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A
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without
amoral atheist atypical anonymous apathy atrophy anomaly agnostic |
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AB/ABS
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off, away, from, apart, down
abduct: to take by force abhor abolish abstract abnormal abdicate abstinence abstruse |
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AC/ACR
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sharp, bitter
acid acute acerbic: sour; harsh in temper acrid: sharp to taste or smell acrimonious exacerbate |
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ACT/AG
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to do; to drive; to force; to lead
agile agitate litigate prodigal pedagogue: a teacher synagogue: place of worship (Jewish) |
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AD/AL
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to, toward, near
adapt adjacent addict admire address adhere adjoin: to be close or in contact w/ advocate |
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AL/ALI/ALTER
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other, another
alternative alias alibi alien alter ego altruist: person unselfishly concerned for others allegory |
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AM
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love
amatuer: for pleasure rather than financial or professional gain amatory: pertaining to lovers or lovemaking amenity: agreeable ways or manners amorous enamored: inflamed w/ love amity: friendship; harmony inamorata: female lover amiable amicable |
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AMB
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to go; to walk
ambient: moving freeely; circulating ambitious preamble: introductory statement ambassador ambulance ambulatory: capable (related to) walking ambush perambulator: one who makes a tour of inspection on foot |
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AMB/AMPH
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both; more than one; around
ambigious amphibian ambidextrous |
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ANIM
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of the life, mind, soul, spirit
unanimous: in complete accord animosity: ill will animus: hostile feeling or attitude equanimity: mental or emotional stability magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury |
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ANNUI/ENNI
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year
annual anniversary annuity: specified income payable at stated intervals perennial: lasting indefinitely annals: records, esp. yearly records |
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ANTE
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before
anterior: placed before antecedent antedate antebellum antediluvian |
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ANTHRO/ANDR
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man; human
anthropology android misanthrope philanderer: one who flirts androgynous: being both male and female androgen: any substance that promotes masculinity anthropocentric: regarding man as the central fact of the universe |
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ANTI
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against
antibody antidote antiseptic: free from germs; particularly clean or neat antipathy: aversion antipodal: on the opposite side of the globe |
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APO
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away
apology apostle: one of the 12 disciples sent forth (away) apocalypse apogee: the highest or most distant point apocryphal: of doutful authorship or authenticity apostasy: a total desertion of one's religion, principles, cause, etc. |
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ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY
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chief; principal; ruler
architect archenemy: chief enemy! monarchy anarchy: without a ruler (or ruling body) oligarchy |
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AUTO
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self
automatic autocrat: an aboslute ruler autonomy: independence/freedom |
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BE
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to be; to have a particular quality; to exist
belittle bemoan: to express pity for bewilder belie: to misrepresent; to contradict |
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BEL/BELL
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war
antebellum: before the war rebel belligerent |
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BEN/BON
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good
benefit benign benediction: act of uttering a blessing benevolent bonus bona fide; in good faith; without fraud |
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BI
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twice; double
binoculars: involving two eyes biennial: happening every two years bilateral bilingual bipartisan |
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CAD/CID
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to fall; to happen by chance
accident: unexpected; by chance coincidence decadent: decaying; deteriorating cascade recidivist |
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CANT/CENT/CHANT
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to sing
accent chant enchant recant: to withdraw or disavow a statement incantation incentive: that which incites action |
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CAP/CIP/CEPT
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to take; to get
capture: to take by force or strategem anticipate: to realize (get) beforehand susceptible: capable of receiving emancipate percipient: perceptive; discerning precept: a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct |
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CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT
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head, headlong
capital disciple precipitate: to hasten; to bring about prematurely precipice capitulate caption capitulate: to surrender uncondictionally or on stipulated terms |
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CARD/CORD/COUR
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heart
cardiac: pertaining to the heart encourage: to inspire with spirit or confidence concord: agreement; peace, amity discord concordance: agreement, concord, harmony |
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CARN
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flesh
carnivorous carnage: the slaughter of a great number of people carnival reincarnation incarnation: a being invested with a bodily form |
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CAST/CHAST
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cut
cast caste castigate chastise chaste: free from obscenity; decent |
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CED/CEED/CESS
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to go; to yield; to stop
antecedent concede predecessor cessation |
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CENTR
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center
concentrate eccentric: off center concentric centrifuge centrist |
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CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT
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to separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide
discrete: detached from others, separate ascertain certitude: freedom from doubt discreet hypocrite criterion |
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CHRON
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time
synchronize chronology anachronism chronic chronometer |
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CIRCU
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around, on all sides
circumference circumstances circuit circumambulate circuitous |
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CIS
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to cut
scissors precise exorcise inciscion incisive: penetrating, cutting |
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CLA/CLO/CLU
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shut, close
conclude claustrophobia disclose: to make known, reveal, or uncover exclusive cloister: courtyard bordered w/ covered walks preclude: to prevent the presence, existence or occurence of |
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CLAIM/CLAM
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to shout; to cry out
exclaim proclaim clamor disclaim reclaim |
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CLI
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to lean toward
decline recline climax proclivity: inclination, bias disinclination |
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CO/COL/COM/CON
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with, together
connect coerce compatible collide collaborate conciliate commensurate: suitable in meassure; proportionate |
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CRE/CRESC/CRET
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to grow
accrue: to be added as a matter of periodic gain creation increase increment accretion: an increase by natural growth |
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CRED
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to believe; to trust
incredible credentials credo: any formula of belief credul9ity: willingness to believe or trust too readily credit |
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CRYP
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hidden
crypt: subterranean chamber or vault apocryphal cryptology cryptography |
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CUM/CUMB
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to lie down
cubicle succumb incubate incumbent recumbent: lying down; reclining; leaning |
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CULP
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blame
culprit culpable inculpate: to charge with fault mea culpa: through my fault; my fault |
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COUR/CUR
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running; course
recur curriculum courier excursion cursive concur incursion: a hostile entrance into a place, esp. suddenly cursory: going rapidly over something; hasty; superficial |
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DE
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away, off, down, completely, reversal
descend decipher defile: to make foul, dirty, or unclean defame deferential delineate: to trace the outline of |
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DEM
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people
democracy epidemic endemic: peculiar to a particular people or locality pandemic demographics |
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DI/DIA
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apart, through
dialogue diagnose dilate: to make wider or larger dilatory: inclined to delay or procrastinate dichotomy: division into two parts |
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DIC/DICT/DIT
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to say; to tell; to use words
dictionary predict verdict interdict: to forbid; to prohibit |
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DIGN
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worth
dignity dignitary: a person who holds a high rank or office deign: to think fit or in accrdance with one's dignity condign: well deserved; fitting; adequate disdain |
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DIS/DIF
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away from, apart, reversal, not
disperse disseminate dissipate dissuade diffuse: to pour out and spread |
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DAC/DOC
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to teach
doctor doctrine indoctrinate: to imbue a person w/ learning docile didactic |
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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: sorrowful; mournful dolorous: full of pain or sorrow, grievous |
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DON/DOT/DOW
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to give
donate pardon antidote anecdote endow |
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DUB
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doubt
dubious dubiety indubitable |
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DUR
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hard
endure durable duress: compulsion by threat, coercion dour: sullen, gloomy duration |
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DYS
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faulty, abnormal
dystrophy: faulty nutrition or development dyspepsia: impaired digestion dyslexia dysfunctional |
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EPI
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upon
epidemic epilogue epidermis epigram: a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed epithet: a word or phrase, used invectively as a term of abuse |
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EQU
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equal, even
equation adequate equidistant iniquity: gross injustice; wickedness |
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ESCE
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becoming
adolescent obsolescent: becoming obsolete incandescent: glowing with heat, shining convalescent: recovering from illness reminiscent |
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EU
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good, well
euphemism eulogy eugenics euthanasia euphony |
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E/EF/EX
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out, out of, from, former, completely
evade exclude extricate: eto disentangle, release exonerate: to free or declare free from blame expire efface |
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EXTRA
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outside, beyond
extraordinary extract extradite: to hand over (person accused of crime) to state where crime was committed extrasensory extrapolate |
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FAB/FAM
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speak
fable affable ineffable: too great for description in words famous defame |
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FAC/FIC/FIG/FAIT/FEIT/FY
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to do; to make
factory faction deficient prolific configuration ratify effigy counterfeit |
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FER
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to bring; to carry; to bear
offer confer: to grant, bestow referendum prooffer proliferate |
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FERV
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to boil; to bubble
fervor: passion, zeal fervid: ardent, intense effervescent: w/ the quality of giving off bubbles of gas |
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FID
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faith, trust
confide affadvait: written statement on oath fidelity fiduciary: of a trust; held or given in trust infidel: disbeliever in the supposed true religion |
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FIN
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end
final confine definitive infinite infinitesimal |
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FLAG/FLAM
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to burn
flammable flambeau: a lighted torch flagrant conflagration: large destructive fire |
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FLECT/FLEX
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to bend
deflect flexible inflect reflect genfulect: to bend knee, esp. in worship |
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FLU/FLUX
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to flow
fluid: substance capable of flowing freely fluctuation effluence: flowing out of (light, electricity, etc.) confluence: merging into one mellifluous: pleasing; musical |
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FORE
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before
foresight foreshadow forestall: to prevent by advance action forthright |
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FORT
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chance
fortune fortunate fortuitous |
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FORT
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strength
fortify fortissimo: very loud forte |
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FRA/FRAC/FRAG/FRING
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to break
fracture fragment fractious: irritable, peevish refactory: stubborn; unmanageable infringe: to break or violate (law, etc.) |
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FUS
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to pour
profuse fusillade: continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism suffuse: to spread throughout or over from within diffuse: to spread widely or thinly infusion: infusing; liquid extract so obtained |
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GEN
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birth, creation, race, kind
generous genetics gender carcinogenic: producing cancer congenital: existing or as such from birth progeny miscegenation: interbreeding of races |
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GN/GNO
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know
agnostic ignore ignoramous recognize incognito prognosis diagnose |
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GRAT
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pleasing
grateful ingratiate gratuity gracious |
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GRAD/GRESS
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to step
progress aggressive degrade digress egress: going out; way out regress |
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HER/HES
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to stick
coherent adhesive inherent adherent: able to adhere; believer or advocate of a particular thing heredity |
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(H)ETERO
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different
heterosexual heterogeneous: of other origin, not originating in the body heterodox: different from acknowledged standard; holding unorthodox opinions |
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(H)OM
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same
homogeneous homonym homosexual anomaly homeostasis: a relatively stable state of equilibrium |
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HYPER
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over, excessive
hyperactive hyperbole hyperglycemia |
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HYPO
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under, beneath, less than
hypodermic: relating to the parts beneath the skin hypochondriac hypocritical: affecting virtues or qualities one does not have hypothesis |
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IDIO
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one's own
idiot idiom idosyncrasy |
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IM/IN/EM/EN
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in, into
embrace enclose intrinsic influx implicit incarnate indigenous |
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IM/IN
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not, without
inactive innocuous indolence impartial indigent: deficient in what is requisite |
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INTER
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between, among
interstate interim interloper intermittent intersperse: to scatter here and there |
