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ab (abs)
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from, away
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absent
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not present
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ab + sum
"be away" |
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abduct
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kidnap
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ab + duct
"lead away" |
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abrasion
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process of wearing down or irritating
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ab + ras
"rub away" |
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abstain
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refrain from something
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abs + tain
"hold away from" |
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ad
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to, toward
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adjunct
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something added, but not fully a part of something
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ad + junct
"join to" |
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aggregate
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adjective: gathered together in a mass to make a whole: total
noun: an assemblage of parts massed together verb: to gather up into a mass; total up |
ad + greg
"flock" |
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alliteration
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occurrence of two or more words beginning with the same sound in the same line
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ad + littera
"letter" |
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assimilate
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to make or become similar
physiology: to change food into tissue linguistics: to change one sould into another that is similar to a nearby one sociology: to adapt one's culture to the culture around one |
ad + similis
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amphi (Greek), ambi (Latin)
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both, around
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amphibian
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an organism able to live on land and in water
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amphi + bi
"both lives" |
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amphitheater
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a round or oval theater
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"theater on both sides"
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ambidextrous
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able to use both hands with equal ease
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ambi + dextr
"both right hands" |
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ambiguous
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able to be interpreted in multiple ways
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ambi + ig/ag
"drive both ways" |
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ante
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before
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antediluvian
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older than the Flood; extremely old
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ante + diluvi
"before the flood" |
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antebellum
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from before the (American) Civil War
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ante + bellum
"before the war" |
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antecedent
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one that precedes something else
grammar: a word to which a pronoun refers history: one's ancestors mathematics: the first term of a ratio logic: the conditional member or a hypothetical proposition |
ante + ced
"go before" |
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ante meridiem
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a.m.
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"before noon"
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