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AB

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Off, away from apart, down

Ex. Abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject

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A/AN

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Not, without

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ABLE/IBLE

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Capable of, worthy of

Ex. Changeable, combustible, inevitable, presentable

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AC/ACR

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Sharp, bitter, sour

Ex. Acerbic, acid, acrimonious, acumen

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ACT/AG

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To do, to drive, to force, to lead

Ex. Agile, agitate, litigate, pedagogue (teacher)

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ACOU

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Hearing

Ex. Acoustic

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AD

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To, toward, near

Ex. Accede, adapt, addict, adhere

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AL/ALI/ALTER

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Other, another

Ex. Alias, alibi, alien, allegory, altruist

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AM

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Love

Ex. Amateur, amatory, amiable, inamorata

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AMBI/AMPHI

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Both, on both sides, around

Ex. Ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous

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AMBL/AMBUL

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To go, to walk

Ex. Ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble

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ANIM

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Of the life, mind, soul, breath

Ex. Animal, animosity, equanimity, magnanimous, unanimous

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ANNUI/ENNI

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Year

Ex. Annals, anniversary, annual, perennial

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ANT/ANTE

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Before

Ex. Antebellum, antecedent, antedate, antediluvian

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ANTHRO/ANDR

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Man, human

Ex. Androgen, androgynous, anthropology, anthropocentric

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ANTI

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Against, opposite

Ex. Antibody, antidote, antipathy, antipodal, antiseptic

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APO

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Away

Ex. Apocalypse, apocryphal, apogee, apology, apostasy, apostle

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AQUA/AQUE

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Water

Ex. Aquamarine, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, subaqueous

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ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY

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Chief, principal, ruler

Ex. Anarchy, archenemy, architect, monarchy, oligarchy

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ARD

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To burn

Ex. Ardent, ardor, arson

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AUTO

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Self

Ex. Autocrat, automatic, autonomy

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BE

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About, to make, to surround, to affect (often used to transform words into transitive verbs)

Ex. Belie, belittle, bemoan, bewilder

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BEL/BELLE

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Beautiful

Ex. Belle, embellish

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BELL

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War

Ex. Antebellum, belligerent, rebel

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BEN/BENE

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Good

Ex. Benediction, benefit, benevolent, benign

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BI/BIN

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Biennial, bilateral, bilingual, binocular, bipartisan, combination

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BON/BOUN

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Good, generous

Ex. Bona fide, bonus, bountiful

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BREV/BRID

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Short, small

Ex. Abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviloquent, brevity, brief

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BURS

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Purse, money

Ex. Bursar, bursary, disburse, reimburse

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CAD/CID

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To fall, to happen by chance

Ex. Accident, cascade, coincidence, decadent, recidivist

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CANT/CENT/CHANT

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To sing

Ex. Accent, chant, enchant, incantation, incentive, recant

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CAP/CIP/CEPT

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To take, to get

Ex. Anticipate, capture, emancipate, percipient, precept, susceptible

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CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT

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Head, headlong

Ex. Capital, capitulate, caption, disciple, precipice, precipitate

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CARD/CORD/COUR

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Heart

Ex. Cardiac, concord, concordance, discord, encourage

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CARN

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Flesh

Ex. Carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnation, reincarnation

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CAST/CHAST

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To cut

Ex. Cast, caste, castigate, chaste, chastise

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CAUS/CAUT

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To burn

Ex. Caustic, cauterize, cautery, holocaust

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CED/CEED/CESS

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To go, to yield, to stop

Ex. Accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, incessant, predecessor

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CELER

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Speed

Ex. Accelerant, accelerate, celerity, decelerate

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CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT

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To separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

Ex. Ascertain, certitude, criterion, discreet, discrete, hypocrite

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CHROM

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Color

Ex. Chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic

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CHRON

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Time

Ex. Anachronism, chronic, chronology, chronometer, synchronize

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CIRCU/CIRCUM

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Around

Ex. Circuit, circuitous, circumference, circumspect, circumstances

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CIS

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To cut

Ex. Exorcise, incision, incisive, precise, scissors

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CLA/CLO/CLU

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To shut, to close

Ex. Claustrophobia, cloister, conclude, disclose, exclusive, preclude

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CLAIM/CLAM

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To shout, to cry out

Ex. Clamor, disclaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim

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CLI

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To lean forward

Ex. Climax, decline, disinclination, proclivity, recline

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CO/COL/COM/CON

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With, together

Ex. Coerce, collaborate, collide, commensurate, compatible, conciliate, connect

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COGN/CONN

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To know

Ex. Cognition, incognito, recognize

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CONTRA/CONTRO/COUNTER

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Against

Ex. Contradict, contrary, controversy, counterfeit, countermand, encounter

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CORP/CORS

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Body

Ex. Corporation, corps, corpse, corpulent, corset, incorporation

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COSM

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Order, universe, world

Ex. Cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm

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COUR/CUR

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Running, a course

Concur, courier, curriculum, cursive, cursory, excursion, incursion

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