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DICT/DIC/DIT

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To say, to tell, to use words

dictionary, dictate, predict, verdict

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DEM

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People

democracy, epidemic, demographics

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DOG/DOX

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Opinion

orthodox, paradox, dogma

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DOL

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Suffer, pain

condolence, indolence, doleful

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DUB

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Doubt

dubious, dubiety

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DYS

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Faulty

dysfunction, dystopia, dyslexia

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EQU

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Equal, even

equation, adequate, equity

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ESCE

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Becoming

adolescent, luminescent, reminiscent

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EU

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Good, well

euphoria, eulogy

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EXTRA

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Outside of, beyond

extraordinary, extraneous, extrapolate

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FID

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Faith, trust

confine, confident, confidant

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FIN

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End

final, finale, define

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FORE

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Before

foresight, foreshadow, forestall

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FRA/ FRAC/ FRAG/ FRING

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To break

fracture, fraction, fragment, fragile

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GEN

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Birth, creation, race, kind

generous, generate, genetics

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GN/GNO

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Know

ignore, recognize, incognito

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GRAND

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Big

grand, grandeur