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A/An

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not, without

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Ab

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off, away from, apart, down

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Able/Ible

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capable of, worthy of

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Ac/Acr

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sharp, bitter, sour

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Acou

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hearing

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Act/Ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead

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Ad

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to, toward, near

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Al/Ali/Alter

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other, another

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Am

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love

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Ambi/Amphi

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both, on both sides, around

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Ambl/Ambul

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to go, to walk

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Anim

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of the life, mind, soul, breath

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Annui/Enni

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year

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Ant/Ante

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before

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Anthro/Andr

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man, human

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Anti

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against, opposite

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Apo

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away

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Aqua/Aque

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water

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Arch/Archi/Archy

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chief, principal, ruler

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Ard

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to burn

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Be

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

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Bel/Bell

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beautiful

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Bell

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war

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Ben/Bene

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good

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Bi/Bin

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two

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Bon/Boun

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good, generous

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Brev/Brid

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short, small

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Burs

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purse, money

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Cad/Cid

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to fall, to happen by chance

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Cant/Cent/Chant

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to sing

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Cap/Cip/Cept

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to take, to get

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Cap/Capit/Cipit

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head, headlong

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Card/Cord/Cour

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heart

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Carn

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flesh

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Cast/Chast

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to cut

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Caus/Caut

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to burn

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Ced/Ceed/Cess

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to go, to yield, to stop

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Celier

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speed

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Cent

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hundred, hundredth

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Centr

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center

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Cern/Cert/Cret/Crim/Crit

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to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

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Chrom

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color

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Chron

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time

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Circu/Circum

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around

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Cis

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to cut

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Cla/Clo/Clu

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to shut, to close

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Claim/Clam

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to shout, to cry out

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Cli

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to lean toward

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Co/Col/Com/Con

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with, together

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Cogn/Comn

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to know

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Contra/Contro/Counter

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against

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Corp/Cors

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body

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Cosm

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order, universe, world

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Cour/Cur

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running, a course

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Cre/Cresc/Cret

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to grow

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Cred

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to believe, to trust

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Crypt

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hidden

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Cub/Cumb

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to lie down

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Culp

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fault, blame

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Dac/Doc

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to teach

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De

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away, off, down, completely, reversal

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Dele

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to erase

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Dem

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people

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Dext

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right hand, right side, deft

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Di

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day

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Di/Dia

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in two, through, across

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Di/Dif/Dis

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away from, apart, reversal, not

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Dic/Dict/Dit

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to say, to tell, to use words

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Dign

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worth

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Dog/Dox

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opinion

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Dol

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to suffer, to pain, to grieve

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Don/Dot/Dow

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to give

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Dorm

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sleep

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Dors

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back

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Dub

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doubt

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Duc/Duct

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to lead

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Dulc

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sweet

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Dur

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hard, lasting

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Dys

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faulty, abnormal

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E/Ex

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out, out of , from, former, completely

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Ego

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self

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Em/En

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in, into

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Epi

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upon

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Equ

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equal, even

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Err

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to wander

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Esce

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becoming

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Eu

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good, well

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Extra

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outside, beyond

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Fab/Fam

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to speak

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Fac/Fic/Fig/Fait/Feit/Fy

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to do, to make

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Fal

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to err, to deceive

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Fatu

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foolish

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Fer

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to bring, to carry, to bear

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Ferv

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to boil, to bubble

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Fi/Fid

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faith, truth

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Fin

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end

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Flagr/Flam

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to burn

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Flect/Flex

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to bend, to turn

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Flu/Flux

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to flow

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Fore

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before

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Fort

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chance or strength

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Fra/Frac/Frag/Fring

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to break

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Fug

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to flee, to fly

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Fulg

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to shine

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Fum

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to smoke

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Fus

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to pour

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Gen

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birth, creation, race, kind

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Gni/Gno

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to know

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Grad/Gress

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to step

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Gram/Graph

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to write, to draw

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Hap

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by chance

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Hemi

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half

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Her/Hes

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to stick

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Hol

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whole

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(H)om

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same

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Hum

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earth

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Hyper

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over, excessive

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Hypo

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under, beneath, less than

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Icon

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image, idol

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Idio

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one’s own

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In/Im

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in, into or not, without

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Inter

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between, among

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Intra

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inside, within

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It/Iter

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way, journey

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Ject

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to throw, to throw down

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Joc

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Joke

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Join/Jug/Junct

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to meet, to join

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Jour

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day

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Jud

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the judge

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Jur

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law, to swear

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Juv

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young

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Lang/Ling

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tongue

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Laud

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praise, honor

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Lav/Lau/Lu

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to wash

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Lax/Leas/Les

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loose

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Lec/Leg/Lex

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to read, to speak

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Lect/Leg

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to select, to choose

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Lev

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to lift, to rise, light (weight)

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Li/Lig

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to tie, to bind

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Liber

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free

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Lith

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stone

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Loc/Log/Loqu

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word, speech, thought

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Luc/Lum/Lus

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light (brightness)

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Lud/Lus

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to play

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Macro

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great, long

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Mag/Maj/Max

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big, great

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Mal/Male

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bad, ill, evil, wrong

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Man/Manu

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hand

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Mand/Mend

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to command, to order, to entrust

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Medi

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middle

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Mega

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large, great

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Micro

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very small

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Min

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small or to project, to hang over

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Mis

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bad, wrong, to hate

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Mis/Mit

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to send

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Misc

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mixed

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Mob/Mom/Mot/Mov

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to move

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Moll

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soft

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Mon/Monit

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to remind, to warn

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Mon/Mono

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one

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Mor/Mort

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death

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Morph

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shape

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Mult

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many

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Mut

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to change

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Nat/Nas/Nai/Gna

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birth

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Nau/Nav

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ship, sailor

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Nihil

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nothing, none

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Noc/Nox

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harm

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Noct/Nox

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night

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Nom

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rule, order

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Nom/Nym/Noun/Nown

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name

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Non

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nott

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Nounc/Nunc

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to announce

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Nov/Neo/Nou

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new

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Null

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nothing

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Ob

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toward, to, against, over

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Omni

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all

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Oner

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burden

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Oss/Oste

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bone

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Pac/Peac

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peace

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Palp

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to feel

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Pan/Pantt

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all, everyone

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Par

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equal

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Para

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next to, beside

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Pas/Pat/Path

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feeling, suffering, disease

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Pau/Po/Pov/Pu

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few, little, poor

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Pec

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money

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Ped

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child, education

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Ped/Pod

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foot

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Pel

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to drive, to push

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Pen/Pene

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almost

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Pen/Pun

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to pay, to compensate

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Pend/Pens

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to hang, to weight, to pay

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Per

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completely

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Peri

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around

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Pet/Pit

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to go, to seek, to strive

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Phil

A

love

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Phob

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fear

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Phon

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sound

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Photo

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light

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Plac

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to please

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Ple/Plen

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to fill, full

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Plex/Plic/Ply

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to fold, twist, tangle, or bend

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Poly

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many

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Pon/Pos/Pound

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to put, to place

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Port

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to carry

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Post

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behind, after

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Pot

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to drink

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Pre

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before, in front

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Prehend/Prise

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to take, to get, to seize

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Pri/Prim

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first

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Pro

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in front, before, much, for

213
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Prob

A

to prove, to test

214
Q

Prop/Prox

A

near

215
Q

Prot/Proto

A

first

216
Q

Psued/Psuedo

A

false

217
Q

Pug

A

to fight

218
Q

Punc/Pung/Poign

A

to point, to prick, to pierce

219
Q

Pry

A

fire

220
Q

Quad/Quar/Quat

A

four

221
Q

Que/Quis

A

to seek

222
Q

Quie/Quit

A

quiet, rest

223
Q

Quin/Quint

A

five

224
Q

Raci/Radi

A

root

225
Q

Rami

A

branch

226
Q

Re

A

back, again

227
Q

Rect

A

straight, right

228
Q

Reg

A

king, rule

229
Q

Retro

A

backward

230
Q

Rid/Ris

A

to laugh

231
Q

Rog

A

to ask

232
Q

Rub/Rud

A

red

233
Q

Rud

A

crude

234
Q

Sacr/Sanct

A

holy

235
Q

Sag/Sap/Sav

A

taste, thinking, discerning

236
Q

Sal

A

salt

237
Q

Sal/Sil/Sault/Sult

A

to leap, to jump

238
Q

Salu

A

health

239
Q

Salv

A

to save

240
Q

San

A

healthy

241
Q

Sang

A

blood

242
Q

Sat

A

enough

243
Q

Sci

A

to know

244
Q

Scribe/Script

A

to write

245
Q

Se

A

apart, away

246
Q

Sec/Sequ/Sue/Sui

A

to follow

247
Q

Sed/Sess/Sid

A

to sit, to settle

248
Q

Sem

A

seed, to sow

249
Q

Semi

A

half

250
Q

Sen

A

old

251
Q

Sens/Sent

A

to feel, to be aware

252
Q

Sin/Sinu

A

bend, fold, curve

253
Q

Sol

A

alone; to loosen, to free; sun

254
Q

Somn

A

sleep

255
Q

Soph

A

wisdom

256
Q

Sourc/Surg/Surrect

A

to rise

257
Q

Spec/Spic

A

to look, to see

258
Q

Sta/Sti

A

to stand, to be in place

259
Q

Spir

A

breath

260
Q

Strict/String/Stran

A

to tighten, to bind

261
Q

Sua

A

sweet, pleasing, to urge

262
Q

Sub/Sup

A

below, under

263
Q

Summ

A

highest, total

264
Q

Super/Sur

A

over, above

265
Q

Sym/Syn

A

together

266
Q

Tac/Tic

A

to be silent

267
Q

Tact/Tag/Tam/Tang

A

to touch

268
Q

Tain/Ten/Tent/Tin

A

to hold

269
Q

Tend/Tens/Tent/Tenu

A

to stretch, to thin

270
Q

Test

A

to bear witness

271
Q

Theo

A

god

272
Q

Therm

A

heat

273
Q

Tim

A

fear

274
Q

Tor/Toro/Tort

A

to twist

275
Q

Torp

A

stiff, numb

276
Q

Tox

A

poison

277
Q

Tract

A

to drag, to pull, to draw

278
Q

Trans

A

across, beyond

279
Q

Ult

A

last, beyond

280
Q

Umbr

A

shadow

281
Q

Un

A

not

282
Q

Und

A

wave

283
Q

Uni/Un

A

one

284
Q

Urb

A

city

285
Q

Us/Ut

A

to use

286
Q

Vail/Val

A

strength, use, worth

287
Q

Ven/Vent

A

to come or too move toward

288
Q

Ver

A

truth

289
Q

Verb

A

word

290
Q

Verd

A

green

291
Q

Vers/Vert

A

to turn

292
Q

Vi

A

life

293
Q

Vid/Vis

A

to see

294
Q

Vil

A

base, mean

295
Q

Viru

A

poison

296
Q

Voc/Vok

A

call, word

297
Q

Vol

A

wish

298
Q

Volu/Volv

A

to roll, to turn

299
Q

Vor

A

to eat

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