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WITHOUT:
amoral: neither moral nor immoral atheist: one who doesn't believe in God anomaly: an irregularity agnostic: one who questions the existence of God |
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AB/ABS:
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off, away from, apart, down
abhor: to hate, detest abstract: conceived apart from concrete realities abdicate: to renounce abstruse: hard to understand; secret, hidden :Abolish, abstinence, abnormal, abduct: |
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AC/ACR:
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SHARP, BITTER
acid, acute, acerbic exacerbate: to increase bitterness or violence; acrid: sharp or biting to the taste or smell acrimonious: caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature |
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ACT/AG:
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to do; to drive; to force; to lead
Examples: agile,active,agitate litigate: to make the subject of a lawsuit prodigal: wastefully or recklessly extravagant pedagogue: a teacher synagogue: congregation of the Jewish to go worship |
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AD/AL:
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to, toward, near
Examples: adapt, adjacent, addict, address, adjoin, advocate admire: to regard with wonder, pleasure, and approval adhere: to stick fast; cleave; cling |
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AM:
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love
amateur amatory: of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking amenity: agreeable ways or manners amorous: inclined to love, esp. sexual love enamored: inflamed with love; charmed; captivated amity: friendship; peaceful harmony inamorata: a female lover amiable: having or showing agreeable personal qualities amicable: characterized by exhibiting good will |
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AMB:
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to go; to walk
Examples: ambitious, ambassador, ambulance, ambush ambient: moving freely; circulating preamble: an introductory statement perambulator: one who makes a tour of inspectionon foot |
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AMB/AMPH:
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both, more than one, around
Examples: ambiguous, amphibian: any cold-blooded vertebrate, the larva of which is aquatic, and the adult of which isterrestrial ambidextrous: able to use both hands equally well |
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ANIM:
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of the life, mind, soul, spirit
Examples: unanimous,animosity, animus: hostile feeling or attitude equanimity: mental or emotional stability, esp. under tension magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult orinjury |
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ANNUI/ENNI:
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year
Examples: annual, anniversary, annuity perennial: lasting for an indefinite amount of time annals: a record of events, esp. a yearly record |
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ANTE:
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before
anterior: placed before antecedent: existing, being, or going before antedate: precede in time antebellum: before the war (esp. the American Civil War) antediluvian: belonging to the period before the biblical Flood; |
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ANTHRO/ANDR:
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man, human
Examples: anthropology, android philanderer: one who carries on flirtations androgynous: being both male and female androgen: any substance that promotes masculine characteristics anthropocentric: regarding man as the central fact of the universe |
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ANTI:
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against
Examples: antibody, antidote, antiseptic antipathy: aversion antipodal: on the opposite side of the globe |
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APO:
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away
Examples: apology, apostle: one of the 12 disciples sent forth by Jesus to preach the gospel apocalypse: revelation; discovery apogee: highest Point; Zenith apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity apostasy: a total desertion of ones religion,principles, party, ect... |
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ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY:
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chief, principal, ruler
Examples: architect, monarchy, anarchy archenemy: chief enemy oligarchy: a state or society ruled by a select group |
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AUTO:
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self
automatic: self-moving or self-acting autocrat: an absolute ruler autonomy: independence or freedom |
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BE:
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to be; to have a particular quality; to exist
Examples: belittle, bemoan: to express pity for bewilder: to confuse or puzzle completely belie: to misrepresent; to contradict |
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BEL/BEL:
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war
antebellum: before the war rebel: a person who resists authority, control, or tradition belligerent: warlike, given to waging war |
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BEN/BON:
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good
Examples: benefit, bonus benign: having a kindly disposition benediction: act of uttering a blessing benevolent: desiring to do good to others bona fide: in good faith; without fraud |
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BI:
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twice, double
Examples: binoculars, bilingual, biennial: happening every two years bilateral: pertaining to or affecting two or both sides bipartisan: representing two parties |
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CAD/CID:
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to fall; to happen by chance
accident: happen by chance; unexpected Examples: coincidence, decadent: decaying; deteriorating cascade: a waterfall descending over a steep surface recidivist: one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime |
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CANT/CENT/CHANT:
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to sing
accent: prominence of a syllable in terms of pronunciation chant: a song; singing enchant: to subject to magical influence; bewitch recant: to withdraw or disavow a statement incantation: the chanting of words purporting to have magical power incentive: that which incites action |
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CAP/CIP/CEPT:
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to take; to get
Examples: capture, anticipate susceptible: capable of receiving, admitting, undergoing, or being affected by something emancipate: to free from restraint percipient: having perception; discerning; discriminating precept: a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct |
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CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT:
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head, headlong
Examples: capital, disciple, precipitate: to hasten the occurrence of; to bring about prematurely precipice: a cliff with a vertical face capitulate: to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms caption: a heading or title |
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CARD/CORD/COUR:
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heart
Example: cardiac, encourage concord: agreement; peace, amity discord: lack of harmony between persons or things concordance: agreement, concord, harmony |
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CARN:
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flesh
Examples: carnivorous, carnival carnage: the slaughter of a great number of people reincarnation: rebirth of a soul in a new body incarnation: a being invested with a bodily form |
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CAST/CHAST:
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cut
cast: to throw or hurl; fling caste: a hereditary social group, limited to people of the same rank castigate: severe punishment chastise: to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment chaste: free from obscenity; decent |
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CED/CEED/CESS:
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to go; to yield; to stop
antecedent: existing, being, or going before concede: to acknowledge as true, just, or proper;admit predecessor: one who comes before another in an office, position, etc. cessation: a temporary or complete discontinuance incessant: without stop |
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CENTR:
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center
Examples: concentrate, eccentric concentric: having a common center, as in circles or spheres centrifuge: an apparatus that rotates at high speed that separates substances of different densities using centrifugal force centrist: of or pertaining |
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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: to make sure of; to determine certitude: freedom from doubt discreet: judicious in ones conduct of speech, esp. with regard to maintaining silence about some thing of a delicate nature hypocrite: a person who pretends to have beliefs that she does not criterion: a standard of judgment or criticism |
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CHRON:
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time
Examples: synchronize, chronology, chronic 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
Examples: circumference, circumstances, circuit circumambulate: to walk about or around circuitous: roundabout, indirect |
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CIS:
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to cut
Examples: scissors, precise, incision, exorcise: to seek to expel an evil spirit by ceremony incisive: penetrating, cutting |
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CLA/CLO/CLU:
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shut, close
Examples: conclude, claustrophobia, disclose, exclusive, preclude cloister: a courtyard bordered with covered walks, esp. in a religious institution |
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CLAIM/CLAM:
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to shout; to cry out
Examples: exclaim, proclaim, disclaim,reclaim, proclaim: to announce or declare in an official way clamor: a loud uproar |
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CLI:
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to lean toward
decline: to cause to slope or incline recline: to lean back climax: the most intense point in the of something proclivity: inclination, bias disinclination: aversion, distaste |
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CO/COL/COM/CON:
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with, together
Examples: connect, compatible, collide, collaborate, conciliate, commensurate coerce: to compel by force, intimidation, or authority |
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CRE/CRESC/CRET:
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to grow
Examples: accrue, creation, increase,increment, accretion: an increase by natural growth |
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CRED:
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to believe; to trust
incredible: unbelievable credentials: anything that provides the basis for belief credo: any formula of belief credulity: willingness to believe or trust too readily credit: trustworthiness |
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CRYP:
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hidden
crypt: a subterranean chamber or vault apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity cryptology: the science of interpreting secret writings, codes, ciphers, and the like cryptography: procedures of making and using secret writing |
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CUB/CUMB:
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to lie down
cubicle: any small space or compartment that is partitioned off succumb: to give away to superior force; yield incubate: to sit upon for the purpose of hatching incumbent: holding an indicated position recumbent: lying down; reclining; leaning |
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CULP
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Blame
Examples: culprit Culpable: deserving blame Incopulate: to charge with fault mea culpa: Through my fault |
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COUR/CUR
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Running; A course
Ex: cursive, curriculum, courier, excursion, concur recur: happen again cursory: Going rapidly over something hasty; superficial. |
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DE
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away, off, down, completely, reversal
Ex: descend, decipher, defame, defile: to make foul, diry, or unclean deferential: respectful; to yeild to judgement delineate: to trace the outline of |
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DEM
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People
Ex: Democracy, epidemic, demographics endemic: peculiar to a particular people or locality pandemic: general, universal |
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DI/ DIA
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apart, through
EX: dialogue, diagnose, dilate dilatory: inclined to delay or procrastinate dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc. |
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DIGN
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Worth
EX: dignity, dignitary deign; to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity condign: well deserved disdain: to look upon or treat with contempt |
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DIS/ DIF
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away from, apart, reversal, not
EX: disperse, disseminate, dissapate, diffuse, Dissuade: to deter by advice or persuasion. |
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DAC/ DOC
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to teach
EX: doctor, doctrine indoctrinate: to imbue a person with learning docile: easily managed or handled; tractable |
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DOG/ DOX
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opinion
EX: orthodox, paradox, dogma: A system of tenets, as of a church |
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DOL
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suffer; pain
EX: Condolence indolence: state of being lazy doleful: sorrwoful, mournful dolorous: full o fpain or sorrow, grevious |
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DON/ DOT/ DOL
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to give
EX: donate, pardon, antidote, anecdote endow: to provide with a permanent fund |
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DUB
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Doubt
EX: dubious, dubletly indubitable: unquestionable |
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FAB/ FAM
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speak
EX: fable, famous, defame affable: friendly, courteous |
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FAC/ FIC/ FAIT/ FEITY/ FY
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to do; to make
EX: factory, faction, deficient, configuration, conterfeit prolific: producing many offspring or much output. ratify: to conform or accept by formal consent effigy: sculpture or model of a person |
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FER
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to bring; to carry; to bear
EX: offer confer: to grant, bestow refferendum: to vote on politcal question open to the entire electorate proffer: to offer proliferate: reproduce; produce rapidly |
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FERV
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to boil, to bubble
fervor: passion, zeal fervid: ardent, intense effervescent: wit the quality of giving off bubbles of gas |
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FID
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Faith, trust
EX: confide, affidavit, fidelity fiduciary: of a trust: held or give in trust |
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FIN
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end
EX: final, confine, definitive, infinite Infinitesimal: infinitely or very small |
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FLECT/ FLEX
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to bend
EX: deflect, fexible, fluctuatution effluence: flowing out of (light, electricti, etc.) confluence: merging into one melifluous: pleasing, musical |
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FLAG/ FLAM
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to burn
EX: flame, flammable, flagrant conflagration: large destructive fire. |
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FLU/ FLUX
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to flow
eX: fluid, fluctuation, effluence: move out confluence: merging into one melifluous: pleasing, musical |
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FORE
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before
EX: foresight, foreshadow, forestall, forthright: straightforward, outspoken, decisive |
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FORT
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chance
EX: fortune, fortunate |
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FORT
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strength
Fortify: to provide with fortifications; strengthen Fortisimo: very loud |
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FRA/ FRAC/ FRAG/ FRING
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to break
EX: fracture, fragment, fraction, infringe refractory: stubborn, unmanageable, rebellious |
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FUS
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to pour
EX: profuse, difuse, infusion soffuse: to spread widely or thinly |
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GEN
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Birth, creation, race, kind
EX: generous, genetics, gender, congenital, carcinogenic: producing cancer progeny: offspring, descendants miscogenation: interbreeding of races |
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NG/ NGO
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know
EX: agnostic, ignore, ignoramus, recognize, incognito, diagnosis prognosis: to forecast, especially of disease |
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GRAT
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pleasing
EX: grateful, gratuity, gracious ingratiate, to bring oneself into favor |
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GRAD/ GRESS
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to step up
EX: progress, aggressive, degrade, digress egress: going out, way out |
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HER/ HES
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to stick
EX: coherent, adhesive, inherent, adherent, heredity |
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(H)etereo
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different
EX: Heterosexual heterogenous: of other origin: not originating in the body Heterodox: different from acknoledge standard; holding unorthodox opinions |
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(H)om
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same
Homogeneous: same or similar kind of nature homonym: one of two words spelled and pronouced alike but different in meaning homeostasis: a relatively stable state of equilibrium. |
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HYPER
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over, excessive
EX: hyperactive, heperglytemia |
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HYPO
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under, beneath, less than
hypodermic:relating to parts beneath skin hypochondriac: one affected by extremee depression centered on imaginary illness hypocritical: affecting virtues one doe snot have |
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IDIO
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one own
ideiot: an utterly stupid person idiom: a language, dialect, or style of speaking particular to people. |
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IM/ IN/ EM/ EN
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in, into
EX: ebrace, enclose, implicit, incarnate intrinsic: belonging to a thing by its very nature indigenous: native, innate, natural |
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IM/ IN
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not, without
EX: inactive, innocuous, indolence, impartial, indolence: showing a disposition to avoid exertion: slothful indegent: deficient in what is requisite |
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INTER
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between, among
EX: interstate, interim, intermittent interloper: one who intrudes int the domain of others intersperse: to scatter here and there |
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JECT
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to throw: to throw down
EX: inject, dejected, ejected abjected: utterly hopeless, humiliating, or wretched |
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JOIN/ JUNCT
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to meet; to join
EX: junction, adjoin subjugte: to conquer rejoinder: to reply, retort Junta:(usually military) clique taking power after a coup' d etat |
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JUR
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to swear
perjury: willful lying while on oath abjure: to renounce on oath adjure: to beg or command |
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LECT/ LEG
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to select, to choose
EX: collect, elect, select, eclectic |
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LEV
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lift, light, rise
EX: relieve, alleviate, relevant levee: embankment against river flooding |
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LOC/ LOG/ LOQU
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Word, speech
dialogue: conversation(esp in LIT) elocution: art of clear and expressive speaking. prologue: introduction of play or poem colloquil: of ordinary or familiar conversation. grandiloquent: pompous or inflated in language. |
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LUC/ LUM/ LUS
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light
EX: illustrate, illuminate, illustrious, translucent, lucid lackluster: lacking brilliance or radiance |
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LUC/ LUS
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to play
EX: illusion, ludious, delude, elude allude: to refer casually or indirectly prelude: a preliminary to an action, event, etc... |
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LUT/ LUT/ LUV
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to wash
EX: lavatory, dilute, pollute deluge: great flood of water antidilluvian: before the biblical flood; extremely old |
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MAG/ MAJ/ MAx
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big
EX: magnify, magnitude, maximum magnanimous: generous in forgiving |
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MAL/ MALE
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bad, ill, evil, wrong
EX: malfuction, malicious malign: to speak harmful untruth about, to slander malady: disorder or disease of the body malediction: a curse |
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MAN
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hand
EX: manual, manufacture, manifest emancipate: to free from bondage mandate: an authoritative order or command |
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MIN
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small
EX: minute, miniature, diminish minutiae: small or trivial details diminution: act or process of diminishing |
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MIN
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to project, to hang over
eminent: towering above others: projecting imminent: about to occur; impending prominent: projecting outward preeminent: superiour to or notable above all others. |
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MIS/ MIT
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to send
EX: transmit, intermittent, remit emissary: a messenger or agent sent to represent the interest of others remission: a lessening of intesity or degree |
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MISC
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mixed
Ex: miscellaneous, promiscuous miscegenation: the interbreeding of races, esp marriage between white and nonwhite persons. |
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MON/ MONIT
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to remind; to warn
EX: monument, monitor, summon, remonstrate admonish: to counsel against something; to caution |
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MORPH
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shape
amorphus: without definite form; metamorphosis: transformation by sorcery Anthropomorphism: attribution o fhuman charactrstics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. |
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MORT
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death
Immortal morbid: susceptible to preoccupation with unwholesome matters |
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MUT
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change
EX: commute, mutation transmutation: the act of changing from one form to another permutation: complete change, transformation. |
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NAT/ NAS/ NAI
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to be born
EX: natural, native, naive cognate: related by blood, common ancestor renaissance: rebirth, esp referring to culture. |
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NIC/ NOC/ NOX
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harm
EX: innocent, obnoxious noxious: injurious or harmful to health or morals innocuous: having no adverse effect: harmless |
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NOM
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rule, order
EX: astronomy, economy gastronomy: the art of science of good eating taxonomy: the science, laws, or principles of classifications. |
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NOV/ NEO/ NOU
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new
EX: novice, renovate, innovate neologism: a newly coned word, phrase, or expression neophyte: a recent convert nouveau riche: one who has lately become rich |
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NOUNC/ NUNC
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to announce
EX: announce, pronounce, renounce, |
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OB/ OC/ OF/ OP
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toward, to, against, completely, over
EX: obese, obstruct, oblique obstinate: stubbornly adhering to one idea, inflexible obstreperous: noisily defiant, unruly obtuse: not sharp or acute obfuscate: to render indistinct or dim: darken |
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OMNI
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all
omnibus: an anthology of the wordks of one author or of writings on relevant subject omnipresent: everywhere at one time omnipotent: all powerful |
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PAC/ PEAC
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peace
appease: bring peace to pacify: to ease anger and agitation pacifier: something that eases agitation pact: a formal agreement |
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PAN
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all, everyone
EX: panorama, pandemic panegyric: formal or elaborate phrase at an assembly pantheon: public building containing memorials of dead panoply: wide range of display |
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PAR
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equal
par: an equality in value or standing parity: equally, as in amount, status, or character apartheid: any system or caste that separates people by race, etc... disparate: essentially different |
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PARA
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Next to, besides
Ex: parrallel, parasite, parody, paragon, paranoid parable: a short,allegorical story designed to illustrate a moral lesson. |
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PAS/ PAT/ PATH
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feeling, suffering, disease
EX: sympathy, empathy, compassion, dispassionate impassive: showing or feeling no emotion sociopath: a person whose behavior is antisocial N lacks moral responsibility |
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PAU/ PO/ POV/ PU
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few, little, poor
Ex: poor, poverty, impoverish paucity: smallness of quantity; scarcity; scnatiness pauper: person without any personal means of support. pussilanimous: lacking courage |
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PED
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child, education
pedagogue: a teacher pediatrition: doctor with mostly child patients encylopedia: |
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PED/ POD
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foot
Ex: pedal, pedestrian, expedite impede: to retard progress by means of obstacles or hindraces podium: small platform of orchestra antipodes: places diametrically opposite each other on the globe |
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PEND/ PENS
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to hang; to weight; to pay
EX: depend, compensate, indispensable stipend: a periodic or fixed regular payment appendix: supplementary material at the end of a text |
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PEN/ PUN
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to pay; to compensate
Ex: penal, penalty, penance punitive: to punish penitent: contrite repine: to fret or complain |
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PER
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completely
EX: persistent, perforate, perplex peruse: read without thought or care perfuctory: performed as routine duty pertinacious: resolute |
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PERI
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around
Perimeter periscope: optical instrument for seeing objects in an obstructed field of vision. Peripatetic: walking or traveling about; interant |
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PET/ PIT
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to go; to seek; to strive
Ex: appetite, compete, petition impetuous: characterized by sudden or rash emotion petulant: showing sudden irritation, esp over some annoyance |
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PHIL
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love
EX: philosophy philatelist: one who loves and collects stamps philology: bibliophile: one who loves to collect books |
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PLAC
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to please
Ex: placid, placebo (placebo effect) implacable: unable to be pleased complacent: self satisfied; unconcerned complaisant: inclined or disposed to please |
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PLE
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to fill
EX: complete, deplete, implement, replete, supplement |
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PLEX/ PLIC/ PLY
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to fold; to twist; to tangle; to bend
Ex: complex, replica, implicit, implicate, duplicity, supplicate: to make humble and earnest entreaty |
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PON/ POS/ POUND
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to put; to place
EX: componenet, expose, expound, repository juxtapose: to place close together or side by side sep for contract |
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PORT
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to carry
EX: import, export, portable, deportment disport: to diver or amuse oneself |
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POST
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after
posthumous: after death posterior: situated at the rear posterity: succeeding in future generations collectively post facto: after the fact |
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PREHEND/ PRISE
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to take; to get; to seize
EX: surprise, enterprise, reprehensible, apprehend comprise: to include or contain reprisals: retalliation against an enemy |
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PRO
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much, for, a lot
Ex: profuse, provident, prolific: highly fruitful prodigal: recklessly extravagant prodigious: extraordinary in size prosyletize: to convert or attempt to recruit |
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PROB
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to prove; to test
EX: probe, problematic approbation: praise, consideration approbrium: disgrace incurred by shameful conduct reprobate: a depraved or wicked person |
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PUG
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to fight
pugnacious: to quarrel or fight readily impugn: to challenge as false repugnent: objectional or offensive |
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PUNC/ PUGN/ POIGN
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to point; to prick
EX: point, puncture, pungent compunction: a feeling of unseasiness for doing wrong puntillious: strict or exact in the observance of formalities |
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QUE/ QUIS
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to seek
EX: acquire, exquisite, inquisitive, query, conquest: vanquishment querulous: full of complaints perquisite: a gratuity/ tip |
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QUI
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quiet
EX: quiet, disquiet, tranquil acquiesce: to comply; give in quiescence: the condiditon of being at rest, still, inactive |
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RID/ RIS
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to laugh
EX: riddle derision: the act of mockery risible: causing laughter |
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ROG
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to ask
EX: interrogate, arrogant, surrogate, derogatory arrogate: to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously |
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SAL/ SIL/ SAULT/ SULT
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to leap, to jump
EX: insult, assault, somersault, resillient salient: prominent or conspicuous insolent: boldly rude or disrespectful exult: to show or feel triumphant joy |
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SACR/ SANCT/ SECR
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sacred
EX: sacred, sacrifice, sanctify sanction: authoritative permission or approval sacrament: somehting regarded as sacred sacrilege: the violation of anything sacred |
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SCI
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to know
consious: aware conscience: unconscionable: unscrupulous omniscient: knowing everything prescient: having knowledge of things before they happen. |
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SCRIBE/ SCRIP
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to write
EX: scribble, describe, script, ascribe: to creidt or assiant, as to a cause or a course conscription: draft cirucumscribe: to draw a line around |
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SE
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apart
EX: select, separate, seduce, segregate, secede sequester: to remove or redraw sedition: incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government. |
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SEC/ SEQ
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to follow
EX: second, prosecute, sequence obsequious: fawning non sequitur: an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises. |
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SED/ SESS/ SID
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to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot
EX: preside, resident, deiment dissident: disapgreeing as in opinor or attitude residual: remaing, leftover |
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SENS/ SENT
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to feel; to be aware of
EX: sense, sensory, sentiment, resent presentiment: feeling that something's gonna happen sentinel: a person or thing that stands watch insensate: without feeling |
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SOL
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to loosen; to set free
EX: dissolve, sluble, resolution, dissolution, dissolute absolution: forgiveness for wrongdoing |
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SPEC/ SPIC/ SPIT
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to look; to see
EX: perspective, speculation, suspicious, specturm, retrospective, cirucumspect: cautious perspicacious: having keen mental perception and understanding. conspicuous: easily seen or noticed |
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STA/ STI
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to stand; to be in place
EX: static, destitute, obstinate, constitute stasis: the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by equal opposing force apostasy: renunciation of an object of one's previous loyalty |
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SUA
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smooth
Suave: Persuade: Dissuade: to deter |
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SUB/ SUP
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below
EX: submissive, subsidiary, submliminal, subtle subterfuge: an aftifice or expedient used to evade a rule supposition: act of assuming |
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SUPER SUR
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above
Ex: surpass, supersceded, survellance superlative: the highest kind or order surmount: to get over or accross |
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TAC/ TIC
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to be silent
reticent: disposed to be silent or not speak freely tacit: unspoken understanding. |