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1
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Sacr/Sanct

A

execrable
sacrament
sacred
sacrifice
sacrilege
sanctify
sanction

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Sag/Sap/Sav

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insipid
sagacious
sage
sapient
savant
savor

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Sal

A

salary
saline

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Sal/Sil/Sault/Sult

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assault
desultory
exult
insolent
insult
resilient
salient
somersault

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Salu

A

salubrious
salutary
salute

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Salv

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salvage
salvation
savior

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San

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sane
sanitarium
sanitary

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Sang

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consanguinity
sanguinary
sanguine

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Sat

A

assets
dissatisfied
sate
satisfy
saturate

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Sci

A

conscience
conscious
omniscient
prescient
unconscionable

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Scribe/Script

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ascribe
circumscribe
conscription
describe
postscript
proscribe
scribble
script
transcript

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Se

A

secede
sedition
seduce
segregate
select
separate
sequester

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Sec/Sequ/Sue/Sui

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non sequitur
obsequious
prosecute
pursue
second
sequence
suite

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Sed/Sess/Sid

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assiduous
dissident
insidious
preside
resident
residual
sediment
session

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Sem

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disseminate
semen
seminary

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Semi

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semicircle
semiconscious

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Sen

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senate
senescent
senile
sire

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Sens/Sent

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dissent
insensate
presentment
resent
sense
sensory
sentiment
sentinel

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Sin/Sinu

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insinuate
sinuous
sinus

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Sol (alone)

A

desolate
isolate
soliloquize
solitude

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Sol (to loosen, to free)

A

absolution
dissolute
dissolution
dissolve
resolution
soluble

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Sol (sun)

A

parasol
solar
solarium
solstice

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Somn

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insomnia
somnambulist
somniferous
somniloquist
somnolent

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Soph

A

philosopher
sophism
sophisticated

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Sourc/Surg/Surrect

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insurgent
insurrection
resurrection
source
surge

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Spec/Spic

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circumspect
conspicuous
perspective
perspicacious
retrospective
specious
spectrum
speculation

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Spir

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aspire
expire
spirit

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Sta/Sti

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apostasy
constitute
destitute
obstinate
stasis
static

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Strict/String/Stran

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astringent
constrain
restriction
strangle

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Sua

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assuage
dissuade
persuade
suave

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Sub/Sup

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subliminal
submassive
subsidiary
subterfuge
subtle
suppose

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Summ

A

consummate
sum
summary
summit

33
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Super/Sur

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supercilious
superfluous
superlative
supersede
surmount
surpass
surveillance

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Sym/Syn

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symbiosis
symmetry
sympathy
symposium
synonym
synthesis

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