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Ego

Auto

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I, Self

Egotistical, Autobiography, Egocentric, Autograph, Automobile

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Aqua
Hydr
Mar

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Water
Sea/Ocean
Aquarium, Hydraulic, Marines, Mariner, Submarine, Aqualung

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Bio

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Life

Biology, Biography

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Mater

Pater

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Mother
Father
Maternity, Matriarch, Matrimony, Paternal, Patriot

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Aud

Audit

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Hear

Audible, Audio, Audition, Audience

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Scrib/Script

Graph/Gram

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To write

Scripture, Graphic, Autograph, Grammar, Scribble

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Ge/Geo

Agr

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Earth/Soil, Field

Apogee, Geology, Geometry, Agriculture, Agrarian

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Sci

Cogn/Cogni/Gno(s)

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To know

Science, Cognitive, Prescient, Conscious, Incognito, Recognize

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Vid

Vis

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To see

Video, Vision, Visual, Evident, Evidence, Provide, Revise

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Chron/Tempor

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Time

Tempo, temporized, contemporary

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Sens/Sent

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To feel

Sensible, resent, dissent, consent

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Civ

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Citizen

Civilization, civil

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Fall/Fals

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To deceive, untruthful

Fallacy, fallacious, infallible, false, falsify

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Cycl

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Circle

Cycle, recycle, Cyclopes, bicycle

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Neg

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To deny/not

Neglect, negative, renege, renegade

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A/An

Ab/Abs

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Without, from/away

Absent, abstain, abnormal, abhor, abrupt

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Ac/Ad/Af

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Toward/against

Adhere,

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Ante/anti

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Before/previous

Anteroom, antecedent, anticipate, antebellum

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Anti

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Oppose, against

Antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antipathy

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Bene

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Good/well

Benefactor, benefit, benediction

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Circu

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Around

Circuit, circumspect, circumcise

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Co/col/com

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With/together

Collateral, collection

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Contra/counter

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Against/opposing

Contradict, contraband, contrary

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Di/dia

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Across, apart, through, between

Dialog, dia late, diameter, diaphragm

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Dis/di/dif

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Away, apart, negative

Dispersed, dissipate, dissolve

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En/em

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In, among, within

Enliven, empathy, embarrassed