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1
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Legal

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Lawful

Leg- (law)

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Legalise

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To make lawful

Leg- (law)

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Legality

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Lawfulness

Leg- (law)

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Legitimate

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Confirming to the law or rule; child born of parents lawfully married

Leg- (law)

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Legislate, legislation, legislative

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Enact law

Leg- (law)

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Jury

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Body of people sworn to give verdict in court of law

Jur- (right or law)

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Perjury

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Lying under oath

Jur- (right or law)

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Jurisprudence

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Theory of law

Jur- (right or law)

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Abjure

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Renounce an oath

Jur- (right or law)

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Jurisdiction

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Offical power to make legal decisions; territory over which legal authority extends

Jur- (right or law)

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Just

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Morally right and fair

Jur- (right or law)

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Justice

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Fair treatment; administration of the law

Jur- (right or law)

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Justify

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Prove to be right or reasonable

Jur- (right or law)

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Judge

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Public officer appointed to decide cases in the law court
Person who decides the result of a competition

Judic- judge

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Judgemental

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Excessively critical

Judic- judge

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Judicial

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Relation to the administration of justice

Judic- judge

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Judiciary

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Body of judges in a country

Judic- judge

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Judicious

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Using good judgement, sensible

Judic- judge

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Adjudicate

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Make a formal judgement in a dispute; judge a competition

Judic- judge

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Prejudice

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A judgement formed beforehand; not based on reason; biased

Judic- judge

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Prejudicial

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Harmful, detrimental

Judic- judge

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Testify

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Give evidence as a witness

Test- witness

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Testament

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Person’s will; evidence of a fact or reality

Test- witness

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Testate/interstate

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Having made a valid will before death

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Testator/testatrix

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Person who has made a will

Test- witness

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Testimony

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Formal statement, evidence

Test- witness

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Attest

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Testify

Test- witness

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Contest

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Competition or conflict

To challenge

Test- witness

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Protest

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Statement of action expressing disapproval

Test- witness

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Testicle

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Literally little witness

Test- witness

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Court

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Contraction of Latin cohortis, now court of law is a place where legal proceedings happen

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Arbitrate

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Achieve a settlement in a dispute

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Arbitrator/arbiter

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Judge a dispute

Arbit- arbitrat- (to judge)

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Arbitrary

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Based on personal judgement or whim

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Court

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Contraction of cohortis now court of law is a place where legal proceedings take place

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Prosecutor

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One who pursues the case, who conducts the case against the defendant

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Defendant

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One who wards off the charges, the accursed

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Plaintiff

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The complainant, the one who initiated the case

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Attorney

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A laser who qualified to act for another in legal matters

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Advocate

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One who pleads a case on someone’s behalf

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Solicitor

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Attorney

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Barrister

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Advocate

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Candid

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Honest, frank

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Incandescent

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Shining brightly

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Testimonial

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Formal statement testifying to persons character and qualifications

Test - witness

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Incriminate

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Imply the guilt of someone

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Recriminate

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To return an accusation against someone; to engage in mutual accusations

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Culpable

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Blameworthy

Cul - blame

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Inculpate

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Cause blame to be attributed to someone

Cul - blame

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Exculpate

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Free from blame, exonerate

Cul - blame

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Exonerate

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Free from blame or a criminal charge

Cul - blame

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Culprit

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Person responsible for an offense

Cul - blame

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Custody

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Custod - guard

Guardianship

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Custodian

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Guardian

Custod - guard

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Verb

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Doing word

Verb - word

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Verbose

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Using too many words

Verb - word

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Verbal

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Pertaining to words

Verb - word

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Verbatim

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Word for word

Verb - word

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Loquacious

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Loqu/locut - speak/talk

Talkative

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Eloquent

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Speaking or writing fluently

Loqu/locut - speak/talk

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Elocution

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Loqu/locut - speak/talk

The art of public speaking

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Interlocutor

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Person taking part in a conversation

Loqu/locut - speak/talk

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Colloquium

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A gathering for discussion; academic seminar

Loqu/locut - speak/talk

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Colloquial

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Conversational

Loqu/locut - speak/talk

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Circumlocution

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Loqu/locut - speak/talk

Indirect way of saying something

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Somniloquist

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Sleep talker

Loqu/locut - speak/talk

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Diction

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Dict- speak/say

Choice of words in speech or writing

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Dictionary

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Book consisting of alphabetical list of words and their definitions

Dict- speak/say

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Dictate

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Dict- speak/say

Order authoritatively; say aloud

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Dictator

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Dict- speak/say

Ruler with total power; autocratic person

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Interdict

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Dict- speak/say

Court order forbidding an art

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Indict/indictment

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Dict- speak/say

Formally accuse or charge someone with a crime

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Valedictory

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Dict- speak/say

Say goodbye/occasion of farewell

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Contradict

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Dict- speak/say

Assert the opposite

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Edict

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Dict- speak/say

Formal decree or proclamation

76
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Equity

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Equ - fair/just/even

Fairness

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Inequity

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Lack of fairness or justice

Equ - fair/just/even

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Iniquity/iniquitous

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Highly unfair or immoral

Equ - fair/just/even

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Equal, equality

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Equ - fair/just/even

Same in quantity, size, value or status

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Equilateral

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Equ - fair/just/even

Having equal sides

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Equivalent

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Equal in value, function, meaning

Equ - fair/just/even

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Equilibrium

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State of being balanced

Equ - fair/just/even

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous, vague

Equ - fair/just/even

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Equivocate

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Use ambiguous or evasive language

Equ - fair/just/even

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Equanimity

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Calmness

Equ - fair/just/even

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Juvenile

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Relating to young people, birds or animals; childish

Juven - youth

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Rejuvenate

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Make younger or more vigorous

Juven - youth

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Senior

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Older

Sen - old man

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Senile

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Having the weaknesses or diseases of old age

Sen - old man

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Senate

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Sen - old man

Legislative body of a state, university of college

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Senator

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Member of the senate

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Senescent

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Sen - old man

Becoming old

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Homo sapiens

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Specific name of mordern man according to binomial classification

Homo - man/person

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Human

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Relating to human kind

Homo - man/person

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Parricide

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Killing of a parent

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Humane

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Characterised by kindness, sympathy

Homo - man/person

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Humanitarian

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Having the interests of mankind at heart

Homo - man/person

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Humanity

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The human race, kindness and mercy

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Incision

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Cid- cis- - cut/kill

Cutting into

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Incisive

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Cid- cis- - cut/kill

Penetrating/ sharp

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Excision/ excise

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Cutting out

Cid- cis- - cut/kill

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Circumcision

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Cutting around

Cid- cis- - cut/kill

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Decision

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Come to a conclusion

Cid- cis- - cut/kill

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Precision

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Marked by exactness and accuracy

Cid- cis- - cut/kill

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Cadence

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Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

The rhythmic beat of something: the fall in the pitch of the voice

106
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Case

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An example of something that has happened or befallen someone

Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

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Deciduous

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Losing leaves annually

Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

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Recidivism

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Habitual relapse into crime and bad habits

Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

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Occident

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The west (where the sun rises)

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Orient

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The east ( where the sun rises )

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Decadent

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Characterised by moral or cultural decline
Luxurious self indulgence

Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

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Capture

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Cap- cip - take/seize

Seize

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Receptive

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Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

Able to understand or recieve new ideas quickly

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Incipient

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Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

Just beginning

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Inception

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Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

The beginning (of a project or undertaking)

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Perceive

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Become aware, understand

Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

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Perception

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Point of view

Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

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Perceptive

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Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

Observant, able to understand

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Decieve

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Deliberately mislead

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Deceptive

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Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

Misleading

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Conceive/conception

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Have an idea, become pregnant

Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

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Contraception

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Cad- Ced- cid- - fall/befall

Intentional prevention of conception

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Mental

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Ment - mind

Involving the mind

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Mentality

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Ment - mind

Way of thinking; intellectually ability

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Mentor

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Wise, trusted advisor

(From the odessay)

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dementia/demented

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Ment - mind

State of serious mental deterioration

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Sentiment/sentimental

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Ment - mind

Susceptibility to tender emotion; exaggerated emotion

128
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Territory

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Ter- land

Land, area

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Terra incognita

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Ter- land

Unexplored land/area

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Extraterrestrial

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Outside of the earth/ aliens

Ter- land

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Inter

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Bury, put in earth

Ter- land

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Disinter

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Exhume, dig up

Ter- land

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Corporal

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Corpor- body

Relating to the body

134
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Corporeal vs incorporeal

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Physical vs spiritual

Corpor- body

135
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Corpse

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Dead body

Corpor- body

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Corps

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Corpor- body

Body of people with a specific function

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Corporation

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Large company

Corpor- body

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Incorporate

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Include

Corpor- body

139
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Corpulent

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Fat

Corpor- body

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Grade

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Grad- gress- wait/step/go

Level of rank, progression or quality

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Gradient

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Inclination

Grad- gress- wait/step/go

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Gradual

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Grad- gress- wait/step/go

Developing in stages (step by step)

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Graduand

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A person about to graduate

Grad- gress- wait/step/go

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Graduate

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Person who has been awarded a degree

Grad- gress- wait/step/go

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Ingredients

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Grad- gress- wait/step/go

Component in a mixture

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Progress

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Grad- gress- wait/step/go

Advance

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Regress

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Go backwards

Grad- gress- wait/step/go

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Digress

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Grad- gress- wait/step/go

Depart from main subject in speaking or writing

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Congress

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Grad- gress- wait/step/go

Formal meeting / national legislative body in US

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Transgress

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Break the law, overstep

Grad- gress- wait/step/go

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Tenable

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Able to be maintained

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

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Tenacious/ pertinacious

A

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

Keeping firm hold or stubborn

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Tenant

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Person occupying rented property

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

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Contain

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Hold

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

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Continent

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One of earths large land masses, able to hold in urination

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

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Pertain/pertinent

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Have relevance

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

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Retain/retentive

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Hold back, keeping in one’s possession, ability to remember

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

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Abstain

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Keep away from

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

159
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Incontinent

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Unable to control bladder

Ten- tent- -tin- -tan - hold or keep

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Fact/factual

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An event or thing that has happened

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Factory

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A place where things are made

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Manufacture

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Fact- fic- fec- make, do

Make something from raw materials (using machinery)

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Factotum

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A person employed to do all kinds of work

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Facsimile

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Exact copy

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Factor

A

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

Element that contributes to a result

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Faction

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Dissenting group

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Proficient

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Fact- fic- fec- make, do

Skilled, expert

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Efficient

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Functioning effectively

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Deficient/defect

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Lacking some essentials

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Affect

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Influence; put on appearance of

Fact- fic- fec- make, do

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Effect/effective

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Result, to produce a result

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Genre

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Kind, category, especially in literary

Gen- to produce, give birth

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General

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Gener- kind, race, type

Common usual

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Generic

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Not having a trademark

Gener- kind, race, type

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Generate

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To produce or create

Gener- kind, race, type

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Generation

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Production, all people of approximately the same age sharing certain attitudes

Gener- kind, race, type

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Degenerate

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Gener- kind, race, type

Decline or deteriorate

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Regenerate

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To renew

Gener- kind, race, type

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Indigenous

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Gener- kind, race, type

Native, originating originally from a place

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Benign

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Kind favourable

Bene- good

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Malign

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Slander, defame, traduce

Malus - evil

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Malignant

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Evil, having a desire to harm others

Malus - evil

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