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A

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Without

Atheist, amoral, atypical, anomaly

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AB/ ABS

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Off, away, from, apart, down

Abduct, abolish, abhor

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AC/ACR

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Sharp, bitter

Acid, acute, exacerbate

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ACT/AG

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To do; to drive; to force; to lead

Litigate, prodigal, pedagogue, litigate

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AD/AL

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To, toward, near

Adapt, adjacent, allocate, adhere

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AL/ALT/ALTER

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Other, another

Alias, alien, allegory, alternate

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AM

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Love

Amicable, amorous, amatory, enamored

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AMB

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To go; to walk

Ambient, preamble, ambulatory

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AMBI/AMPH

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Both, more than one, around

Ambidextrous, ambiguous

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ANIM

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Of the life, mind, soul, spirit

Equanimity, animosity, unanimous

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ANNUI/ ENNI

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Year

Annual, anniversary, perennial

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ANTE

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Before

Anterior, antecedent, antebellum, antediluvian

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ANTHRO/ANDR

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Man, human

Anthropology, android, misanthrope, philanderer

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ANTI

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Against

Antipathy, antipodal

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APO

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Away

Apogee, apocryphal, apostasy

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ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY

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Chief, principal, ruler

Oligarchy, anarchy, archenemy

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AUTO

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Self

Automatic, autocrat, autonomy

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BE

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To be, to have a particular quality; to exist

Bewilder, belie, belittle

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BEL

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War

Antebellum, rebel, belligerent

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BEN/BON

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Good

Benefit, benign, benevolent, bonus, bona fide

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BI

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Twice, double

Binocular, bilateral, bipartisan

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CAD/CID

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To fall; to happen by chance

Accident, coincidence, decadent, cascade, recidivist

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CANT/CENT/CHANT

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To sing

Accent, recant

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CAP/CIP/CEPT

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To take; to get

Capture, susceptible, emancipate

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CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT

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Head, headlong

Capital, caption, precipitate

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CARD/CORD/COUR

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Heart

cardiac, encourage, concordance

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CARN

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Flesh

Carnivorous, carnage

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CAST/CHAST

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Cut

Caste, castigate, chastise

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CED/CEED/CESS

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To go; to yield; to stop

Predecessor, cessation

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CENTR

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Center

Concentrate, eccentric, centrist

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CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT

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To separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide

Discrete,discreet, hypocrite, criterion

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CHRON

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Time

Synchronize, chronology, chronic, chronometer

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CIRCU

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Around, on all sides

Circumference, circumstances, circuit, circumambulate

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CIS

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To cut

Scissors, precise, exorcise, incision

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CLA/CLO/CLU

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Shut, close

Conclude, claustrophobia, exclusive

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CLAIM/CLAM

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To shout; to cry out

Exclaim, proclaim, clamor

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CLI

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To lean forward

Decline, decline, climax, incline

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CO/COL/COM/CON

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With, together

Connect, compatible, collide

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COUR/CUR

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Running; a course

Recur, curriculum, excursion, cursive

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CRE/CRESC/CRET

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To grow

Accrue, creation, increase, increment

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CRED

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To believe, to trust

Incredible, credentials, credo, credit

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CRYP

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Hidden

Crypt, cryptology, cryptography

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CUB/CUMB

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To lie down

Succumb, incubate, recumbent

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CULP

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Blame

Culprit, culpable, inculpate

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DAC/DOC

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To teach

Doctor,doctrine, didactic

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DE

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Away, off, down, completely, reversal

Descend, decipher, defile

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DEM

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People

Democracy, epidemic, pandemic, demographics

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DI/DIA

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Apart, through

Dialogue, diagnose, dilate, dichotomy

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DIC/DICT/DIT

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To say; to tell; to use words

Dictionary, predict, verdict, interdict

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DIGN

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Worth

Dignity, dignitary, disdain

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DIS/DIF

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Away from, apart, reversal, not

disperse, dissipate, dissuade, diffuse

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DOG/DOX

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Opinion

Orthodox, paradox, dogma

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DOL

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Suffer, pain

Condolence, indolence, dolorous

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DON/DOT/DOW

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To give

Donate, pardon, antidote, anecdote, endow

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DUB

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Doubt

Dubious, dubiety, indubitable

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Duc/DUCT

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To lead

Abduct, conduct, conducive, induce, induct, produce

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DUR

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Hard

Durable, endure, duration

58
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DYS

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Faulty, abnormal

Dystrophy, dysphasia, dysfunctional

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E/EF/EX

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Out, out of, from, former, completely

Evade, exclude, excavate, expire, exonerate

60
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EPI

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Upon

Epidemic, epilogue, epidermis

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EQU

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Equal, even

Equation, adequate

62
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ERR

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To wander

Err, error, erratic

63
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ESCE

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Becoming

Adolescent, obsolescent, reminiscent

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EU

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Good, well

Euphemism, eulogy, eugenics, euthanasia

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EXTRA

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Outside, beyond

Extraordinary, extract, extradite

66
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FAB/FAM

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Speak

Fable, Famous, defame

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FAC/FIC/FIG/FAIT/FEIT/FY

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To do; to make

Factory, prolific, configuration, counterfeit

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FER

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To bring; to carry; to bear

Offer, proliferate

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FERV

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To boil; to bubble

Fervor, fervid, effervescent

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FID

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Faith, trust

Confide, affidavit, fidelity

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FIN

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End

Final, definitive, infinite

72
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FLAG/FLAME

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To burn

Flammable, flagrant, flambeau

73
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FLECT/FLEX

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To bend

Deflect, flexible, reflect

74
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FLU/FLUX

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To flow

Fluid, fluctuation

75
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FORE

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Before

Foresight, foreshadow, forthright

76
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FORT

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Chance

Fortune, fortunate

77
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FORT

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Strength

Fortify, forte

78
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FRA/FRAC/FRAG/FRING

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To break

Fracture, fragment, infringe

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FUS

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To pour

Diffuse, infusion

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