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Root
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Meaning
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Examples
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"ab-, a-, abs- "
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away
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"abnormal, abrasion, absent, abstract, aversion"
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"ac-, acu- "
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sharp or pointed
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"acid, acupuncture, acute"
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acri-
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"sharp, pungent, bitter"
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"acrid, acrimony"
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acro-
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"height, summit, tip "
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"acrobatics, acromegalia, acronym, acrophobia,"
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"aer-, aero- "
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"air, atmosphere"
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"aeronautics, aerosol"
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aesthet
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"feeling, sensation"
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aesthetics
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agri-
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field
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agriculture
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amor
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love
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"amateur, amorous"
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ambi-
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"both, on both sides"
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ambidexterity
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"amic-, -imic- "
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friend
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"amicable, inimical"
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amphi-
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"around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds"
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"amphibian, amphibolic"
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"an-, a- "
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"not, without "
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"anhydrous, atypical"
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anima-
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breath
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"animal, animation"
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"ann-, -enn- "
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"year, yearly "
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"anniversary, annual, biannual, millennium"
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"ant-, anti- "
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"against, opposed to, preventive "
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"antibiotic, antipodes"
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"anth-, antho- "
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flower
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"anther, anthology"
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anthropo-
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human
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"anthropology, anthropomorphic"
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aqu-
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water
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"aquamarine, aquarium, aqueduct"
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ar-
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be dry
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arid
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"arche-, archi- "
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"ruler, first, ancient "
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"archangel, archetype"
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"archaeo-, archeo- "
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ancient
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"archaeology or archeology, archaic"
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argent-
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silver
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"argent, Argentina"
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"arist-, aristo- "
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excellence
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Aristocracy
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"arthr-, arthro- "
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joint
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"arthritis, arthropod"
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"astr-, astro- "
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"star, star-shaped "
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"asterisk, astrology, astronomy, disaster"
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"aud-, audi- "
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"hearing, listening, sound "
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"auditorium, auditory"
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"aug-, auct- "
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"grow, increase "
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augmentation
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"aut- , auto- "
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self; directed from within
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"automobile, autonomy"
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avi-
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bird
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"aviary, aviation"
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bac-
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rod-shaped
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"bacilla, bacteria"
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baro-
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"weight, pressure "
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"barometer, barograph, baroreceptor"
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basi-
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at the bottom
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"basic, basis"
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"be-, beat- "
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bless
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beatification
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ben-
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"good, well "
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"benefit, benignity"
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bi-
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two
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"binoculars, bigamy, biscotti"
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bibl-
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book
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"bibliography, bible"
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bi(o)-
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life
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"biology, biologist, biosphere"
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blenn(o)-
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slime
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"blennophobia, blennosperma"
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bon(i)-
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good
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"bonify, bonitary"
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botan-
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plant
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botany
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bov-
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"cow, ox "
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bovine
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brachi(o)-
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arm
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"brachial artery, brachiosaurus"
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bronch-
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windpipe
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"bronchitis, bronchus, bronchiole"
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bront-
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thunder
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Brontosaurus
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cac(o)-
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bad
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cacophony
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calli-
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beautiful
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calligraphy
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cand-
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"glowing, iridescent "
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"candid, incandescent, candle, candela"
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cardi(o)-
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relating to the heart
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"cardiology, cardiograph"
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carn-
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flesh
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"carnival, carnivore"
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cata-
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down
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"catastrophe, catatonia, catabolic"
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cent-
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hundred
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"cent, centennial, centurion"
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chloro-
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green
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"chlorine, chlorophyll, chloroplast"
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chrom-
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color
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"chromosome, chromium"
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circum-
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around
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"circumference, circumcise"
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contra-
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against
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"contrast, contradict (""say against"")"
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copro-
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dung
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"coprolite, coprophagia, coprophilia"
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corn-
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horn
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"cornea, cornucopia, unicorn, cornified"
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coron-
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crown
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"corona, coronation"
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corpor-
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body
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"corporation, corpse, corpuscle"
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cosm(o)-'
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universe
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cosmonaut
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culin-
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kitchen
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culinary
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culp-
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"blame, fault "
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"culpable, exculpate"
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cune-
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wedge
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cuneiform
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curv-
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bent
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curvature
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cycl(o)-
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circular
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"bicycle, cycle, cyclone"
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cylind-
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roll
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cylinder
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dactyl-
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"finger, toe, digit "
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"dactylology, pterodactyl"
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de-
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"from, away from, removing "
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"delete, demented"
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deci-
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tenth part
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"decibel, decimate"
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"deca-, dec-, deka-, dek- "
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ten
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"decagram, decahedron"
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"dem-, demo- "
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people
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"demagogue, democracy"
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den-
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ten each
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"denarius, denary"
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dent-
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tooth
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"dental, dentures"
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derm-
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skin
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"hypodermic, dermis, epidermis"
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dict-
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"say, speak "
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"contradict, dictation, dictionary"
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digit-
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finger
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digital
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dino-
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"terrible, fearfully great "
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dinosaur
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dipl-
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double; twofold
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"diploid, diplosis"
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"doc-, doct- "
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teach
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"docile, doctor"
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dys-
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"badly, ill "
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"dysentery, dysplasia, dystrophy"
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eco-
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house
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"ecology, economics, ecumenism"
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ecto-
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outside
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ectoderm
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endo-
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inside
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endocrine
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ethn-
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"people, race, tribe, nation "
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"ethnic, ethnarch"
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exo-
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outside
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exothermic
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"exter-, extra- "
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outer
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exterior
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"fac-, -fic-, fact, -fect- "
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make
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"defect, factory, manufacture"
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feder-
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"treaty, agreement, contract, league, pact "
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"confederation, federal"
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fel-
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cat
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"Felinae, feline"
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femin-
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"women, female "
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femininity
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flor-
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flower
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"floral, florid"
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"flu-, flux- "
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flow
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"effluent, fluency, influx"
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"fruct-, frug- "
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fruit
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fructose
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"fug-, fugit- "
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flee
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"centrifuge, fugitive, refuge"
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fum-
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smoke
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"fume, fumigation"
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gastr-
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stomach
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"gastric, gastroenterologist"
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ge(o)-
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earth
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geology
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gen-
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"race, kind "
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genocide
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glob-
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sphere
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"global, globule"
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haem(o)-
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blood
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haemophilia
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heli(o)-
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sun
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"helium, heliotrope"
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hemi-
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half
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hemisphere
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herb-
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grass
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herbicide
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heter(o)-
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"different, other "
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heterodox
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hex-
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six
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hexagon
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hibern-
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wintry
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hibernation
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hom(o)-
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same
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homosexual
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horm-
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that which excites
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hormone
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hort(i)-
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garden
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horticulture
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hospit-
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host
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hospitality
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host-
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enemy
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hostile
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hydr(o)-
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water
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"hydrology, hydrologist, Hydrogen, Hydrate, dehydrate, Hydrophobia, hydroponic, hydraulic, Hydrolysis, hydrous, hydrophilic"
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hyp(o)-
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under
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hypothermia
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hypn-
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sleep
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hypnosis
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ide(o)-
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idea; thought
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"ideology, ideogram"
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ign-
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fire
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"igneous, ignition"
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infra-
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under
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infrastructure
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inter-
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"among, between "
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"intermission, intercollegiate, intercourse"
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intra-
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within
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intracollegiate
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is(o)-
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"equal, the same "
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"isomorphic, isometric, isoceles"
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"jac- (originally IAC), -ject- "
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"cast, throw "
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"eject, interject, ejaculate, trajectory"
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kil(o)-
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thousand
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"kilogram, kilometer, kilobyte"
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kine-
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"movement, motion "
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"telekinesis, kinetic energy, kinesthetic"
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klept-
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steal
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kleptomania
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kudo-
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glory
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kudos
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labor-
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toil
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"collaboration, elaboration"
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lacer-
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tear
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laceration
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lact-
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milk
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"lactate, lactation, lactose"
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later-
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side
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bilateral
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lingu-
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"language, tongue "
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"bilingual, linguistic"
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lith(o)-
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stone
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"lithosphere, megalith, monolith, Neolithic Era"
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log-
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"thought, word, speech "
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"logic, monologue, morphological"
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lumin-
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light
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"illumination, luminous"
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lun-
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moon
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"lunar, lunatic"
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macro-
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long
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macron
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magn-
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"great, large "
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"magnanimous, magnificent"
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mal-
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"bad, wretched, "
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"malfeasance, malicious, malignancy, malodorous"
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mania
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crazy
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"kleptomania, maniac"
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manu-
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hand
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"manual, manuscript"
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mar-
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sea
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"marine, maritime"
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"mater-, matr- "
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mother
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"matriarch, matrix"
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"medi-, -midi- "
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middle
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"median, medieval"
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meg-
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"great, large "
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megaphone
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men(o)-
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moon
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"menopause, menstruation"
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ment-
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mind
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"demented, mentality"
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"merg-, mers- "
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"dip, plunge "
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"emerge, immersion"
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mes-
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middle
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"mesolithic, mesozoic"
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"meter-, metr- "
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measure
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"metric, thermometer"
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meta-
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"above, among, beyond "
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"metaphor, metaphysics"
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micr(o)-
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small
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"microphone, microscope"
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migr-
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wander
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"emigrant, migrate"
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milit-
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soldier
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"military, militia"
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mill-
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thousand
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"millennium, million"
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mis-
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hate
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"misandry, misogyny"
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mne-
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memory
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mnemonic
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mon(o)-
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one
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"monolith, monotone, monism"
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morph-
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"form, shape "
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"anthropomorphism, morpheme, morphology"
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mort-
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death
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"immortal, mortality, mortuary"
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mult(i)-
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"many, much "
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"multiple, multiplex, multitude"
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mut-
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change
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mutation
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myth-
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story
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"mythic, mythology"
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narc-
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numb
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"narcosis, narcotic"
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naut-
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ship
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astronaut
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ne(o)-
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new
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neologism
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neur-
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nerve
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"neurology, neurosurgeon"
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nihil-
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nothing
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annihilation
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noct-
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night
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"nocturnal, noctambulist"
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nomad-
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those who let pasture herds
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nomadic
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non-
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not
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none
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nov-
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new
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"innovation, nova"
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null(i)-
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none
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nullify
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numer-
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number
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numeral
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oct-
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eight
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"octagon, octahedron"
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ocul-
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eye
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"ocular, oculus"
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odont-
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tooth
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odontology
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olig-
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few
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oligarchy
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omni-
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all
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"omnipotence, omnivore"
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-onym
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name
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pseudonym
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ophthalm-
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eye
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ophthalmology
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opt-
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eye
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optical
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orb-
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circle
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orbit
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ornith-
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bird
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ornithology
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oscill-
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swing
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oscillation
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osteo-
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bone
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osteoporosis
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oxy-
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"sharp, pointed "
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oxymoron
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pac-
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peace
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pacifism
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pach-
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thick
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pachydermata
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ped-
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child
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paediatric
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pall-
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pale
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"pallid, pallor"
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"pan-, pam- "
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all
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pandemic
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par(a)-
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"beside, near "
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"parallel, parameter"
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patr(i)-
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father
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"patriarch, patrilocal"
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ped-
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child
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pedagogy
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ped-
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foot
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pedal
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pent-
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five
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pentagon
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peri-
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around
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"perimeter, periscope"
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pessim-
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worst
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pessimal
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petr-
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rock
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petroglyph
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phag-
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eat
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sarcophagus
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phalang-
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"close formation of troops, finger bones "
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phalange(s)
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pharma-
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"drug, medicine "
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pharmacy
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philia-
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"love, friendship "
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philosophy
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phob(ia)-
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fear
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hydrophobia
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phon(o)-
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sound
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"microphone, phonograph"
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"phos-, phot- "
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light
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photograph
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pisc-
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fish
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Pisces
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pleth-
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full
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plethora
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pneu-
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"air, lung "
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pneumatic
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pod-
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foot
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"podiatry, tripod"
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poly-
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many
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polygon
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port-
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carry
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"export, transportation"
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post-
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"after, behind "
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"posterior, postscript"
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prim-
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first
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"primary, primeval, primitive"
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pro-
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"for, forward "
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propulsion
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pseud(o)-
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false
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pseudonym
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psych(o)-
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mind
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psycho
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pter-
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"wing, fern "
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helicopter
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pto-
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fall
|
ptosis
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"re-, red- "
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"again, back "
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"recede, redact"
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rur-
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country
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rural
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sacchar-
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sugar
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saccharin
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"sacr-, secr- "
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sacred
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"consecrate, sacrament"
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sal-
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salt
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salinity
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san-
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healthy
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"insane, sanity"
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sanct-
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holy
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"sanctify, sanctuary"
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sanguin-
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blood
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sanguine
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sarc(o)-
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flesh
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sarcophagus
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sativ-
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cultivated
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sativa
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saur-
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"lizard, reptile "
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dinosaur
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sci-
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know
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"prescient, science"
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scoli-
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crooked
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scoliosis
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"scop-, scopy, scept- "
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"look at, examine, view, observe "
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"kaleidoscope, stethoscope"
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"scrib-, script- "
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write
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"inscribe, scripture"
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sculp-
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carve
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sculpture
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sed-
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"settle, calm "
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sedative
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"sed-, -sid-, sess- "
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sit
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"reside, sediment, session, supersede"
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sei-
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shake
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seismograph
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semi-
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half
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semi-final
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semin-
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seed
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insemination
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sen-
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old man
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"senator, senility"
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serp-
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crawl
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serpent
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serr-
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"saw, saw-toothed "
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serration
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serv-
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"save, protect, serve "
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conservation
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sibil-
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hiss
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sibilance
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sicc-
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dry
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desiccation
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simil-
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"likeness, trust, group "
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"assimilate, similarity"
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simul-
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"an imitating, feigning "
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simulation
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singul-
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one each
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singular
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soci-
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group
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"associate, social"
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sol-
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sun
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solar
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"solv-, solut- "
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"loosen, set free "
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solution
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soma-
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body
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somatic
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somn-
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sleep
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insomnia
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"sorb-, sorpt- "
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suck
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"absorb, absorption"
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sord-
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dirt
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sordid
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soror-
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sister
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sorority
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spher-
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ball
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"spheroid, sphere"
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stom-
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mouth
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stoma
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styl-
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"column, pillar "
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stylus
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"su-, sut- "
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sew
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suture
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sui-
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self
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suicide
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"sub-, su-, sus- "
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below
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submerge
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"syn-, sy-, syl-, sym- "
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with
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"symbol, system, synonym, symmetry"
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techn-
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knowledge
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technology
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tele-
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"far, end "
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"telephone, telescope, telegram"
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tempor-
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time
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"temporary, temporal."
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tetr-
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four
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tetrahedron
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"tex-, text- "
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weave
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"texture, textile"
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than-
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death
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euthanasia
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"the(o)-, thus- "
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god
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"theology, enthusiasm"
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therm-
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heat
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"thermometer, endotherm"
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"trans-, tra-, tran- "
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across
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"tradition, transcend, transportation"
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traum-
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wound
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"trauma, traumatic"
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tri-
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three
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"triad, trigon, tripod"
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tympan-
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drum
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tympani
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umbr-
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"shade, shadow "
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"penumbra, umbrella"
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"un-, uni- "
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one
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"unary, union"
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urb-
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city
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urban
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vac-
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empty
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"vacancy, vacation, vacuum"
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vent-
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wind
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ventilation
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ver-
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true
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"verify, verity"
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"vid-, vis- "
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see
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"video, vision"
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visc-
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thick
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viscosity
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viscer-
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organs of the body cavity
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visceral
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vit-
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life
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vital
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viv-
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live
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"revive, survive, vivid"
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xen-
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foreign
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xenophobia
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xer-
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dry
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xerography
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xyl-
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wood
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xylophone
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-zo-
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"animal, living being "
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"protozoa, zoo, zoology"
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zyg-
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yoke
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"heterozygous, zygote"
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zym-
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ferment
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"enzyme, lysozyme"
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arch
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"chief, primary or first "
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archetype
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archaeo
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ancient/primitive
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archaeology
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aster/astra
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star
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astronomy
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audi
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hear
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audible
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bene
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good/well
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benefit
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bio
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life
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biology
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brev
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short
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abbreviation
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chloro
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green
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chlorophyll
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chrono
|
time
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chronology
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derm
|
skin
|
dermatologist
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dic/dict
|
speak
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dictionary
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fer
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carry
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transfer
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fix
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fasten
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affix
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gen
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birth
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generate
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geo
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earth
|
geography
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graph
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write
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graphic
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hemo
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blood
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hemoglobin
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herb
|
plants
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herbaceous
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hydro
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water
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hydrate
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jur/just
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law
|
jury
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log/logue
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word/thought
|
dialogue
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luc
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light
|
lucid
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manu
|
hand
|
manual
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meter/metr
|
measure
|
thermometer
|
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neg
|
no
|
negate
|
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ocu
|
eye
|
ocular
|
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olig
|
few
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oligarchy
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op/oper
|
work
|
operation
|
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osteo
|
bone
|
osteoporosis
|
|
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path
|
feeling
|
sympathy
|
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ped
|
child
|
pediatrics
|
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phil
|
love
|
philosophy
|
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phys
|
body/nature
|
physical
|
|
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pod
|
foot
|
podiatrist
|
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|
proto
|
first
|
prototype
|
|
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pseudo
|
false
|
pseudonym
|
|
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scrib/script
|
write
|
scribble
|
|
|
sect
|
cut
|
dissect
|
|
|
sol
|
alone
|
solitary
|
|
|
struct
|
build
|
construct
|
|
|
tact
|
touch
|
contact
|
|
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tele
|
far off
|
telephone
|
|
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ter/terr
|
earth
|
territory
|
|
|
vac
|
empty
|
vacant
|
|
|
ver
|
truth
|
verify
|
|
|
verb
|
word
|
verbal
|
|
|
vid/vis
|
see
|
video
|
