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ALIEN–
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of another
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alien, alienation
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ART–
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art, skill
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art, artifact
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FIN–
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end, limit, border
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final, definate
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FIRM–
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firm, strong
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firmament, confirm
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FORT–
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strong
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fort, forte, comfort (not related to fortune)
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GRAND–
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great
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grand, grandeur
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GRAV–, [GRIEV–]
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heavy
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grave, grievance
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LINE–, [LIGN–]
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line
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line, align
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NIHIL–
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nothing
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annihilate, nihilism
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NUL(L)–
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nothing
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null, annul
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PART–
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part
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part, depart
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VERB–
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word, verb
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verb, adverb, verbatim, proverb
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VEST–
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garment, dress
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vest, vestment
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CED–, CEED–, CESS–
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to go, yield
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proceed, concede, precede, excess, procession
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DUC–, DUCT–
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to lead (to consider)
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induce, transducer, conduct, reduction
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JUDIC–
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judgment
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judicial, adjudicate
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JUR–, JUST–
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right, law; take an oath, form an opinion
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jury, conjure, just, justify
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LEV–, [LIEF, LIEV]
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light (in weight); to lift
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levity, elevate
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LOQU–, LOCUT–
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to speak
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colloquial, eloquent, elocution, interlocutor
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LUD–, LUS–
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to play, mock
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interlude, delude, illusion
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PREC–
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to request, beg; prayer
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imprecate, precarious
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TRUD–, TRUS–
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to push, thrust
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protrude, intrusion, unobtrusive
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VEN–, VENT–, VENI, [VENU–]
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to come
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intervene, invention, avenue, venue, convention
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CRUC–, CRUX–
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cross
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crucify, crux
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GREG–
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flock, herd
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congregate, segregate
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HAB–, AB–, (HIB–)
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to have, hold as customary
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habit, dishabille, able, inability, inhibit
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PED–
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foot
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pedal, impediment, pedestrian
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PUNG–, PUNCT–
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to prick; point
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puncture, punctual
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SACR–, (SECR–)
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sacred
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sacrament, desecrate
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SANCT–
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holy
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sanctify, sanctimonious
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SENT–, SENS–
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to feel, think
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sentiment, consent, sensation
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TURB–
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stir, upset
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perturb, turbulence
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VERT–, VERS–
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to turn
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revert, aversion
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VI(A)–
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way, road
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via, previous
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CLUD–, CLUS–, CLAUS–, [CLOS–]
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to shut
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exclude, include, disclose
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GRAD–, GRESS–
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to step, go
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gradual (literally, by steps), progress, aggression
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PEND–, PENS–
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to hang, weigh, pay
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dependent, suspend, dispense, expense
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PLE–, PLENT–, PLEN–
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to fill; full
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implement, complete, deplete, plenary
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SPEC–, (SPIC–), SPECT–
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to look
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specimen, conspicuous, inspect, respect
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UND–, [OUND–]
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wave
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abundant, undulate, abound, redound
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VID–. VIS–, [VIEW–]
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to see
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evident, provide, visual, provision, review
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VOC–, VOK–
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voice; to call
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vocal, invoke, invocation, provoke, revoke
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SEMI–
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half, partly
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semiannual
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UN–
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one
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uniform, unanimous
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SESQUI–
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one and a half
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sesquicentennial
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DU–
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two
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duet, dual
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BI–, BIN– (before vowels)
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two; twice
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bicycle, binoculars
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SECOND–
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second
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second
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TRI–
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three
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tricycle, triangle
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TERTI–
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third
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tertigravida
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QUADR(U)–
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four
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quadrangle, quadruple
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QUART–
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four
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quarter
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QUINT–
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fifth
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quintuplet, quintet
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QUINQUE–
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five
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quinquangular
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SEXT–
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six; sixth
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sextet
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SEX–
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six
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SEPT(EM)–
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seven
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septet, September
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SEPTIM–
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seventh
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OCT–
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eight
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octet
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OCTAV–
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eighth
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octave
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NON–
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ninth
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DECI(M)–
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tenth
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deciliter, decimal
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DECEM–
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ten
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december
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CENT–
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hundred
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century, centennial
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MILL–
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thousand
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millimeter, mill
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ANIM–
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mind, feeling, life
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animal, animated
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ANN(U)–, (ENNI–)
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year
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annals, annual, perennial
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CANT–, (CENT–), [CHANT]–
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to sing
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canorous, incantation, incentive, enchant
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CUR–
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cure, care
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sinecure, secure
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EQU–, (IQU–)
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equal, even
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equal, equidistant, iniquity
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FER–
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to bear, carry
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refer, transfer, conference
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LAT–
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to bear, carry
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elate, relate, translation
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PLIC–, PLEX–, [PLY–]
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to fold, tangle, interweave
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complicate, implicate, implicit, complex, imply, multiply
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AQU(A)–
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water
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aquatic, aqueduct
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CORPOR–, CORP(US)–
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body
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incorporate, corpuscle, corpse, corporal
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OMN–
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all
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omnipresent, omnivorous
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REG–, (RIG–), RECT–
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right, straight; to rule, stiffen, straighten
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regular, incorrigible, rectify
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SIMIL–, SIMUL–
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like, similar
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simulate, smile
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TEMPER–, TEMPOR–, (TEMP–), [TENS–]
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time, due season; to set bounds
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temperate, temperature, temporary, tense
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TEN–, (TIN–), TENT–, [TAIN–]
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to hold
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tenant, continue, content, contain
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TEND–, TENT–, TENS–
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to stretch, to strive, to fight
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tendon, tense, tent, distend, pretense, pretend
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TENU–
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stretched, thin
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tenuous, attenuate
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BELL–
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beautiful, war
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embellish, bellicose, antebellum, belligerent
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DOM(IN)–
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house, master
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dome, predominant, dominate
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FLAG(R)– FLAM(M)–
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to burn; flame
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flagrant, conflagrant, inflammation
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FLAT–
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to blow
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inflate, flatulent, conflation
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GEN–, GENER–
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race, kind, origin
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general, genus, generous (NOUN)
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GEN–
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to give birth to, to produce
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genital, ingenious, ingenuity (VERB)
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LATER–
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side
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equilateral, laterally
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LUC–, LUMIN–
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to shine; light
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lucid, illuminate
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PAR–
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to ready, bring forth, provide
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prepare, separate
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SEN–
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old
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senate, senior
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SERV–
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to serve, save(w/prefix)
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servant, service, preserve, conservation
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CUMB–, CUB–
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to lie down
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succumb, incubator
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FEDER–
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league, treaty
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confederate, federal
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FID–
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faith
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confident
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FIDEL–
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faithful
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infidelity
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HER–, HES–
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to stick
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adhere, adhesive
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ORD(IN)–
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to put in order, arrange
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order, ordinary
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POT–, POSS–
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to be able, have, power
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potent, possible
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SAL–, (SIL–), SALT, (SULT–)
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to leap
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salient, resilient, saltatorial, insult
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SED–, (SID–), SESS–
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to sit, settle
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sediment, insidious, session
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TERR–
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land, earth
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terrestrial, territory
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PLAC–
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please
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placate, placid, placebo
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CRED–
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to believe, trust
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credential, creditor, discredit
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DOC–, DOCT–
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to teach
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document, doctor, indoctrinate
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FA(B)–, F(A)–, FAT–, FESS–, FAM–
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to speak, reveal
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affable, infant, preface, confess, fame, fabulous
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FALL–, FALS–, [FAIL–], [FAULT–]
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to deceive, to be mistaken
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fallacy, false, failure, default
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MOD–
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measure, well–proportioned
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modicum, modest, modern, modify
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MUT–
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to change
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mutant, mutation, mutable
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TANG–, (TING)–, TACT–, TAG–, (TIG–)
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to touch
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tangent, contingent, contact, intact
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TRACT–
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to drag
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tractor, traction, detract, distract
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CULP–
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blame
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culpable, culprit
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AC(U)–, ACR–, ACET–
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sharp, bitter
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acid, acute, acetic acid
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CAD–, (CID–), CAS–
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to fall, befall, (luck)
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cadence, accident, incident, casual, occasion
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CAP–, (CIP–), CAPT–, (CEPT–), [CEIV–]
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to take, seize
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incapacitate, recipient, capture, expect, reception, receive
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FAC–, (FIC–), FACT–, (FECT–), FICT–
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to do, make
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faculty, efficient, manufacture, fiction, effective
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CAPIT–
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head
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capitol, decapitate, recapitulation, captain
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FLOR–
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flower
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florist, floral, Florida
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FLU–, FLUX– FLUV–, FLUOR(O)–, FLUCT(U)–
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to flow; a flow
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fluid, flux, effluvia, fluoroscope, fluctuate
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FOLI–, [FOIL–]
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leaf
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folio, defoliant, tinfoil
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NOC–, NOX–, NIC–, NEC–
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to harm, kill
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innocent, obnoxious, pernicious, internecine
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CERN–, CRET–, CERT–
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to separate, to grow, distinguish
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discernment, secret, excrete, ascertain
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DUR–
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hard; to last
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duration, durable, endure
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FUND–, FUS–, [FOUND–]
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to pour, melt, (bottom)
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refund, fusion, confusion, foundry
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NASC–, NAT–
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to be born
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nascent, native, prenatal, nature, natural
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PEL(L)–, PULS–
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to drive, push
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propel, compelling, impulsive, repulsive
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PON–, POSIT–, [POND–], [POSE–]
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to place, put
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component, deposit, position, compound, compose, oppose
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TORT–, TORQU–
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to twist
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torture, distort, torque, contort
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BENE–, BON–
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well, good
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benefactor, benefit, benign, bonus (POSITIVE)
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MEL(IOR)–
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better
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Meliorate (COMPARATIVE)
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OPTIM–
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best
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optimum, optimistic (SUPERLATIVE)
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MAGN–
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big
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magnify (POSITIVE)
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MAJ(OR)–
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bigger
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major (COMPARATIVE)
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MAXIM–
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biggest
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maximum (SUPERLATIVE)
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MAL(E)–
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bad
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maladjusted, malicious, malignant (POSITIVE)
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PEDJOR–
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worse
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pejorative (COMPARATIVE)
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PESSIM–
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worst
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pessimistic (SUPERLATIVE)
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MULT–
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many
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multiply (POSITIVE)
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PLUS–, PLUR–
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more
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plural, plus (COMPARATIVE)
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[*PLURIM–]
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most
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[no English derivative] (SUPERLATIVE)
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AM–, (AMAT–)
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to love
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amorous, amatory, amateur
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DE–, DIV–
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god
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deify, divine
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[JOURN–]
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day
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journal
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OR–
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to speak, formally, plead
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oracle, oration
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PROB–, [PROV–]
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good; to test
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probe, probity, approve, probability
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RAP–, (REPT–), RAPT–
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to seize
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rape, rapid, rapture
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STRING–, STRICT–, [STRAIN–]
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to draw tight, tie/bind
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stringent, strict, restrict, restrain
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VER–
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true
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veritable, aver, very, verify
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LITER–
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letter, literature
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illiterate, literature
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CID–, CIS–
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to kill, cut
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insecticide, fratricide, incision, precise
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MATER–, MATERN–
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mother
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matron, maternity
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PATR–, PATERN–
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father
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patrimony, paternity
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PATRI–
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fatherland, country
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repatriate, patriotic
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PATRON–
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protector
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patronize, patron
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FRAT(E)R(N)–
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brother
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fraternity, fraternal, fraternize
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SOROR–
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sister
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sorority, sororal
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SEQU–, SECUT–
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to follow
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sequence, consequence, prosecute, consecutive
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SOL–
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alone
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solitude, desolation
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VIV(E)–
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to live
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vivid, revive
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CRE–, CRESC–, CRET–, [CRU–]
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to grow
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crescent, excrescence, concrete, accrue (don't confuse with CRET– to separate)
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I–, IT–
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to go
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transient, ambient, initial, transition (only use it if you're desperate)
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JUG–, JUNCT–, [JOIN–], [JOINT–]
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a yoke; to join
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jugular, juncture, join, rejoinder, conjointly
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LEG–
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law, bequeath
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legislature, legal, legate
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LEG–, (LIG–), LECT–
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to choose, pick out, read
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legible, legend, eligible, elect, selective
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MON–, MONIT–
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to warn, advise
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admonish, monument, monitor, premonition
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SOLV–, SOLUT–
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to free, loosen
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solve, absolve, solution, absolute
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TRIT–
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wear away, rub
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contrite, contrition, attrition
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FERV–
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to boil, bubble
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fervent, fervidity
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FRANG–, (FRING–), FRACT–
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to break
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frangible, fraction, fracture
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GRAN–
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grain
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granary, granite, granola
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PATI–, PASS–
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to endure, suffer
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patient, passive, passion
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QUIR–, QUISIT–, QUEST–
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to ask, seek
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inquire, inquisition, question, inquest
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SEC–, SEG–, SECT–
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to cut
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secant, segment, bisect, section
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SECUT–
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to follow
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execute
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JOC–
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joke
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jocular, jocund
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AG–, (IG–), ACT– *
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to do, drive
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agent, agile, inactive, transact
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CLAM–, [CLAIM–]
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to cry out
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exclamation, proclamation, declaim, proclaim (not related to clam, but good for memory!)
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COG–, COGIT–
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to think, reflect, consider
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cogent, cogitation, cognition
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DIC–, DICT–
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to say
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diction, contradiction, edict, dictate
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GER–, GEST–
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to carry, produce, to carry on
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exaggerate, congestion, digest
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MIT(T)–, MIS(S)– *
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to send, let go
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admit, transmitter, missile, transmission
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SCI–
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to know, cut
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science, conscientious, scissors
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SON–, SONOR–
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sound
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supersonic, resonance, sonata
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VAL–, [VAIL–]
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to be strong, be worthy, good bye
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value, equivalent, valid, avail, prevail, valiant
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ERR–
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to wander, be mistaken
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error, erratic, erroneous
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JAC–, JECT–
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to throw, guess
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ejaculate, inject, projectile, reject
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NOMEN–, NOMIN–
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name, noun
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nomenclature, nominate, pronominal
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SCRIB–, SCRIPT–
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to write
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describe, inscribe, scribble, conscription, subscription
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(S)T(A)–, (S)TIT, SIST–
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to stand
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stance, circumstance, station, insist, exist
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VOLV–, VOLUT–
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to roll
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revolve, involve, evolution, revolution
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VIR–
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man (male), poison
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virtue, virus, viral
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CAPIT–, (CIPIT–)
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head
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capital, decapitate, precipitate
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GNO–, NO–, NOT–
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to know
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recognize, ignore, noble, note
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LOC– [LIEU–]
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place
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local, dislocate, lieutenant
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PUT–
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to prune, reckon, think
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amputate, compute, impute
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RADIC–
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root
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radical, eradicate
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ROG–
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to ask, sue
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arrogant, derogatory
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SPIR–
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to breathe
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spirit, conspire, inspiration
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MILIT–
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soldier
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militant, militate, military, militia
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AL–, ALT–
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to nourish, grow tall
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alumnus, alimony, altitude
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MEDI–
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middle, in the middle of
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median, medium, immediate
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MIGR–
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to move from one place to another
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migratory, migrate, transmigrate, immigrant
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PET–, [PEAT–]
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to seek, assail
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compete, petition, appetite, repeat (aggressive meaning)
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PUG(N)–
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to fight; a fist
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repugnant, impugn, pugilist
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PRED–
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prey
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predator, depredation
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GRAT(I)–
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pleasing, grateful
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gratitude, gratuitous, gratifying
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MISC–, MIX(T)–
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to mix
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promiscuous, immiscible, admixture
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MOV–, MOT–
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to move, feel, affect
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movement, remove, motion, remote, motivation, motive
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NEG–
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to deny
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negative, renegade, negate
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PURG–
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to clean
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purge, purgative, purgatory
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VULG–
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common, ordinary
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vulgar, vulgate
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PROL–
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offspring
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proliferate, proletariat
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CORD–
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heart, feelings
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cordial, accord, record
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FLECT–, FLEX–
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to bend
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deflection, reflection, flexible, reflex, reflect
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MAN(U)–
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hand
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manicure, manipulate, manual, manuscript, manure
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PORT–
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to carry (often oneself)
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portable, deport, report
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STRU–, STRUCT–
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to build
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instrument, structure, instruct
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TERM(IN)–
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boundary, end
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terminal, determine
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VINC–, VICT–
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to conquer
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convince, evince, victor, convict
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AUD(IT)–
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to hear
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audience, audit, auditorium
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CARN–
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flesh
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carnage, incarnation, carnivore
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NUNCI–, [NOUNC]–
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to announce
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annunciation, denunciation, denounce, pronounce
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PRESS–
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to press, to push
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pressure, compression
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PROPRI–, PROPER–
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one's own; fitting
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proprietary, appropriate, improper, property
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SAT(IS)–
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enough
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satiate, satisfy
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