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a-

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without

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ambi-

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both sides

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ante

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before or in front

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anti

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against

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aqu/aqua-

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water

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bene-

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good

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bi-

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two

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bio-

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life

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cede/ceed

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go or yield

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circum-

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around

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contra-

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against or opposite

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cycl

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circle

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de-

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reduce or remove

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di-, dis-

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apart or away

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dict

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speak or say

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dox

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belief

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du-, duo-

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two

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em-, en-

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into, in

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esce

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becoming

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ex-
exit, exceed

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out or way

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extra-, extro-

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beyond or outside

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fid/e

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faith

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fore

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previously, earlier

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gram

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writing, letters

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graph

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writing, recording

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hetero-

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different

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homo-

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same

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hyper-

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excessive

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hypo-

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under, below

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inter-

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between

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intra-/intro-

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inside, within

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junct

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joining

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-less

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without

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-logy

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study of

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mal, male

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bad, evil

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mis-
misjudge, misunderstand

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bad or incorrect

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-ness

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state of being

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non-

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without

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ob-
object, obsolete

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against or before

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omni-

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all, everything

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pedi pede

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foot

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phil

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love or affinity

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pre-

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before or earlier

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pro

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before or forward

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re-
repetition, retrace

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again, backwards

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sub-

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under or lower

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temp

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time

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tort

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twist

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trans-

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across or beyond

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un-

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not or opposite

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ab

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off, away

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Ac/Acr

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sharp, bitter

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Act/Ag

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to do, drive, force

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Ad

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toward

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Al/Ali/Alter

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other, another

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Am

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love

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ambl/abul

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to go, walk

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anim

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life, mind, soul, breath

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Annui/enni

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year

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anthro, andr

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man, human

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apo

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away

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arch/archi

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ruler, chief

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ard

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burn

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auto

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self

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be

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to make, surround, affect

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bel/bell

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beautiful

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bon/ boun

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good, generous

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brev/brid

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short, small

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burs

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money

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cad/cid

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fall, by chance

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cap/cip/cept

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to take or get

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cap/capit/cipit

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to head, headlong

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card,cord,cour

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heart

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celer

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speed

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cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

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separate, judge, distinguish, decide

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chrom

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color

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chron

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time

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cis

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to cut

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cla/clo/clu

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to shut, close

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claim/clam

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shout, cry out

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cli

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lean toward

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co/col/com/con

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with/together

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corp/cors

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body

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cosm

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order, universe, world

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cour/cur

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running, course

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cer/cresc/cret
ex: ascertain, crescent, concrete,

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grow

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cred

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believe, trust

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culp

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fault, blame

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89
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dac/doc

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teach

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dem

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people

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di

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day

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dign

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dol

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suffer, pain, grieve

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dub

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dulc

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dys

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faulty, abnormal

97
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e/ex

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out, from, former, completely

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epi

99
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equ
ex: equal, equilibrium

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equal, even

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err

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esce

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eu

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fab/fam

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fatu

105
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fi/fid

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faith, trust

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flu,flux

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fulg

108
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fus

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pour, join

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gen

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birth, creation, race

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gni/gno

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grat

112
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greg

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group, flock

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hap

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her/hes

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hol

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icon

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ject

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joc

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jud

120
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jur

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law, swear

121
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laud

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praise, honor

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lav/lau/lu

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lec/lex

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read, speak

124
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lect/leg

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select, choose

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li/lig

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liber

127
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lith

128
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loc/log/loqu

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word, speech, though

129
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lud/lus
allude, illusion, ludicrous

130
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macro

A

great, long

131
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mag/maj/max

A

big, great

132
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mega

A

large great

133
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micro

A

very small

134
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min

135
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mis/mit
admit, submit, emit

136
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moll

137
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mon/mont

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remind, warn

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mon/mono

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mor/mort

140
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morph

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mult

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mut

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nat/nas/nai/gna

144
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nihil

A

nothing, none

145
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noc/nox

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noct/nox

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nom/nym/noun/nown
nominate

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nov/neo/nou
novice

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oner
exonerate

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pac/peac

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palp

152
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pan/pant
pandemic

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para
ex: pair

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next to, beside

154
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pau/po/pov/pu
poverty

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few, little, poor

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pec

156
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pel
ex: propel, dispel

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to drive, push

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per

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completely

158
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pet/pit
ex: compete

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to go, seek, strive

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phon

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plac
ex: complacent, placebo

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poly

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pot

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pri/prim

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prob
ex: probably

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to prove, test

165
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prop/prox
ex: proximity

166
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prot/proto
ex: protagonist, protocol

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pug

168
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punc/pung/poign

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to point, prick, pierce

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pyr

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quad/quar/quat

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quie/quit

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quiet, rest

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quin/quint

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raci/radi

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rami

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rect
ex: direct, rectify

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straight/right

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reg

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king, rule

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retro

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rub/rud

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rud

180
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sarc/sanct
ex: sacred, sanction

181
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sag,sap,sav
ex: sap(juice), savagery,

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taste, thinking, discerning

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sal, sil, sault, sult
ex: assailant, somersault

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to leap, jump

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salu

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salv

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san
ex: sane, sanitary

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sang
ex: sangre

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sat
ex: satisfy, dissatisfy

188
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sci
ex: conscious, science

189
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se

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apart, away

190
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sec/sequ/sue/sui

191
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sed/sess/sid

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to sit/ settle

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semi

193
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sen
ex: senior, senile

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sens/sent

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to feel/ to be aware

195
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sol

isolate

196
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sol

dissolute

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to loosen, to free

197
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sol

solarium

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somn

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soph

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sourc/surg/surrect

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spec/spic

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to look, see

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sua

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sweet, pleasing

203
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sub/sup

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below, under

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summ

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highest, total

205
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super/sur

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over, above

206
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sym/syn

207
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tac/tic

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to be silent

208
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tend/tens/tent/tenu

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stretch, thin

209
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theo

210
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therm

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torp

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stiff, numb

212
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tox

213
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ult

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last, beyond

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umbr

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und

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uni/un

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us/ut

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vail/val

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strength, use, worth

219
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ven/vent

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to come or move toward

220
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ver

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verb

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verd

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vi

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vil

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base, mean

225
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viru

226
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voc/vok

A

call, word

227
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vol

228
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volu/volv

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to roll, turn

229
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