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1
Q

Reticent
Tacit
Taciturn

A

Disposed to be silent
Unspoken understanding
Uncommunicative

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2
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Tac/tic

A

To be silent

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3
Q

Tact/tag/tam/tang

A

To touch

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4
Q 
Contact
Contagious
Contaminate
Contagious
Intact
Intangible 
Tactile
A 
To touch
Spread by contact
To corrupt
Directly touching 
Untouched
Unable to be touched
Pertaining to touch
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5
Q

Tain/ten/tent/tin

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To hold

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Q 
Abstention
Detain
Pertain
Pertinacity
Sustenance
Tenable 
Tenacious 
Tenure
A 
Act of refraining voluntarily
To keep from proceeding
Have reference or relation
Persistent
Nourishment 
Capable of being held
Holding fast
Holding or possessing of anything
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7
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Tend/tens/tent/tenu

A

To stretch, to thin

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8
Q 
Attenuate
Contentious
Distend
Extenuating
Tendentious
Tension
Tentative
A 
Weaken
Quarrelsome
Expand by stretching 
Making less serious by offering excuses
Having predisposition toward point of view
Act of stretching or straining 
Of the nature of attempt
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9
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Test

A

To bear witness

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10
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Attest
Contest
Detest
Protest 
Testament 
Testify
A 
Bear witness
Dispute
To despise 
Dissent
Statement of persons wishes
Bear witness
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11
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Theo

A

God

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12
Q

Apotheosis
Atheist
Theocracy
Theology

A

Glorification
One who does not believe in deity
Form of gov in which deity is supreme ruler
Study of divine things

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13
Q

Therm

A

Heat

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14
Q

Tim

A

Fear

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15
Q

Tor/torq/tort

A

To twist

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16
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Contort
Extort 
Torch 
Torque 
Tort
Torture
A 
To twist
To pull our of shape
To wring money
Operable flame for light
Twisting force
Wrongful act
Inflict pain
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17
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Tori

A

Stiff, numb

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18
Q

Torpedo
Topic
Torpor

A

Explosive weapon used to sink ships
Numbed
Numbness

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19
Q

Tox

A

Poison

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20
Q

Tract

A

To drag, to pull, to draw

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21
Q 
Abstract
Attract
Contract
Detract
Tractable
Tractor
A 
Draw or pull away
Draw either by physical once
Legally binding document
Take away from 
Prolong, draw out
Easily managed
Powerful vehicle for farm equipment
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22
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Trans

A

Across, beyond

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23
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Intransigent
Transaction
Transcendent
Transgress
Transition 
Transparent
A 
Refusing to agree
Act of carrying on 
Going beyond ordinary 
Violate law 
Change from one way of being to another
Easily seen through
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24
Q

Ult

A

Last, beyond

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25
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Ulterior
Ultimate
Ultimatum
Ultraviolet

A

Beyond what is immediately present
Last, final
Final offer
Beyond violent end

26
Q

Umber

A

Shadow

27
Q

Adam rate
Somber
Umbrage

A

Foreshadow
Gloomy
Shade

28
Q

Un

A

Not

29
Q

Und

A

Wave

30
Q

Uni/un

A

One

31
Q

Rub

A

City

32
Q

Suburb
Urban
Urbane
Urbanization

A

Residential area just outside a city
Relating to a city
Polite
Process of area becoming more like a city

33
Q

Us/ut

A

To use

34
Q

Abuse
Usage
Usurp
Utilitarian

A

Use wrongly
Customary way of doing something
Seize and hold
Efficient, functional

35
Q

Vail/val

A

Strength, use, worth

36
Q 
Ambivalence
Avail
Convalescent
Equivalent
Evaluate 
Invalid
Valediction 
Valid
Value
A 
Being caught between contradictory feelings
To have force
Recovering strength 
Equal worth 
Determined worth of
No force of strength 
Farewell
Having force
Worth
37
Q

Ven/vent

A

Come or to move toward

38
Q 
Adventurous
Contravene
Convene
Intervene
Venturesome
A 
Accidental
To come into conflict with 
Assemble for some public purpose
To come between disputing factions 
Showing disposition to undertake risks
39
Q

Ver

A

Truth

40
Q 
Aver
Veracious
Verdict
Verisimilitude 
Verity
A 
To affirm
Habitually truthful 
Judgement or decision 
Appearance or semblance of truth 
Truthfulness
41
Q

Verb

A

Word

42
Q

Verd

A

Green

43
Q

Verdant

Verdure

A

Green with vegetation

Fresh, rich vegetation

44
Q

Vers/vert

A

To turn

45
Q 
Aversion
Avert
Controversy
 Diverse
Extrovert 
Inadvertent 
Introvert 
Revert
A 
Dislike
To turn away from
Public dispute involving matter of opinion 
Different kind
Outgoing person
Unintentional 
Person concerned with inner thoughts 
Return to former habit
46
Q

Vi

A

Life

47
Q 
Convivial 
Joie de vivre 
Viable
Vivacity 
Vivid
A 
Sociable
Joy of life 
Capable of living 
Quality of being lively 
Strikingly bright or intense
48
Q

Vid/vis

A

To see

49
Q 
Adviser
Evident
Survey
Video 
Vista
A 
One who gives counsel
Plain or clear to the sight 
To view in general way 
Elements pertaining to transmission of image
View or prospect
50
Q

Vil

A

Base, mean

51
Q

Revile
Vile
Vilify

A

Criticize with harsh language
Loathsome
Slander

52
Q

Viru

A

Poison

53
Q

Virulent
Viruliferous
Virus

A

Acrimonious
Containing virus
Submicroscopic agent that infects an organism

54
Q

Voc/vok

A

Call, word

55
Q 
Advocate
Avocation
Convoys
Equivocate
Invoke
Vocab
Vocation 
Vociferous
A 
Support
Something one does in addition to a principle occupation 
Call together 
Ambiguous or unclear expressions
Call on a deity
Stock of words used by or known to particular person 
Particular occupation 
Crying out noisily
56
Q

Vol

A

Wish

57
Q

Benevolent
Malevolent
Volition
Voluntary

A

Good will
Bad will
Free choice
Undertaken of one’s own accord

58
Q

Volu/volv

A

To roll, to turn

59
Q 
Convolution
Evolve
Revolt
Revolve
Voluble 
Volume
A 
Twisting or folding
Develop naturally 
Rebel
Rotate
Easily turning 
Book
60
Q

Vor

A

To eat

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