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Unit 1-20 Roots Flashcards

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Bene

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Well

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Am

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To love

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Bell

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War

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Pac

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Peace, agree

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Crim

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Fault or crime

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Prob

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Prove or proof

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Grav

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Heavy, weighty, serious

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Lev

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Light, raise

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Mania

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Madness

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Psych

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Breath, life, soul

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Cept

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Take, seize

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Fin

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End, boundary

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Ject

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Throw, hurl

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Duc/Duct

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To lead

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Sequ

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To follow

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Ambi

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On both sides or around

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Epi

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on, over

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Hyp/Hypo

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Below, under

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Therm/Thermo

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Warm

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Poly

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Many

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Prim

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First

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Hom/Homo

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Same

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Dis

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Apart

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Vor

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To eat

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Carn

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Flesh, meat

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Cred

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To believe or to entrust

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Fid

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Faith, trust

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Curr/Curs

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To run

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Ped

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Foot

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Flect

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To bend

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Post

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After, behind

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Mal

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Bad

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Cata

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Down

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Prot/Proto

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First in time, first formed

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Ante

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Before, in front of

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Ortho

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Straight, right, true

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Rect

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Straight, right

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Eu

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Well, good, true

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Dys

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Bad, difficult

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Equ

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Equal

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Quis

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To seek or obtain

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Ple/Plen

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To fill

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Metr/Meter

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Measure

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Aud

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Having to do with hearing

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Son

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Sound

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Err

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To wander, to stray

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Ced

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To proceed, to yield

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Vis

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See

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Spect

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To look at

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Voc

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Voice, speak

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Phon

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Sound, voice, speech

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Cur

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Care for

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Peri

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Around

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Sens

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Feeling, sense

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Soph

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Wise, wisdom

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Port

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To carry

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Pend

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To hang, to weigh

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Pan

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All

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Extra

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Outside, beyond

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Phot

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Light

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Luc

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Light, to shine or glitter

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Mor/Mort

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To die, death

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Troph

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Nourishment

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Her

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To stick

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Fug

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To flee or escape

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Cosm

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Order

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Sci

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To know, to understand

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Junct

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To join

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Part

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Part

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Mis

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Pel

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To move or drive

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Put

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To think, consider

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Log

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Word, speech, reason

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Terr

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Mar

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Path

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Feeling, suffering

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Pen/Pun

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Penalty, to punish

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Matr/Mater

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Aqu

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Cant

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Lingu

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Spir

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Breath, breathe

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Ver

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Turb

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To throw into confusion

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Volu/Volv

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To roll, wind, turn around or twist around.

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Fac

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To make or do

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Lum

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Umbr

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Vest

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To clothe, to dress

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The/Theo

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Icon

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Urb

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Cult

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Dem/Demo

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Popul

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Cord

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Culp

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Dict

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Gni/Gno

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Graph

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Art

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Fort

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Cis

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To cut, cut down, or slay

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Crypt

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Ab/Abs

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From, away

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Ped

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Trop

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Turn, change

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Neo

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Nov

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Pos

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To put, to place

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Ten

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Hold, hold on to

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Mono

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Along, single

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Uni

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Term/Termin

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Geo

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Spere

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Vert

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To turn, to turn around

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Morph

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Form

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Shape, form

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Doc/Doct

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Tut/Tui

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To look after

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Di/Dup

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Bi/Bin

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Two, double

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Top

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Centr/Center

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Sharp point, center point of a circle

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Dom

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House, master

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Omni

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Hol/Holo

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Retro

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Back, backward, behind

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Tempor

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Chron

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Tri

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Anim

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Breath, soul

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Fig

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To shape or mold

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Ann/Enn

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Ev

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Age or lifetime

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Corp

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Tang/Tact

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Codi/Code

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Trunk of a tree, document written on wooden tables

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Sign

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Mark or sign

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Quadr/Quart

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Four, fourth

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Tert

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Capit

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Anthrop

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Human being

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Kine

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Dynam

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Grad

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Step, degree

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Reg

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Crit

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To judge, to decide

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Jur

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To swear, take an oath

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Pent

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Quint

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Bio

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Gen

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Funct

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To perform, carry out

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Mut

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Fract

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To break or shatter

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Tele

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Distant, at a distance

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Phil

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Neg

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Dec

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Cent

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One hundred

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Nom

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Pater/Part

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Lega

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To appoint, to send as a deputy

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Greg

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Herd, flock

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Flu

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Prehend/Prehens

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Temper

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To moderate, keep within limits, to mix

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Purg

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To clean, cleanse

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Mill

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A thousand, a thousandth

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Hemi/Semi

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Pot

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Power, vessel

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Hyper

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Over, beyond, above, exceedingly, excess

Etymology Aiken Period 2 (22 decks)

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