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a, an

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not, without (amoral, atrophy, anesthetic)

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ab, a

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from, away, apart (absolve, abject)

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ac, acr

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sharp, sour (acid, acerbic, exacerbate)

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ad, a

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to, toward (adhere, adjacent)

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ali, altr

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another (alias, alienate)

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am, ami

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love (amorous, amiable)

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ambi, amphi

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both (ambiguous, ambivalent)

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ambl, ambul

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walk (amble, ambulatory, somnambulist)

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ann, enn

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year (annual, perennial)

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ante, ant

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before (antecedent, antiquated)

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anthrop

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human (anthropology, misanthrope)

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anti, ant

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against, opposite (antidote, antithesis)

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aud

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hear (audio, auditory)

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auto

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self (autobiography, autocrat)

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belli, bell

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war (belligerent, bellicose)

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bene, ben

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good (benevolent, benefactor)

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bi

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two (bicycle, bisect, bilingual)

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biblio

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book (bible, bibliophile)

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bio

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life (biography, biology)

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burs

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money, purse (reimburse, bursar)

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cad, cas, cid

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happen, fall (accident, deciduous)

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cap, cip

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head (captain, decapitate, precipitate)

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cap, capt, cept, cip

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take, hold, seize (capable, captivate, inception)

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carn

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flesh (carnal, carnivorous)

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ced, cess

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yield, go (cede, precede, recede, antecedent, cession)

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chrom

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color (chromatic)

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chron

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time (chronology, chronic, anachronism)

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cide

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murder (suicide, homicide)

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circum

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around (circumference, circumvent)

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clin, cliv

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slope (incline, declivity, proclivity)

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clud, clus, claus, clois

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shut, close (conclude, reclusive, occlude)

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co, com, con

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with, together (coalesce, cogent)

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cogn, gno

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know (recognize, cognizance)

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contra

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against (controversy, contradict)

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corp

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body (corpse, corporeal, corpulence)

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cosmo, cosm

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world (cosmopolitan, microcosm)

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crac, crat

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rule, power (democracy, autocrat)

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cred

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trust, believe (incredible, credulous)

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cresc, cret

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grow (crescent, crescendo, accretion)

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culp

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blame, fault (culprit, cuplable, inculpate)

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curr, curs

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run (current, concur, cursory, precursor)

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de

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down, out, apart (depart, debase, declivity, decry, deface)

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dec

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ten, tenth (decade, decimal, decathlon, decimate)

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di, diurn

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day (diary, diurnal, quotidian)

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demo, dem

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people (democrat, demographics, demagogue)

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dia

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across (diagonal, diatribe, diaphanous)

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dic, dict

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speak (diction, interdict, predict, abdicate)

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dis, dif, di

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not, apart, away (disband, disbar, discern, disparate, dissuade, distend)

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doc, doct

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teach (doctrine, docile, doctrinaire)

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dol

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pain (condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent)

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duc, duct

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lead (seduce, induce, viaduct)

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ego

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self (ego, egoist, egocentric)

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en, em

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in, into (enter, entice, encumber, embellish, empathy)

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err

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wander (erratic, aberration, errant)

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55
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eu

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well, good (eulogy, euphemism, euphoria)

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56
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ex, e

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out, out of (exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, execrable)

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fac, fic, fect, fy, fea

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make, do (factory, facility, benefactor, malefactor, fiction, affect, rectify, feasible)

58
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ferv

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boil (fervent, fervid, effervescent)

59
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fid

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faith, trust (confident, diffidence, perfidious, fidelity)

60
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flu, flux

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flow (fluent, flux, affluent, effluvia, superfluous)

61
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fore

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before (forecast, foreboding)

62
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frag, frac

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break (fragment, fracture, fractious, refract)

63
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fus

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pour (profuse, infusion, effusive, diffuse)

64
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gen

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birth, class, kin (generation, congenital, homogenous, ingenious, progeny)

65
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grad, gress

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step (graduate, retrograde, digress, progress)

66
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graph, gram

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writing (biography, epigram, grammar)

67
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grat

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pleasing (grateful, gratitude, ingrate, gratuity)

68
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grav, griev

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heavy (gravity, aggravate, grieve, aggrieve)

69
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greg

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crowd, flock (segregate, egregious, congregate, aggregate)

70
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habit, hibit

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have, hold (habit, inhibit, cohabit)

71
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hap

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by chance (happen, mishap, hapless)

72
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helio, heli

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sun (heliocentric, helium, heliotrope, aphelion, perihelion)

73
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hetero

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other (heterosexual, heterodox)

74
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hol

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whole (holocaust, catholic, holistic)

75
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homo

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same (homogenize, homonym)

man (homicide, homo sapiens)

76
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hydr

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water (hydrant, hydrate, dehydration)

77
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hyper

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too much, excess (hyperactive, hyperbole)

78
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in, ig, il, im, ir

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not (incorrigible, inert, insatiable, ignorant, illicit, impasse, impeccable, irregular, impervious)

79
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in, il, im, ir

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in, on, into (invade, inaugurate, innate, inter)

80
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inter

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between, among (intercede, intercept, interject, intersect, interregnum)

81
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intra, intr

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within (intrastate, intravenous, intramural)

82
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it, iter

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between, among (transit, itinerant, reiterate)

83
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ject, jet

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throw (eject, interject, jettison)

84
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jour

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day (journal, adjourn, soujourn)

85
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jud

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judge (prejudice, adjudicate)

86
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junct, jug

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join (subjugate, injunction, adjudicate)

87
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jur

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swear, law (abjure, jurisprudence)

88
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lat

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side (lateral, collateral)

89
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lav, lau, lu

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wash (laundry, ablution, antediluvia)

90
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leg, lec, lex

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read, speak (legible, lecture, lexicon)

91
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lev

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light (elevate, levity, alleviate, levitate)

92
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liber

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free (liberty, liberal, libertine)

93
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lig, lect

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choose, gather (eligible, elect, select)

94
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lig, li, ly

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bind (ligament, oblige, religion, liable)

95
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ling, lang

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tongue (lingo, language)

96
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liter

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letter (literate, alliteration, literal)

97
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lith

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stone (monolith, megalith, lithogram)

98
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loqum, loc, log

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speech, thought (eloquent, colloquial, circumlocution, dialogue, eulogy)

99
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luc, lum

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light (lucid, illuminate, elucidate, pellucid, translucent)

100
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lud, lus

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play (ludicrous, allude, allusion)

101
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macro

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great (macrobiotics, macrocosm)

102
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mag, maj, mas, max

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great (magnanimous, magnate)

103
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mal

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bad (malady, maladroit, malevolent, malodorous)

104
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man

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hand (manual, manuscripte, emancipate)

105
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mar

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sea (submarine, marine, maritime)

106
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mater, matr

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mother (maternal, matron, matrilineal)

107
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medi

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middle (intermediary, medieval, mediate)

108
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mega

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great (megaphone, megalomania)

109
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memor, memen

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remember (memory, memento)

110
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meter, metr, mens

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measure (meter, thermometer, metronome, commensurate)

111
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micro

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small (microscope, microorganism)

112
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mis

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wrong, bad, hate (misanthrope, misconstrue)

113
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mit, miss

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send (transmit, emit, missive)

114
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moll

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soft (mollify, emollient, mollusk)

115
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mon, monit

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warn (admonish, monitor, premonition)

116
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mono

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one (monologue, monotonous, monogamy)

117
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mor

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custom, manner (moral, mores, morose)

118
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mor, mort

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dead (morbid, moribund, mortal, amortize)

119
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morph

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shape (amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology)

120
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mov, mot, mob, mom

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move (remove, motion, mobile, momentum)

121
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mut

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change (mutate, mutability, immutable, commute)

122
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nat, nasc

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born (native, natal, neonate, nascent, renascent, renaisssance)

123
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nau, nav

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ship, sailor (nautical, nauseous, navy, circumnavigate)

124
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neg

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not, deny (negative, abnegate, renege)

125
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neo

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new (neophyte, neologism, neonate)

126
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nihil

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none, nothing (annihilation, nihilism)

127
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nom, nym

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name (nominate, nomenclature, nominal, cognomen, ignominious, antonym, homonym, pseudonym, synonym, anonymity)

128
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nox, nic, nec, noc

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harm (obnoxious, pernicious, internecine, innocuous)

129
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nov

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new (novelty, innovation, novitiate)

130
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number

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number (numeral, numerous, innumerable, enumerate)

131
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ob

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against (obstruct, obdurate, obfuscate, obnoxious, obsequious, obstinate, obstreperous)

132
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omni

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all (omnipresent, omnipotent, omnivorous)

133
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oner

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burden (onerous, onus, exonerate)

134
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oper

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work (operate, cooperate, inoperable)

135
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pac

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peace (pacify, pacifist, pacific)

136
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palp

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feel (palpable, palpitation)

137
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pan

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all (panorama, panacea, panegyric, pandemic, panoply)

138
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pater, patr

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father (paternal, patriot, patrician)

139
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path, pass

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feel, suffer (sympathy, antipathy, empathy, apathy, pathos, impassioned)

140
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pec

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money (pecuniary,

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