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JECT
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to throw; to throw down
inject dejected: sad, depressed eject conjecture abject: utterly hopeless |
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JOIN/JUNCT
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to meet; to join
junction: the act of joining; combining adjoin: to be next to and joined w/ subjugate rejoinder: to reply, retort junta: (usu. military) clique taking power after a coup d'etat |
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JUR
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to swear
perjury: willful lying while on oath abjure: to renounce an oath adjure: to beg or command |
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LECT/LEG
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to select, to choose
collect elect select: to choose w/ care eclectic: selecting ideas, etc. from various sources predilection: preference, liking |
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LEV
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lift, light, rise
relieve alleviate relevant levee levitate levity: humor, frivolity, gaiety |
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LOC/LOG/LOQU
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word, speech
dialogue elocution: art of clear and expressive speaking prologue eulogy colloquial grandiloquent: pompous or inflated language loquacious: talkative |
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LUM/LUM/LUS
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light
illustrate illuminate illustrious translucent: permitting light to pass through lackluster lucid luminous |
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LUD/LUS
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to play
allude illusion ludicrous delude elude prelude |
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LAV/LUT/LUV
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to wash
lavatory dilute pollute deluge antediluvian ablution: act of cleansing |
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MAG/MAJ/MAX
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big
magnify magnitude maximum magnate: a powerful or influential person magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury maxim |
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MAL/MALE
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bad, ill, evil, wrong
malfunction malicious malign: to speak harmful untruths about; to slander malady maladroit: clumsy, tactless malapropism: humorous misuse of a word malfeasance: misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official malediction: a curse |
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MAN
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hand
manual: operated by hand manufacture: to make by hand or machinery emancipate manifest: readily perceived by the eye or the understanding mandate |
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MIN
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small
minute minutiae: small or trivial details miniature diminish diminution |
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MIN
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to project, to hang over
eminent: towering above others; projecting imminent prominent: projecting outward preeminent: superior to or notable above all others minatory: menancing, threatening |
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MIS/MIT
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to send
transmit emissary intermittent: stopping and starting at intervals remit: to send money remission: a lessening of intensity or degree |
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MISC
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mixed
miscellaneous miscegenation: the interbreeding of races, esp. marriage between white and nonwhites promiscuous |
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MON/MONIT
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to remind; to warn
monument monitor summon admonish remonstrate: to say or plead in protect, objection, or reproof premonition |
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MORPH
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shape
amorphous metamorphosis anthropomorphism: attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals or natural phenomena |
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MORT
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death
immortal morbid: preoccupied with unwholesome matters moribund: dying, decaying |
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MUT
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change
commute: to substitute; exchange; interchange mutation transmutation: the act of changing from one form into another permutation: a complete change immutable |
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NAT/NAS/NAI
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to be born
natural native cognate: related by blood; having a common ancestor renaissance: rebirth, esp. referring to culture nascent |
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NIC/NOC/NOX
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harm
innocent noxious obnoxious innocuous |
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NOM
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rule, order
astronomy economy gastronomy: the art or science of good eating taxonomy autonomy |
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NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN
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name
synonym anonymous nominal: existing in name only; negligible nominate nomenclature acronym |
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NOV/NEO/NOU
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new
novice renovate innovate neologism: a newly coined word, phrase, or expression neophyte nouveau riche |
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NOUNC/NUNC
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to announce
announce pronounce: to articulate renounce: to give up, esp. by formal announcement |
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OB/OC/OF/OP
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toward, to against, over
obese obstinate obstruct oblique: having a slanting or sloping direction obstreperous: noisily defiant, unruly obtuse obfuscate: to render indistinct or dim; darken obsequious: overly submissive |
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OMNI
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all
omnibus: an anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects omnipresent omnipotent omniscient |
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PAC/PEAC
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peace
appease pacify pacifier pact |
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PAN
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all, everyone
panorama panegyric: formal or elborate praise at an assembly panoply: a wide-ranging and impressive array or display pantheon: a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation pandemic: widespread, general, universal |
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PAR
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equal
par: an quality in value or standing parity: equally, as in amount, status, or charcter apartheid disparage disparate: essentially different |
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PARA
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next to, beside
parallel parasite parody parable: short, allegorical story designed tillustrate a moral lesson or religious principle paragon: a model of excellence paranoid |
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PAS/PAT/PATH
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feeling, suffering, disease
sympathy empathy compassion dispassionate impassive: showing or feeling no emotion sociopath pathogenic: causing disease |
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PAU/PO/POV/PU
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few, little, poor
poverty paucity pauper impoverish pusillanimous: lacking courage or resolution puerile: childish, immature |
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PED
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child, education
pedagogue: a teacher pediatrician pedant: on e who displays learning ostentatiously encyclopedia |
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PED/POD
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foot
pedal pedestrian: a person who travels on foot expedite impede podium antipodes: places diametrically opposite each other on the globe |
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PEN/PUN
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to pay; to compensate
penal penalty punitive penance: a punishment undergone to express regret for a sin penitent: contrite |
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PEND/PENS
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to hang; to weight; to pay
depend stipend compensate indispensable appendix appendage |
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PER
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completely
persistent perforate: to make a way through or into something perplex peruse perfunctory: performed merely as routine duty pertinacious: resolute perspicacious: shrewd, astute |
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PERI
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around
perimeter periscope peripatetic: walking or traveling about; itinerant |
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PET/PIT
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to go; to seek; to strive
appetite compete petition centripetal: moving toward the center impetuous petulant: showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance |
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PHIL
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love
philosophy philatelist: one who loves or collects postage stamps philology bibliophile: one who loves or collects books |
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PLAC
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to please
placid: pleasantly calm or peaceful placebo implacable complacent complaisant: inclined or disposed to please |
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PLE
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to fill
complete deplete supplement implement replete: abundantly supplied plethora |
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PLEX/PLIC/PLY
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to fold, twist, tangle, or bend
complex replica implicit implicate duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct supplicate: to make humble and earnest |
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PON/POS/POUND
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to put; to place
component expose expound juxtapose repository |
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PORT
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to carry
import export portable deportment: conduct, behavior disport: to divert or amuse oneself importune: to urge or press with excessive persistence |
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POST
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after
posthumous posterior posterity post facto |
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PRE
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before
precarious: dependent on circumstances beyond one's control precocious premonition presentiment precedent precept |
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PREHEND/PRISE
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to take; to get; to seize
surprise enterprise reprehensible: deserving rebuke or censure comprise reprisals apprehend |
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PRO
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much, for, a lot
prolific profuse prodigal prodigious: extraordinary in size, amount, or extent proselytize: to convert or attempt to recruit propound: to set forth for consideration provident: having or showing foresight |
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PROB
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to prove; to test
probe approbation: praise, consideration opprobrium: the disgrace incurred by shameful conduct reprobate: a depraved or wicked person problematic probity: honesty, high-mindedness |
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PUG
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to fight
pugnacious: to quarrel or fight readily impugn: to challenge as false repugnant pugilist: a fighter or boxer |
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PUNC/PUNG/POIGN
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to point; to prick
point puncture pungent: caustic or sharply expressive compunction: a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong punctilious: strict or exact in the observance of formalities expunge: to erase, eliminate completely |
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QUE/QUIS
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to seek
acquire exquisite conquest inquisitive query querulous: full of complaints perquisite: a gratuity, tip |
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QUI
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quiet
quiet disquiet: lack of calm or peace tranquil acquiesce quiescence: the condition of being at rest, still, inactive |
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RID/RIS
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to laugh
riddle derision risible: causing laughter |
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ROG
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to ask
interrogate arrogant abrogate: to abolish by formal means surrogate derogatory arrogate: to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously |
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SAL/SIL/SAULT/SULT
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to leap, to jump
insult assault somersault salient: prominent or conspicuous resilient insolent exult: to show or feel triumphant joy desultory |
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SACR/SANCT/SECR
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sacred
sacred sacrifice sanctify: to make holy sanction execrable sacrament: something regarded as possessing sacred character sacrilege |
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SCI
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to know
conscious conscience unconscionable omniscient prescient: having knowledge of things before they happen |
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SCRIBE/SCRIP
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to write
scribble describe script postscript proscribe: to condemn as harmful or odious ascribe: to credit or assign, as to a cause or course conscription: draft transcript circumscribe |
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SE
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apart
select separate seduce: to lead astry segregate secede sequester: to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement sedition: incitement of discontent or rebellion against a gov't |
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SEC/SEQU
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to follow
second prosecute sequence obsequious: fawning non sequitur |
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SED/SESS/SID
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to sit, to be still; to plan; to plot
preside resident sediment dissident residual subsidiary: serving to assist or supplement insidious: intended to entrap or beguile assiduous |
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SENS/SENT
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to feel; to be aware
sense sensory sentiment presentiment: a feeling that something is about to happen dissent resent sentinel insensate: w/o feeling or sensitivity |
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SOL
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to loosen; to free
dissolve soluble resolution dissolution dissolute: indifferent to moral restraints absolution: forgiveness for wrongdoing |
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SPEC/SPIC/SPIT
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to look; to see
perspective speculation suspicious spectrum retrospective circumspect: watchful and discreet, cautious perspicacious: having keen mental perception and understanding conspicuous specious: deceptively attractive |
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STA/STI
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to stand; to be in place
static destitute: w/o means of subsistence obstinate constitute stasis apostasy: renunciation of an object of one's previous loyalty |
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SUA
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smooth
suave persuade dissuade assuage |
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SUB/SUP
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below
submissive subsidiary subliminal: existing or operating below the threshold of confidence subtle subterfuge: an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule supposition |
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SUPER/SUR
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above
surpass superlative supersede supercilious: arrogant, haughty, condescending superfluous surmount: to get over or across, to prevail surveillance |
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TAC/TIC
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to be silent
reticent: disposed to be silent or not to speek freely tacit taciturn |
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TAIN/TEN/TENT/TIN
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to hold
detain pertain tenacious: holding fast abstentation tenure tenable sustenance pertinacious: persistent, stubborn |
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TEND/TENS/TENT/TENU
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to stretch; to thin
tension tentative tendentious: having a predisposition towards a point of view distend: to expand by stretching attenuate: to weaken or reduce in force extenuating: making less serious by offering excuses contentious |
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THEO
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god
atheist theocracy theology apotheosis: glorification, glorified ideal |
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TRACT
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to drag; to pull; to draw
tractor attract contract detract abstract tractable: easily managed or controlled intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise |
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TRANS
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across
transaction transparent transition transgress: to violate a law, command, or moral code transcendent intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise |
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US/UT
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to use
abuse usage usurp: to seize and hold utilitarian |
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VEN/VENT
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to come or to move toward
convene venturesome: showing a disposition to undertake risks intervene contravene: to come into conflict with adventitious: accidental |
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VER
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truth
verdict veracious: habitually truthful verity verisimilitude: the appearance or semblance of truth aver: to affirm, to declare to be true |
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VERD
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green
verdant: green with vegetation; inexperienced verdure: fresh, rich vegetation |
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VERS/VERT
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to turn
controversy revert diverse aversion introvert extrovert inadvertent covert avertlife |
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VI
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vivid: strikingly bright or intense
vicarious viable vivacity: the quality of being lively, animated, spirited joie de vivre: joy of life convivial: sociable |
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VID/VIS
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to see
evident video adviser survey vista: a view or prospect |
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VIL
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base, mean
vilify revile: to criticize with harsh language vile: loathsome; unpleasant |
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VOC/VOK
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to call
vocabulary advocate equivocate vocation avocation: something one does in addition to a principle occupation vociferous: crying out noisily convoke: to call together invoke: to call on a diety |
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VOL
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to wish
voluntary malevolent benevolent volition |
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VOR
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to eat
voracious: having great appetite carnivorous: meat-eating omnivorous: eating or absorbing everything |