Root Words Flashcards
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fall
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to deceive (false, falsify, fallacy)
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fail
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to deceive (false, falsify, fallacy)
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fals
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to deceive, false (falsify, fallacy)
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sol
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alone (solo, soliloquy, desolate)
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lic
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to permit, allow (license, illicit)
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duc
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to lead, to bring (duchess, abduct, conduct)
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prop (ri)
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to own (property, appropriate)
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creed
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to believe, to trust (credit, incredible)
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cred
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to believe, to trust (credit, incredible)
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fabl
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to speak (affable, fable, confess)
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fabul
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story or tale (fabulous, fable)
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fess
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to speak (affable, fable, confess)
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log
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to speak (loquacious, eloquent)
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logu
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to speak (loquacious, eloquent)
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loc
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to speak (loquacious, eloquent)
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loqu
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to speak (loquacious, eloquent)
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gno
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to know (cognition, diagnosis, connoisseur)
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nounc(i)e
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to speak (announce, denounce, mispronounce)
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pass
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feeling (impasses, empathy, sympathy)
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pat
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feeling (impasses, empathy, sympathy)
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sci
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to know (science, omniscient, conscious)
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flict
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to strike, problem, disagree (afflict, conflict)
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neutr
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middle (neutral)
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pet
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to strive (appetite, compete, petition, repeat)
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hor
to shudder, to dread (horrific, abhor, horrid)
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nic
harm (panic, manic, clinic)
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merc
to trade, to flow (merchant, commercial)
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ploy
to use (exploit)
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ploit
to use (exploit)
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tribut
to give (tribute, attribute, distribute)
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vol
to roll, to turn (volume, voltage)
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volu
to roll, to turn (volume, voltage)
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volv
to roll, to turn (volume, voltage)
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volt
to roll, to turn (volume, voltage)
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cumul
to heap or pile (a lot of things in a pile, accumulate)
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tach
swift, fast (tachycardia)
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tack
attach, fasten (attack, tackiness)
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dom
house, to tame, to control (dominate, domicile)
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sat
enough (satisfy, dissatisfaction)
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satis
enough (satisfy, dissatisfaction)
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satar
enough (satisfy, dissatisfaction)
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clin
to lean, bend (incline, recline)
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cliv
slope or incline (acclivity)
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orn
to embellish, to equip (adorn, ornament)
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san
healthy (sanitary, insane)
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ign
fire (ignite, ignition)
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flect
to bend (flexible, reflect)
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flex
to bend (flexible, reflect)
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dur
to last (durable, duro Spanish, endurance, duration)
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her
to stick (adhere, cohesive, hesitate)
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hes
to stick (adhere, cohesive, hesitate)
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join
join (conjunction, adjunct, joint)
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junct
join (conjunction, adjunct, joint)
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ple
to fill, full, accomplish (complete, supply)
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dyn
power (dynamite, dynasty, dynamic）
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vir
man, skillful (viral, virgin)
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al
other (alternate, altruistic, alternative)
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ver
to turn (vertical, version, invert, extrovert)
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vari
to vary, to change (variety, variable)
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abol
to do away, put an end (abolish)
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tract
to draw (subtract, attract, extract)
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sum
to take (assume, consume)
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scend
to climb (ascend, obscene)
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scens
to climb (ascend, obscene)
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scent
to climb (ascend, obscene)
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err
to stray, wrong (aberrant, erratic)
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dec
acceptable, fit (decorate, decorous)
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vol
wish, will (volunteer, benevolent, involuntary)
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pac
to please, to satisfy, to calm (pacify)
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plac
to please, to satisfy, to calm (pacify)
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plais
to please, to satisfy, to calm (pacify)
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fid
trust, faith (fidelity, confident)
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agon
to struggle (agony, antagonist)
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gnor
to know (ignorant, diagnosis)
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dem
people (demagogue, democracy, epidemic)
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cracy
rule (bureaucracy, democracy, aristocrat)
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alt
tall (altitude, exalt)
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linqu
to leave (relinquish)
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liqu
to be fluid, to flow (liquid, liquefy)
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lic
to be permitted, to allow (license, illicit)
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lip
to remain or stay
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fug
to flee, to escape (fugitive, refuge, centrifugal)
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stitut
to set up; to place (substitute, constitution)
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scrib
to write (scribe, transcribe, script, description)
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script
to write (scribe, transcribe, script, description)
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lud
to play, to mock (ludicrous, allude, delusive)
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lus
to play, to mock (ludicrous, allude, delusive)
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ver (i)
true, (verify, verdict, verdad Spanish)
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am
love (Amor, amorous, ambitious, amicable)
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aut
self (autonomous, automated, automobile, autobiography)
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part (i)
parent, fatherhood, ancestry, homeland
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pater
parent, fatherhood, ancestry, homeland
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rog
to ask, to demand (interrogate, abrograte)
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spec
to see (inspect, suspect)
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spic
to see (inspect, suspect)
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spis
to see (inspect, suspect)
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vid
to see (vision, visit, invisible, perspicacious)
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vis
to see (vision, visit, invisible, perspicacious)
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ced
to go (secede, antecede, success)
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ceed
to go (secede, antecede, success)
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cess
to go (secede, antecede, success)
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ven
to come (venir Spanish, convene)
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cap
to take, to hold, to capture (capacity, perceive)
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cep
to take, to hold, to capture (capacity, perceive)
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ceive
to take, to hold, to capture (capacity, perceive)
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cip
to take, to hold, to capture (capacity, perceive)
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cup
to take, to hold, to capture (capacity, perceive)
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tain
to hold (attain, obtain, tenant)
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ten
to hold (attain, obtain, tenant)
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leg
law (legal, sacrilegious)
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tin
to hold (attain, obtain, tenant)
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soci
companion (social, association)
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struct
to build (structure, construct)
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ban
to prohibit, to forbid (abandon, banish)
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lib
free (library, liberty, alibi)
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lev
to raise, to lighten (to level, alleviate)
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liev
to raise, to lighten (to level, alleviate, levitate)
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pen
to hang, to weigh, depend (suspend)
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ject
to throw, to cast (object, inject, projector)
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strain
to tighten (unstrained, restrict)
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strict
to tighten (unstrained, restrict)
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string
to tighten (unstrained, restrict)
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mand
to order (mandatory, demand, mandate)
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cet
to call, summon, set in motion (excite)
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cern
to be sure, to separate (discern)
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cert
to be sure, to separate (discern)
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cret
to be sure, to separate (discern)
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crimin
to be sure, to separate (discern)
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prob
to test (to prove, approve, disprove, improbable)
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liter
letter (alliteration, literacy)
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prov
to test (to prove, approve, disprove, improbable)
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phon
sound, voice (phone, cacophonous)
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verb
word (verbose, verbatim, proverb)
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spers
to scatter, to spread (disperse, sparse)
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rupt
to break (bankrupt, rupture, corrupt)
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ped
foot, child, education (pied Spanish, centipede)
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cid
to cut, kill (incident, suicide, circumcise)
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cis
to cut, kill (incident, suicide, circumcise)
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emper
to command (emperor, imperious)
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imper
to command (emperor, imperious)
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pen
penalty (to punish, apologetic)
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pun
penalty (to punish, apologetic)
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cens
to judge (censor)
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monst
to show, public (demonstrate, monstrosity)
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man (i)
hand, control (mano Spanish, manipulate)
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aug
to increase, to help (August, auction, auxiliary)
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auc
to increase, to help (August, auction, auxiliary)
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luc
light, to shine, clear (illuminate)
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lust
light, to shine, clear (illuminate)
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lumin
light, to shine, clear (illuminate)
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ac
sour, sharp (acetic, acid)
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aer
air (aerodynamics, aeroplane)
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lith
stone
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calc
stone (calculator, clarification)
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aqu
water (aquatics, aquifer)
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hum
earth, moist (humid, humble)
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hydr
water (hydrogen, hydrate)
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rad
root, emit light (radiant, radar)
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plex
to fold (comply, complex, multiplication)
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plic
to fold (comply, complex, multiplication)
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ply
to fold (comply, complex, multiplication)
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vac
empty, avoid (vacuum, evacuate)
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van
empty, avoid (vacuum, evacuate)
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void
empty, avoid (vacuum, evacuate)
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chron
time (anachronistic, chronic)
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dign
to be worth, noble (dignified)
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greg
group (egregious, aggravate, segregate)
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sid
sit (sediment, sedative, resident, session)
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sed
sit (sediment, sedative, resident, session)
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sess
sit (sediment, sedative, resident, session)
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cant
to sing, make songs (enchant)
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cent
to sing, make songs (enchant)
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sec
to follow (prosecute, sequence)
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sequ
to follow (prosecute, sequence)
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su
to follow (prosecute, sequence)
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vor
to each (voracious, carnivore)
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dic
to say, words, to assert (dictionary, dictate)
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doc
to teach, opinion, beliefs (doctor, unorthodox, dogmatic)
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dox
to teach, opinion, beliefs (doctor, unorthodox, dogmatic)
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dog
to teach, opinion, beliefs (doctor, unorthodox, dogmatic)
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glut
to devour, food (gluttony)
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misc
to mix (medicine, miscellaneous)
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med
to mix (medicine, miscellaneous)
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ming
to mix (medicine, miscellaneous)
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mut
to change (communte)
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tor
to twist (contort, retort)
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rap
to seize, to snatch, to plunder; extreme happiness or pleasure
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rar
to seize, to snatch, to plunder; extreme happiness or pleasure
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rev
to seize, to snatch, to plunder; extreme happiness or pleasure
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trud
to push (intrude, abstruse)
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trus
to push (intrude, abstruse)
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und
to overflow, to wave (abundant)
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ras
to scrape, shave, wear, down (abrade)
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rad
to scrape, shave, wear, down (abrade)
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soph
wisdom, wise (sophomore, philosophical)
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mort
death (mortal)
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anim
life, spirit, soul (animate, animal)
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fus
to pour, to melt (defuse)
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fut
to pour, to melt (defuse)
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foud
to pour, to melt (defuse)
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found
to pour, to melt (defuse)
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nat
to be born, new (naive)
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nasc
to be born, new (naive)
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nai
to be born, new (naive)
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flam
to burn, blaze (aflame)
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pur
pure, to clean (impure)
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cru
raw (crude oil)
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sect
to cut, divide (segregate, section)
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seg
to cut, divide (segregate, section)
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rod
to bite (corrode)
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ros
to bite (corrode)
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somn
to sleep (insomnia, somnolent)
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jur
to swear, law (jury)
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voc
to call, to voice, vocabulary
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vok
to call, to voice, vocabulary
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tu
to teach, to guide (intuitive)
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sac
holy (sanctimoniously, sanctuary)
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sanc
holy (sanctimoniously, sanctuary)
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geo
earth (geology)
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graph
write (autograph, graphic)
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ject
throw (inject, project, eject)
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port
carry (transport, portable, import)
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tele
far (telephone, telegraph)
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voc
call (vocal, advocate)
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anthropo
human (anthropology)
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biblio
book (biography)
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carn
flesh (carnivore, incarnate)
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ethno
race, culture (ethnocentric)
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morph
form (metamorphosis, anthropomorphize)
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phil
love (philanthropy, philosophy)
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quis
to ask, seek (inquisitive)
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quer
ask, seek (inquisitive)
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uni
one (unison, united)
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zo
animals (zoology, zodiac)
