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246 Cards in this Set
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acer, acid, acri
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bitter, sour, sharp (e.g. acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony)
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acu
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sharp (e.g. acute, acupuncture, accurate)
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ag, agi, ig, act
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do, move, go (e.g. agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action)
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ali, allo, alter
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other (e.g. alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism)
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alt(us)
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high, deep (e.g. altimeter, altitude)
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am, amor
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love, liking (e.g. amiable, amorous, enamoured)
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Anni, annu, enni
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year (e.g. anniversary, annually, centennial)
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anthrop
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man (e.g. anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy)
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anti(co)
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old (e.g. antique, antiquated, antiquity)
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arch
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chief, first, rule (e.g. archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era)
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acer, acid, acri
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bitter, sour, sharp (e.g. acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony)
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acu
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sharp (e.g. acute, acupuncture, accurate)
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ag, agi, ig, act
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do, move, go (e.g. agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action)
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ali, allo, alter
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other (e.g. alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism)
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alt(us)
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high, deep (e.g. altimeter, altitude)
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am, amor
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love, liking (e.g. amiable, amorous, enamoured)
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Anni, annu, enni
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year (e.g. anniversary, annually, centennial)
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anthrop
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man (e.g. anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy)
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anti(co)
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old (e.g. antique, antiquated, antiquity)
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arch
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chief, first, rule (e.g. archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era)
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aster, astr
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star (e.g. aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut)
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aud, aus
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hear, listen (e.g. audiology, auditorium, audio, audition, ausculate)
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aug, auc
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increase (e.g. augur, augment, auction)
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auto, aut
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self (e.g. automobile, autograph, automatic)
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belli
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war (e.g. rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose)
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bibl
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book (e.g. Bible, bibliography, bibliomania)
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bio
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life (e.g. biology, biometrics, biome, biosphere)
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brev
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short (e.g. abbreviate, brief)
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cad, cas
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to fall (e.g. cadaver, cadence, cascade)
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calor
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heat (e.g. calorie, caloric, calorimeter)
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cap, cip, cept
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take (e.g. capable, intercept, forceps, capture, except, reciprocate)
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capit, capt
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head (e.g. decapitate, capital, captain, caption)
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carn
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flesh (e.g. carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal)
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caus, caut
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burn, heat (e.g. caustic, cauldron, cauterize)
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cause, cuse, cus
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cause, motive (e.g. because, excuse, accusation)
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ced, ceed, cede, cess
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move, yield, go, surrender (e.g. procedure, proceed, cede, concede, recede, precede, accede, success)
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cenetri
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center (e.g. concentric, centrifugal, centripetal, eccentric)
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chrom
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color (e.g. chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic)
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chron
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time (e.g. chronology, chronometer, synchronize)
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cide, cise
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cut down, kill (e.g. homicide, exorcise, germicide, incision, scissors)
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cit
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call, start (e.g. incite, citation, cite)
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civ
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citizen (e.g. civic, civil, civilian, civilization)
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clam, claim
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cry out (e.g. exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim)
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clud, clus, claus
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shut (e.g. include, conclude, recluse, claustrophobia, occlusion, occult)
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cognoac, gnosi
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know (e.g. recognize, prognosis, cognoscenti, incognito, agnostic)
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cord, cor, cardi
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heart (e.g. cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage)
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corp
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body (e.g. corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent, corpus luteum)
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cosm
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universe, world (e.g. cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut)
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crat, cracy
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rule (e.g. autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy)
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crea
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create (e.g. creature, recreation, creation)
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cred
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believe (e.g. creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredulous, incredible)
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cresc, cret, crease, cru
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rise, grow (e.g. crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue)
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crit
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separate, choose (e.g. critical, criterion, hypocrite)
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cur, curs
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run (e.g. current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, courier, precursor, cursive)
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cura
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care (e.g. curator, curative, manicure)
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cycl, cyclo
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wheel, circular (e.g. Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic)
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deca
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ten (e.g. decade, decalogue, decathlon, decahedron)
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dem
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people (e.g. democracy, demography, epidemic)
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dent, dont
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tooth (e.g. dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal)
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derm
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skin (e.g. hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy)
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dict
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say, speak (e.g. dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict, contradict, benediction)
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doc, dokein
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teach (e.g. doctrine, indoctrinate, document, dogma, dogmatic)
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domin
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master (e.g. dominate, dominion, predominant, domain)
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don
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give (e.g. donate, condone)
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dorm
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sleep (e.g. dormant, dormitory)
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dox
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opinion, praise (e.g. orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology)
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drome
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run, step (e.g. syndrome (run together), hippodrome (place where horses run))
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duc, duct
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lead (e.g. induce, seduce (lead aside), produce, reduce)
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dura
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hard, lasting (e.g. durable, duration, endure)
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dynam
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power (e.g. dynamo, dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics)
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endo
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within (e.g. endorse, endocardial, endoskeletal, endoskeleton, endosperm)
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equi
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equal (e.g. equinox, equilibrium, equipoise)
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erg
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work (e.g. energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph, ergophobia)
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fac, fact, fic, fect
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do, make (e.g. factory, fact, manufacture, amplification, confection)
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fall, fals
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deceive (e.g. fallacy, falsify, fallacious)
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fer
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bear, carry (e.g. ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer, transfer)
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fid, fide, feder(is)
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faith, trust (e.g. confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity, infidel, federal, confederacy, semper fi)
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fila, fili
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thread (e.g. filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster)
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fin
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end, ended, finished (e.g. final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, finale)
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fix
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fix (e.g. fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix)
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flex, flect
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bend (e.g. flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility, reflect, deflect)
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flu, fluc, fluv
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flowing (e.g. influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate)
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form
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form, shape (e.g. form, uniform, conform, formulary, perform, formal, formula)
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fort, forc
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strong (e.g. fort, fortress, fortify, forte, fortitude)
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fract, frag
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break (e.g. fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract)
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gam
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marriage (e.g. bigamy, monogamy, polygamy)
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gastr (o)
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stomach (e.g. gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod)
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gen
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birth, race, produce (e.g. genesis, genetics, eugenics, genealogy, generate, genetic, antigen, pathogen)
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geo
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earth (e.g. geometry, geography, geocentric, geology)
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germ
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vital part (e.g. germination, germ, germane)
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gest
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carry, bear (e.g. congest, gestation)
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gloss, glot
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tongue (e.g. glossary, polyglot, epiglottis)
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glu, glo
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lump, bond, glue (e.g. glue, agglutinate, conglomerate)
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grad, gress
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step, go (e.g. grade, gradual, graduate, progress, graduated, egress)
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graph, gram
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write, written (e.g. graph, graphic, autograph, photography, graphite, telegram)
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grat
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pleasing (e.g. congratulate, gratuity, grateful, ingrate)
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grav
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heavy, weighty (e.g. grave, gravity, aggravate, gravitate)
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greg
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herd (e.g. gregarious, congregation, segregate, gregarian)
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hypn
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sleep (e.g. hypnosis, hypnotherapy)
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helio
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sun (e.g. heliograph, heliotrope, heliocentric)
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hema, hemo
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blood (e.g. hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hemophilia, hemostat)
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here, hes
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stick (e.g. adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent, hereditary)
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hetero
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different (e.g. heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodox)
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homo
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same (e.g. homogeneous, homonym, homogenize)
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hum, human
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earth, ground, man (e.g. humus, exhume, humane)
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hydr, hydra, hydro
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water (e.g. dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrogen, hydrophobia)
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ignis
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fire (e.g. ignite, igneous, ignition)
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ject
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throw (e.g. deject, inject, project, eject, interject)
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join, junct
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join (e.g. adjoining, enjoin, juncture, conjunction, injunction, conjunction)
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juven
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young (e.g. juvenile, rejuvenate)
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lau, lav, lot, lut
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wash (e.g. launder, lavatory, lotion, ablution, dilute)
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leg
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law (e.g. legal, legislate, legislature, legitimize)
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levi
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light (e.g. alleviate, levitate, levity)
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liber, liver
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free (e.g. liberty, liberal, liberalize, deliverance)
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liter
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letters (e.g. literary, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate)
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loc, loco
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place (e.g. locality, allocate, locomotion)
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log, logo, ology
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word, study, speech (e.g. catalog, prologue, dialogue, logogram (symbol representing a word), zoology)
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loqu, locut
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talk, speak (e.g. eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, circumlocution)
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luc, lum, lus, lun
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light (e.g. translucent, luminary, luster, luna (moon goddess))
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macr-, macer
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lean (e.g. emaciated, meager)
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magn
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great (e.g. magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude, magnum)
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man
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hand (e.g. manual, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate)
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mand
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command (e.g. mandatory, remand, mandate)
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mania
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madness (e.g. mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania)
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mar, mari, mer
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sea, pool (e.g. marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid)
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matri
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mother (e.g. matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron)
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medi
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half, middle, between, halfway (e.g. mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre, medium)
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mega
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great (e.g. megaphone, megalopolis, megacycle (a million cycles), megaton)
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mem
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remember (e.g. memo, commemoration, memento, memoir, memorable)
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meter
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measure (e.g. meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer)
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micro
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small (e.g. microscope, microfilm, microcard, microwave, micrometer)
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migra
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wander (e.g. migrate, emigrant, immigrate)
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mit, miss
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send (e.g. emit, remit, submit, admit, commit, permit, transmit, omit, intermittent, mission, missile)
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mob, mot, mov
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move (e.g. mobile, motionless, motor)
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mon
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warn, remind (e.g. monument, admonition, monitor, premonition)
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mor, mort
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mortal, death (e.g. mortal, immortal, mortality, mortician, mortuary)
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morph
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form (e.g. amorphous, dimorphic, metamorphosis, morphology)
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multi
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many, much (e.g. multifold, multilingual, multiped, multiply)
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nat, nasc
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to be from, to spring forth (e.g. innate, natal, native, renaissance)
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neo
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new (e.g. Neolithic, nuveau riche, neologism, neophyte, neonate)
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neur
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nerve (e.g. neuritis, neuropathic, neurologist, neural, neurotic)
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nom
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law, order (e.g. autonomy, astronomy, gastronomy, economy)
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nomen, nomin
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name (e.g. nomenclature, nominate, ignominious)
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nov
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new (e.g. novel, renovate, novice, nova, innovate)
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nox, noc
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night (e.g. nocturnal, equinox, noctilucent)
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numer
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number (e.g. numeral, numeration, enumerate, innumerable)
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numisma
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coin (e.g. numismatics)
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oligo
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few, little (e.g. Oligocene, oligosaccharide, oligotrophic, oligarchy)
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omni
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all, every (e.g. omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnivorous)
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onym
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name (e.g. anonymous, pseudonym, antonym, synonym)
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oper
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work (e.g. operate, cooperate, opus)
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ortho
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straight, correct (e.g. orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic, unorthodox)
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pac
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peace (e.g. pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean)
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paleo
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old (e.g. Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism, paleopsychology)
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pan
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all (e.g. Pan-American, pan-African, panacea, pandemonium (place of all the demons))
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pater, patr
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father (e.g. paternity, patriarch, patriot, patron, patronize)
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path, pathy
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feeling, suffering (e.g. pathos, sympathy, antipathy, apathy, telepathy)
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ped, pod
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foot (e.g. pedal, impede (get feet in a trap), pedestrian, centipede, tripod, podiatry, antipode)
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pedo
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child (e.g. orthopedic, pedagogue, pediatrics)
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pel, puls
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drive, urge (e.g. compel, dispel, expel, repel, propel, pulse, impulse, pulsate, compulsory, expulsion, repulsive)
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pend, pens, pond
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hang, weigh (e.g. pendant, pendulum, suspend, appendage, pensive)
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phage
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eat (e.g. macrophage, bacteriophage)
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phil
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love (e.g. philosophy, philanthropy, philharmonic, bibliophile)
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phlegma
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inflammation (e.g. phlegm, phlegmatic)
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phobia, phobos
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fear (e.g. phobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia, aquaphobia, ergophobia, homophobia)
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phon
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sound (e.g. phonograph, phonetic, symphony, homophone, euphonious)
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photo
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light (e.g. photograph, photoelectric, photogenic, photosynthesis)
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plac, plais
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please (e.g. placid, placebo, placate, complacent)
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plu, plur, plus
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more (e.g. plural, pluralist, plus)
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pneuma, pneumon
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breath (e.g. pneumatic, pneumonia)
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poli
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city (e.g. metropolis, police, politics, Indianapolis, megalopolis, acropolis)
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poly
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many (e.g. polysaccharide, polyandrous, polytheistic)
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pon, pos, pound
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place, put (e.g. postpone, component, opponent, proponent, expose, impose, deposit, posture, position, expound, impound)
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pop
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people (e.g. population, populous, popular)
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port
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carry (e.g. porter, portable, transport, report, export, import, support, transportation)
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portion
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part, share (e.g. portion, proportion)
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pot
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power (e.g. potential, potentate, impotent)
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prehendere
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seize, grasp (e.g. apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive, prehensile)
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prim, prime
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first (e.g. primacy, prima donna, primitive, primary, primal, primeval)
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proto
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first (e.g. prototype, protocol, protagonist, protozoan, Proterozoic, protoindustrial)
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psych
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mind, soul (e.g. psyche, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis)
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punct
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point, dot (e.g. punctual, punctuation, puncture, acupuncture, punctuation)
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reg, recti
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straighten (e.g. regiment, regular, rectify, correct, direct, rectangle)
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ri, ridi, risi
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laughter (e.g. deride, ridicule, ridiculous, derision, risible)
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rog, roga
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ask (e.g. prerogative, interrogation, derogatory)
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rupt
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break (e.g. rupture, interrupt, abrupt, disrupt, ruptible)
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sacr, sanc, secr
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sacred (e.g. sacred, sacrosanct, sanction, consecrate, desecrate)
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salv, salu
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safe, healthy (e.g. salvation, salvage, salutation)
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sat, satis
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enough (e.g. satient (giving pleasure, satisfying), saturate, satisfy)
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sci, scientia
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know (e.g. science, conscious, omniscient, cognocienti)
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scope
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see, watch (e.g. telescope, microscope, kaleidoscope, periscope, stethoscope)
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scrib, script
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write (e.g. scribe, scribble, inscribe, describe, subscribe, prescribe, manuscript)
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sed, sess, sid
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sit (e.g. sediment, session, obsession, possess, preside, president, reside, subside)
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sen
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old (e.g. senior, senator, senile)
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senescere
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to grow old (e.g. senescence, evanescent)
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sent, sens
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feel (e.g. sentiment, consent, resent, dissent, sentimental, sense, sensation, sensitive, sensory, dissension)
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sequ, secu, sue
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follow (e.g. sequence, consequence, sequel, subsequent, prosecute, consecutive, second, ensue, pursue)
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serv
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save, serve (e.g. servant, service, subservient, servitude, preserve, conserve, reservation, deserve, conservation, observe)
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sign, signi
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sign, mark, seal (e.g. signal, signature, design, insignia, significant)
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simil, simul
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like, resembling (e.g. similar, assimilate, simulate, simulacrum, simultaneous)
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sist, sta, stit
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stand (e.g. assist, persist, circumstance, stamina, status, state, static, stable, stationary, substitute)
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solus
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alone (e.g. solo, soliloquy, solitaire, solitude)
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solv, solu
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loosen (e.g. solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble, solution, resolution, resolute, dissolute)
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somnus
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sleep (e.g. insomnia, somnambulist)
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soph
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wise (e.g. sophomore (wise fool), philosophy, sophisticated)
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spec, spect, spic
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look (e.g. specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle, aspect, speculate, inspect, respect, prospect, retrospective, introspective, expect, conspicuous)
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sphere
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ball, sphere (e.g. sphere, stratosphere, hemisphere, spheroid)
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spir
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breath (e.g. spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire, respiration)
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string, strict
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draw tight (e.g. stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, boa constrictor)
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stru, struct
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build (e.g. construe (build in the mind, interpret), structure, construct, instruct, obstruct, destruction, destroy)
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sume, sump
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take, use, waste (e.g. consume, assume (to take, to use), sump pump presumption (to take or use before knowing all the facts)
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tact, tang, tag, tig, ting
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touch (e.g. tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible, contagious, contiguous)
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tele
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far (e.g. telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope, television, telephoto, telecast, telepathy)
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tempo
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time (e.g. tempo, temporary, extemporaneously, contemporary, pro tem, temporal)
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ten, tin, tain
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hold (e.g. tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable, detention, retentive, content, pertinent, continent, obstinate, contain, abstain, pertain, detain)
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tend, tent, tens
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stretch, strain (e.g. tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend, superintend, tender, extent, tension, pretense)
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terra
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earth (e.g. terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial)
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test
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to bear witness (e.g. testament, detest, testimony, attest)
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the, theo
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God, a god (e.g. monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology)
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therm
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heat (e.g. thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle, thermostat, hypothermia)
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thesis, thet
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place, put (e.g. antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet)
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tom
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cut (e.g. atom (not cuttable), appendectomy, tonsillectomy, dichotomy, anatomy)
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tort, tors
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twist (e.g. torture (twisting to inflict pain) retort, extort, distort, contort, torsion, tortuous, torturous)
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tox
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poison (e.g. toxic, intoxicate, antitoxin)
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tract, tra
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draw, pull (e.g. tractor, attract, subtract, tractable, abstract, subtrahend (the number to be drawn away from another)
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trib
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pay, bestow (e.g. tribute, contribute, attribute, retribution, tributary)
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turbo
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disturb (e.g. turbulent, disturb, turbid, turmoil)
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typ
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print (e.g. type, prototype, typical, typography, typewriter, typology, typify)
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ultima
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last (e.g. ultimate, ultimatum)
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umber, umbraticum
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shadow (e.g. umbra, penumbra, (take) umbrage, adumbrate)
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uni
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one (e.g. unicorn, unify, university, unanimous, universal)
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vac
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empty (e.g. vacate, vacuum, evacuate, vacation, vacant, vacuous)
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vale, vali, valu
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strength, worth (e.g. equivalent, valiant, validity, evaluate, value, valor)
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ven, vent
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come (e.g. convene, intervene, venue, convenient, avenue, circumvent, invent, convent, venture, event, advent, prevent)
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ver, veri
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TRUE (e.g. very, aver, verdict, verity, verify, verisimilitude)
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vert, vers
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turn (e.g. avert, divert, invert, introvert, convertible, reverse, controversy, versatile)
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vic, vicis
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change, substitute (e.g. vicarious, vicar, vicissitude)
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vict, vinc
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conquer (e.g. victor, evict, convict, convince, invincible)
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vid, vis
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see (e.g. video, evident, provide, providence, visible, revise, supervise, vista, visit, vision)
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viv, vita, vivi
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alive, life (e.g. revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality, vivisection)
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voc
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call (e.g. vocation, avocation, convocation, invocation, evoke, provoke, revoke, advocate, provocative, vocal)
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vol
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will (e.g. malevolent, benevolent, volunteer, volition)
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volcan
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fire (e.g. volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan)
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volvo
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turn about, roll (e.g. revolve, voluble (easily turned about or aroundor talkative), voluminous, convolution)
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vor
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eat greedily (e.g. voracious, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, devour)
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zo
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animal (e.g. zoo (short for zoological garden), zoology, zoomorphism (attributing animal form to god), zodiac (circle of animal constellations), protozoan)
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