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Anim/mated

Adj

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Full of life; appearing to be alive

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Anim

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Breath or soul

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Magn/anim/ous

Adj

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Greatness of spirit; generous and forgiving

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Anim/osity

Noun

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Ill will or resentment

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In/anim/ate

Verb

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Lifeless, dull, not alive

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Fig

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To shape or mold

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Fig/urative

Adj

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Saying something in terms normally meant to describe something else- opposite of literal meaning

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Con/fig/ur/ation

Noun

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An arrangement of parts; shape or design

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Ef/fig/y

Adj

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A crude representation of a hated person

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Fig/ment

Noun

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Something imagined or created in your head

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Ann/ enn

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Year

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Ann/unity

Noun

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Money that is payable yearly at a point in time

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Super/ann/uated

Adj

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Outworn, old-fashioned, or out of date; or forced to retire because of infirmity

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Mill/enn/ ium

Noun

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A period of time lasting 1000 years

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Per/enn/ial

Adj

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Continuing to grow year after year, enduring

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Ev

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Age or lifetime

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Co/ev/al

Noun

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Having the same age or lasting the same amount of time

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Long/ev/ity

Noun

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A long duration of life; long, continuance

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Medi/ev/al
*middle

Adj

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Relating to the Middle Ages of European history

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Prim/ev/al
*first

Adj

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Having to with the earliest ages or existing from the beginning

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Corp

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Body

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Corp/ore/al

Adj

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Having a physical body

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Corp/ul/ent

Adj

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Obese

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Corp/oral

Adj

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Relating to or affecting the body

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In/corp/or/ate

Verb

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To blend or combine into something already existing

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Tang/tact

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To touch

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Tact

Verb

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The ability to deal with others without offending them

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Tact/ile

Adj

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Relating to the sense of touch

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Tang/enti/al

Adj

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Touching lightly; incidental

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Tang/ible

Adj

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Physical

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Codi/code

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Trunk of a tree

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Code/x

Adj

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A book in handwritten form

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Codi/cil

Noun

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An amendment or attachment/addition

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Codi/fy

Verb

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Classify; arrange in a system

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Sign

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Mark or sign

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Sign/ify

Verb

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To be a sign of something; to mean something

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In/sign/ia

Noun

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A distinguishing mark or sign

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Sign/at/ory

Noun

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One who signs an agreement with another

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Sign/et

Noun

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A seal used instead of a signature to give official authority to a document; a small engraved seal, often in the form of a ring

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Quadr/quart

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Four or fourth

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Quadr/ant

Adj

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A quarter of a circle or any of four quarters into which something is divided

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Quadr/ille

Noun

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A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th Century

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Quad/riplegic

Adj

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Paralyzed in both arms and legs

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Quart/ile

Adj

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One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population

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Tetr

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Tetra/cycl/ine

Adj

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A broad spectrum antibiotic

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Tetra/hedron

Adj

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A solid shape formed by four flat faces

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Tetra/pod

Adj

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A vertebrate with 2 pairs of limbs

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Tetra/logy

Noun

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A set or four connected pieces of art, music, or literature

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Capit

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Capit/al/ism

Noun

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An economic system based on private ownership, private decisions, and open competition in a free market

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Capit/ul/ate

Verb

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To surrender, give-up

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De/capit/ate

Verb

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Remove the head

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Re/capit/ul/ate

Verb

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To summarize, review

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Anthrop

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Human being

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Anthrop/oid

Noun

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Large apes without tails

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Lyc/anthrop/y

Adj

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Transforming into a wolf

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Anthrop/ology

Noun

A

Study of humans

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Mis/anthrop/ic

Adj

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Distrusting humans; cynic and Grinch are synonyms

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Kine

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Kine/si/ology

Noun

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Scientific study of human movement

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Kine/scope

Adj

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A motion picture made from the image on a picture tube

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Hyper/kine/tic

Adj

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Hyperactivity

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Tele/kine/sis

Noun

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The movement is objects without physical means

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Dynam

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Dynam/ic

Adj

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Productive, energetic, forceful

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Dynam/o

Adj

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A forceful or energetic person

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Aero/dynam/ics

Noun

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The science of how air or gas moves around an object

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Hydro/dynam/ics

Noun

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The science of how water moves around an object to create power

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Grad

A

Step or degree

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Grad/ation

Adj

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A series of successive stages of steps

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De/grad/e

Verb

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To disrespect someone by word or action

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Grad/ient

Adj

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Slope it grade

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Retro/grad/e

Verb

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Lessening to a degree; taking a step back

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Reg

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Reg/im/en

Noun

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A regular course of action or treatment

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Inter/reg/num

Noun

A

A time when the throne is vacant during two successive regimes or reigns

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Reg/ency

Noun

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A period of time in which a regent rules instead of a king or queen

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Reg/alia

Noun

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The formal symbols, emblems, or official dress of royalty

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Crit

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Crit/erion

Noun

A

Condition, standard of judgement, a rule or principle for evaluating

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Crit/ique

Adj

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A judgement or evaluation

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Hyper/crit/ic/al

Adj

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Overly critical

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Hema/to/crit

Noun

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The ratio of the volume of red blood cells to whole blood

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Jur

A

To swear or take an oath

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Jur/is/prud/ence

Noun

A

A system of law; the study of the philosophy of law

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Ab/jur/e

Verb

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To reject formally

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Per/jur/y

Adj

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To swear harmfully; to hurt oneself by swearing because you are telling a lie under oath

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De/jur/e

Adj

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The actual written law as opposed to the practiced habits of citizens

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Pent

A

Five (Greek)

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Pent/athlon

A

Athletic competition made up of five events

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Pentateuch

A

The first five books from the Old Testament

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Pent/a/meter

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A line of poetry consisting of five metrical feet

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Pentecostal

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Relating to various fundamental sects that steers personal experience if God and vocal expression or worship

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Quint

A

Five (Latin)

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Quin/cent/enni/al

Adj

A

500th anniversary, celebration

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Quint/essenti/al

Adj

A

Representing the purest or most perfect example

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Quint/et

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Musical piece for five instruments/voices; group of five, performers or players

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Quint/ile

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One or another of the values that divide a tested population into five evenly distributed classes

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