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a, an |
not, without |
agnostic; one who believe that it cannot be known whether or not God existsapathy; lack of feeling, interest,atheist, one who does not believe Godatypical; not typical |
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ab |
away from, apart from, down |
abduct; to take away by force adhor; to hate; to detest abolish; to do away with, ban, make void |
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ad |
toward, near |
(sometimes the d is dropped and the 1st letter to which a is prefixed is doubled) adjacent; next to, close to, or connected to |
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ambi, amphi |
both, on both sides |
ambidextrous; able to use both hands equally well ambiguous; open to various interpretations amphibian; an animal that lives part of its life in water and part of its life on land |
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ant, ante |
before |
antebellum; before the war antecedent existing, being or going before anterior; placed before |
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anti |
againt |
antidote; a remedy intended to counteract poison antifreeze; a chemical that lowers the freezing point antiseptic, free from germs, particularly clean or neat |
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bi,bin |
two |
biennial; happening every two years bilingual binocular; involving two eyes |
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cent |
hundred |
centimeter; 100 meters centipede; a create with many legs century; one hundred years |
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circu, circum |
around |
circuit; a path or journey around an area circuitous; roundabout, indirect circumstances; the state of affairs that exist around a particular time |
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co, col, com, con |
together, completely |
coerce; to force another to do an action collide; to crash together connect; to bid or fasten together |
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contra, contro, counter |
againt |
contradict; to oppose, to speak againt contrary; opposed to; opposite controversy; a prolonged debate or disagreement about a top |
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de |
away, off, down, reversal |
decipher; to interpret; to decode defame; to slander, to publicly speak ill of delineate; to draw to outlines of; to sketch; to describe |
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deca |
ten |
decade; 10 years decathlon: sports competition composed of 10 events |
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di, dia |
into, across, through |
diagnose; to determine the nature of sickness/problem by examining symptoms dialogue; conversation between two or more persons diameter; a line going through a circle |
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dis, dis |
away from, reversal, not |
diffuse: (v) to pour out and spread, as in a fluid; (adj) spread outdilate: (v) to widen; to expanddisperse: (v) to spread over a wide area; to drive away in various directionsdisseminate: (v) to scatter or spread widely; to promulgatedissuade: (v) to persuade (someone) against (a course of action); to deter; to advise against |
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dys |
faulty, abnormal |
dysfunctional: (adj) poorly functioning dyslexia: (n) an impairment of reading ability due to a neurological problem |
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e, ex |
out of, from, former |
evade: (v) to escape from; to avoid exclude: (v) to shut out; to leave outexonerate: (v) to free or declare free from blameexpire: (v) to breathe one's last; to die; to reach the end of viability |
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em, en |
inside, into
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embrace: (v) to clasp in the arms; to include or containenclose: (v) to close in on all sides |
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extra |
outside,beyond |
extract: (v) to take out; to obtain against a person's willextradite: (v) to send (a person accused of a crime) to another state or nation for trial or punishmentextraordinary: (adj) beyond the ordinary; unusualextrasensory: (adj) outside the senses; coming from or pertaining to knowledge that cannot be gained through normal sense perception |
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fore |
before |
foreshadow: (v) to warn of or indicate (a future event) foresight: (n) the act of foreseeing; care for the future; prudenceforestall: (v) to prevent by advance action |
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hemi |
half |
hemisphere: (n) half a sphere; half of the Earthhemiplegia: (n) paralysis of the arm, leg, and trunk on one side of the body |
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hetero |
different, other |
heterogeneous: (adj) made up of different kindsheterosexual: (adj) pertaining to different sexes; having a sexual orientation toward members of the opposite sex |
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homeo, homo |
same, similar |
homogeneous: (adj) having a uniform nature or substance homonym: (n) one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike butdifferent in meaning homosexual: (adj) pertaining to the same sex; having a sexual orientationtoward members of the same sex |
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hyper |
over, agove, more than, excessive |
hyperactive: (adj) excessively activehyperbole: (n) extreme exaggeration used to create an ef |
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hypo |
under, beneath, less than, |
hypochondriac: (n) one who imagines physical ailments; one who is overlypreoccupied with physical health hypocritical: (adj) pretending to have virtues or qualities one does not havehypothesis: (n) assumption subject to proof |
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in, im |
not, without immoral; not moral impartial; unbiased; fair inactive; not active indolence; a tendency to avoid work or exertion innocuous; harmless, inoffensive |
immoral: (adj) not moralimpartial: (adj) unbiased; fairinactive: (adj) not active indolence: (adj) a tendency to avoid work or exertion; lazinessinnocuous: (adj) harmless, inoffensive |
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in, im |
inside, into implicit; not stated; inherent incarnate; having a body of physical form indigenous; native to a place |
intrinsic:(adj)natural;innateindigenous:(adj)nativetoaplaceinflux:(n)thepouringorflowingofonethingintoanother incarnate:(adj)havingabodyorphysicalformimplicit:(adj)notstated;inherent |
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inter |
between, amoung |
intersperse:(v)toscatter;toputthingsamongotherthingsinterstate:(adj)involvingtwoormorestates interloper:(n)onewhointrudesinthedomainofothersintermittent:(adj)happeningonandoff;notconstant interim:(n)timeperiodbetweenoneeventandanother;(adj)notpermanent |
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intra |
inside,within |
intravenous:(adj)insidetheveinsintramural:(adj)withinaschool;insideacityintrastate:(adj)withinastate |
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macro |
great,large |
macroeconomics:(n)studyoftheeconomyonalargescalemacroscopic:(adj)largeenoughtobeseenwithoutmagnification |
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mal, male |
bad, evil, wrong |
malign:(v)totelllieswiththeintentofhurtingsomeone'sreputation;toslandermalfunction:(n)theactofnotworkingcorrectly;(v)toworkincorrectly;tobreakmalicious:(adj)intendedtohurtsomeone malady:(n)anillnessmalediction:(n)acurse |
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med, medi |
middle |
travelthrough(as,forexample,lighttravelsthroughair,andnewsisconveyedbytelevisionandnewspapers) mediocre:(adj)ofonlyso-soqualitymedium:(n)sizebetweensmallandlarge;asubstanceoragencythatthings mediate:(v)toserveasago-between;totrytosettleanargumentmedieval:(adj)relatedtotheMiddleAges intermediate:(adj)betweenthebeginningandend |
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mega, megalo |
very large |
megaphone:(n)adeviceformagnifyingthesoundofone'svoicemegaton:(n)explosivepowerequalto1,000,000tonsofTNT obsessionwithachievinggreatthingsmegalopolis:(n)averylargecity megalith:(n)averybigstonemegalomania:(n)amentalconditioninvolvingdelusionsofgreatness;an |
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micro |
very small |
microscope:(n)adevicethatmagnifiesverysmallthingsforviewingmicrocosm:(n)asmallsystemthatreflectsalargerwholemicroorganism:(n)averysmallorganism ' microbe:(n)averysmallorganism |
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min, mini |
small |
minute:(n)one-sixtiethofanhourminute:(adj)verysmall diminution:(n)reduction;theactofreducingminiature:(n)acopyormodelthatrepresentssomethingingreatlyreducedsize diminish:(v)tolessen minutiae:(n)smallortrivialdetails |
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mis |
bad, wrong, hateful |
misadventure: (n) bad luck; an unlucky accidentmisanthrope: (n) one who hates people or humanitymisapply: (v) to use something incorrectlymischance: (n) bad luck; an unlucky accidentmischief: (n) naughty or annoying behaviormisconstrue: (v) to understand something incorrectly. misfit: (n) somebody or something that doesn't fit in |
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mon, mono |
one, single |
monarchy: (n) rule by a single person• monk: (n) a man in a religious order living apart from societymonogram: (n) a design made up of letters combined into one shape monograph: (n) a scholarly paper on one topicmonologue: (n) a speech or other dramatic composition recited by one person monomania: (n) an obsession with a single subjectmonotonous: (adj) boring; spoken using only one tone |
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mult |
many |
multiple: (adj) many; having many parts; a number containing some quantity ofa smaller number without remainder multiplex: (adj) having more than one part; (n) a building with many separateunits multiply: (v) to increase; to become manymultitudinous: (adj) very many; containing very many; having very many forms |
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non |
not |
nonconformist: (n) one who does not conform to a church or other societalinstitution nonentity: (n) something that doesn't exist; something that is unimportantnonpartisan: (adj) not affiliated with a political party |
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nov, neo, nou |
new |
innovate: (v) to develop a new way of doing somethingneologism: (n) a newly invented word or phraseneophyte: (n) a beginner; a new convert; a new workernovice: (n) a person new to any field or activityrenovate: (v) to repair something so it is like new or does not show as much wear and tear |
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oct |
eight |
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omni |
all |
omnibus: (n) an anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects omnipotent: (adj) all-powerful omnipresent: (adj) being everywhere at one time omniscient: (adj) knowing everything |
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pan, pant |
all, everyone pandemic; widespread panoply; an impressive or vast group or display panorama: a view of scene that extends a long way |
pandemic: (adj) widespreadpanoply: (n) an impressive or vast group or displaypanorama: (n) a view or scene that extends a long waypantheon: (n) the group made up of all the gods of a particular culture; a building that honors dead heroe |
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para |
next to, beside parable; a story that teaches a lesson through allegory parallel; being side by side and the same distance apart |
parable: (n)a story that teaches a lesson through allegory paragon: (n) an example of excellence to be emulatedparallel: (adj) being sideby side and the same distance apart at all points; having similar paths or structures paranoid: (adj) suffering from a baseless distrust of others parasite: (n) a living thing that draws its nutrients from another on which it lives; a personwho livesoff another without providing anything in returnparody: (v) to satirize through imitation; (n)an imitative satire |
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pent |
five pentagon a five side shape pentathlon; a sport competition with 5 events |
pentagon: (n) a five-sided shape pentathlon: (n)a sports competition with five events |
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peri |
around |
perimeter: (n) the distance around a shape; a border around a shape peripatetic: (adj)not stationary, moving aboutperiscope: (n) an optical instrument usedto view objects that otherwisecouldn't be seen |
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poly |
many |
polyandry: (n) the practice of having multiple husbands polygamy: (n) the practice of having multiple spouses, often wives polyglot: (n) someone who speaks manylanguagespolygon: (n)a figure with many sides polytheism: (n) belief in many gods |
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post |
behind, after |
post facto: (adv)after the factposterior: (adj) situated at the rear posthumous: (adj)after deatho |
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pre |
before, in front |
precedent: (n) an act that servesas an example forsubsequent situationsprecept: (n)a rule to govern behaviorprecocious: (adj) unusually advanced at a young age premonition: (n) a feeling or intuition that something is going to happen beforeit does |
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pro |
in front, before, much, for proceed; to go forward profuse; occurring in large amounts, abounding prolific; highly fruitful provident; possessing foresight |
proceed: (v) to go forward profuse: (adj) occurring in large amounts; abounding; overlygiving prolific: (adj)highly fruitfulproselytize: (v) to convert, recruit, or attempt to convert provident: (adj)possessing foresight |
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prot, proto |
first |
protagonist: (n) the main character in a play or story protocol: (n) diplomatic etiquette; a system of properconduct; theoriginal record of a treaty or other negotiationprototype: (n) the first version of an invention, on which latermodels arebased |
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pseud, pseudo |
false pseudonym a false name, pseudoscience; false science |
pseudonym: (n) a false name; a pen name pseudopod: (n) part of a single-celled organism that can be stuck out (like afoot) and used to move aroundpseudoscience: (n) false science; something believed to be based on the scientific method but actually is not |
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quad, quar, quat |
four quadrant: quarter of a circle quart; 1/4 gallon quadruple; 4 time as many |
quadrant: (n) a quarter of a circle; a 90-degree arcquadruple: (adj) four times as manyquadruplets: (n) four children bornin one birth quart: (n) one fourth of a gallon |
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quin, quint |
five |
quintile: (n) one-fifthquintuple: (adj)five times as many |
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re |
back, again |
recline: (v) to lean back; to lie down regain: (v) to gain again;to take backremain: (v) to stay behind; to be left; to continue to be reorganize: (v) to organize againrequest: (v) to ask (originally: to seek again) |
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retro |
backward |
retroactive: (adj)extending to things that happened in the pastretrofit: (v) to install newerparts intoan older deviceor structure retrograde: (adj) movingbackward; appearing to move backwardretrospective: (adj) looking back at the past; (n) a review of past events |
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se |
apart, away |
secede: (v) to withdraw formally from an associationsedition: (n)provocation of rebellion against a governmentseduce: (v) to lead astraysegregate: (v) to separate a larger group intotwo or more groups; to set an individual or subgroup apart from the larger groupselect: (v) to chooseone thing over another separate: (v) to keep apart; to dividesequester: (v) to isolate or set apart from a larger group |
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semi |
half |
semicircle: (n) half a circle semiconscious: (adj)only partly conscious; half awake |
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sept |
seven |
septuplet: (n) one of seven children borntogether septennial: (adj)occurring everyseven yearsp |
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sex, hex |
six |
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sub, sup |
below, under |
subliminal: (adj) existing beneath consciousness submissive: (adj) obedient; not dominant subsidiary: (adj) supplemental; secondary subterfuge: (n) a trick or stratagem used to deceive, hide something, or avoid punishment subtle: (adj) not direct; difficult to understand suppose: (v) to put down as a hypothesis; to use as the underlying basis of an argument; to assume |
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super, sur |
over, above |
superfluous: (adj) extra; morethan necessary superlative: (n) the highest or best of its kindsupersede: (v) to replacein power or preference by another surmount: (v) to overcome an obstacle or prevail overa problem surpass: (v) to exceed in amount or degreesurveillance: (n) a watch kept over someone or somethingpanT2 |
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sym, syn |
the same, together |
symbiosis: the act of living together in a mutually beneficial relationship symmetry: balanced proportions synonym; a word that mean the same thing as another |
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trans |
across, beyond |
transaction; an exchange, transcendent; going beyond ordinary limits transition; a change from one way of being to another |
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un |
not |
unseen; not seen unusual; not usual |
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uni, un |
one
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reunion; a meeting that brings people back together unicorn; a mythical animal with a single horn universe; all things considered as one whole |
