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Ego, Auto

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I, self

  • autobiography
  • egotistical
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Bio

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Life

  • biology
  • autobiography
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Mater, Pater

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Mother, Father

  • paternity league
  • maternity league
  • paternal
  • matron
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Aud, Audit

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Hear

  • auditorium
  • auditor
  • audio
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Scrub, Script, Graph, Gram

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To write

  • scribble
  • graphic
  • scripture
  • telegram
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Ge/Geo, Agr(Agra)

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  • geology
  • geocash
  • apogee
  • agriculture
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Sci, Cogn/Cogni/Gno(s)

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To know

  • cognitive
  • science
  • omniscient
  • prescient
  • conscious
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Vid/Vis

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To see

  • vison
  • video
  • visual
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Aqua, Hydra, Mar

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Water, sea, ocean

  • aquamarine
  • hydrate
  • aquarium
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Chron and tempor

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Time

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Sens/sent

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To feel

  • sensitive
  • sentimental
  • dissent
  • consent
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Civ

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Citizen

  • civilization
  • civilian
  • civil
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Fall/falls

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To deceive, not be truthful

  • falsification
  • fallacy
  • fallacious
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Cycl

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Circle

  • cyclist
  • cycle
  • recycle
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Neg

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To deny, not

  • renegade
  • negative
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A/an ab/abs

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Not, without from, away

  • anomaly *absent
  • amoral *abstain
  • abnormal
  • abrupt
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Ac/ad/af

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To, toward, against

  • adhere
  • adhesive
  • addict
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Ante/anti

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Before, previous

  • antique
  • antebellum
  • anteroom
  • anticipate
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Anti

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Against, opposing

  • antisocial
  • antivenom
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Bene

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Good or well

  • benefit
  • benefactor
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Circu

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Going around

*circumference

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Co/col/com

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With, together

  • community
  • collateral
  • correlate
  • cooperate
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Contra/counter

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Against, opposing

  • contradict
  • contraband
  • counteract
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Di/dia

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Across, apart, through, between

  • diapers
  • diameter
  • dilate
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Dis/di/dif

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Away, apart, negative

  • differnet
  • diverse
  • dissuade
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En/em

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In, among, within

*empathy