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A

A

without

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Ab/Abs

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off, away from, apart, down

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Ac/Acr

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sharp, bitter

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Act/Ag

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to do to drive, to force, to lead

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Ad/Al

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to , toward, near

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Al/Ali/Alter

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other, another

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Am

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love

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Amb

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to go, to walk

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Amb/ Amph

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around

amphitheater

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AMb/Amph

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both, more than one

ambiguous

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Ante

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Life, mind, soul, spirit

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Anthro/ Andr

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Man, human

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Annu/ Enni

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year

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Anti

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against

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Apo

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away

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Apt/Ept

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skill, fitness, ability

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Arch/Archi

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chief, principal

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Archy

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ruler

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Art

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skill, craft

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Auc/Aug/Aux

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to increase

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Auto

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self

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Be

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to be, to have a certain quality

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Bel/Bell

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war

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Ben/Bon

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good

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Bi

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twice, doubly

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Bri/Brev

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brief, short

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Cad/Cid

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to fall, to happen by chance

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Cand

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to burn

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Cant/Cent/Chant

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to sing

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Cap/Cip/Cept

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to take, to get

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Cap/Capit/Cip

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head, headlong

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Card/Cord/Cour

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heart

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Carn

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flesh

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Cast/Chast

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cut

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Caust

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to burn

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Ced/Ceed/Cess

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to go, to yield, to stop

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Centr

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center

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Cern/Cert/Cret/Crim/Crit

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to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

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Chron

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time

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Circu

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around, on all sides

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Cis

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to cut

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Cla/Clo/Clu

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shut, close

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Claim/Clam

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to shout, to cry out

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Cli

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to learn toward

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Co/Col/Com/Con

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with, together

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Crat/Cracy

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to govern

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Cre/Cresc/Cret

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to grow

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Cred

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to believe, to trust

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Cryp

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hidden

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Cub/Cumb

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to lie down

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Culp

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blame

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Cour/Cur

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running, a course

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De

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away, off, down, completely, reversal

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Dem

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people

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Di/Dia

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apart, through

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Dic/Dict/Dit

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to say , to tell, to use words

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Dign

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worth

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Dis/Dif

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away from, apart, reversal, not

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Dac/ Doc

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to teach

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Dog/Dox

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opinion

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Dol

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suffer, pain

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Don/Dot/Dow

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to give

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Dub

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doubt

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Duc/Duct

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to lead

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Dur

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to lead

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Dur

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hard

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Dys

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faulty

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Epi

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upon

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Equ

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equal, even

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Err

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to wander

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Esce

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becoming

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Eu

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good, well

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E/Ef/Ex

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out, out of, from, former, completely

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Extra

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outside of, beyond

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Fab/Fam

A

speak

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Fac/Fic/Fig/Fait/Feit/Fy

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to do, to make

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Fer

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to bring, to carry, to bear

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Ferv/Ferm

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to boil, to bubble, to burn

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Fid

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faith,trust

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Fin

A

end

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Flag/Flam

A

to burn

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Flect/Flex

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to bend

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Flict

A

to strike

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Flu/Flux

A

to flow

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For

A

before

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Fort

A

chance

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Fra/Frac/Frag/Fring

A

to break

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Fruit/Frug

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fruit, produce

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Fund/Found

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bottom

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Fus

A

to pour

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Gen

A

birth, creation, race, kind

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Gn/Gno

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know

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Grand

A

big

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Grat

A

pleasing

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Grav/Griev

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heavy, serious

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Greg

A

herd

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Grad/Gress

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to stop

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Her/Hes

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to stick

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(H) etero

A

different

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(H)on

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same

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Hyper

A

over, excessive

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Hypo

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under, beneath, less than

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ID

A

one’s own

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Im/In/Em/En

A

in, into

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Im/In

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not, without

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Infra

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beneath

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Inter

A

between, among

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Intra

A

within

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Ject

A

to throw, to throw down

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Join/Junct/Jug

A

to meet, to join

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Jur

A

to swear

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Lect/leg

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to select, to choose

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Lev

A

lift, light, rise

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Loc/Log/Loqu

A

word, speech

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Luc/Lum/Lus

A

light

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Lud/Lus

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to play

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Lut/Lug/Luv

A

to wash

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Mag/Maj/Max

A

big

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Mal/Male

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bad, ill, evil, wrong

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Man

A

Hand

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Mater/Matr

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woman, mother

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Min

A

small

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Min

A

to project, to hang over

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Mis/Mit

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to send

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Misc

A

mixed

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Mon/Monit

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to warn

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Morph

A

shape

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Mort/Mor

A

death

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Mut

A

change

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Nam/Nom/Noun/Nown/Nym

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rule, order

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Nat/Nas/Nai

A

to be born

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Nec/Nic/Nox/Nai

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harm, death

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Nom/Nym/Noun/Nown

A

name

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Nov/Neo/Nou

A

new

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Nounc/Nunc

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to announce

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Ob/Oc/Of/Op

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toward, to , against, completely

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Omni

A

all

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Pac/Peac

A

peace

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Pan

A

all, everywhere

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Par

A

equal

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Para

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next to, beside

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Pas/Pat/Path

A

feeling, suffering, disease

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Pater/Patr

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father, support

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Pau/Po/Pov/Pu

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few, little, poor

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Ped

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child

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Ped/Pod

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foot

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Pen/Pun

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to pay, to compensate

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Pend/Pens

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to hang, to weigh, to pay

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Per

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completely, wrong

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Peri

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around

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Pet/Pit

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to go, to seek, to strive

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Phil

A

love

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Phone/Phony

A

sound

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Plac

A

to please

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Ple

A

to fill

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Plex/Plic/Ply

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to fold, to twist, to tangle, to bend

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Pon/Pos/Pound

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to put, to place

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Port

A

to carry

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Post

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after

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Pre

A

before

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Prehen/Prise

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to take, to get, to seize

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Pro

A

much, for, a lot

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Prob

A

to prove, to test

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Pug

A

to fight

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Punc/Pung/Point

A

to point, to prick

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Que/Qui

A

to seek

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Wui

A

quiet

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Rid/Ris

A

to laugh

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Rog

A

to ask

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Sal/Sil/Sault/Sult

A

to leap, to jump

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Sacr/Sanct/Secr

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Scared

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Sci

A

to know

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Scribe/Scrip

A

to write

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Se

A

apart

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Sec/Sequ

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to follow

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Sed/Sess/Sid

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to sit, to be still, to plan, to plot

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Sens/Sent

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to feel, to be

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Sol

A

to loosen, to free

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Spec/Spic/Spit

A

to look, to see

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Sta/Sti

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to stand, to be in a place

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Sua

A

smooth

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Sub/Sup

A

below

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Super/Sur

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above

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Tac/Tic

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to be silent

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Tain/Ten/Tent/Tin

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to hold

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Tend/Tens/Tent/Tenu

A

to stretch, to thin

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Theo

A

god

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Tom

A

to cut

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Tort

A

to twist

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Tract

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to drag, to pull, to draw

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Trans

A

across

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Us/Ut

A

to use

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Ven/Vent

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to come, to move toward

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Ver

A

truth

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Vers/Vert

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to turn

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Vi

A

life

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Vid/Vis

A

to see

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Voc/Vok

A

to call

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Vol

A

to wish