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Patient

A

Tolerant, understanding, person recieving medical care

Pat- pass- suffer, feel, allow

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Passion/passionate

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Strong affection/feeling for something, intense sexual love

Pat- pass- suffer, feel, allow

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Impassioned

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Filled with passion or fury

Pat- pass- suffer, feel, allow

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Compassion

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Feeling of pity for suffering and misfortunes of others

Pat- pass- suffer, feel, allow

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Passive

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Not active or participating

Pat- pass- suffer, feel, allow

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Impassive

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Not revealing emotion, reserved

Pat- pass- suffer, feel, allow

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Mortuary

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Building for dead bodies

Mort- death

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Mortal

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Able to die

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Post mortem

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After death

Mort- death

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Mortified

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Feeling humiliated

Mort- death

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Moribund

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Mort- death

Near death, in terminal decline

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Morbid

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Abnormal and unhealthy interest in death or unpleasant events

Morbus - diseases

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Pedal

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Foot operated lever

Ped- foot

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Pedestrian

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Person travelling on foot

Ped- foot

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Pedicure

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Treatment of feet

Ped- foot

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Impede

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Hinder, restrict the progress

Ped- foot

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Impediment

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Hinderance or obstruction

Ped- foot

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Expedite

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Facilitate the progress, speed up

Ped- foot

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Expeditious

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Done with speed and efficiency

Ped- foot

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Pedlar

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a person who goes from place to place selling small items.

Ped- basket (old English not Latin)

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Expedient/expediency

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Convenient; inclined towards methods or solutions that are advantageous rather than fair

Ped - food

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Expedition

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Organised journey

Ped-foot

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Impeach

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Ped-foot

To charge a public figure with an offense committed in office

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Carivourous

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Carn - flesh, meat

Meat eating

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Carnage

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Extensive slaughtering

Carn - flesh, meat

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Incarnation/incarnate

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In the flesh, possessing bodily form

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Carnal

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Of the flesh, relating to the passions of the body

Carn - flesh, meat

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Reincarnation

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Belief that on the death of the body, the soul transmigrates to or is born again in another body

Carn - flesh, meat

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Carnival

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Festive person marked by merrymaking, fair with sideshows and merry go around

(Not linked to Carn - flesh, meat )

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Current

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Happening in the present

Curr- curs- run

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Concurrent

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Happening at the same time

Curr- curs- run

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Excursion

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Curr- curs- run

Short journey

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Recur/recurrence

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Happening again

Curr- curs- run

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Cursor

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Moveable indicator on the computer screen

Curr- curs- run

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Cursive

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Joined letters in writing

Curr- curs- run

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Cursory

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Hasty, superficial

Curr- curs- run

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Precursor

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Person or thing that precedes something else

Curr- curs- run

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Curriculum vitae

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Outline of a persons educational and professional history

Curr- curs- run

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Course

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Route or direction followed; area which a sport is placed: prescribed lectures in an educational curriculum

Curr- curs- run

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Courier

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Messenger who delivers documents swiftly

Curr- curs- run

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Recourse

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Curr- curs- run

The act of resorting to a person or course of action for help

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Concourse

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Large open space for gathering of people in a public area

Curr- curs- run

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Legible

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Leg- lig- lect- read choose

Able to read

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Lectern

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Reading desk in a church of lecture theatre

Leg- lig- lect- read, choose

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Lecture

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Educational talk to an audience

Leg- lig- lect- read, choose

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Eligible

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Satisfying appropriate conditions

Leg- lig- lect- read, choose

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Select

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Carefully choose as being best or most suitable

Leg- lig- lect- read, choose

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Elect

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Choose

Leg- lig- lect- read, choose

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Predilection

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Preference or special like for something

Leg- lig- lect- read, choose

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Include

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Comprise, allow someone to share in an activity or privilege

Clud- shut/close

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Exclude

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Keep out

Clud- shut/close/

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Seclude

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Keep someone away form other people

Clud- shut/close/

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Conclude

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Bringing to an end, arrive at a decision

Clud- shut/close

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Preclude

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Prevent from happening or preventing someone from doing something

Clud- shut/close/

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Occlude

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Obstruct

Clud- shut/close

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Fracture

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Frang/Fract- break

A crack or break (bone or rock)
to break or cause to break

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Fraction

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Frang/Fract- break

Small piece, any part or subdivision

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Fractious

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Irritable

Frang/Fract- break

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Fragment

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Small piece broken off; incomplete part

Frang/Fract- break

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Fragile

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Easily broken, delicate or weak

Frang/Fract- break

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Frail

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Physically weak and delicate

Frang/Fract- break

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Infringe/infringement

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Break (a law or agreement)
Encroached on right or privilege

Frang/Fract- break

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Science

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Investigation of physical and natural phenomena

Sc- know

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Conscience

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A persons moral sense of right and wrong

Sc- know

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Conscientious

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Wishing to do what is right

Sc- know

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Conscious

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Aware of and responding to one’s surrounding; deliberate or knowing

Sc- know

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Unconscionable

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Not right or reasonable; unprincipled

Sc- know

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Prescience

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Knowing beforehand

Sc- know

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Omniscient

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Having very great knowledge, knowing everything

Sc- know

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Incognito

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In disguise

Cognit- cognosc- understand, know

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Recognise

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Know again, acknowledge the existence, validity or legality of

Cognit- cognosc- understand, know

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Cognitive

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Mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired

Cognit- cognosc- understand, know

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Take cognisance of

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Acknowledge; take notice of

Cognit- cognosc- understand, know

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Ignorant

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Lacking knowledge

Cognit- cognosc- understand, know

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Audible

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Aud- audit- hear, listen

Able to be heard

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Audience

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Those listening, formal interview

Aud- audit- hear, listen

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Auditorium

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Place where audience sits

Aud- audit- hear, listen

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Auditory

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Relating to sense of hearing

Aud- audit- hear, listen

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Audition

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Interview for a musician or actor

Aud- audit- hear, listen

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Audit/auditor

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Official inspection of an organisations accounts

Aud- audit- hear, listen

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Video

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System of recording

Vid-vis- see

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Visual

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Relating to seeing or sight

Vid-vis- see

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Visible

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Able to be seen

Vid-vis- see

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Television

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Seen from far away

Vid-vis- see

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Provide/provision

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Make available for use, make adequate preparation

Vid-vis- see

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Provident

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Making preparation for the future

Vid-vis- see

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Improvident

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Careless, lacking foresight

Vid-vis- see

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Improvise

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Create or perform spontaneously

Vid-vis- see

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Voice

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Sound produced through latynx and uttered through the mouth; express in words

Voc- voice

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Vocal

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Relating to human voice; expressing positions loudly or freely

Voc- voice

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Evoke, evocative

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Elicit; recall strong image, memory or feeling

Voc- voice

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Invoke

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Call on a god or spirit in prayer; appeal to as an authority

Voc- voice

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Vociferous

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Vehement; loudly expressing opinions

Voc- voice

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Revoke

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Cancel

Voc- voice

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Irrevocable

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Voc- voice

Cannot be called back or changed

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Provoke or provocation.

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Deliberately anger or incite anger

Voc- voice

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Provocative

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Intending to incite, especially to anger or sexual desire

Voc- voice

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous; open to more than one interpretation

Voc- voice

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Equivocate

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Use ambiguous or evasive language

Voc- voice

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Tract

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Large area of land

Trah-/Tract- drag

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Tractor

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Vehicle for hauling farm equipment

Trah-/Tract- drag

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Detract

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Take away, diminish

Trah-/Tract- drag

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Protracted

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Extended, dragging out

Trah-/Tract- drag

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Retract/retraction

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Take back, withdraw

Trah-/Tract- drag

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Intractable

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Difficult to influence or control

Trah-/Tract- drag

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Contract

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Decrease in size, agreement (n)

Trah-/Tract- drag

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Agent

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Person who provides a particular service

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Agenda

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List of items to be discussed at a meeting

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Actor

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Person whose profession is acting

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Transact

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Conduct business

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Navigate

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Sail or travel over, guide

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Fumigate

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Purify with fumes of certain chemicals

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Litigate

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Go to the law/drive a lawsuit

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change one’s view or agree

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Exigent

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Pressing; demanding; urgent

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one meaning; open to different interpretation

Ag- -ig act- do act

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Exit

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Ient- it- go

Way out

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Ambience

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Atmosphere of a place

Ient- it- go

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Sedition

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Ient- it- go

Conduct or speed inciting rebellion

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Ambit

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Scope, extent of something

Ient- it- go

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Ambition

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Strong desire to do or achieve something

Ient- it- go

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Fas

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Right

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Nefas

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Wrong

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Nefarious

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Fa- fat- speak

Wicked or criminal

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Ineffable

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Fa- fat- speak

Too great of extreme to be spoken in words

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Fate

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Predetermined course of events or destiny

Fa- fat- speak

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Fatal

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Resulting in death, leading to failure or disaster

Fa- fat- speak

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Fatalism

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Belief that all events are predetermined and this inevitable

Fa- fat- speak

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Profane

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Secular rather than religious
Blasphemous or obscene

Fa- fat- speak

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Fanatic

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Person with excessive and obsessive enthusiasm for something

Fa- fat- speak

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Infant

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Very young child or baby

Fa- fat- speak

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Salient

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Most noticeable or important

Sal- -sil- jump

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Resilient

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Able to bounce back or recover quickly from difficult conditions

Sal- -sil- jump

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Noxious

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Harmful, poisonous

Nox- injury

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Obnoxious

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Nox- injury

Behaving in unpleasant manner

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Innocent

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Noc- injury/harm

Not guilty of a crime or offense, not corrupted, not experienced

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

Noc- injury/harm

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Adhere

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Stick to, follow the practise of

Her- hes- stick/cling

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Adherent

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Supporter of a particular party,person or set of ideas

Her- hes- stick/cling

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Adhesive

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Sticky, able to stick to a surface

Her- hes- stick/cling

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Coherent

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(Of an argument or theory) Logical and consistent

Her- hes- stick/cling

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Cohesion

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Action or fact forming a United whole

Her- hes- stick/cling

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Inherent

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Intrinsic, existing as an inseparable part

Her- hes- stick/cling

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Divert

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Turn aside, amuse or distract

Vert- Vers- turn

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Avert

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Turn away

Vert- Vers- turn

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Averse

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Strongly disliking

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Adverse

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Unfavourable

Vert- Vers- turn

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Adversary

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Opponent

Vert- Vers- turn

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Adversity

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Difficulty or misfortune

Vert- Vers- turn

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Versatile

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Able to adapt to many different functions or activities

Vert- Vers- turn

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Convert

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Change

Vert- Vers- turn

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Revert/reversion/reverse

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Go back, return to an earlier practise of condition

Vert- Vers- turn

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Converse

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Engage in conversation or opposite, contrary

Vert- Vers- turn

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Conversant

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Vert- Vers- turn

Experienced in; familiar with

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Conversant

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Experienced in, familiar with

Vert- Vers- turn

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Conversion

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Change in form, function or character

Vert- Vers- turn

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Advertise

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Present goods, service, ect, to encourage sales

Vert- Vers- turn

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Controversy/ controversial

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Dispute, argument or debate

Vert- Vers- turn

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Diverse

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Having variety

Vert- Vers- turn

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Diversify

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Vert- Vers- turn

To create different forms of, vary

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Inadvertent

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Unintentional

Vert- Vers- turn

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Incontrovertible

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Cannot be contradicted or disputed, undeniable

Vert- Vers- turn

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Valid

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Strong, legally acceptable

Val- be strong, be well

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Invalid

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Weak, legally unacceptable or someone suffering from ill health or injury

Val- be strong, be well

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Validate

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Strengthen; give legal force to

Val- be strong, be well

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Invalidate

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Weaken, take away legal force, annul

Val- be strong, be well

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Convalesce

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Recover from illness

Val- be strong, be well

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings or opinions about

Val- be strong, be well

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Paradox

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A statement that seems to do against common sense but is true; seemingly contradictory

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Hellenologophobia

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Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific vocabulary

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Sesquipedaliophobia

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Fear of long word

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Triskaidekaphobia

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The fear of the number 13

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Selachophobia

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Fear of sharks

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Aichmophobia

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Fear of needles or pointed objects

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Amathophobia

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Fear of dust

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Hydrophobia

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Rabies

extreme or irrational fear of water

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Psephology

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Study of voting and elections

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Bureaucracy

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A system of administration based upon organisation into department, division of labour, hierarchy of authority , any administration in which action is impeded by unnecessary official procedures

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Androgynous

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Having male and female characteristics

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Hermaphrodite

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An organism with both male and female sex organs

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Misogynist

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A man who hates of women

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Misandrist

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Woman who hates men

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Gynaecology

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Study of the functions and diseases specific to women

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Android

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Resembling a man

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Anthropomorphic

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God, animal, or object in shape of humans

Anthro- human begin

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