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44 Cards in this Set
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ab-
a- abs |
away; from
absent - away, not present abstain - keep from doing, refrian |
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ad
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to, toward
adjacent - next to address - to direct towards |
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ante
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before
antecedent - going before in time anterior - occurring before |
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anti
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against
antidote - remedy to act against an evil antibiotic - substance that fights against bacteria |
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be
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over, thoroughly
bemoan - to mourn over belabor - to exert much labor upon |
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bi
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two
bisect - to divide biennial - happening every two years |
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cata-
cat- cath |
down
catacombs - underground passageways catalogue - descriptive list |
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circum
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around
circumscribe - to draw a circle around circumspect - watchful on all sides |
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com
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with
combine - join together communication - to have dealing with |
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contra
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against
contrary - opposed contrast - to stand in opposition |
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de
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down, from
decline - to slope downward decontrol - to release from government control |
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di
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two
dichotomy - cutting in two diarchy - system of government with two authorities |
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dis-
di |
apart, away
discern - to distinguish as separate dismiss - send away |
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epi-
ep- eph |
upon, among
epidemic - happening among many people epicycle - circle whose center moves on the circumference of a greater circle |
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ex-
e |
from, out
exceed - go beyond the limit emit - to send forth |
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extra
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outside, beyond
extraordinary - beyond or outside the common method extrasensory - beyond the senses |
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hyper
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beyond, over
hyperactive - above the normal activity level hypercritic - one who is critical beyond measure |
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hypo
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beneath, lower
hypodermic - pertaining to or injected beneath the skin hypocrisy - to be under a pretense of goodness |
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in-
il- in- ir |
not
inactive - not active irreversible - not reversible |
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in-
il- im- ir |
in, on, into
instill - to add or introduce slowly impose - to lay on |
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inter
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among, between
intercom - a system allowing for communication between people interlude - an intervening period of time |
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intra
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within
intravenous - within a vein intramural - within a single college or its student body |
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meta
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beyond, over, along with
metamorphosis - change in form or nature metatarsus - part of foot beyond the flat of the foot |
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mis
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badly, wrongly
misconstrue - in interpret wrongly misappropriate - to use wrongly |
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mono
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one
monogamy - marriage to one person at a time monotone - a single, unvaried tone |
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multi
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many
multiple - of many parts multitude - a great number |
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non
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no, not
nonsense - lack of sense nonentity - not existing |
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ob
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against
obscene - offensive to modesty obstruct - to hinder the passage of |
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para-
par |
beside
parallel - continuously at equal distance apart parenthesis - sentence inserted within a passage |
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per
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through
persevere - to maintain an effort permeate - to pass through |
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poly
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many
polygon - a plane figure with many sides or angles polytheism - belief in existence of many gods |
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post
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after
posterior - coming after postpone - to put off until a future time |
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pre
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before
premature - ready before the proper time premonition - a previous warning |
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pro
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in favor of, forward
prolific - bringing forth an abundance of offspring project - throw or cast forward |
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re
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back, against
reimburse - pay back retract - to draw back |
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semi
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half
semicircle - half a circle semiannual - half-yearly |
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sub
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under
subdue - to bring under one's power submarine - travel under the surface of the sea |
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super
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above
supersonic - above the speed of sound superior - higher in place or position |
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tele-
tel |
across
telecast - transmit across a distance telepathy - communication between mind and mind at a distance |
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trans
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across
transpose - to change the position of two things transmit - to send from one person to another |
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ultra
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beyond
ultraviolet - beyond the limit of visibility ultramarine - beyond the sea |
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un
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not
undeclared - not declared unbelievable - no believable |
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uni
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one
unity - state of oneness unison - sounding together |
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with
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away, against
withhold - to hold back withdraw - to take away |
