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AC / ACT

A

to do to drive

agent
inactive
transact

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AGON

Greek

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struggle, contest

agony
antagonist
protagonist

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AM

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to love
amiable
amorous
enamor

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ANTRHOP

Greek

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man, human being

anthropology
philanthropist

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ARCH

Greek

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chief, first, to rule

archenemy
monarch
anarchy

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ART

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art, skill, craft

artisan
artificial

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AUDI

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to hear
audible,
audition
audience

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AUTO

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self

autonomous
automobile

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BIBLI

Greek

A

book

bibliography
bibliophile

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BIO

Greek

A

Life

biology
autobiography
antibiotic

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CAD
CAS
CID

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to fall, to befall, to happen

decadent
cascade
accident

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CAP
CAPT
CEPT
CIP

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to take, to seize

capacious
capture
accept
recipient

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CAPIT

CIPIT

A

head

capital
decapitate
precipitate

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CARN

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flesh

carnal
carnage
incarnate

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CEDE
CEED
CESS

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to go, to yield

precede
succeed
access

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CERN

CRET

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to separate, to distinguish

discern
discretion
secret

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CHRON

Greek

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time

chronic
chronology
synchronism

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CIDE

CIS

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to kill, to cut

genocide
insecticide
incision

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CLAM

CLAIM

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to cry out

clamor
exclaim
reclaim

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CLIN

Greek

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to lean, to slope

recline
anticline
decline

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CLUD
CLUS
CLOS

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to close

include
exclusive
closet

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CORD

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heart

cordial
concord
discord

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CRED

CREDIT

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to believe, to trust

credible
credulous
accredited

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CRYPT, CURS, COURSE

Greek

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to run, to go

recur
current
cursive
recourse

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DEM(O)

Greek

A

people

epidemic
demotic
democracy

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DIC

DICT

A

to say

indicate
predict
malediction

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DUC, DUCT

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to lead

superinduce
abduct
production

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EQU

A

equal, even

equation
equivocate
inequitable

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FAC, FACT, FECT, FIC

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to do, to make

facile
factory
defect
deficient

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FER

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to beat, to carry

confer
furtile
nontransferable

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FID

A

faith

fidelity
confide
perfidious

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FORT

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strong

fortify
fortitude
effort

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FRANG
FRACT
FRINGE

A

to break

irrefrangible
fracture
infringe

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FUND
FUS
FOUND

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to pour, to melt

refund
transfusion
confound

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GEN

GENIT

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birth, race, kind, cause

progeny
indigenous
congenital

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GER

GEST

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to bear, to carry, to produce

belligerent
suggestion
gestation

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GRAPH
GRAM

(Greek)

A

to write

autograph
biography
epigram

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GRAT

A

free, pleasing, grateful

gratuity
ingrate
ingratiate

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HOMO

Greek

A

same

homogeneous
homonym
homophone

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HYDR

Greek

A

water

hydrant
dehydrate
hydraulic

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JAC

JECT

A

to throw

adjacent, ejaculate, eject

42
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JUNCT
JUG
JOIN

A

to join, to marry

conjunction
conjugal
enjoin

43
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JUR

A

to swear

juror
adjure
juridical

44
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LEG
LECT
LIG

A

to choose, to gather, to read

legislator
lecture
eligible

45
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LOG
LOGUE

(Greek)

A

speech, word, reasoning

neologism
eulogy
prologue

46
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LOQU

LOCUT

A

to speak

loquacious
elocution
prolocutor

47
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MAL(E)

A

bad, evil

malformation
dismal
malediction

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MANU

A

hand

manual
manacle
amanuensis

49
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MIT(T)

MIS(S)

A

to send, to let go

admit, intermittent
demise
mission

50
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MORT

A

death

mortal
morbid
mortuary

51
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MOV
MOT
MOB

A

to move

remove
motive
demobilization

52
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NEO

Greek

A

new

neophyte
neologism
Neoplatonic

53
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NOMEN
NOMIN
NOM

A

name

cognomen
nominate
misnomer

54
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OMNI

A

all

omnipotent
omniscient
omnivorous

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PATH

Greek

A

feeling, suffering, disease

pathos
sympathy
antipathy

56
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PED

A

foot

pedal
pedestrian
impede

57
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PEND

PENS

A

to hand, to weigh, to pay

suspend
pensive
compensate

58
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PET

PETIT

A

to seek, to assail

petulant
petition
competitor

59
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PHIL

Greek

A

to love

philology
philanthropist
philospher

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PHOB

Greek

A

to fear

acrophobia
hydrophobia
photophobia

61
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PHON

Greek

A

sound, voice

phonograph
antiphon
euphony

62
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PHOT
PHOS

(Greek)

A

light

photograph
photosynthesis
phosphorus

63
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PHYSI

Greek

A

nature

physics
physiology
physique

64
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PLAC

A

to please, to appease

placid
implacable
complacent

65
Q

PLIC
PLICIT
PLEX
PLY

A

to fold, to interweave, to tangle

complicate
explicit
perplex
multiply

66
Q

PON
POS(IT)
POUND

A

to place, to put

exponent
impostor
deposit
propound

67
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PORT

A

to carry

report
exportation
portfolio

68
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PROTO

Greek

A

first, original, primitive

prototype
protozoa
protocol

69
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PSYCH

Greek

A

mind, soul

psychology
psychogenic
psychopathic

70
Q

QUIR
QUISIT
QUEST

A

to ask, to see

inquire
prerequisite
conquest

71
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RAP

RAPT

A

to snatch, to seize

rapine
rapid
rapture

72
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REG, RECT

A

to rule, to keep straight

regime
regiment
rectitude

73
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RUPT

A

to break

interrupt
rupture
incorruptible

74
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SAL
SIL
SULT

A

to leap

salient
resilient
insult

75
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SCI

A

to know

science
conscious

76
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SCRIB

SCRIPT

A

To write

Prescribe
inscription
manuscript

77
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SED
SESS
SID

A

to sit, to settle

non-sedentary
session
dissident

78
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SENS

SENT

A

To feel, to perceive

sensation
consequence
persecute

79
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SEQU

SECUT

A

to follow

sequel
consequence
persecute

80
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SERV

A

to serve, to protect, to save

servant
preserve
conservatory

81
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SPEC
SPECT
SPIC

A

to look, to see

speculate
introspection
perspicuous

82
Q

ST(A)
STAT
SITT

A

to stand

constant
stablish
institute

83
Q

STRING
STRICT
STRAIN

A

to draw tight

astringent
constriction
restrain

84
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TANG
TACT
TING

A

to touch

tangent
tactile
contingent

85
Q

TEN
TIN
TAIN

A

to hold

untenable
abstinence
abstain

86
Q

TEND
TENS
TENT

A

to stretch, to strive

tendency
intense
attention

87
Q

THE
THEO

(Greek)

A

god

atheist
theology
pantheon

88
Q

TOM

Greek

A

to cut, a section

anatomy
entomology
craniotomy

89
Q

TRACT

A

to drag, to draw

tractor
extraction
retract

90
Q

US

UT

A

to use

usury
peruse
utility

91
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VEN

VENT

A

to come

provenience
convention
advent

92
Q

VER

A

true

veracious
verdict
verify

93
Q

VERT

VERS

A

to turn

revert
irreversible
controversy

94
Q

VID

VIS

A

to see

evident
provident
vision

95
Q

VIV

A

to live

revive
convivial
vivid

96
Q

VOC

VOK

A

voice, to call

vocal
advocate
evoke

97
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VOLV

VOLU

A

to roll, to turn, to wind

revolve
volume
circumvolve

98
Q

CULP

A

blame, fault

culprit
culpable
inculpate

99
Q

CUMB

CUB

A

to lie (down)

succumb
incumbent
incubator

100
Q

CUR(R)
CURS
COURSE

A

to run, to go

recur
current
cursive
recourse

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