Test Buster Gre Roots

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act, ag

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do, act, drive
activate - to make active
agile - having quick motion

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alt

Back 2

high
altitude - height
alto - highest male singing voice

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alter, altr

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other, change
alternative - choice between two things
altruism - living for the good of others

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am, ami

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love, friend
amiable - worthy of friendship
amity - friendship

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anim

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mind, spirit
animated - spirited
animosity - violent hatred

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annu, enni

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year
annual - every year
centennial - every hundred years

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aqua

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water
aquarium - tank for water animals and plants
aquamarine - semiprecious stone of sea-green color

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arch

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first, ruler
archenemy - chief enemy
archetype - original pattern from which things are copied

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aud, audit

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hear
audible - capable of being heard
audience - assembly of hearers
audition - the power or act of hearing

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auto

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self
automatic - self-acting
autobiography - a history of a person's life written or told by that person

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bell

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war
belligerent - a party taking part in a war
bellicose - war like

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ben, bene

Back 12

good
benign - kindly disposition
beneficial - advantageous

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bio

Back 13

life
biotic - relating to life
biology - the science of life

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brev

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short
abbreviate - make shorter
brevity - shortness

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cad, cas

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fall
cadence - fall in voice
casualty - loss caused by death

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cap, capit

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head
captain - the head or chief
decapitate - to cut off the head

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cede, ceed, cess

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to go, to yield
recede - to move or fall back
proceed - to move onward
recessive - tending to go back

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cent

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hundred
century - hundred years
centipede - insect with a hundred legs

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chron

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time
chronology - science oealing with historical dates
chronicle - register of events in order of time

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cide, cis

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to kill, to cut
homicide - the act of killing
incision - a cut

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claim, clam

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to shout
acclaim - to receive with applause
proclamation - to announce publicly

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cogn

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to know
recognize - to know again
cognition - awareness

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corp

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body
incorporate - to combine into one body
corpse - dead body

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cred

Back 24

to trust, to believe
incredible - unbelievable
credulous - too prone to believe

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cur, curr, curs

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to run
current - flowing body of air or water
excursion - short trip

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dem

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people
democracy - government formed for the people
epidemic - affecting all people

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dic, dict

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to say
dictate - to read aloud for another to transcribe
verdict - decision of a jury

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doc, doct

Back 28

to teach
docile - easily instructed
indoctrinate - to instruct

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domin

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to rule
dominate - to rule
dominion - territory of rule

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duc, duct

Back 30

to lead
conduct - the act of guiding
induce - to overcome by persuasino

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eu

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well, good
eulogy - speech or writing in praise
euphony - pleasantness or smoothness of sound

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fac, fact, fect, fic

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to do, to make
facilitate - to make easier
factory - location of production
confect - to put together
fiction - something invented or imagined

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fer

Back 33

to bear, to carry
transfer - to move from one place to another
refer - to direct to

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fin

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end limit
infinity - unlimited
finite - limited in quantity

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flex, flect

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to bend
flexible - easily bent
reflect - to throw back

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fort

Back 36

luck
fortunate - lucky
fortuitous - happening by chance

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frag, fract

Back 37

break
fragile - easily broken
fracture - break

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fug

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flee
fugitive - fleeing
refugee - one who flees to a place of safety

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gen

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class, race
engender - to breed
generic - of a general nature in regard to all members

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grad, gress

Back 40

to go, to step
regerss - to go back
graduate - to divide into regular steps

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graph

Back 41

writing
telegraph - message sent by telegraph
autograph - person's own handwriting or signature

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ject

Back 42

to throw
projectile - capable of being thrown
reject - to throw away

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leg

Back 43

law
legitimate - lawful
legal - defined by law

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leg, lig, lect

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to choose, gather, read
illegible - incapable of being read
ligature - something that binds
election - the act of choosing

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liber

Back 45

free
liberal - favoring freedom of ideals
liberty - freedom from restraint

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log

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study, speech
archaeology - the study of human antiquities
prologue - address spoken before a performance

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luc, lum

Back 47

light
translucent - slightly transparent
illuminate - to light up

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magn

Back 48

large, great
magnify - to make larger
magnificent - great

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mal, male

Back 49

bad, wrong
malfunction - to operate incorrectly
malevolent - evil

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mar

Back 50

sea
marine - pertaining to the sea
submarine - below the surface of the sea

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mater, matr

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mother
maternal - motherly
matriarch - government exercised by a mother

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mit, miss

Back 52

to send
transmit - to send from one person or place to another
mission - the act of sending

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morph

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shape
metamorphosis - a changing in shape
anthropomorphic - having a human shape

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mut

Back 54

change
mutable - subject to change
mutate - to change or alter

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nat

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born
innate - inborn
native - a person born in a particular place

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neg

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deny
negative - expressing denial
renege - to deny

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nom

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name
nominate - to put forward a name
nomenclature - process of naming

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nov

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new
novel - new
renovate - to make as good as new

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omni

Back 59

all
omnipotent - all powerful
omnipresent - all present

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oper

Back 60

to work
operate - to work on something
cooperate - to work with others

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pass, path

Back 61

to feel
passionate - moved by strong emotion
pathetic - affecting the tender emotions

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pater, patr

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father
paternal - fatherly
patriarch - government exercised by a father

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ped, pod

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foot
pedestrian - one who travels on foot
podiatrist - foot doctor

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pel, pulfs

Back 64

to drive, to push
impel - to drive forward
compulsion - irresistible force

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phil

Back 65

love
philharmonic - loving harmony or music
philanthropist - one who loves and seeks to do good for others

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port

Back 66

carry
export - to carry out of the country
portable - able to be carried

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psych

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mind
psychology - study of the mind
psychiatrist - specialist in mental disorders

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quer, ques, quir, quis

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to ask
querist - one who inquires
question - that which is asked
inquire - to ask about
inquisitive - inclined to ask questions

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rid, ris

Back 69

to laugh
ridiculous - laughable
derision - mockery

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rupt

Back 70

to break
interrupt - to break in upon
erupt - to break through

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sci

Back 71

to know
science systematic knowledge of physical or natural phenomena
conscious - having inward knowledge

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scrib, script

Back 72

to write
transcribe - to write over again
script - text of words

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sent, sens

Back 73

to feel, to think
sentimental - to feel great emotion
sensitive - easily affected by changes

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sequ, secut

Back 74

to follow
sequence - connected series
consecutive - following one another in unbroken order

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solv, solu, solut

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to loosen
dissolve - to break up
absolute - without restraint

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spect

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to look at
spectator - one who watches
inspect - to look at closely

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spir

Back 77

to breathe
inspire - to breathe in
respiration - the process of breathing

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string, strict

Back 78

to bind
stringent - binding strongly
restrict - to restrain within bounds

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stru, struct

Back 79

to build
strut - a structural piece designed to resist pressure
construct - to build

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tang, ting, tact, tig

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to touch
tangent - touching, but not intersecting
contact - touching
contiguous - to touch along a boundary

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ten, tent, tain

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to hold
tenure - holding of office
contain - to hold

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term

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to end
terminate - to end
terminal - having an end

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terr

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earth
terrain - tract of land
terrestrial - existing on earth

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therm

Back 84

heat
thermal - pertaining to heat
thermometer - instrument for measuring temperature

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tort, tors

Back 85

to twist
contortionist - one who twists violently
torsion - act of turning or twisting

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tract

Back 86

to pull, draw
attract - to draw toward
distract - to draw away

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vac

Back 87

empty
vacant - empty
evacuate - to empty out

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ven, vent

Back 88

to come
intervene - to come between
prevent - to stop from coming

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ver

Back 89

true
verify - to prove to be true
veracious - truthful

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verb

Back 90

word
verbose - use of excess words
verbatim - word for word

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vid, vis

Back 91

to see
video - picture phase of television
vision - act of seeing external objects

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vinc, vict, vang

Back 92

to conquer
invincible - unconquerable
victory - defeat of enemy
vanguard - troops moving at the head of an army

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vit, viv

Back 93

life
vital - necessary to life
vivacious - lively

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vac

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to call
vocation - a summons to a course of action
vocal - uttered by voice

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vol

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to wish, to will
involuntary - outside the control of will
volition - the act of willing or choosing