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A/AN - anonymous, atypical, anomaly

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not, without

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AB - abduct, abnormal, abolish

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off, away from, apart, down

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ABLE/IBLE - durable, inevitable

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capable of, worthy of

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AC/ACR: acid, acute

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sharp, bitter, sour

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AD - admire, adjacent

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to, toward, near

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AMBI/AMPHI - ambiguous, ambidextrous

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both, on both sides, around

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AMBL/AMBUL - amble, ambulance

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to go, to walk

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ANIM - animal, animate

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of the life, mind, soul, breath

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ANT/ANTE - ancient, antecedent

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before

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AQUA/AQUE - aquarium, subaqueous

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water

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AUTO - autograph, automatic

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self

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BELL - bellicose, belligerent

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war

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BEN/BENE - benefit, benevolent

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good

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BI/BIN - binomial, bilingual

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two

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BON/BOUN - bonus, bounty

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good, generous

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BREV/BRID - abbreviate, brevity

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short, small

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BURS - disburse, bursary

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purse, money

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CARD/CORD/COUR - cardiac, cordial

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heart

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CARN - carnal, incarnation

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flesh

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CAUS/CAUT - caustic, cauterize

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to burn

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CED/CEED/CESS - cessation, recede

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to go, yield, stop

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CELER - accelerant, celerity

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speed

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CENT - century, centennial

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hundred

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CHROM - monochromatic, chromosome

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color

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CHRON - chronic, synchronize

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time

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CIRCU/CIRCUM - circumference, circumnavigate

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around

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CO/COL/COM/CON - collaborate, compatible

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with, together

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COGN/CONN - cognition, recognize

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to know

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CONTRA/CONTRO/COUNTER - contradict, counterpart

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against

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CORP/CORS - corporation, corpse

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body

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COSM - cosmetic, cosmic

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universe, world

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CRE/CRESC/CRET - accrue, increase

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to grow

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CRED - accredit, creed

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to believe, trust

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CRYPT - cryptic

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hidden

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CUB/CUMB - incumate, succumb

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to lie down

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CULP - culpable, culprit

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fault, blame

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DE - descend, defame

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away, off, down, completely, reversal

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DEXT - ambidextrous, dexterity

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right hand, right side, skillful, fortunate

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DI - dial, diary

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day

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DI/DIF/DIS - diagonal, dialogue

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in two, through, across

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DIC/DICT/DIT - dictate, verdict

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to say, tell, use words

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DOL - condolence, dolorous

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to suffer, pain, grieve

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DORM - dormant, dormitory

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to sleep

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DORS - dorsal, endorse

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back

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DUC/DUCT - abduct, conduct

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to lead

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DULC - dulcet

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sweet

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DUR - durable, duration

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hard, lasting

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E/EX - eradicate, exhale

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out, from, former, completely

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EGO - egocentric

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self

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EQU - equation, equilibrium

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equal, even

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ERR - aberration, erratic

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to wander

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EU - eulogy, euphemism

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good, well

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FAL - fallacy, infallible

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to err, deceive

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FATU - fatuous, infatuated

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foolish

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FERV - fervent

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to boil, bubble

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FI/FID - confide, fealty

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faith, trust

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FLAGR/FLAM - flagrant, inflame

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to burn

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FLECT/FLEX - deflect, flexible

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to bend, turn

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FUG - fugitive, refuge

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to flee, fly

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FUM - fume, perfume

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smoke

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GEN - regenerate, genius

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birth, creation, race, kind

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GNI/GNO - diagnose, recognize

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to know

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GRAM/GRAPH - diagram, photograph

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to write, to draw

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GREG - aggregate, gregarious

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flock

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HAP - hapless, mishap

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by chance

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HEMI - hemisphere

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half

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HETERO - heterogeneous

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different, other

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HOL - holistic, hologram

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whole

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HOM - homeostasis, homonym

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same

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HUM - humble, exhume

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earth

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ICON - iconic, iconology

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image, idol

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IN/IM - immoral, irrelevant

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not, without

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IN/IM - illuminate, implicit

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in, into

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INTER - interim, interloper

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between, among

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INTRA - intramural, intravenous

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inside, within

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IT/ITER - itinerant, ambition

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way, journey

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JOC - jocular, jocund

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joke

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JOIN/JUG/JUNCT - adjoin, conjugal

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to meet, join

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JOUR - adjourn, journal

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day

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JUD - judiciary, prejudice

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judge

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JUR - jury, conjure

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law, to swear

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JUV - juvenile, rejuvinate

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young

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LANG/LING - language, linguistics

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tongue

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LAUD - laud, cum laude

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praise, honor

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LAV/LAU/LU - dilute, laundry

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to wash

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LAX/LEAS/LES - lease, relax

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loose

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LEC/LEG/LEX - dialect, lecture

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to read, speak

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LEV - alleviate, levity

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to lift, rise, light

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LI/LIG - ally, liason

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to tie, to bind

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LIBER - liberal, deliver

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free

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LITH - lithography, monolith

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stone

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LOC/LOG/LOQU - circumlocution, prologue

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word, speech, thought

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LUC/LUM/LUS - illuminate, lucid

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light, brightness

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MACRO - macroscopic, macrobiotics

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great, long

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MAG/MAJ/MAX - magnanimous, magnify

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big, great

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MAL/MALE - malady, malicious

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bad, ill, evil, wrong

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MAN/MANU - emancipate, manipulate

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hand

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MAND/MEND - command, recommend

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to command, order, entrust

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MEDI - immediate, mediocre

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middle

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MEGA - megaphone, megalomania

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large, great

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MICRO - microscope, micron

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very small

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MIS - misanthrope, misinterpret

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bad, wrong, to hate

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MOB/MOM/MOT/MOV - automobile, promote

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to move

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MOLL - mollusk, mild

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soft

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MON/MONO - monarchy, monologue

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one

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MOR/MORT - immortal, morbid

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death

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MULT - multiple

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many

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MUT - commute, mutation

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to change

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NAT/NAS/NAI/GNA - naive, natal

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birth

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NAU/NAV - astronaut, nautical

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ship, sailor

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NIHIL - annihilate

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nothing, none

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NOC/NOX - innocent, obnoxious

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harm

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NOCT/NOX - equinox, nocturnal

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night

114
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NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN - anonymous, misnomer

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name

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NON - nonconformist, nonpartisan

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not

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NOV/NEO/NOU - innovate, novel

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new

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NULL - annul, nullify

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nothing

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OB - obese, obstruct

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toward, to, against, over

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OMNI - omnipotent, omnipresent

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all

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ONER - onerous, exonerate

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burden

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OSS/OSTE - ossicle, ossify

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bone

122
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PALP - palpitation, palpable

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to feel

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PAN/PANT - pandemic, panorama

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everyone, all

124
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PAS/PAT/PATH - compassion, sympathy

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feeling, suffering, diease

125
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PEC - impecunious, peculation

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money

126
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PED - encyclopedia, pediatrician

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education, child

127
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PED/POD - impede, pedal

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foot

128
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PEL - compel, expel

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to drive, to push

129
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PEN/PENE - peninsula, penultimate

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almost

130
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PERI - perimeter, periphery

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around

131
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PHIL - philanthropy, philharmonic

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love

132
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PHOB - phobia

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fear

133
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PHON - antiphony, symphony

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sound

134
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PLAC - complacent, placid

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to please

135
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PLE/PLEN - accomplishment, plenty

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to fill, full

136
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POLY - polynomial

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many

137
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PORT - support, importance

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to carry

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POST - posterity, posterior

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behind, after

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