

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dem

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people

democracy, demographics, endemic, epidemic, pandemic

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dext

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right hand, right side, deft

ambidextrous, dexter, dexterity

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di

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day

dial, diary, dismal, diurnal, meridian, quotidian

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di/dia

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in two, through, across

diagnose, dialogue, diameter, dichotomy

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di/dif/dis

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away from, apart, reversal, not

diffuse, dilate, dilatory, dispers, disseminate, dissipate, dissuade

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dic/dict/dit

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to say, to tell, to use words

dictionary, interdict, predict, verdict

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dign

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worth

condign, deign, dignitary, dignity, disdain

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dog/dox

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opinion

dogma, orthodox, paradox

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dol

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to suffer, to pain, to grieve

condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolence

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don/dot/dow

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to give

anecdote, antidote, donate, endow, pardon

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dorm

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sleep

dormant, dormitory

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dors

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back

dorsal, endorse

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dub

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doubt

dubiety, dubious, indubitable

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duc/duct

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to lead

abduct, conducive, conduct, induce, induct, produce

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dulc

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sweet

dulcet, dulcified, dulcimer

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dur

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hard, lasting

dour, durable, diration, duress, endure, obdurate

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dys

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faulty, abnormal

dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspepsia, dystrophy

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e/ex

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out, out of, from, former, completely

efface, evade, exclude, exonerate, expire, extricate

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ego

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self

ego, egocentric, egoism/egotism

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em/en

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in, into

embrace, enclose

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epi

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upon

epidemic, epidermis, epigram, epilogue, epithet

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equ

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equal, even

adequate, equation, equidistant, iniquity

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err

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to wander

err, errant, erratic, error

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esce

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becoming

adolescent, convalescent, incandescent, obsolescent, reminiscent

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eu

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good, well

eugenics, eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euthanasia

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extra

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outside, beyond

extract, extradite, extraordinary, extrapolate, extrasensory

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fab/fam

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to speak

affable, defame, fable, famous, ineffable

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fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy

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to do, to make

configuration, counterfeit, deficient, effigy, faction, factory, prolific, ratify

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fal

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to err, to deceive

default, fail, fallacy, false, faux pas, infalliable

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fatu

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foolish

fatuity, fatuous, infatuated

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fer

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to bring, to carry, to bear

confer, offer, proffer, proliferate, referendum

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ferv

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to boil, to bubble

effervescent, fervid, fervor

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fi/fid

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faith, trust

affidavit, confide, fidelity, fiduciary, infidel

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fin

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end

confine, definitive, final, infinite, infinitesimal

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flagr/flam

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to burn

conflagration, flagrant, flambeau, inflame

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flect/flex

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to bend, to turn

deflect, flexible, genuflect, inflect, reflect

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flu/flex

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to flow

confluence, effluence, fluctuation, fluid, mellifluous

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fore

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before

foreshadow, foresight, forestall, forthright

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fort

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chance

fortuitous, fortunate, fortune

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fort

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strength

forte, fortify, fortissimo

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fra/frac/frag/fring

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to break

fractious, fracture, fragment, infringe, refractory

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fug

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to flee, to fly

centrifugal, fugitive, fugue, refuge, refugee, subterfuge

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fulg

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to shine

effulgent, refulgent

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fum

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smoke

fume, fumigate, perfume

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fus

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to pour

diffuse, fusillade, infusion, profuse, suffuse

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gen

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birth, creation, race, kind

carcinogenic, congenital, gender, generous, genetics, progeny

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gni/gno

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to know

agnostic, diagnose, ignoramus, ignore, prognosis

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grad/gress

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to step

aggressive, degrade, digress, egress, progress, regress

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gram/graph

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to write, to draw

diagram, epigram, grammar, graph, graphite, photograph

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grat

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pleasing

gracious, grateful, gratuity, ingratiate

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greg

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flock

aggregate, congregate, egregious, gregarious, segregate

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hap

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by chance

haphazard, hapless, happen, happily, happy, mishap, perhaps

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hemi

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half

hemisphere, hemistich

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her/hes

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to stick

adherent, adhesive, coherent, inherent

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(h)etero

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different, other

heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual

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hol

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whole

catholic, holocaust, hologram, holograph, holistic

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120
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(h)om

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same

anomaly, homeostasis, homogeneous, homonym, homosexual

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121
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hum

A

earth

exhume, humble, humility

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122
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hyper

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over, excessive

hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperglycemia

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123
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hypo

A

under, beneath, less than

hypochondriac, hypocritical, hypodermic, hypothesis

124
Q

icon

A

image, idol

icon, iconic, iconoclast, iconology

125
Q

idio

A

one’s own

idiom, idiosyncrasy, idiot

126
Q

in/im

A

in, into
(often m is dropped and first letter is doubled)

implicit, incarnate, indigenous, influx, intrinsic

127
Q

in/im

A

not, without
(often m is dropped and first letter is doubled)

immoral, impartial, inactive, indigent, indolence, innocuous

128
Q

inter

A

between, among

interim, interloper, intermittent, intersperse, interstate

129
Q

intra

A

inside, within

intramura, intrastate, intravenous

130
Q

it/iter

A

way, journey

ambition, circuit, itinerant, itinerary, reiterate, transit

131
Q

ject

A

to throw, to throw down

abject, conjecture, dejected, eject, inject

132
Q

joc

A

joke

jocose, jocular, jocund, joke

133
Q

join/jug/junct

A

to meet, to join

adjoin, conjugal, conjunction, injunction, junction, junta, rejoinder, subjugate

134
Q

jour

A

day

adjourn, journal, journey

135
Q

jud

A

to judge

adjudicate, judiciary, judicious, prejudice

136
Q

jur

A

law, to swear

abjure, adjure, jurisprudence, perjury

137
Q

juv

A

young

juvenile, juvenilia, rejuvenate

138
Q

lang/ling

A

tongue

bilingual, language, linguistics

139
Q

laud

A

praise, honor

cum laude, laudable, laudatory

140
Q

lav/lau/lu

A

to wash

ablution, antediluvian, deluge, dilute, laundry, lavatory

141
Q

lax/leas/les

A

loose

lax, laxative, lease, leash, relax, release

142
Q

lec/leg/lex

A

to read, to speak

dialect, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, lesson, lexicographer, lexicon

143
Q

lect/leg

A

to select, to choose

collect, eclectic, elect, predilection, select

144
Q

lev

A

to lift, to rise, light (weight)

alleviate, levee, levitate, levity, relevant, relieve

145
Q

li/lig

A

to tie, to bind

ally, league, liable, liaison, lien, ligament, ligature, oblige, rely

146
Q

liber

A

free

deliver, liberal, liberality, liberate, libertine, liberty, livery

147
Q

lith

A

stone

acrolith, lithography, lithology, lithotomy, megalith, monolith

148
Q

loc/log/loqu

A

word, speech, thought

colloquial, dialogue, elocution, eulogy, grandiloquent, loquacious, prologue

149
Q

luc/lum/lus

A

light (brightness)

illuminate, illustrate, illustrious, lackluster, lucid, luminous, translucent

150
Q

lud/lus

A

to play

allude, delude, elude, illusion, ludicrous, prelude

151
Q

macro

A

great, long

macro, macrobiotics, macrocephalous, macrocosm, macroscopic

152
Q

mal/male

A

bad, ill, evil, wrong

maladroit, malady, malapropism, malediction, malfeasance, malfunction, malicious, malign

153
Q

man/manu

A

hand

emancipate, manifest, manual, manufacture

154
Q

mand/mend

A

to command, to order, to entrust

command, commend, countermand, demand, mandatory, recommend, remand

155
Q

medi

A

middle

immediate, intermediate, mean, mediate, medieval, mediocre, medium

156
Q

mega

A

large, great

megalith, megalomania, megalopolis, megaphone, megaton

157
Q

micro

A

very small

microbe, microcosm, micron, microorganism, microscope

158
Q

min

A

small

diminish, diminution, miniature, minute, minutiae

159
Q

min

A

to project, to hang over

eminent, imminent, preeminent, prominent

160
Q

mis

A

bad, wrong, to hate

misadventure, misanthrope, misapply, mischance, mischief, misconstrue, misfit

161
Q

mis/mit

A

to send

emissary, intermittent, remission, remit, transmit

162
Q

misc

A

mixed

miscellaneous, promiscuous

163
Q

mob/mom/mot/mov

A

to move

automobile, demote, immovable, locomotion, mob, mobile, mobilize, moment, momentous, momentum, motion, motive, motor, mutiny, promote, remove

164
Q

moll

A

soft

emollient, mild, mollify, mollusk

165
Q

mon/monit

A

to remind, to warm

admonish, monitor, monument, premonition, remonstrate, summon

166
Q

mon/mono

A

one

monarchy, monk, monochord, monogram, monograph, monologue, monomania, monotonous

167
Q

mor/mort

A

death

immortal, morbid, moribund

168
Q

morph

A

shape

amorphous, anthropomorphism, metamorphosis

169
Q

mult

A

many

multiple, multiplex, multiply, multitudinous

170
Q

mut

A

to change

commute, immutable, mutation, permutation, transmute

171
Q

nat/nas/nai/gna

A

birth

cognate, naive, nascent, native, natural, renaissance

172
Q

nau/nav

A

ship, sailor

astronaut, circumnavigate, cosmonaut, nauseous, nautical, naval, nave, navy

173
Q

nihil

A

nothing, none

annihilate, nihilism

174
Q

noc/nox

A

harm

innocent, innocuous, noxious, obnoxious

175
Q

noct/nox

A

night

equinox, noctambulant, nocturnal, nocturne

176
Q

nom

A

rule, order

astronomy, autonomy, economy, gastronomy, taxonomy

177
Q

nom/nym/noun/nown

A

name

acronym, anonymous, nomenclature, nominal, nominate, noun, renown, synonym

178
Q

non

A

not

nonconformist, nonentity, nonpareil, nonpartisan

179
Q

nounc/nunc

A

to announce

announce, pronounce, renounce

180
Q

nov/neo/nou

A

new

innovate, neologism, neophyte, neoplasm, nouveau riche, novice, renovate

181
Q

null

A

nothing

annul, nullify, nullity

182
Q

ob

A

toward, to, against, over

obese, obfuscate, oblique, obsequious, obstinate, obstreperous, obstruct, obtuse

183
Q

omni

A

all

omnibus, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient

184
Q

oner

A

burden

exonerate, onerous, onus

185
Q

oss/oste

A

bone

ossify, ossuary, osteopathy

186
Q

pac/peac

A

peace

appease, pacifier, pacify, pact

187
Q

palp

A

to feel

palpable, palpate, palpitate

188
Q

pan/pant

A

all, everyone

pandemic, panegyric, panoply, panorama, pantheon

189
Q

par

A

equal

apartheid, disparage, disparate, par, parity

190
Q

para

A

next to, beside

parable, paragon, parallel, paranoid, parasite, parody

191
Q

pas/pat/path

A

feeling, suffering, disease

compassion, dispassionate, empathy, impassive, pathogenic, sociopath, sympathy

192
Q

pau/po/pov/pu

A

few, little, poor

impoverish, paucity, pauper, poverty, puerile, pusillanimous

193
Q

pec

A

money

impecunious, peculation, pecuniary

194
Q

ped

A

child, education

encyclopedia, pedagogue, pedant, pediatrician

195
Q

ped/pod

A

foot

antipodes, expedite, impede, pedal, pedestrian, podium

196
Q

pel

A

to drive, to push

compel, dispel, expel, impel, propel

197
Q

pen/pene

A

almost

peninsula, penultimate, penumbra

198
Q

pen/pun

A

to pay, to compensate

penal, penalty, penance, penitent, punitive

199
Q

pend/pens

A

to hang, to weigh, to pay

appendage, appendix, compensate, depend, indispensable, stipend

200
Q

per

A

completely

perforate, perfunctory, perplex, persistent, perspicacious, pertinacious, peruse

201
Q

peri

A

around

perimeter, peripatetic, periscope

202
Q

pet/pit

A

to go, to seek, to strive

appetite, centripetal, compete, impetuous, petition, petulant

203
Q

phil

A

love

bibliophile, philatelist, philology, philosopher

204
Q

phob

A

fear

claustrophobia, hydrophobia, phobia, xenophobia

205
Q

phon

A

sound

euphony, megaphone, phonetics, polyphony, telephone

206
Q

photo

A

light

photograph, photon, photosynthesis

207
Q

plac

A

to please

complacent, complaisant, implacable, placebo, placid

208
Q

ple/plen

A

to fill, full

complete, deplete, implement, plenitude, plethora, replete, supplement

209
Q

plex/plic/ply

A

to fold, twist, tangle, or bend

complex, duplicity, implicate, implicit, replica, supplicate

210
Q

poly

A

many

polyandry, polygamy, polyglot, polygon, polytheism

211
Q

pon/pos/pound

A

to put, to place

component, expose, expound, juxtapose, repository

212
Q

port

A

to carry

deportment, disport, export, import, importune, portable

213
Q

post

A

behind, after

post facto, posterior, posterity, posthumous

214
Q

pot

A

to drink

potable, potation, potion

215
Q

pre

A

before, in front

precarious, precedent, precept, precocious, premonition, presentiment

216
Q

prehend/prise

A

to take, to get, to seize

apprehend, comprise, enterprise, reprehensible, reprisals, surprise

217
Q

pri/prim

A

first

primal, primary, prime, primeval, pristine

218
Q

pro

A

in front, before, much, for

problem, proceed, profuse, prolific, propound, proselytize, provident

219
Q

prob

A

to prove, to test

approbation, opprobrium, probe, probity, reprobate

220
Q

prop/prox

A

near

approximate, proximate, proximity

221
Q

prot/proto

A

first

protagonist, protocol, prototype, protozoan

222
Q

pseud/pseudo

A

false

pseudonym, pseudopod, pseudoscience

223
Q

pug

A

to fight

impugn, pugilist, pugnacious, repugnant

224
Q

punc/pung/poign

A

to point, to prick, to pierce

compunction, expunge, point, punctilious, puncture, pungent

225
Q

pyr

A

fire

pyre, pyromania, pyrosis, pyrotechnics

226
Q

quad/quar/quat

A

four

quadrant, quadrille, quadruple, quadruplets, quart, quaternary

227
Q

que/quis

A

to seek

acquire, conquest, exquisite, inquisitive, perquisite, querulous, query

228
Q

quie/quit

A

quiet, rest

acquiesce, disquiet, quiescence, quiet, tranquil

229
Q

quin/quint

A

five

quinquennial, quintessence, quintuple

230
Q

raci/radi

A

root

deracinate, eradicate, radical, radish

231
Q

rami

A

branch

ramification, ramiform

232
Q

re

A

back, again

recline, regain, remain, reorganize, request

233
Q

rect

A

straight, right

correct, direct, erect, rectangle, rectitude

234
Q

reg

A

king, rule

interregnum, realm, regal, regent, regicide, regiment, regular

235
Q

retro

A

backward

retroactive, retrofit, retrograde, retrospective

236
Q

rid/ris

A

to laugh

derision, risible

237
Q

rog

A

to ask

abrogate, arrogant, arrogate, derogatory, interrogate, surrogate

238
Q

rub/rud

A

red

rogue, rubella, rubicund, rubric, russet

239
Q

rud

A

crude

erudite, rude, rudimentary, rudiments

240
Q

sacr/sanct

A

holy

execrable, sacrament, sacred, sacrifice, sacrilege, sanctify, sanction

241
Q

sag/sap/sav

A

taste, thinking, discerning

insipid, sagacious, sage, sapient, savant, savor

242
Q

sal

A

salt

salary, saline

243
Q

sal/sil/sault/sult

A

to leap, to jump

assault, desultory, exult, insolent, insult, resilient, salient, somersault

244
Q

salu

A

health

salubrious, salutary, salute

245
Q

salv

A

to save

salvage, salvation, savior

246
Q

san

A

healthy

sane, sanitarium, sanitary

247
Q

sang

A

blood

consanguinity, sanguinary, sanguine

248
Q

sat

A

enough

assets, dissatisfied, sate, satisfy, saturate

249
Q

sci

A

to know

conscience, conscious, omniscient, prescient, unconscionable

250
Q

scribe/script

A

to write

ascribe, circumscribe, conscription, describe, postscript, proscribe, scribble, script, transcript

251
Q

se

A

apart, away

secede, sedition, seduce, segregate, select, separate, sequester

252
Q

sec/sequ/sue/sui

A

to follow

non sequitur, obsequious, prosecute, pursue, second, sequence, suite

253
Q

sed/sess/sid

A

to sit, to settle

assiduous, dissident, insidious, preside, resident, residual, sediment, session

254
Q

sem

A

seed, to sow

disseminate, semen, seminary

255
Q

semi

A

half

semicircle, semiconscious

256
Q

sen

A

old

senate, senescent, senile, sire

257
Q

sens/sent

A

to feel, to be aware

dissent, insensate, presentiment, resent, sense, sensory, sentiment, sentinel

258
Q

sin/sinu

A

bend, fold, curve

insinuate, sinuous, sinus

259
Q

sol

A

alone

desolate, isolate, soliloquize, solipsism, solitude

260
Q

sol

A

to loosen, to free

absolution, dissolute, dissolution, dissolve, resolution, soluble

261
Q

sol

A

sun

parasol, solar, solarium, solstice

262
Q

somn

A

sleep

insomnia, somnambulist, sonmiferous, somniloquist, somnolent

263
Q

soph

A

wisdom

philosopher, sophism, sophisticated

264
Q

sourc/surg/surrect

A

to rise

insurgent, insurrection, resurrection, source, surge

265
Q

spec/spic

A

to look, to see

circumspect, conspicuous, perspective, perspicacious, retrospective, specious, spectrum, speculation

266
Q

spir

A

breath

aspire, expire, spirit

267
Q

sta/sti

A

to stand, to be in place

apostasy, constitute, destitute, obstinate, stasis, static

268
Q

strict/string/stran

A

to tighten, to bind

astringent, constrain, restriction, strangle

269
Q

sua

A

sweet, pleasing, to urge

assuage, dissuade, persuade, suave

270
Q

sub/sup

A

below, under

subliminal, submissive, subsidiary, subterfuge, subtle, suppose

271
Q

summ

A

highest, total

consummate, sum, summary, summit

272
Q

super/sur

A

over, above

supercilious, superfluous, superlative, supersede, surmount, surpass, surveillance

273
Q

sym/syn

A

together

symbiosis, symmetry, sympathy, symposium, synonym, synthesis

274
Q

tac/tic

A

to be silent

reticent, tacit, taciturn

275
Q

tact/tag/tam/tang

A

to touch

contact, contagious, contaminate, contiguous, intact, intangible, tactile

276
Q

tain/ten/tent/tin

A

to hold

abstention, detain, pertain, pertinacious, sustenance, tenable, tenacious, tenure

277
Q

tend/tens/tent/tenu

A

to stretch, to thin

attenuate, contentious, distend, extenuating, tendentious, tension, tentative

278
Q

test

A

to bear witness

attest, contest, detest, protest, testament, testify

279
Q

theo

A

god

apotheosis, atheist, theocracy, theology

280
Q

therm

A

heat

thermal, thermometer, thermonuclear, thermostat

281
Q

tim

A

fear

intimidate, timid

282
Q

tor/torq/tort

A

to twist

contort, distort, extort, torch, torque, tort, torture

283
Q

torp

A

stiff, numb

torpedo, torpid, torpor

284
Q

tox

A

poison

antitoxin, intoxication, toxic

285
Q

tract

A

to drag, to pull, to draw

abstract, attract, contract, detract, protract, tractable, tractor

286
Q

trans

A

across, beyond

intransigent, transaction, transcendent, transgress, transition, transparent

287
Q

ult

A

last, beyond

penultimate, ulterior, ultimate, ultimatum, ultraviolet

288
Q

umbr

A

shadow

adumbrate, penumbra, somber, umbrage, umbrella

289
Q

un

A

not

unseen, unusual

290
Q

und

A

wave

abound, inundate, undulate

291
Q

uni/un

A

one

reunion, unanimous, unicorn, uniform, universe

292
Q

urb

A

city

suburb, urban, urbane, urbanization

293
Q

us/ut

A

to use

abuse, usage, usurp, utilitarian

294
Q

vail/val

A

strength, use, worth

ambivalent, avail, convalescent, equivalent, evaluate, invalid, valediction, valid, value

295
Q

ven/vent

A

to come or to move toward

adventitious, contravene, convene, intervene, venturesome

296
Q

ver

A

truth

aver, veracious, verdict, verisimilitude, verity

297
Q

verb

A

word

proverb, verbatim, verbose, verbiage

298
Q

verd

A

green

verdant, verdure

299
Q

vers/vert

A

to turn

aversion, avert, controversy, diverse, extrovert, inadvertent, introvert, revert

300
Q

vi

A

life

convivial, joie de vivre, viable, vivacity, vivid

301
Q

vid/vis

A

to see

adviser, evident, survey, video, vista

302
Q

vil

A

base, mean

revile, vile, vilify

303
Q

viru

A

poison

virulent, viruliferous, virus

304
Q

voc/vok

A

call, word

advocate, avocation, convoke, equivocate, invoke, vocabulary, vocation, vociferous

305
Q

vol

A

wish

benevolent, malevolent, volition, voluntary

306
Q

volu/volv

A

to roll, to turn

convolution, evolve, revolt, revolve, voluble, volume

307
Q

vor

A

to eat

carnivorous, omnivorous, voracious

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