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alter

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other (alternate)

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ami

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love (amiable)

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amphi

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both ends or all sides

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ann

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year

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anthrop

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human, man

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aqua, aque

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water

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arch

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chief, leader, ruler (archangel, monarch)

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arthro

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joint

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aud

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sound

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bell

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war (belligerent, bellicose)

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biblio

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book

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bio-

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life

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brev

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short (brief, abbreviate)

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cap

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take, seize (capture, captivate, capacity)

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carn

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meat

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ced

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yield, go

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chrom-

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color

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chron-

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time

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cogn

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know (incognito, recognize)

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cord/chord

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cord

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corp

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body

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crac

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rule, ruler

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cred

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believe

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cruc

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cross (crucial, crucifix)

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crusts

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shell (crustacean)

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crypt

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hidden (cryptogram, cryptology, cryptic)

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culp

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guilt

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dei

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god

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demo-

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people (epidemic)

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dent

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tooth

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derm-

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skin

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dic

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speak, say

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dox

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belief, opinion

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duc

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lead (induce, conduct)

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duct

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lead (abduct, seduct)

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crat

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rule, ruler

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enni

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year

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amic

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love (amicable)

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dynam

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power (hydrodynamics)

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ego

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self

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equ

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equal

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fac

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make, do (manufacture, factory, benefactor)

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fil

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threadlike

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frater

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brother

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gam

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marriage (monogamy)

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geo

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earth

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glyph

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vertical groove (Hieroglyphics)

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grad

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step (gradual)

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gress

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step (progression)

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graph

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writing, printing

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gym

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naked (gymnasium)

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gyn

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woman

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hemo

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blood

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hema

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blood

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hem

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blood

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holo

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whole, entire (holograph)

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hydr

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water

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iso

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equal, identical (isolate)

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ject

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throw

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jud

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judge

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leg

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read, choose (legible)

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lect

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read, choose (election, lectern, lecturer)

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liter

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letter (literate, literal)

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loc

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place

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log

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word (monologue)

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luc

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light (lucid)

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magn

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large

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man

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hand (manufacture, manuscript)

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mar

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sea (marine)

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mater

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mother

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mere

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part, segment

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meta

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behind, between (metacognition)

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met

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behind, between (metacognition)

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metri

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measure

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meter

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measure

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min

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small

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mit

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send (permit, emit)

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miss

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send (submission, mission)

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mob

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move (mobile)

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mot

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move (motion)

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mov

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move (movie)

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mon

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warn (premonition)

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mor

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death

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mort

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death

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morph

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form, structure (amorphous)

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mut

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change (mutate)

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neuro

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nerve

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nomen

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name (nomenclature)

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nomin

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name (nominate)

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nov

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new

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nym

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word, name (pseudonym)

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odonto

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tooth

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ortho

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straight, correct

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pac

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peace (pacify, Pacific Ocean)

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pater

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father

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path

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feeling, suffering (sympathy)

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ped

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foot (pedal)

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pod

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foot (gastropod)

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pel

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push (compel)

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pend

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hang, weigh (pendant)

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phon

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sound, voice

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plan

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flat (plantation)

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pneum

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lung

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port

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carry (report)

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pot

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power (potent)

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psych

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soul, mind, spirit

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pugna

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fight (pugnacious, pugilist)

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quer

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ask

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quis

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ask (inquisition)

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scent, scend

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climb

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schizo

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division, split

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sci

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know

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sciss

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cut

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scrib, script

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write

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sec

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cut

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sed

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sit (sedentary)

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sens

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feel, be aware

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sequ, secu

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follow (sequence, sequel, consecutive)

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serv

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serve, protect (service)

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simil

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same

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siphon

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tube

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sol

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sun

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son

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sound

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soph

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wisdom, knowledge (philosophy, sophisticated)

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spec, spic

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look, see (spectacles, inauspicious)

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spir

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coil (spiral)

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spir

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breathe (inspire, perspire)

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spond, spons

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promise, answer for (respond, responsible)

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spont

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by one’s own force

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stat

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stay, position (station)

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tang

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touch (tangible)

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tact

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touch (tactile)

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temp

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time (temporary)

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ten, tent

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hold (tentative, tenuous)

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terr

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earth

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theo

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god, deity

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therm

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heat

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trophy

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nutrition, food (atrophy - without nutrition)

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uro

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urine

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vac

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empty (vacation)

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ven, vent

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come, go (intervene, convene)

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ver

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truth (verify)

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vert

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turn (introvert, vertigo, irreversible)

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vit

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life

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voc

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call (revoke)

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pel

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push (pulsate)

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a-, an-

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not, without (amoral, anesthetic)

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ab-

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away from (abstain)

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ad-

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to, toward (adjacent)

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ambi-

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both (ambivalent)

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ana-

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up, back, again (analogy, anatomy, anagram)

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anti-

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against

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apo-

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from, away from (apology)

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auto-

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self

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bene-

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good

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cata-, cat-

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down, against (catastrophe)

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centro-, centri-

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around, center

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circum-

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around (circumvent)

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com-

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with, together (community)

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con-

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with, together (connect)

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contra-

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against

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de-

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down, away (deject - cast down)

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dia-, di-

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through, across (diameter)

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dis-

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apart, not (disengage)

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dys-

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ill, difficult, bad (dysentery)

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e-

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out of, from (elect - choose out of, eject - throw out)

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ecto-

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on the outside (ectoderm)

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en-, em-

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in (empathy - feeling in)

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endo-

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within, inside (endoscope)

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epi-

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upon (epitaph, epidermis, epicenter)

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eso-

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inward, within (esoteric, esophagus)

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eu-

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well, good (euthanasia - good death)

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ex-

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out of, from (exhume, exodus)

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hetero-

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other, different (heterodox)

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homo-

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same

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hyper-

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over (hypertension)

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hypo-

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under (hypodermic)

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il-

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not (illegitimate)

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im-

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not (imperfect)

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im-

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into (imbibe)

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angio

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blood

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rhino

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nose

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nephr(o)

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kidney

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cyto

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cell

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cysto

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bladder

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megalo

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enlarged

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megaly

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enlarged

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ostomy

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make a (permanent) opening

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otomy

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make an incision

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brady

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slow

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tachy

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fast

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cyano

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blue

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pathy

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disease

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-ia

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condition of

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ectomy

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removal

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peri

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around

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algia

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pain

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cephal

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head

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encephal

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brain

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-itis

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inflammation

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neur

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nerve

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micro

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small

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord

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-pathy

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disease

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phren

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mind

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-plegia

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paralysis

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rachi

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spinal column, vertebrae

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spondyl

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vertabra, vertabral column

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gnosis

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knowledge

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