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A/n abyss - without bottom; achromatic - without color; anhydrous - without water
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not, without
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a afire - on fire; ashore - on the shore; aside - on the side
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on
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ab/s, abduct - carry away by force; abnormal - away from normal, not normal; absent - away, not present; aversion - the act of turning away from; abbreviate: to shorten.
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a from, away, off
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ac, ad accelerate - to increase the speed of; accessible - easily entered, approached, or obtained; admittance - allowing into;
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to, toward, near
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acro , beginning acrobat - a "high walker"; acronym - a word formed from the first (capital) letters of a word; acrophobia - fear of height
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top, height, tip
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act activity - something that a person does; react - to do something in response; interaction - communication between two or more things
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do
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aer/o aerate - to let air reach something; aerial - relating to the air; aerospace - the air space
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air
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agr/i/o agriculture - management of the land, agribusiness - making money by utilizing land; agrarian - relating to the management of land
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farming
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alg/o neuralgia - pain caused by a nerve; analgesic - a drug that makes one pain free; nostalgia - aching for the familiar
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pain
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ambi, amphi ambidextrous - able to use both hands equally; ambiguous - having more than one meaning; ambivalence - conflicting or opposite feelings toward a person or thing
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both, on both sides, around
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ambul walk, move amble - ambulant - walking or moving around; ambulance - a vehicle that moves a patient
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to walk in a slow, relaxed way;
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ami/o love amiable - amity - friendly and peaceful relations; amorous - showing romantic love
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friendly, pleasant, lovable;
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ana - anatomy - the structure of something as visible when cut up for analysis; anachronism - not being in the right place in time
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up, back, against,
again, throughout analysis - a close examination of something; |
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andr/o androgynous - being both male and female; android - resembling a human; misandry - hatred towards men
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man, male
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anim animal - a living organism; animate - to make alive; equanimity - of balanced spirit
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life, spirit
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ann enn - a date observed once a year; annual - happening once a year; millennium - 1,000 years
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year anniversary
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ante antecede - to come before something in time; antemeridian - before noon; anteroom- a small room before the main room
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before, in front
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anth/o chrysanthemum and amaranth - names of flowers; anthology - a collection of treasured writings; anthozoan - half plant, half animal, like anemones and corals.
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flower
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anthrop/o anthropology - the study of mankind; anthropomorphism - giving human form to non-human things; philanthropy - the love to mankind (expressed through good deeds)
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human
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anti antibody - a substance that destroys micro-organisms; antiseptic - preventing infection; antisocial - opposing social norm
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against, opposite of
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apo, apho aphorism - a short expression of a general truth; apology - an explicit expression of regret, apostrophe - a small dash used in place of an omitted letter
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away, off, separate
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aqu/a aquarium - a water container for fish; aquatic- relating to water; aqueduct - a pipeline for water
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water
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arbor arborist - someone working with trees; arbor - a shady area formed by trees; arborous - having many trees
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tree
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/e/o/ae archbishop - the highest ranking bishop; archenemy - chief or worst enemy; matriarch - a female who rules a group; monarch - a king or queen |
chief, most important, rule
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arthr/o arthroscope - a tool to see inside a joint; arthritis - inflammation of a joint; arthropod - invertebrates with jointed legs, like spiders, crustaceans, insects
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joint
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art artifact - object made by a person's skill; artisan - a person skilled in a craft; artist - a person who creates skillfully
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skill
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aster astronaut - a person traveling to the stars; astronomer - someone who studies the stars; asterisk - a star-shaped sign used as a reference tool |
star, stars, outer space
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aud/i/io audible - loud enough to be heard; audience - people who listen to a program; audiovisual - relating to sound and vision
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hear
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auto autocrat - a person who governs with absolute power; autograph - a person's own signature; automatic - moving by itself
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self, same, one
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avi/a aviary - a large enclosure for birds; aviatrix - a female airplane pilot; aviation - the art of designing or operating aircraft
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bird
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bar/o baric - pertaining to pressure, esp. of the atmosphere; milliard - metric unit, equal to 1/1000th of a bar; baryon - heavy elementary particle
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pressure, weight
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bell/i bellicose - warlike; belligerent - hostile, ready to fight; rebel - person who opposes and fights
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war
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bene benefactor - person who gives money to a cause; beneficial - producing a good effect; benevolent - showing kindness or goodwill
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good, well
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bi/n biannual - happening twice a year; binoculars - optical device with two lenses; bilateral - of or involving two sides
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two, twice, once in every two
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bibli/o bibliography - a list of books used as sources; bibliomania - an extreme love of books; bibliophile - a person who loves books
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book
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bio biography- a life story written by another person; biology - the science of life; biosphere - Earth's surface inhabited by living things
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life, living matter
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blast/o blastula - an early stage of embryonic development; fibroblast - a cell that forms connective tissue; blastoderm - the layer surrounding the inside of an egg
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cell, primitive, immature cell
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capt, cept intercept - to stop or interrupt; recapture - taking something back; captivating - taking hold of
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take, hold
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cardi/o cardiac - relating to the heart; cardiogenic - resulting from heart disease; cardiologist - a heart doctor
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heart
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carn/i flesh, meat carnivorous - ; carnal - pertaining to the body or flesh; incarnate - given bodily form
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flesh-eating
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cata
according to cataclysm - a flood or other disaster, catalog - a complete listing; catastrophe - turning for the worst, a substantial disaster |
down, against
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cauterize - to burn with a hot instrument; caustic - capable of burning or eating away; holocaust - total devastation, especially by fire |
caut to burn
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ceed, cess recede - to go back; accessible - easily entered, approached, or obtained; |
go, yield exceed - to go beyond the limits;
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cept - to take a thing that is offered; perceive - to take notice of something; receive - to take something given |
take accept
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celer accelerate - to increase the speed of; decelerate - to reduce the speed of
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