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40 Cards in this Set
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a, an
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without, not
Examples: asexual, amoral, anarchy, anachronism |
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ab, abs, a
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apart, away from
Examples: abnormal, abduct, abductor (muscle) |
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ad
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toward
Examples: adhere, adductor (muscle) |
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ante
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before
Examples: anteroom, antecedent, anterior |
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anthro
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man
Examples: anthropology, anthropomorphic |
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anti
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against
Examples: antipathy, anticlimax |
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archaios
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ancient
Examples: archeology, archetype, archaic, archeozoic |
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archos
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leader, first, chief
Examples: monarchy, oligarchy, anarchy, archetype, architect |
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auto
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self
Examples: automatic, automaton, auto-immune |
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bi
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two
Examples: bi-partisan, bisexual, biennial, binary, bicuspid, bivalve |
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bene
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well, favorable
Examples: benefit, benevolent, benefactor, beneficent |
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bible
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book
Examples: bibliography, Bible, bibliophile |
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bio
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life
Examples: biology, biography, bio-active |
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cracy
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rule
Examples: democracy, theocrat, technocracy |
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demos
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people
Examples: democracy, demographic |
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dia
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across, through
Examples: diagonal, dialectic, dialogue, diagnosis |
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dis
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not, apart
Examples: disperse, disinherit, disenfranchise, distend |
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ego
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I, self
Examples: ego, egomaniac, egocentric |
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epi
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upon, over
Examples: epidermis, epidemic, epigram, epitaph, epithet, epinephrine |
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ex
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out
Examples: exotic, exterior, extraneous, extemporaneous, exogenous, exothermic, exoskeleton |
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geo
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earth
Examples: geology, geography, geocentric, geomancy |
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graph
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write, record
Examples: graphic, graphite, graphology |
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hetero
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mixed, unlike
Examples: heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodox, heterozygous |
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homo
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same, alike
Examples: homogeneous, homogenized, homozygous, Homo sapiens, homonid, homeostasis |
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ideo
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idea
Examples: ideology, ideation, ideal |
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in
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in
Examples: incarcerate, incorporate, inculcate, induction, inductance, indigenous, indicator, inspiration |
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in, im
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not
Examples: incredible, ignoble, inglorious, inhospitable, infinite, infinitesimal, immoral |
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inter
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between
Examples: interact, interstellar, interpret, interstitial |
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lexis
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word
Examples: lexicon, lexicography |
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mono
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one, single
Examples: monocle, monopoly, monogamy, monovalent, monomania, monarchy |
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peri
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around
Examples: peripatetic, periscope, perineum, peritoneum |
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philo
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love
Examples: philosophy, philanthropy |
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poly
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many
Examples: polygamy, polyphonic, hoi polloi |
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post
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after
Examples: post script (p.s.), ex post facto, post hoc, post-mortem |
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pre
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before
Examples: premier, preview, premium, prescient |
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pro
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before, in favor of
Examples: project, projectile |
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subter
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under, secret
Examples: subterfuge, subtle, subaltern, subterranean |
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sin (sys before b, p, or m)
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together, with
Examples: synchronize, symphony, sympathy, syncretic, syncope |
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trans
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across
Examples: transport, transcend, transmogrify |
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utilis
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useful
Examples: utility, utilitarian |
