Root List (T-Z) Flashcards
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Reticent
Tacit
Taciturn
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Disposed to be silent
Unspoken understanding
Uncommunicative
2
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Tac/tic
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To be silent
3
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Tact/tag/tam/tang
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To touch
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Contact Contagious Contaminate Contagious Intact Intangible Tactile
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To touch Spread by contact To corrupt Directly touching Untouched Unable to be touched Pertaining to touch
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Tain/ten/tent/tin
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To hold
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Abstention Detain Pertain Pertinacity Sustenance Tenable Tenacious Tenure
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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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Tend/tens/tent/tenu
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To stretch, to thin
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Attenuate Contentious Distend Extenuating Tendentious Tension Tentative
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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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Test
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To bear witness
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Attest Contest Detest Protest Testament Testify
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Bear witness Dispute To despise Dissent Statement of persons wishes Bear witness
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Theo
A
God
12
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Apotheosis
Atheist
Theocracy
Theology
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Glorification
One who does not believe in deity
Form of gov in which deity is supreme ruler
Study of divine things
13
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Therm
A
Heat
14
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Tim
A
Fear
15
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Tor/torq/tort
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To twist
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Contort Extort Torch Torque Tort Torture
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To twist To pull our of shape To wring money Operable flame for light Twisting force Wrongful act Inflict pain
17
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Tori
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Stiff, numb
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Torpedo
Topic
Torpor
A
Explosive weapon used to sink ships
Numbed
Numbness
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Tox
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Poison
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Tract
A
To drag, to pull, to draw
21
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Abstract Attract Contract Detract Tractable Tractor
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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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Trans
A
Across, beyond
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Intransigent Transaction Transcendent Transgress Transition Transparent
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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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Ult
A
Last, beyond
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Ulterior
Ultimate
Ultimatum
Ultraviolet
Beyond what is immediately present
Last, final
Final offer
Beyond violent end
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Umber
Shadow
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Adam rate
Somber
Umbrage
Foreshadow
Gloomy
Shade
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Un
Not
29
Und
Wave
30
Uni/un
One
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Rub
City
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Suburb
Urban
Urbane
Urbanization
Residential area just outside a city
Relating to a city
Polite
Process of area becoming more like a city
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Us/ut
To use
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Abuse
Usage
Usurp
Utilitarian
Use wrongly
Customary way of doing something
Seize and hold
Efficient, functional
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Vail/val
Strength, use, worth
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Ambivalence
Avail
Convalescent
Equivalent
Evaluate
Invalid
Valediction
Valid
Value
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Being caught between contradictory feelings
To have force
Recovering strength
Equal worth
Determined worth of
No force of strength
Farewell
Having force
Worth
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Ven/vent
Come or to move toward
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Adventurous
Contravene
Convene
Intervene
Venturesome
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Accidental
To come into conflict with
Assemble for some public purpose
To come between disputing factions
Showing disposition to undertake risks
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Ver
Truth
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Aver
Veracious
Verdict
Verisimilitude
Verity
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To affirm
Habitually truthful
Judgement or decision
Appearance or semblance of truth
Truthfulness
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Verb
Word
42
Verd
Green
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Verdant
| Verdure
Green with vegetation
| Fresh, rich vegetation
44
Vers/vert
To turn
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Aversion
Avert
Controversy
Diverse
Extrovert
Inadvertent
Introvert
Revert
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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
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Vi
Life
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Convivial
Joie de vivre
Viable
Vivacity
Vivid
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Sociable
Joy of life
Capable of living
Quality of being lively
Strikingly bright or intense
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Vid/vis
To see
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Adviser
Evident
Survey
Video
Vista
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One who gives counsel
Plain or clear to the sight
To view in general way
Elements pertaining to transmission of image
View or prospect
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Vil
Base, mean
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Revile
Vile
Vilify
Criticize with harsh language
Loathsome
Slander
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Viru
Poison
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Virulent
Viruliferous
Virus
Acrimonious
Containing virus
Submicroscopic agent that infects an organism
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Voc/vok
Call, word
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Advocate
Avocation
Convoys
Equivocate
Invoke
Vocab
Vocation
Vociferous
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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
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Vol
Wish
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Benevolent
Malevolent
Volition
Voluntary
Good will
Bad will
Free choice
Undertaken of one's own accord
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Volu/volv
To roll, to turn
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Convolution
Evolve
Revolt
Revolve
Voluble
Volume
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Twisting or folding
Develop naturally
Rebel
Rotate
Easily turning
Book
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Vor
To eat
