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a

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without/Prefix/
apathy, amoral, asymmetrical

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ab

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away/prefix/ absent, abduct, abnormal, abort

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-cious, -uous

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abounding in/ suffix/ vivacious, volumptuous

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acu

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sharp acute, acupressure, acupuncture, acuity

prefix

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agri

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farming
agriculture, agrarian

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alb

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white
albino, albumen, albacore

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amb

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both
ambivalent, ambiguous, ambidextrous

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ambul

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walk, move
amble, ambulance, ambulant

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amic

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friendly
amicable, amicably, dynamic

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ana

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back
anachronism, anabasis

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anti

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against, opposite

antagonist, antidote, antibiotics

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archi

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primitive, origin
archaic, archaeology, archive

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auto

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self
autopilot, autonomous, autocratic

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bel

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war, fight
rebel, antebellum, bellicose

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bene

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good
benefit, benign, benevolent, benefactor

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bi

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two bicycle, biceps, biscotti, biweekly

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cata

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intensive, according to
cataclysm, catastrophic, catalog

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cede

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go, withdraw
recede, exceed, recession

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ceive

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take
receive, perceive, reconceive

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cent

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hundred
centennial, century, percent

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cerebr

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brain cerebral, cerebrate

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cert

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sure
certain, ascertain, certify

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chron

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time
chronicle, chronology, anachronism

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cide

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kill
genocide, pesticide

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circum

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around
circumference, circumstance

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clam

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shout, speak exclaim,
clamor, proclaim

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clar

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clear
clarify, clarification, declare

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clud

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close
conclusion, seclude, conclude

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clin

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lean
inclination, incline, recline

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co

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with, together, joint
coauthor, cosign, collaborate, cooperate

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cog

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know
cognitive, incognito, cognition

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con

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together, common
connect, convention, concur

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contra

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against
contraband, contrary

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corp

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body
corporation, corpse, corporal

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counter

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opposing,
contrary counteract, counterintuitive, counteroffer

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cracy

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rule
democracy, democrat, theocracy, bureaucracy

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cred

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believe incredible, credit, credulous, credence

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crypt

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hidden, secret cryptic, encrypt

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culp

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blame, fault culpable, exculpate, culprit

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cumul

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mass, heap accumulate, cumulative

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dem

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people democracy, demographics

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di

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twice, two dilemma, diverse, dioxide

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dia

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across, through dialogue, diameter, diagnosis

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domin

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master dominate, predominate, dominerring

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don

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give donate, pardon, donor

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dorm

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sleep dormitory, dormant, dormer

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dur

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harden, long lasting durable, duration, endure

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dyn

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power, energy dynamite, dynamic

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ence

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state, condition performance, conference, insurance

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esth

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beauty, feeling esthetician, aesthetic, kinesthesia

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ethn

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nation, race ethnicity, ethnology, ethnocentric

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eu

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good, well euphemism, euphoria

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ex

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out, former exit, ex-girlfriend, exterminate, extract

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extra

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beyond extraordinary, extraterrestrial, extravagance

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fer

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carry, bring transfer, ferry, conifer, confer

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fid

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trust confidence, fidelity

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flect

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bend reflect, flexible, inflect, deflect

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fore

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in front of, previous before, therefore, forebode, forecast

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fusc

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dark obfuscation, infuscate, subfuscous, fuscous

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ger

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old age geriatrics, gerontology

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grad

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to step, to go digress, gradual, graduate

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gyn

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woman gynecology, androgynous, misogyny

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homo

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same, alike homogeneous, homonym, homeopath

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hyper

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over, beyond hyperactive, hyperventilate

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hypo

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under hypothermic, hypothesis, hypoglycemia

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ian

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related to librarian, historian, pedestrian

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idio

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peculiar, distinct idiotic, idiomatic

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in/im

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not incapable, incomplete, informal, imperfect

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infra

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beneath infrastructure, infrared

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inter

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between interview, international, interstate

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ir

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not irrational, irredeemable, irrelevant, irregular,

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iso

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equal isobar, isometric

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lab

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work elaborate, laboratory, laborious, labor, collaborate

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lat

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broad, wide dilate, latitude

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laud

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praise laudably, applause, applaud

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lex

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word, law lexicology, dyslexic, alexia, lexicon

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loq

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speech loquacious, eloquent, colloquialism

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luc

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light elucidate, lucid, translucent

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macro

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large, great macroeconomics, macronutrients, macroevolution

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mal

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bad, evil malignant, maltreat, malfeasance, malicious

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medi

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middle mediocre, medium, medieval

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melan

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black, dark melancholy, melanoma, melodrama

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meta

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change, beyond, after metaphysics, metamorphosis, metastasis

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micro

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small microscope, micronutrient

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