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134 Cards in this Set
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acro
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tip, top, apex, pointed
acropolis, acrophobia |
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agogos, agein
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to lead, to direct, to incite
demagogue, pedagogic |
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agon, agonia
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struggle, contest
antagonist, agony |
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agro, agros
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field, earth, soil
agronomy, agrostology |
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algia
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pain
neuralgia, diaphragmalgia |
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allo, allos
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other, departure from normal
allopath, allogamy |
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andros, aner, anthropos
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man, stamen
anthropomorphic, androsphinx |
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anemo, anemos
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wind
anemometer, anemophilous |
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archaeo, archaios
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ancient, old, original
archaeology, archeozoic |
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arch, archos
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chief, first, rule
monarch, archipelago, archangel |
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aristo, aristos
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best
aristocracy, aristocrat |
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astron, aster, astro
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star
aster, astral |
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auto, autos
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self
autoharp, autoimmune, autochthon |
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baro, baros
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pressure, weight
barograph, barometer |
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barys
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heavy
barium, hyperbaric |
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biblos, biblion
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book, of books
bibliopole, bibliolatry |
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bios
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life, living things
biocenosis, bionics, biopsy |
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caco
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bad, poor, evil
cacophony, cacoethes |
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chiro, cheir
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hand
chiromancy, chiropter |
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chroma, chromato
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color
chromomere, chromoprotein |
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chrono, chronos
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time
chronograph, chronicle |
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cosmos
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world, order
cosmography, cosmic |
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cracy, crat
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type of government
theocracy, bureaucrat |
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crypto
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hide
cryptogam, cryptogenic |
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cyclos
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circular, wheel
cyclothymia, cyclorama |
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deca
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ten
Decapolis, decaliter |
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demos
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people
demographics, endemic, democrat |
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dendron
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tree
dendrochronology, dendroid |
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derma
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skin
hypodermic, dermoid |
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deutero, deuter
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second
Deuteronomy, deuterocanonical |
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didonai, dosis
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give
dose, dosage |
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dis, di
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twice, doubly
dichotomy, dipody |
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doxo
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opinion, praise
heterodox, doxology |
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dynamis
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power
dynamo, dyne |
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esthesia
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the ability to feel sensation
anesthesia, aesthetics |
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ethnos
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race, nation
ethnomusicology, ethnocentrism |
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gamos
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marriage
monogamy, polygamy |
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gastro
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stomach
gastritis, gastrolith, gastric |
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ge, geo
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earth
geodesic, geometry |
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gen, geno
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race, kind, descent
Genesis |
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glot, glossa
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tongue, language
glossary, monoglot, glossalalia |
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glyphe
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carving
petroglyph, glyphography |
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gon
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figure having angles
pentagon, polygon |
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gonos
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to produce
cosmogony, theogony |
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gramma, gram
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something written or drawn
telegram, electrocardiogram |
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grapho
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write
lithography, graphology |
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gyn, gyneco
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woman, women
misogyny, gyniatrics, gynarchy |
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hemo, hema
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blood
hemoglobin, hematoma |
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hedron, hedral, hedra
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side, base, seat
hexahedral, polyhedron |
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helios
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sun, bright
heliotropic, helium, heliograph |
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hemi
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half
hemisphere, hemicranial |
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hepta
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seven
heptahedron, heptameter |
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hexa
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six
hexameter, hexahedron |
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hiero
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sacred, holy
hieroglyphic, hierophant |
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hydor, hydro
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water
hydroponics, hydrology |
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hypno
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sleep
autohypnosis, hypnotoxin |
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icono
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image, likeness, figure
iconology, iconostasis |
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ideo
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idea
ideogram, ideophone |
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isos
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equal, alike, identical
isocracy, isometric |
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kilo, chilioi
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thousand
chiliarch, kilocalorie, kilovolt |
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klastes
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breaker, broken
iconoclast, clastic |
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latreia
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service, worship
idolatry, demonolatry |
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lithos, lite
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stone
chrysolite, lithotomy |
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logos
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word, study
logic, logomachy |
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lysis
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to loosen
analysis, electrolysis |
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macros, macro
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enlarged, elongated
macrocosm, macropterous |
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mania
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madness
pyromania, kleptomania |
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mega
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large, powerful
megapod, megalith |
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megalo
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large, great, enlarged
megalocardia, megalomania |
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metron
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measure
thermometer, metronome |
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micros, micro
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small
microcosm, microphone |
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miso, misein
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to hate
misogyny, misology, misoneism |
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monos
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one, alone
monocle, monosyllable |
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morphe
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form
metamorphic, morphallaxis |
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mytho
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myth
mythological, mythos |
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naus, nautes
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ship, sailor
naumachia, astronaut, navigation |
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necro
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physical death, corpse
necrology, necrophagia |
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neos
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new, young
Neoplatonism, neoprene |
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neuron, neuro
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nerve
neuritis, neuropteran |
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nomos
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law, science, management
nomography, astronomer |
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octo
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eight
octagonal, octogenarian |
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oligo
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few, scant, small
oligarchy, oliguria |
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onoma, onym
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name
allonym, homonym |
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opsis, optic, ophthalmo
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view, sight
optical, amblyopia |
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ornitho
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bird, birds
ornithopter, ornithosis |
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oro
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mountain
orogenic, orology |
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orthos
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right, correct
orthography, orthogenesis |
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osteon
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bone
osteoporosis, ossify |
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pais, paidos
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child
pediatric, pedobaptism |
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paleo
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ancient, early, prehistoric
paleontology, paleolithic |
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pan
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all, every
pandemonium, Pandora |
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pater, patri
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father
patronymic, patrician |
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pathos, path
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suffering, disease
empathy, pathogen |
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ped, pedo
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small child
pediatrics, pedant, pedobaptism |
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penta
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five
Pentateuch, pentathlon |
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petros
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rock, stone
petrography, petrol |
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phago, phage
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eating, destroying
anthropophagite, phagocyte |
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phago, phage
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eating, destroying
anthropophagite, phagocyte |
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phainein
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to show, be visible
emphasis, fantasy, fancy |
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philos
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loving
philharmonic, philately |
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phobia, phobos
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fear, dread
photophobia, xenophobia |
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phone
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sound, speak
phonograph, phoneme |
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phos, photo
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light
photobiotic, phosgene |
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physis, physio
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nature
physiologic, physiocrat |
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plasma
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form
plasmodium, deutoplasm |
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pneuma
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air, breath, spirit
pneumothorax, pneumococcus |
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podos, pous
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foot
octopus, chiropodist, podiatry |
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polis
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city
politician, Neopolitan, police |
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polys
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many
polynomial, polymer |
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protos
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first
proton, protozoa |
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pseudes, pseudo
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false, fake
pseudoscience, pseudosalt |
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psycho
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soul, mind, breath
psychometry, psychosis |
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ptero
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feather, wing
pterosaur, pteropod |
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pyr
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fire
pyromaniac, pyrography, pyretic, pyrogen |
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rheo, rrhea
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flow, current
logorrhea, rheophile |
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schizo
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cleave, cut
schizogenesis, schizogony |
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scopos, skopein
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spy, watcher, to see
telescope, otoscope |
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seismo
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earthquake
seismology, seismic |
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sophia
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wisdom
sophomoric, sophist |
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sphero
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sphere, ball, layer of gas
ionosphere, atmosphere, spheroid |
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static
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causing to stand
hydrostatics, electrostatic |
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taphos
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tomb, bury
epitaph |
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techno
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art
tectonic, technocrat |
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tele
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far, far off
telemetry, telencephalon |
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temno, tomos
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cut, that which is cut off, out
appendectomy, lobotomy, tome |
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tetra
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four
tetrarch, Tetragrammaton |
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thanato
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death
thanatopis, thanatology, euthanasia |
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theos
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god
monotheism, theophany |
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therapy
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to cure, nurse
therapeutics, heliotherapy |
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thermo
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heat
thermophile, thermotaxis |
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thesis, tithenai
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position
synthesis, thesis |
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topo
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place, local
toponym, topographic, topic |
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typos
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type, figure, model
typography, typify |
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zoon
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animal
zoogenic, zoonosis |
