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149 Cards in this Set
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-ambul-, -ambulat-
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walk
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abulatory
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able to walk about
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somnambulist
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walked in sleep
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perambulator
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baby carriage or buggy
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-cur(r)-, -curs-, -course
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run, running
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concurrently
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at the same time
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current
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"running" water
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course
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race to be run
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excursion
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special trip (a running out from or forth)
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-migr(a)-
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travel, move (from place to place)
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immigrants
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travel into a country
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emigrants
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travel out of a country
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-scend-, -scent-
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climb
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transcendent
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"climbing" beyond the power of words to express
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-dict-, -dictat-, -loqu-, -locu-
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say, command, talk, speak
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dictates
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says
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dictatorial
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commanding
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indictment
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charge spoken against a culprit
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edicts
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commands
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colloquy
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talking together
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interlocutors
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speakers
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-logue-, -logy-
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speaking, speech, science
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eulogy
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speech of praise
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-mand-
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order, command
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remand
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order
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mandate
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command
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mandatory
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required by law
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-nounce-, -nunci-, -sert-
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declare, state
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denounces
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declares its disapproval of
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renounced
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declared it vacant
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annunciation
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act of declaring
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assert
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state
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-parl-
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talk, speak
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parlance
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way of speaking
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parley
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conference
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parlor
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room for conversation
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-rog-, -quir-, -quisit-
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ask, say, declare
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interrogate
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ask questions
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abrogate
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cancel it
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derogatory
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saying or expressing a low opinion
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prerogative
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to ask
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disquisition
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statement
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-don(a)-, -ded-
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give
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condone
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make allowances
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dedicate
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give
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-junc(t)-, -juga-
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join
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junction
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joining
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injunction
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enjoining action
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subjugate
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put them under a yoke
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-merge-, -mers-
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dip, plunge, sink
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submerge
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dip
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-plac-, -placa-
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please, appease
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placid
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soothing
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implacable
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not appeasable
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-sequ-, -secut-
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follow
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sequel
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follows
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sequence
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series
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consequence
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result
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persecuted
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followed to torment
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-somn-, -dorm-
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sleep
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insomnia
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sleeplessness
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dormitory
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place for sleeping
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dormant
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asleep
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-stringe-, -strict-
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draw together
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stringent
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tight
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astringent
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draws together
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-struct-
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build
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instruct
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build knowledge into
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-sume-, -sump(t)-
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take (upon)
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assume
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take it upon oneself
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unassuming
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not taking on a sense of importance
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-tend-, -tense-
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stretch
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distended
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stretched
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-vince-, -vict-
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conquer, overcome
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evince
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overcomes the desire to conceal it
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-dexter-
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skillful(especially with one's hands)
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ambidexterous
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skillful with both hands
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-dom-, -domin-, -domit-
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home, official residence, rule, control
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domestic
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home-type
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dominate
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rule, govern
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indomitable
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almost uncontrollable
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-frater(n), -fratri-
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brother
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fratricide
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killing a brother
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-mater(n)-, -matr-, -metro-
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mother
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metropolis
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mother city
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-nasc-, -gen-
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born, birth
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renascence
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rebirth
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congenital
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existing from birth
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genitive
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possessive
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generate
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give birth to
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regeneration
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being renewed or reborn
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primogeniture
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inheritance by the firstborn
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-(o)nym-, -nomin-, -nomen-
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name
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annoymous
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no name attached
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acronym
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name from word tips
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-pater(n)-, -patri-
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father
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patrimony
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inheritance from the father
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-arch-, -archeo-
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first (oldest), chief, ruler
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archangel
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first or chief angel
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anarchy
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no ruler or government
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hierarchy
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rulers
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-crat-, -cracy-, -pot-
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powerful, ruler
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democracy
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government gives power
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potential
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capacity or power to perform
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-equ(i)-
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equal, even
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equanimity
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evenness of temper
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-grati-, -gratu-
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please, pleasing, agreeable, free
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gratis
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free
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congratulate
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tell how pleased you are
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gratuitous
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given freely
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-greg-
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gather, forming a herd or group
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aggregation
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group
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-juris-, -jure-
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law or justice, swear or take oath
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jurisdiction
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law system
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jurists
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law experts
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perjury
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swearing
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-liber-
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free
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liberal
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frees
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liberalize
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make it freer in providing benefits
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-plent-, -plent-, -plete
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fullness
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replenishes
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makes it full again
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plenitude
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fullness
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plenary
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full or complete
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plenipotentiary
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with full power to act
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expletive
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exclamation or oath
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-polit-, -civi-
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citizen
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-popul-, -demo-
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people
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democracy
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people rule
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-urb-, -poli-
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city
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urbanized
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city-dwelling
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uni-, unit-, mono-
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one
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du-, bi-
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two
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tri-
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three
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quadr-, tetr-
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four
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quin-, pent-
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five
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sex-, hex-
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six
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spet-, hept-
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seven
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oct(o)-, octa-
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eight
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nona-, nov-, ennea-
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nine
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dec-, deci-, deca-
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ten
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cent-, hect-
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hundred
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mill-, milli-, kilo-
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one thousand
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multi-, poly-
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many
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semi-, demi-, hemi-
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half
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-annu-, enni-
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year(s)
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-gamy-, -nub-, -nupt-
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marriage
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-later-
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side, sidewise
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-meter-
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measure
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-ped-, -pede-, -pod-
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foot
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