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39 Cards in this Set
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spir
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breath
spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire, respiration |
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string, strict
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draw tight
stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, boa constrictor |
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stru, struct
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build
construe (build in the mind, interpret), structure, construct, instruct, obstruct, destruction, destroy |
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sume, sump
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take, use, waste
consume, assume (to take, to use), sump pump presumption (to take or use before knowing all the facts |
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tact, tang, tag, tig, ting
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touch
tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible, contagious, contiguous |
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tele
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far
telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope, television, telephoto, telecast, telepathy |
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tempo
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time
tempo, temporary, extemporaneously, contemporary, pro tem, temporal |
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ten, tin, tain
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hold
tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable, detention, retentive, content, pertinent, continent, obstinate, contain, abstain, pertain, detain |
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tend, tent, tens
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stretch, strain
tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend, superintend, tender, extent, tension, pretense |
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terra
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earth
terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial |
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test
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to bear witness
testament, detest, testimony, attest |
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the, theo
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God, a god
monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology |
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therm
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heat
thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle, thermostat, hypothermia |
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thesis, thet
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place, put
antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet |
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tom
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cut
atom (not cutable, smallest particle of matter), appendectomy, tonsillectomy, dichotomy, anatomy |
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tort, tors
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twist
torture (twisting to inflict pain), retort, extort (twist out), distort, contort, torsion |
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tox
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poison
toxic, intoxicate, antitoxin |
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tract, tra
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draw, pull
tractor, attract, traction, subtract, tractable, abstract (to draw away), subtrahend (the number to be drawn away from another). |
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trib
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pay, bestow
tribute, contribute, attribute, retribution, tributary |
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turbo
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disturb
turbulent, disturb, turbid, turmoil |
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typ
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print
type, prototype, typical, typography, typewriter, typology, typify |
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ultima
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last
ultimate, ultimatum |
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umber, umbraticum
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shadow
umbra, penumbra, (take) umbrage, adumbrate |
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uni
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one
unicorn, unify, university, unanimous, universal |
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vac
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empty
vacate, vacuum, evacuate, vacation, vacant, vacuous |
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vale, vali, valu
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strength, worth
equivalent, valiant, validity, evaluate, value, valor |
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ven, vent
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come
convene, intervene, venue, convenient, avenue, circumvent, invent, convent, venture, event, advent, prevent |
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ver, veri
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true
very, aver, verdict, verity, verify, verisimilitude |
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vert, vers
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turn
avert, divert, invert, introvert, convertible, reverse, controversy, versatile |
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vic, vicis
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change, substitute
vicarious, vicar, vicissitude |
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vict, vinc
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conquer
victor, evict, convict, convince, invincible |
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vid, vis
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see
video, evident, provide, providence, visible, revise, supervise, vista, visit, vision |
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viv, vita, vivi
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alive, life
revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality, vivisection |
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voc
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call
vocation, avocation, convocation, invocation, evoke, provoke, revoke, advocate, provocative, vocal |
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vol
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will
malevolent, benevolent, volunteer, volition |
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volcan
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fire
volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan |
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volvo
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turn about, roll
revolve, voluble (easily turned about or around or talkative), voluminous, convolution |
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vor
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eat greedily
voracious, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, devour |
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zo
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animal
zoo (short for zoological garden), zoology, zoomorphism (attributing animal form to god), zodiac (circle of animal constellations), protozoan |
