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a,an

Ex. amoral, asymmetrical, anarchy, anonymity, atrophy

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not, without

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AB, A

Ex. Abnegate, abortive, abrogate, abscond, absolve, aberration

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from, away, apart

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AC, ACR

ex. acid, acerbic, acute, exacerbate

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sharp, sour

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AD, A

Ex. adhere, adjacent, affluent, alleviate, aspire

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to, toward

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ALI, ALTR

ex. alias, alienate, inalienable

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another

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AM, AMI

ex. amorous, amiable, amity

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love

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AMBI, AMPHI

ex. ambiguous, ambidextrous, amphibious

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both

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AMBL, AMBUL

ex. amble, ambulatory, perambulator

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walk

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ANIM

ex. animal, animosity, unanimous, magnanimous

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mind, spirit, breath

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ANN, ENN

ex. annual, annuity, superannuated, biennial, perennial

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year

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ANTE, ANT

ex. antecedent, antediluvian, anticipate, anterior,

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before

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ANTHROP

ex. anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy

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human

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ANTI, ANT

ex. Antidote, antipathy, antagonist, antonym

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against, opposite

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AUD

ex. audio, audience, audition, audible

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Hear

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AUTO

ex. autobiography, autocrat, autonomous

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self

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BELLI, BELL

ex. belligerent, bellicose, rebellion, antebellum,

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war

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BENE, BEN

ex. benevolent, benefactor, beneficent, benign

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good

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BI

Ex. bicycle, bisect, bilateral, bisexual, bilingual

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two

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BIBLIO

ex. bible, bibliography, bibliophile

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book

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BIO

ex. biography, biology, symbiotic, macrobiotics

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life

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BURS

ex. reimburse, disburse, bursar

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money, purse

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CAD, CAS, CID

ex. accident, cadence cascade, deciduous

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Happen, fall

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CAP, CIP

ex. Captain, decapitate, precipitous, recipitate

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Head

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CAP, CAPT, CEPT, CIP

Ex. Capable, capacious, captivate, deception, intercept, precept, anticipate

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Take, hold, seize

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CARN

ex. carnal, carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnate,

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flesh

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CED, CESS

ex. cede, precede, accede, antecedent, cession, incessant, cease

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yield, go

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CHROM

Ex. Chrome, chromatic, monochrome

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color

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CHRON

EX. Chronology, chronic, anachronism

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Time

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CIDE

Ex. suicide, homicide, regicide, patricide

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murder

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CIRCUM

EX. circumference, circumscribe, circumvent, circumlocutions

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around

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CLIN, CLIV

ex. incline, declivity, proclivity

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slope

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CLUD, CLUS, CLAUS, CLOIS

ex. conclude, reclusive, claustrophobia, cloister, preclude, occlude

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shut, close

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CO, COM, CON

Ex. coeducation, coagulate, coalesce, coerce, cogent, collateral, colloquial, congress, concord, concur

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with, together

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COGN, GNO

Ex. recognize, cognition, ignorant, gnostic, prognosis, gnostic, diagnosis

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know

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CONTRA

ex. controversy, incontrovertible, contradict,

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against

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CORP

ex. Corpse, corporeal, corpulence,

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body

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COSMO, COSM

ex. cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm, macrocosm

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World

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ARCH

ex. monarch, matriarch

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rule

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CRAC, CRAT

ex. democracy, bureaucracy, theocracy, autocrat, aristocrat, technocrat

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rule, power

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CRED

ex. incredible, credulous, credence,

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Trust, believe

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CRESC, CRET

ex. crescent, crescendo, accretion

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grow

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CULP

ex. culprit, culpable, inculpate, exculpate

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blame, fault

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CURR, CURS

ex. current, concur, cursory, precursor, incursion

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run

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DE

ex. depart, debase, debilitate, declivity, decry, deface, defamatory, defunct, delegate, deplore, desist, deprecat

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Down, out, apart

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DEC

ex. decade, decathlon, decimal, decimate

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ten, tenth

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DEMO, DEM

Ex. democrat, demographics, demagogue, epidemic, pandemic, endemic

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people

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DI, DIURN

ex. diary, diurnal, quotidian

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day

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DIA

ex. diagonal, diatribe, diaphanous

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across

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DIC, DICT

ex. diction, interdict, predict, abdicate, indict, verdict, dicate

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speak

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DIS, DIF, DI

ex. disaffected, disband, disbar, disburse, discern, discredit, discordant, dispassionate, diverte, diffuse

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not, apart, away

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DOC, DOCT

Ex Doctrine, docile, doctrinaire

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teach

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DOL

ex. condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent

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pain

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DUC, DUCT

ex. seduce, induce, conduct, induct

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lead

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EGO

ex. Ego, egoist, egocentric

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self

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EN, EM

ex. enter, entice, encumber, empathy, embezzle

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in, into

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ERR

ex. erratic, aberration, errant

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wander

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EU

ex. eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, eurythmics,

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well, good

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EX, E

ex. Exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, exorcise, extort, evoke,

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out, out of

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FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA

ex. factory, facility, unify, fiction, confection, benficent

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make, do

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FAL, FALS

ex. false, infallible, fallacious,

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deceive,

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FERV

ex. fervent, fervid, effervescent

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boil

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FID

ex. confident, diffidence, perfidious, fidelity

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faith, trust

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FLU, FLUX

ex. Fluent, flux, affluent, confluence, superflous,

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flow

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FORE

forecast, foreboding, forestall

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before

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FRAG, FRAC

ex. fragment, fracture, diffract, refract

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break

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FUS

ex. profuse, infusion, diffuse

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pour

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GEN

ex. generation, congenital, homogeneous, ingenious, engender, progeny

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birth, class, kin

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GRAD, GRESS

ex. Graduate, Gradual, retrograde, transgress, progress, gradient

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step

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GRAPH, GRAM

ex. biography, bibliography, epigraph, grammar

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writing

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GRAT

ex. grateful, gratitude, ingrate, congratulate

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pleasing

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GRAV, GRIEV

ex. grave, gravity, aggravate, aggrieve, grievous

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heavy

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GREG

ex. segregate, gregarious, congregate, aggregate

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crowd, flock

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HABIT, HIBIT

ex. habit, inhibit, cohabit, habitat

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have, hold

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HAP

ex. happen, haphazard, hapless, mishap

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by chance

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HELIO, HELI

ex. heliocentric, helium, aphelion

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sun

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HETERO

ex. heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox

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other

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HOL

Ex. holocaust, catholic, holistic

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Whole

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HOMO (1 of 2)

ex. homosexual, homogenize, homonym

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same

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HOMO (1 of 2)

ex. homo sapiens, homicide, bonhomie

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man

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HYDR

ex. hydrant, hydrate, dehydration

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water

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HYPER

ex. hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperventilate

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too much, excess

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HYPO

ex. hypodermic, hypothermia, hypochondria, hypothesis, hypothetic

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Too little, under

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IN, IG, IL, IM, IR

ex. incorrigible, indefatigable, improvident, impassioned, implacable, ignorant, insipid, innumerable

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not

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IN, IL, IM, IR

ex. invade, inaugurate, incandescent, irritate, insinuate, illustrate

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in, on, into

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INTER

ex. interloper, intercept, interpose, intersect, intervene

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between, among

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INTRA, INTR

ex. intrastate, intravenous, intramural, intrinsic

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within

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IT, ITER

ex. transit, reiterate, transitory

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between, among

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JECT, JET

ex. eject, interject, abject, trajectory

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throw

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JOUR

ex. journal, adjourn, sojourn

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day

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JUD

ex. judge, judicious, prejudice, adjudicate

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judge

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JUNCT, JUG

ex. junction, adjunct, conjugal, subjugate

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join

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JUR

ex. jury, adjure, conjure, perjure, jurisprudence

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swear, law

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PEN

ex. peninsula, penultimate, penumbra

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almost

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PEND, PENS

ex. pendant, pendulous, compendium, suspense, propensity

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almost

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PER (1 of 2)

ex. perambulator, percipient, perfunctory, permeable, perspicacious, pertinacious, perturbation, perusal, perennial,

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through, by, for, throughout

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PER (2 of 2)

ex. perfidious, pernicious, perjure

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against, destruction

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PERI

ex. perimeter, periphery, peripatetic

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around

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PET

ex. petition, impetus, petulant, centripetal

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Seek, go toward

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PHIL

ex. philosopher, bibliophile, philology, philanderer

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love

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PHOB

ex. phobia, claustrophobia, xenophobia

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fear

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PHON

ex. phonograph, megaphone, euphony, phonetics, phonics

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sound

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PLAC

Ex. placate, implacable, placid, complacent

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Calm, please

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PON, POS

ex. postpone, proponent, exponent, preposition, posit, interpose, juxtaposition

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put, place

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PORT

ex. portable, deportment, rapport

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carry

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POT ( 1 of 2)

ex. potion, potable,

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drink

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POT (2 of 2)

ex. potential, potent, impotent, omnipotence

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power

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PRE

ex. precede, precipitate, Preclude, precocious, precursor, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, prescient

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before

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PRIM, PRI

ex. prime, primary, primeval, pristine

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first

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PRO

ex. proceed procrastinator, provoke, propose, prologue

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ahead, forth

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PROTO

ex. prototype, protagonist, protocol

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first

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PROX, PROP

ex. approximate, proximity, propinquity

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near

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PSEUDO

ex. pseudoscientific, pseudonym

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false

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PYR

ex. pyre, pyrotechnics, pyromania

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fire

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QUAD, QUAR, QUAT

ex. Quadrilateral, quadrant, quadruped, quarter, quarantine, quaternary

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four

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QUES, QUER, QUIS, QUIR

ex. quest, inquest, query querulous, inquisitive, inquiry

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question

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QUIE

ex. disquiet, acquiesce, squiescent, requiem

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quiet

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QUINT, QUIN

ex. quintuplets, quintessence

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five

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RADI, RAMI

ex. radius, radiate, radiant, eradicate, ramification

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branch

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RECT, REG

ex. rectangle, rectitude, rectify, regular

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Straight, rule

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REG

ex. regal, regent, interregnum

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king, rule

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RETRO

ex. Retrospective, retroactive, retrograde

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backward

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RID, RIS

ex. ridiculous, deride, derision

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laugh

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ROG

ex. interrogate, derogatory, abrogate, arrogate, arrogant

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ask

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RUD

Ex. Rude, rudimentary

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rough, crude

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RUPT

ex. disrupt, interrupt, rupture, erupt

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break

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SACR, SANCT

ex. sacred, acreage, consecrate, sanctify, sanction, sacrosanct

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holy

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SCRIB, SRIPT, SCRIV

ex. scribe, ascribe, circumscribe, script, manuscript, scrivener

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write

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SE

ex. separate, segregate, secede, sedition

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apart, away

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SEC, SECT, SEG

ex. sector, dissect, bisect, intersect, segment, secant

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cut

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SED, SID

ex. sedate, sedentary, supersede, reside, residence

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sit

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SEM

ex. seminar, seminal, disseminate

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seed, sow

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SEN

ex. senior, senile, senescent

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old

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SENT, SENS

ex. sentiment, sentient, nonsense, assent, sensual

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feel, think

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SEQU, SECU

ex. sequence, sequel, consecutive,

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follow

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SIM, SEM

ex. similar, verisimilitude, semblance, dissemble

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similar, same

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SIGN

ex. signal, designation, assignation

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mark, sign

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SIN

ex. sine curve, sinuous, insinuate

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curve

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SOL (1 of 2)

ex. solar, parasol, solarium, solstice

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sun

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SOL (2 of 2)

ex. solo, solitude, solipsism

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alone

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SOMN

ex. insomnia, somnolent, somnambulist

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sleep

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SON

ex. sonic, consonance, dissonance, resonate,

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Sound

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SOPH

ex. philosopher sophistry sophisticated, sophomoric

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wisdom

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SPEC, SPIC

ex. secreter, circumspect, retrospective, perspective

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see, look

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SPER

ex. prosper, prosperous, despair, desperate

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hope

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SPERS, SPAR

ex. disperse, aspersion, sparse, disparate

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scatter

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SPIR

ex. respire, inspire, spiritual, aspire, transpire

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breathe

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STRICT, STRING

ex. strict, stricture, constrict, singent, astringent

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bind

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STRUCT, STRU

ex. structure, obstruct, construe

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build

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SUB

ex. subconscious, subjugate, subliminal, subpoena, subsequent, subterranean, subvert

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under

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SUMM

ex. summit, summary, consummate

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highest

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SUPER, SUR

ex. supervise, supercilious, supersede, superannuated, superfluous, insurmountable, surfeit

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above

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SURGE, SURRECT

ex. surge, resurgent, insurrection, insurgent

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rise

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SYN, SYM

ex. synthesis, sympathy, synonym, synopsis

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together

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TACIT, TIC

ex. tacit, taciturn, reticent

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silent

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TACT, TAG, TANG

ex. tact, tactile, contagious, tangent, tangential, tangible

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touch

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TEN, TIN, TAIN

ex. detention, tenable, tenacious, pertinacious, retinue, retain

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hold, twist

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TEND, TENS, TENT

ex. intend, distend, tension, tensile, ostensible, contentious

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stretch

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TERM

ex. terminal, terminus, terminate, interminable

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end

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TERR

ex. terrain, terrestrial, subterranean

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earth, land

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TEST

ex. testify, attest, testimonial, testament, protestation

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witness

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THE

ex. atheist, theology, apotheosis, theocracy

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god

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THERM

ex. thermometer, thermal, thermonuclear, hypothermia

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Heat

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TIM

ex. timid, intimidate, timorous

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fear, frightened

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TOP

ex. topic, topography, utopia

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place

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TORP

ex. torpedo, torpid, torpor

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stiff, numb

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TORT

ex. Distort, extort, tortuous

A

twist

167
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TOX

ex. toxic, toxin, intoxication

A

poison

168
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TRACT

ex. tractor, protract, intractable

A

draw

169
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TRANS

ex. transport, transgress, transient, translucent, transpire

A

across, over, through, beyond

170
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TREM, TREP

ex. tremble, tremor, tremulous, trepidation, intrepid

A

shake

171
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TURB

ex. disturb, turbulent, perturbation

A

shake

172
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UMBR

ex. umbrella, umbrage, adumbrate, penumbra

A

shadow

173
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UNI, UN

ex. unify, unilateral, unanimous

A

one

174
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URB

ex. urban, suburban, urbane

A

city

175
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VAC

ex. vacant, evacuate, vacuous

A

empty

176
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VAL, VAIL

ex. valid, valor, ambivalent, convalescence, avail, prevail, countervail

A

value, strength

177
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VEN, VENT

ex. convene, contravene, intervene, venue, advent

A

come

178
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VER

ex. verify, verity, verisimilitude, veracious, aver, verdict

A

true

179
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VERB

ex. verbal, verbose, verbiage, verbatim

A

word

180
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VERT, VERS

ex. avert, convert, revert, divert, subvert, versatile, aversion

A

turn

181
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VICT, VINC

ex. victory, conviction, evict, evince, invincible

A

conquer

182
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VID, VIS

ex. evident, vision, visage, supervise

A

see

183
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VIL

ex. vile, vilify, revile

A

base, mean

184
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VIV, VIT

ex. vivid, convivial, vivacious, vital

A

life

185
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VOC, VOK, VOW

ex. vocal, equivocate, convoke, evoke, invoke, avow

A

call, voice

186
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VOL

ex. voluntary, malevolent, volition

A

wish

187
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VOLV, VOLUT

ex. revolve, evolve, convoluted

A

turn, roll

188
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VOR

ex. devour, carnivorous, omnivorous, voracious

A

eat

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