Roots Flashcards

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belli - rebelion

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war - resistance, revolution, nonconformity

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biblio - bibliography

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book - catalog, sources, booklist

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bio - biology

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life -

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cosm - cosmetic

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order - beautifying ( to arrange beauty)

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cycl - cyclone

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circle - tornado, twister

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dic - dichotomy

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two - cut in two (family dichotomy = divorce)

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dict - dictate

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word - command, say

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duc - conductive

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carry, lead - being able to carry sth like electricity or heat

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duct - conduct

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carry, lead - carry out, manage, direct, escort

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fac - facsimile

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do, make - make similar, copy, duplicate, replica

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fact - manufacture

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do, make - made by hand, assemble, craft, produce

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fact - manufacture

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do, make - made by hand, assemble, craft, produce

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fect - perfect

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do, make - to do completely, finish, improve, refine

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form - uniform

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shape - outfit (only formal outfits)

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fort - fortify

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strong - reinforce, strengthen

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geo - geography

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earth - describing the earth

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gram - telegram

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write - a massage sent by telegraph

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graph - autograph

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write - written with your own hand, signature, sign

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homo - homophone

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same - a word that sounds the same as another but is different in spelling, meaning, or origin.

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log - dialog

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speech, study of - conversation

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logy - analogy

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speech, study of - something that seems similar between two situations, processes etc, similarity, resemblance

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man - manage

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hand - handle, control, manipulate

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manu - manual

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hand - hand-operated

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mater - maternity

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mother, home - motherhood, relating to a woman who is pregnant or who has just had a baby

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matri - matriarch
mother, home - a woman, especially an older woman, who controls a family or a social group, dame, matron
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medi - mediocre
middle - average, indifferent, ordinary, undistinguishable
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miss - dismiss
send - to send away, free, release, discard
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mit - submit
send - surrender, capitulate, agree
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multi - multiply
many - reproduce, increase, propagate
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nom - nominate
name - assign, name, choose, select
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nym - synonym
name - a word with the same meaning as another word in the same language
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pater - paternal
father - of a father, fatherly, protective
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pathy - sympathy
feeling, suffering - sharing feelings, understanding, compassion, agreement
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patri - patriarch
father - father, founder, originator
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ped - pedal
foot - of the foot, one of the two parts of a bicycle that you push round with your feet
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port - transport
carry - to carry, move, convey
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scend - ascend
climb - to climb, mount, move up
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scrib - scribble
write - untidy writing that is difficult to read
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script - postscript
written language - a message written at the end of a letter after you have signed your name, extra details or information that you add after a story or an account
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secut - consecutive
follow - in sequence, sequential, succeeding
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sent - consent
feel - to feel, agree, approve, allow
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sequ - subsequently
follow - afterwards, later
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tact - contact
touch - connection, communication
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tempor - contemporary
time - modern, current, present
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tract - attractive
pull, draw out - appealing, charming, alluring
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vene - convene
come, go - to come together, gather
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vent - advent
come, go - arrival, coming
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vers - reverse
turn - opposite, invert
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vert - convert
turn - alter, change, transform
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voc - vocal
voice, call - outspoken, oral
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vok - revoke
voice, call - to call back, cancel, nullify
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volu - convoluted
turn, roll - tortuous, serpentine, winding
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volve - involve
turn, roll - to wrap, require, necessitate