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Hyper

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above, over, exceeding-hyperbole, hyperactive

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Hypo

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under, below-hypothermia, hypodermic

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Mono

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one, single- monotheism, monochrome

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Chrome

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color- monochrome, monochrome

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Gen

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birth, race, produce- generation, gender, genocide

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Poly

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Many, much/polygon, polysthesim

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scope

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look, view, see/ telescope, microscope

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derm

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skin/ dermotologist, dermotology

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Derm

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skin/ dermotologist, dermotology

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meso

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middle/ mesopotamia, mesodermic

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Patchy

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thick/ pachyderm, pachypod

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Path

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Sickness, disease/ pathology, pathos, sympathy

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Onym

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Word/ Synonym, anonymous

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Therm

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Heat, temperature/ thermometer, hypothermia

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Meter

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Measure/ thermometer, speedometer

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geo

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earth/geography, geologist

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hydro

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water/ dehydration,hydrant

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graph

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write/ geography, biography

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chron

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time/ chronological, chronometer

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Auto

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self/ automatic, autocratic

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crac

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government/ democracy, autocratic

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gyno

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female/ gynecologist , adrogynous

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Andro

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male/ android, androgynous

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-ic

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like or related to/ graphic, telepathic, organic

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Naut

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sailor, ship/astronaut, aeronautic

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Cosm

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universe, world/ microcosm, cosmos, cosmonaut

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Marco

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Large/ macroscopic, macrocosm

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Pod

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Foot/ tripod, podiatrist

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Nom

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Name, law, order/economy, nominate, nomenclature

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psycho

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mind, spirit/ phycology

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Theo

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God/ monotheism, atheist

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Astro

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stars, heavens/ astrology,astronomer

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Biblio

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book/ bibliotherapy, bibliography

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Klepto

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steal/ kleptomania, kleptbiosis

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Mania

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intense craving, loss of reason/ kleptomaniac, monomania

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Phil

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Love/ philanthropy, philologist

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Phob

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fear/ hydrophobia, acrophobia, claustrophobia

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-ia

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state of condition of being/ phobia

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Peri

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around, surrounding/ perimeter, periscope

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Cardi

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Heart/ cardiologist, cardiac

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Heli

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sun/ helicopter, heliographic

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opt

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eye, vision/optical, optomistic

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homo

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same/ homophonic, homogeneous

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Tele

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from afar, distant/ telephone, telescope, television.

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-al

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pertaining to/ technical, formal

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sym/syn

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with, together/ symbolism

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-osis

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action, condition/ symbiosis

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bio

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life/symbiosis

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somat

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body/psychosmatic

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Dem

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people/democracy, pandemic

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dio

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thought, across/ diameter

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ism

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state or condition/symbolism

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oid

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resembling/ paranoid

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er

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someone who/ photographer, zookeeper.

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Thanas

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death/ euthanasia

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taph

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grave tomb burial/ epitaph

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amphi

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both, two sides/ amphibian

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caco

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bad, poor, harsh/ cacophony

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Iso

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equal/ isolated

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Exo

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Outside, outer, external/ exorsist

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cycl

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circle/ cycling

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Xeno

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foreign, strong/ Xenophobia

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Micro

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very small, tiny short/ Microscopic

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Arch

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Rule/ Architexture

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ana

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back, against- analize

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Tri

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three- tripod

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psuedo

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false, fake

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icon

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image, symbol, statue/ iconic

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Acro

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High/acrophobia

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Entom

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Insects/Entonophobia

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Agro

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Field, soil, crops/Agroculture

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Morph

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form, shape/Morphology

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Pan

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all/ panophobia

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Com

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With, together/Competition, compromise

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Agora

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marketplace, meeting place, gathering/agoraphobia

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Culp

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blame, fault/culprate

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Prot

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first, main, original/prototone

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Fort

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strong, strength/fortify

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Agon

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contest, struggle, pain/agony

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Para

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beside/paranormica

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Anemo

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Wind/anemograph

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Esth

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feeling/anesthesia

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esia

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action, process/anesthesia

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ist

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someone who/scientist

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Baro

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pressure, weight/barometer

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Trop

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turn, change/trophy

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Anth

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flower/anthology

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Thes/Thet

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put or place/thesis

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-Um

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Belonging to/aquarium

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Phag

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phyte

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Cuss

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strike, shake

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hiero

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religious, sacred

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Type

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model, version

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Cephal

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Head, brain

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Di-

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Two, double, twice/ Diameter

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Meta

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Change, beyond/ Metaphor

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Con

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with, together/ chronology

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Pre

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Before/prefix

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suc

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Below, under/ success

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-ary

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belonging to, realted to/veteranary

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Colla

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glue/collar

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in-

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into, not/ inside

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Dactyl

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finger, toe/bactericidal

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ptero

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wing, feather/pterophobia

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echo

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sound/ echo

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locat

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place/ location

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gram

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writing/grammar

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pryo

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fire, heat/ pryophobia

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-Ose

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quality of/overdose

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glac

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ice/glacier

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-arium

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place where/aquiarium

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gloss

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language/glossar

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Se-

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apart, aside/section

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greg

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flock, herd/segregation

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