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AN |
not, without
amoral - having no moral standards anarchy - society without government |
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AC
ACR |
sharp, sour
Acute - sharp, brief and severe Acrid - sharp or biting taste or smell |
Ax and Ack!
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AMBI
AMPHI |
both
ambiguous - having several meanings amphibious - living on land and water |
Am bi - swinging for both teams
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AMBL
AMBUL |
walk
amble - to go at a slow easy pace ambulatory - capable of walking |
To amble about
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AUD
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hear
audio - pertaining to frequencies in the audio range |
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BENE
BEN BON |
good
benefactor - person who confers to benefit benign - kindly disposition, gracious |
Bon dia! or Bon bons are good.
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BIO
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life
biology - the study of life |
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CARN
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flesh
carnage - slaughter of a great number of people |
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CEDE
CEED CESS |
yield, go
cessation - temporary or complete stopping secede - to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, etc. |
At a yield, some cars proceed and some stop.
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CO
COL COM CON |
with, together
cogent - convincing with forcible presentation compliant - obeying in submissive way consensus - majority of opinion |
Spanish - con
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CURR
CURS COUR |
run
current precursor - a person or thing that precedes |
Before I run, I set a course.
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DE
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away, off, down, out, apart, completely, reversal
debilitate - to make weak deride - to laugh at with scorn; scoff or jeer at |
The defense kept the opposing team from getting a break away or a first down. Because of this, the game momentum was completely reversed.
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DEMO
DEM |
people
democrat - person political or social equality of all people demagogue - person gains power by raising emotions |
Alls dem people
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DUC
DUCT |
lead
induce - to lead by persuasion conduct - direction or management |
The duck leads her ducklings.
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EGO
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self
egoist - self-centered person |
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EM IN IM |
in, into
enter embroil - to bring into discord or conflict |
M and N are in the alphabet.
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EU
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well, good
euphemism - substitution of mild expression for one thought to be harsh or blunt |
YOU are doing well
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FAL
FALS |
deceive
infallible - absolutely trustworthy false - not true |
Embarrassed after the fall he told a false story about what happened.
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FORE
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before
forecast - to predict or calculate in advance |
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FRA
FRAG FRAC FRING |
break
fragment fracture |
He fractured his leg on the fringe of the trail.
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GRAPH
GRAM |
writing
biography grammar - study of way sentences in language are created |
Instead of writing on the gram-cracker box there was a graph.
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GRAT
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pleasing
gratitude - feeling grateful |
The tip was gratuity for the server's pleasing service.
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HELIO
HELI |
sun
heliocentric - measured from sun perihelion - point at which object is closest to sun |
The sun is hot like hell.
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HOL
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whole
holocaust - complete destruction by fire |
hole sounds just like whole
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INTRA
INTR |
within
intravenous - within a vein intrinsic - belonging to the thing by the very nature |
The intra-web.
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JET |
throw, throw down
trajectory - curve described by projectile in flight jettison - to cast goods overboard to lighten load |
Think of flags as objects in football
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JUD
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judge
judicious |
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LAT
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side
lateral |
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LING
LANG |
tongue
lingo language |
to speak a language you must use your tongue.
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MACRO
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great
macrocosm - total structure |
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MAL
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bad
maladroit - unskilled |
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MEM
MIN |
remember
memento reminisce - to recall past experiences |
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MIT
MISS |
send
transmit missive - letter |
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NAU
NAV |
ship, salior
nautical circumnavigate - to maneuver around |
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NEW
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new
neoclassical |
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OB
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against
obsequious - servilely compliant or deferential |
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OMNI
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all
omnipotent - all powerful |
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PAC
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peace
pacifist |
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PHON
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sound
phonography |
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POT
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drink
potable - drinkable |
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QUAD
QUAR QUAT |
four
quadrant - 1/4 of circle quarantine - isolation (traditionally 40 days) quaternary - consisting of 4s |
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QUIE
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quiet
acquiesce - comply silently without protest |
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RETRO
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backward
retrospective |
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RID
RIS |
laugh
ridiculous derision - ridicule, mockery |
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SED
SID |
sit
sedentary residence |
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SEN
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old
senior |
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SYN
SYM |
together
synthesis - complex whole formed by combining symbiosis - living together of two dissimilar organisms |
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TACIT
TIC |
silent
tacit - understood without being openly expressed reticent - disposed to be silent |
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TERM
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end
terminal |
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TORT
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twist
distort |
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TOX
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poison
toxic |
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UNI
UN |
one
unify unanimous |
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URB
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city
urban - of or pertaining to a city |
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VAC
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empty
evacuate |
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VOLV
VOLUT |
turn, roll
revolve convoluted |
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VOR
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eat
voracious - craving or consuming large quantities of food |
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ACT
AG |
to do; to drive; to force; to lead
agile pedagogue - a teacher litigate - to make the subject of a lawsuit |
Agriculture - leading cattle, forcing/driving them into their pen.
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AB
ABS |
off, away from, apart, down
abolish abdicate - to renounce or relinquish a throne abstruse - hard to understand, secret |
Flexing abs - tearing them
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AL |
to, toward, near
adapt adjoin - to be close or in contact with |
Numbers spread out for addition, to preform the calculation you want to move them.
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AL
ALI ALTER |
other, another
alternative altruist - person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others allegory - figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another |
Call me "Al" or "Din" or how about "Laddy"
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AM
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love
amicable inamorata - female lover amatory - of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking |
I am in love with you!
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ANIM
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of the life, mind, soul, spirit
animosity animus - hostile feeling or attitude equanimity - mental or emotional stability, especially under tension |
God animates clay to make people.
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ANNUI
ENNI |
year
anniversary perennial - lasting for an indefinite amount of time annals - record of events, esp yearly |
Anu is getting married in a year.
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ANTE
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before
anterior antebellum - before the war (esp the American Civil War) antediluvian - belonging to the period before the biblical flood; very old or old-fashioned |
An ant ate the picnic before we were able.
Ante - Spanish |
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ANTHRO
ANDR |
man, human
misanthrope - one who hates mankind anthropocentric - man centric universe |
Anthropology
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ANTI
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against
antipathy - aversion antipodal - opposite side of the globe |
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APO
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away
apogee - highest or most distant point apocryphal - doubtful authorship or authenticity |
Think of "apo" as the way kids say "apple". What do you want to do with a moldy apo?
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ARCH
ARCHI ARCHY |
chief, principal, ruler
oligarchy - a state or society ruled by a select group |
The St Louis arch looks like a ruler, it is the chief gateway to the midwest.
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AUTO
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self
autocrat - absolute ruler autonomy - independence or freedom |
I can fix the car myself
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BE
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to be, to have a particular quality, to exist
belie - to misrepresent, to contradict |
Just be.
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BEL
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war
antebellum - before the war belligerent - warlike, given to waging war |
ring the bel! the British are coming.
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BI
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twice, double
biennial - happening every two years |
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CAD
CID |
to fall, to happen by chance
decadent - deteriorating, decaying recidivist - one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime |
Golf course at Niagara falls. The Caddy named Cid just happened to drop the gold bag down the waterfalls.
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CANT
CENT CHANT |
sing
incentive - that which incites action enchant |
I can't give you a cent to chant.
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CAP
CIP CEPT |
to take, to get
precept -a commandment or direction given as the rule of conduct |
Capture everyone except Cip.
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CAP
CAPIT CIPIT |
head
precipitate - to hasten the occurrence of; to bring about prematurely capitulate - to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
Captin is the head of the ship
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CARD
CORD COUR |
heart
cardiac discord - lack of harmony |
The courage to reach an accord is from the heart.
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CAST
CHAST |
cut
castigate - to punish in order to correct chastise - to disciple (esp corporal punishment) |
Think of Man in Tights - Robin tried to cut the "cast" from the chaste Maid Mariam.
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CENTR
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center
concentrate centrist - of or pertaining to moderate political or social ideas |
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CERN
CERT CRET CRIM CRIT |
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
ascertain - to make sure of criterion - a standard of judgement or criticism |
The criminal's attitude concerned the judge so he decided to keep his cell separate.
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CHRON
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time
anachronism - an obsolete or archaic form chronometer - a time piece with a mechanism to adjust for accuracy |
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CIRCU
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around, on all sides
circumambulate - to walk around/about bicuitous - roundabout, indirect |
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CIS
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to cut
scissors incisive - penetrating, cutting |
Cissy used scissors to cut hair.
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CLA
CLO CLU |
shut, close
claustrophobia preclude - to prevent the presence, existence or occurrence of |
Close the door! ClaClu - like achew!
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CLAIM
CLAM |
to shout; to cry out
clamor - loud uproar |
A clam cannot shout or proclaim!
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CLI
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to lean toward
proclivity - inclination, bias disinclination - aversion, distaste |
The decline was toward the house.
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CRE
CRESC CRET |
to grow
accretion - an increase by natural growth creation |
Crescendos grow. Secrets grow when interest increases
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CRED
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to believe; to trust
credulity - willingness to believe or trust too readily |
The church has a creed which is trusted to have its beliefs.
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CRYP
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hidden
cryptology - the science of interpreting secret writings, codes, ciphers, and the like |
King Tut's crypt was hidden.
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CUB
CUMB |
to lie down
incumbent recumbent |
Wildlife protection hit the lion cub with a sleeping dart, which caused the cub to lay down.
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CULP
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blame
inculpate - to charge with fault |
He couldn't be the culprit but he was blamed anyway
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DAC
DOC |
To teach
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Doc, what's dac? Teach me about it
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DI
DIA |
apart, through
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After walking through DIA he realized that the terminals were separated apart from the main concourse
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DIC
DICT DIT |
to say; to tell; to use words
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A dictionary tells you how to use, to say, and explains the word
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DIGN
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Worth
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The crowd paid the dignitary the attention he was worth
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DIS
DIF |
Away from, apart, reversal, not
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CO is different from TX. They are a far distance away from and apart from each other. The attitudes are reversed, so they are not the same
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DOG
DOX |
Opinion
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Dogs are better than cats is an opinion.
Orthodox is the "right" way |
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DOL
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Suffer, pain
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Spanish - dolor
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DON
DOT DOW |
To give
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Don Juan gave away Dot and a large dowry.
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DUB
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doubt
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I was dubious when I heard the story
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DUR
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Hard
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Long runs are hard but they build my endurance
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DYS
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Faulty, abnormal
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Disfunctional people could be called abnormal or even considered faulty.
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EF EX |
Out, out of, from , former, completely
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E and F
exgirlfriend got kicked out |
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EPI
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Upon
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Place the epipen upon your leg
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EQU
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Equal, even
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ERR
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To wonder
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an error in the map made them wonder around for hours.
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ESCE
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Becoming
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He's center stage, becoming a star.
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EXTRA
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Outside, beyond
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the extra-terrestrial was outside and beyond understanding
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FAB
FAM |
Speak
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Fabulous people and your family speak well of you
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FAC
FIC FIG FAIT FEIT FY |
To do; to make
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The characters of the "faits" do make a good story
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FER
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To bring; to Carry; to bear
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Luggage transfer- you bring it, the plane carries it, so you don't have to bear the weight during the trip
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FERV
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To boil; to bubble
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The mad scientist boiled the potion with great fervor
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FIN
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End
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Fine
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FLAG
FLAM |
to burn
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During protests the news shows pictures of flaming flags as people burn them
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FLECT
FLEX |
to bend
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the mirror reflected the body builder's flex when he bent his arm.
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FLU
FLUX |
to flow
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the flu makes your nose flow
flux makes solder flow |
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FORT
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chance; strength
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The strong fort gave the rebellion a chance.
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FUS
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to pour
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The mother was fussing at the baby for pouring her drink over the high chair
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GEN
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birth, creation, race, kind
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Genesis is the birth of man and also tells of the creation of race and kind.
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GNO |
know
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gnostic people think they know the real truth
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GRAD
GRESS |
to step
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the graduate progressed to the stage and stepped up to get his diploma
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to stick
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He's not happy with her all the time, but sticks with her anyway
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(H)ETERO
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different
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(H)OM
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same
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HYPER
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over, excessive
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HYPO
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Under, beneath, less than
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IDIO
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One's own
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I di own
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IN |
not, without
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INTER
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between, among
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Interaction is between or among people
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JOIN
JUNCT |
to meet; to join
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Join me at the junction of 5th and Park
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JUR
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to swear
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If you have to stand before the Jury, you will be sworn in.
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LAV
LUT LUV |
to wash
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I lov the word lavar
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LECT
LEG |
to select, to choose
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The dad from the Christmas story would probably choose the Leg lamp over his family
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LEV
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Lift, light, rise
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To levitate one should be light so that they can lift and rise up.
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