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151 Cards in this Set
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A- |
Without Example: Amoral, atheist, atypical, anonymous, apathy, atrophy, anomaly, agnostic |
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Ab/Abs- |
Off, away from, apart, down Example: abduct, abhor, abolish, abstract, abnormal, abdicate, abstinence, abstruse |
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Ac/Acr- |
Sharp, bitter Example: Acid, acute, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, exacerbate |
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Act/Ag- |
To do; to drive; to force; to lead Example: agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, pedagogue, synagogue |
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Ad/Al-
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To, toward, near Example: adapt, adjacent, addict, admire, address, adhere, adjoin, advocate |
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Al/Ali/Alter- |
Other; another Example: Alternative, alias, alibi, alien, alter, altruist, allegory |
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Am- |
Love
Example: amateur, amatory, amenity, amorous, enamored, amity, inamorata, amiable, amicable |
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Amb |
To go, to walk Example: ambient, ambitious, preamble, ambassador, ambulance, ambulatory, ambush, perambulator |
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Ambi/Amph- |
Both, more than one, around Example: ambiguous, amphibian, ambidextrous |
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Anim- |
Of the life, mind, soul spirit
Example: unanimous, animosity, animus, equanimity, magnanimous |
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Annui/Enni- |
Year Example: annual, anniversary, annuity, perennial, annals |
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Ante- |
Before
Example: anterior, antecedent, antedate, antebellum, antediluvian |
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Anthro/Andr- |
Man, human Example: anthropology, android, misanthrope, philanderer, androgynous, androgen, anthropocentric |
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Anti- |
Against
Example: antibody, antidote, antiseptic, antipathy, antipodal |
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Apo- |
Away Example: apology, apostle, apocalypse, apogee, apocryphal, apostasy |
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Arch / Archi / Archy - |
Chief, principal, ruler Example: architect, archenemy, monarchy, anarchy, oligarchy |
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Auto- |
Self Example: Automatic, autocrat, autonomy |
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Be- |
To be; to have a particular quality; to exist
Example: Belittle, bemoan, bewilder, belie |
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Bel / Bel- |
War
Example: antebellum, rebel, belligerent |
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Ben / Bon- |
Good Example: Benefit, benign, benediction, benevolent, bonus, bona fide |
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Bi- |
Twice, double
Example: binocular, biennial, bilateral, bilingual, bipartisan |
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Cad / Cid- |
To fall; to happen by chance Example: accident, coincidence, decadent, cascade, recidivist |
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Cant / Cent / Chant- |
To sing Example: accent, chant, enchant, recant, incantation, incentive |
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Cap / Cip / Cept- |
To take; to get Example: capture, anticipate, susceptible, emancipate, percipient, precept |
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Cap / Capit / Capit- |
Head, headlong Example: capital, disciple, precipitate, precipice, capitulate, caption |
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Card / Cord / Cour- |
Heart Example: cardiac, encourage, concord, discord, concordance |
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Carn-
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Flesh
Example: carnivorous, carnage, carnival, reincarnation, incarnation |
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Cast / Chast- |
Cut Example: cast, caste, castigate, chastise, chaste |
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Ced / Ceed / Cess- |
To go; to yield; to stop Example: antecedent, concede, predecessor, cessation, incessant |
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Centr- |
Center Example: concentrate, eccentric, concentric, centrifuge, centrist |
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Cern / Cert / Cret / Crim / Crim- |
To separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide Example: discrete, ascertain, certitude, discreet, hypocrite, criterion |
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Chron- |
Time Example: synchronize, chronology, anachronism, chronic, chronometer |
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Circu- |
Around, on all sides Example: circumference, circumstances, circuit, circumambulate, circuitous |
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Cis- |
To cut Example: scissors, precise, exorcise, incision, incisive |
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Cla / Clo / Clu- |
Shut, close Example: conclude, claustrophobia, discole, exclusive, cloister, preclude |
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Claim / Clam- |
To shout; to cry out Example: exclaim, proclaim, clamor, disclaim, reclaim |
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Cli- |
To learn forward Example: decline, recline, climax, proclivity, disinclination |
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Co / Col / Com / Con- |
With, together Example: connect, coerce, compatible, collide, collaborate, conciliate, commensurate |
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Cour / Cur- |
Running; a course Example: recur, curriculum, courier, excursion, cursive, concur, incursion, cursory |
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Cre / Cresc / Cret- |
To grow Example: accrue, creation, increase, increment, accretion |
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Cred- |
To believe; to trust
Example: incredible, credentials, credo, credulity, credit |
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Cryp- |
Hidden Example: crypt, apocryphal, cryptology, cryptography |
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Cub / Cumb- |
To lie down Example: cubicle, succumb, incubate, incumbent, recumbent |
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Culp- |
Blame
Example: culprit, culpable, inculpate, mea culpa |
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Dac / Doc- |
To teach Example: doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate, docile, didactic |
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De- |
Away, off, down completely, reversal Example: descend, decipher, defile, deflame, deferential, delineate |
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Dem- |
People Example: democracy, epidemic, endemic, pandemic, demographics |
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Di / Dia- |
Apart, through Example: dialogue, diagnose, dilate, dilatory, dichotomy |
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Dic / Dict / Dit- |
To say, to tell, to use words Example: dictionary, predict, verdict, interdict |
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Dign- |
Worth Example; Dignity, dignitary, deign, condign, disdain |
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Dis / Dif- |
Away from, apart, reversal, not Example: disperse, disseminate, dissipate, dissuade, diffuse |
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Dog / Dox- |
Opinion Example: orthodox, paradox, dogma |
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Dol- |
Suffer, pain Example: Condolence, indolence, doleful, dolorous |
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Don / Dot / Dow- |
To give Example: donate, pardon, antidote, anecdote, endow |
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Dub- |
Doubt Example: dubious, dubiety, indubitable |
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Duc / Duct- |
To lead Example: abduct, conduct, conducive, induce, induct, produce |
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Dur- |
Hard Example: endure, durable, duress, dour, duration |
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Dys- |
Faulty, abnormal Example: dystrophy, dyspepsia, dyslexia, dysfunctional |
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E / Ef / Ex- |
Out, out of, from, former, completely Example: evade, exclude, extricate, exonerate, expire, efface |
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Epi- |
Upon Example: epidemic, epilogue, epidermis, epigram, epithet |
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Equ- |
Equal, even Example: equation, adequate, equidistant, iniquity |
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Err- |
To wander Example: err, error, erratic, arrant |
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Esce- |
Becoming Example: adolescent, obsolescent, incandescent, convalescent, reminiscent |
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Eu- |
Good, well Example: euphemism, eulogy, Eugenics, Euthanasia, euphony |
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Extra- |
Outside, beyond Example: extraordinary, extract, extradite, extrasensory, extrapolate |
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Fab / Fam- |
Speak Example: fable, affable, ineffable, famous, defame |
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Fac / Fic / Fig / Fait / Feit / Fy- |
To do; to make Example: factory, faction, deficient, prolific, configuration, ratify, effigy, counterfeit |
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Fer- |
To bring; to carry; to bear Example: Offer, confer, referendum, proffer, proliferate |
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Ferv- |
To boil; to bubble Example: fervor, fervid, effervescent |
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Fid- |
Faith, trust Example: confide, affidavit, fidelity, fiduciary, infidel |
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Fin- |
End Example: final, confine, definitive, infinite, infinitesimal |
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Flag / Flam- |
To burn Example: flammable, flambeau, flagrant, conflagration |
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Flect / Flex- |
To bend Example: deflect, flexible, inflect, reflect, genuflect, |
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Flu / Flux- |
To flow Example: fluid, fluctuation, effluence, confluence, mellifluous |
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Fore- |
Before Example: foresight, foreshadow, forestall, forthright |
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Fort- |
Chance Example: fortune, fortunate, fortuitous |
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Fort- |
Strength Example: fortify, fortissimo, forte |
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Fra / Frac / Frag / Fring- |
To break Example: fracture, fragment, fractious, refractory, infringe |
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Fus- |
To pour Example: profuse, fusillade, suffuse, diffuse, infusion |
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Gen- |
Birth, creation, race, kind Example: generous, genetics, gender, carcinogenic, congenital, progeny, miscegenation |
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Gn / Gno- |
Know Example: agnostic, ignore, ignoramus, recognize, incognito, prognosis, diagnose |
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Grad / Gress- |
To step Example: progress, aggressive, degrade, digress, egress, regress |
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Grat- |
Pleasing Example: grateful, ingratiate, gratuity, gracious |
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Her / Hes- |
To stick Example: coherent, adhesive, inherent, adherent, heredity |
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(H)etero- |
Different
Example: heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox |
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(H)om- |
Same Example: homogeneous, homonym, homosexual, anomaly, homeostasis |
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Hyper- |
Over, excessive Example: hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperglycemia |
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Hypo- |
Under, beneath, less than Example: hypodermic, hypochondriac, hypocritical, hypothesis |
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Idio- |
One's own Example: idiot, idiom, idiosyncrasy |
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Im / In / Em / En- |
In, into Example: embrace, enclose, intrinsic, influx, implicit, incarnate, indigenous |
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Im / In- |
Not, without Example: inactive, innocuous, indolence, impartial, indigent |
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Inter- |
Between, among Example: interstate, interim, interloper, intermittent, intersperse |
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Ject- |
To throw, to throw down Example: inject, dejected, eject, conjecture, abject |
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Join / Junct- |
To meet; to join Example: junction, adjoin, subjugate, rejoinder, junta |
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Jur- |
To swear Example: perjury, abjure, adjure |
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Lav / Lut / Luv- |
To wash Example: lavatory, dilute, pollute, deluge, antediluvian, ablution |
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Lect / Leg- |
To select, to choose Example: collect, elect, select, eclectic, predilection |
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Lev- |
Lift, light, rise Example: relieve, alleviate, relevant, levee, levitate, levity |
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Loc / Log / Loqu- |
Word, speech Example: dialogue, elocution, prologue, eulogy, colloquial, grandiloquent, loquacious |
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Luc / Lum / Lus- |
Light Example: illustrate, illuminate, illustrious, translucent, lackluster, lucid, luminous |
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Lud / Lus- |
To play Example: allude, illusion, ludicrous, delude, elude, prelude |
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Mag / Maj / Max- |
Big Example: magnify, magnitude, maximum, magnate, magnanimous, maxim |
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Mal / Male- |
Bad, ill, evil, wrong Example: malfunction, malicious, malign, malady, maladroit, malapropism, malfeasance, malediction |
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Man- |
Hand Example: manual, manufacture, emancipate, manifest, mandate |
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Min- |
Small Example: minute, minutiae, miniature, diminish, diminution |
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Min- |
To project, to hang over Example: eminent, imminent, prominent, preeminent, minatory |
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Mis / Mit- |
To send Example: transmit, emissary, intermittent, remit, remission |
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Misc- |
Mixed Example: miscellaneous, miscegenation, promiscuous |
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Mon / Mount- |
To remind; to warn Example: monument, monitor, summon, admonish, remonstrate, premonition |
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Morph- |
Shape Example: amorphous, metamorphosis, anthropomorphism |
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Mort- |
Death Example: immortal, morbid, moribund |
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Mut- |
Change Example: commute, mutation, transmutation, permutation, immutable |
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Nat / Nas / Nai- |
To be born Example: natural, native, naive, cognate, renaissance, nascent |
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Nic / Noc / Nox- |
Harm Example: innocent, noxious, obnoxious, innocuous |
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Nom- |
Rule, order Example: astronomy, economy, gastronomy, taxonomy, autonomy |
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Nom / Nym / Noun / Nown- |
Name
Example: synonym, anonymous, nominal, nominate |
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Nounc / Nunc- |
To announce Example: announce, pronounce, renounce |
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Nov / Neo / Nou- |
New Example: novice, renovate, innovate, neologism, neophyte, nouveau |
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Ob / Oc / Of / Op- |
Toward, to, against, over Example: obese, obstinate, obstruct, oblique, obstreperous, obtuse, obfuscate, obsequious |
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Omni- |
All Example: omnibus, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient |
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Pac / Peac- |
Peace Example: appease, pacify, pacifier, pact |
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Pan- |
All, everyone Example: panorama, panegyric, panoply, pantheon, pandemic |
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Par- |
Equal
Example: par, parity, apartheid, disparage, disparate |
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Para-
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Next to, beside Example: parallel, parasite, parody, parable, paragon, paranoid |
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Pas / Pat / Path- |
Feeling, suffering, disease Example: sympathy, empathy, compassion, dispassionate, impassive, sociopath, pathogenic |
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Pau / Po / Pov / Pu- |
Few, little, poor Example: poverty, paucity, pauper, impoverish, pusillanimous, puerile |
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Ped- |
Child, education Example: pedagogue, pediatrician, pedant, encyclopedia |
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Ped / Pod- |
Foot Example: pedal, pedestrian, expedite, impede, podium, antipodes |
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Pen / Pun-
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To pay; to compensate Example: penal, penalty, punitive, penance, penitent |
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Pend / Pens- |
To hang; to weight; to pay Example: depend, stipend, compensate, indispensable, appendix, appendage |
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Per- |
Completely Example: persistent, perforate, perplex, peruse, perfunctory, pertinacious, perspicacious |
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Peri- |
Around Example: perimeter, periscope, perpatetic |
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Pet / Pit- |
To go; to seek; to strive Example: appetite, compete, petition, centripetal, impetuous, petulant |
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Phil- |
Love Example: philosophy, philatelist, philology, bibliophile |
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Plac- |
To please Example: placid, placebo, implacable, complacent, complaisant |
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Ple- |
To fill Example: complete, deplete, supplement, implement, replete, plethora |
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Plex / Plic / Ply- |
To fold, twist, tangle, or bend Example: complex, replica, implicit, implicate, duplicity, supplicate |
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Pon / Pos / Pound- |
To put; to place Example: component, expose, expound, juxtapose, repository |
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Port- |
To carry Example: import, export, portable, deportment, disport, importune |
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Post-
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After
Example: posthumous, posterior, posterity, post factor |
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Pre- |
Before Example: precarious, precocious, premonition, presentiment, precedent, precept |
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Prehend / Prise- |
To take; to get; to seize
Example: surprise, enterprise, reprehensible, comprise, reprisals, apprehend |
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Pro- |
Much, for, a lot Example: prolific, profuse, prodigal, prodigious, proselytize, propound, provident |
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Prob- |
To prove; to test Example: probe, approbation, opprobrium, reprobate, problematic, probity |
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Pug- |
To fight Example: pugnacious, impugn, repugnant, pugilist |
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Punc / Pung / Poign- |
To point; to prick Example: point, puncture, pungent, compunction, punctilious, expunge |
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Que / Quis- |
To seek Example: acquire, exquisite, conquest, inquisitive, query, querulous, perquisite |
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Qui- |
Quiet Example: quiet, disquiet, tranquil, acquiesce, quiescence |
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Rid / Ris- |
To laugh Example: riddle, derision, risible |
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Rog- |
To ask Example: interrogate, arrogant, abrogate, surrogate, derogatory, arrogate |
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Sacr / Sanct / Secr- |
Sacred Example: sacred, sacrifice, sanctify, sanction, execrable, sacrament, sacrilege |
