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AC/ACR: |
sharp, bitter, sour |
acid: (n) something that is sharp,sour, or ill-natured acrimonious: (adj) bitter; hostileacumen: (n) mental sharpness; quickness of witacute: (adj) sharp at the end; endingin a point exacerbate: (v) to make (a problem or conflict) worse
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ACT/AG: |
to do, to drive, to force, to lead |
activate: (v) to cause something to act agile: (adj) having good coordination and quick movements agitate: (v) to stir up or roil |
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ACOU: |
hearing |
acoustic: (adj) related to sound or hearing |
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AL/ALI/ALTER: |
other, another |
alias: (n) an assumed name; another name alibi: (n) an excuse, often that a person was at another place at the time a crime was committed alien: (n) one born in another country; a foreigner alter ego: (n) the second self; a substitute or deputy alternative: (n) a possible choice altruist: (n) someone who cares about others or gives (money or resources) in support of others |
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AM: |
love |
amateur: (n) someone who does an activity for the love of it, rather than as part of her job; a hobbyist; an inexperienced person; (adj) lacking or displaying a lack of experience; non-professional amiable: (adj) friendly, likable amicable: (adj) characterized by exhibiting good will amity: (n) friendship; peaceful harmony amorous: (adj) inclined to love, esp. sexual love enamored: (adj) inflamed with love; charmed; captivated |
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AMBL/AMBUL: |
to go, to walk |
ambulance: (n) a vehicle equipped for carrying sick people (from a phrase meaning ''walking hospital'') ambulatory: (adj) able to walk; having to do with walking preamble: (n) an introductory statement (originally: to walk in front) |
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ANIM: |
of the life, mind, soul, breath |
animal: (n) a living being animosity: (n) hostility equanimity: (n) ability to remain calm under pressure magnanimous: (adj) generous; forgiving unanimous: (adj) of one mind; in complete accord |
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ANNUl/ENNI: |
year |
annals: (n) a log or record, often with yearly entries anniversary: (n) yearly observance annual: (adj) yearly annuity: (n) periodic cash payments or receipts perennial: (adj) lasting for an indefinite amount of time |
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ANTHRO/ANDR: |
man, human |
androgynous: (adj) having both male and female traits or anatomy android: (n) robot; mechanical man anthropology: (n) a branch of science dealing with human origins, traits, and behavior |
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AQUA/AQUE: |
water |
aquamarine: (n) a bluish-green color aquarium: (n) a tank for keeping fish and other underwater creatures aquatic: (adj) having to do with water aqueduct: (n) a channel for transporting water |
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ARCH/ARCHl/ARCHY: |
chief, principal, ruler |
anarchy: (n) the absence of a formal government; a state of lawlessness archenemy: (n) chief enemy architect: (n) the devisor, maker, or planner of anything monarchy: (n) rule by a single person oligarchy: (n) a state or society ruled by a select group |
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AUTO: |
self |
autocrat: (n) an absolute ruler automatic: (adj) self-moving or self-acting autonomy: (n) independence or freedom |
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BEN/BENE: |
good |
benediction: (n) act of uttering a blessing benefit: (n) anything advantageous to a person or thing benevolent: (adj) desiring to do good to others benign: (adj) gracious, kindly; not harmful |
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BON/BOUN: |
good, generous |
bona fide: (adj) true, authentic (literally, in good faith) bonus: (n) something of value given beyond what is expected bountiful: (adj) generous |
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BREV/BRID: |
short, small |
abbreviate: (v) to shorten abridge: (v) to shorten brevity: (n) shortness brief: (adj) short |
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BURS: |
purse, money |
bursar: (n) treasurer disburse: (v) to pay reimburse: (v) to pay back |
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CANT/CENT/CHANT: |
to sing |
accent: (n) emphasis or stress chant: (n) a song; singing enchant: (v) to fascinate or captivate incantation: (n) a magical chant or spell recant: (v) to take back something spoken or written |
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CAP/CIP/CEPT: |
to take, to get |
anticipate: (v) to look forward to something; to foresee capture: (v) to take by force precept: (n) a rule to govern behavior susceptible: (adj) capable of receiving, admitting, undergoing, or being affected by something |
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CARN: |
flesh |
carnage: (n) slaughter, widespread killing carnivorous: (adj) eating flesh incarnation: (n) a being invested with a bodily form reincarnation: (n) rebirth in a new body |
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CAUS/CAUT: |
to burn |
caustic: (adj) burning or corrosive cauterize: (v) to burn or deaden |
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CED/CEED/CESS: |
to go, to yield, to stop |
accede: (v) to yield to a demand; to give in antecedent: (adj) existing or going before cessation: (n) the act of stopping or discontinuing (either temporarily or permanently) concede: (v) to admit the truth of a statement (especially in a debate); to yield; to admit defeat incessant: (adj) without stop predecessor: (n) a person who holds an office or position prior to another person; one who comes before |
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CELER: |
speed |
accelerant: (n) something used to speed up a process accelerate: (v) to increase in speed decelerate: (v) to decrease in speed |
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CENTR: |
center |
centrist: (adj) pertaining to moderate political or social ideas; (n) a person who holds moderate views concentrate: (v) to converge; to bring together in a central location; to focus one's attention; to intensify concentric: (adj) (of circles or spheres) having the same center point eccentric: (adj) off-center |
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CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT: |
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide |
ascertain: (v) to make sure of; to determine certitude: (n) freedom from doubt criterion: (n) a standard used in judging something discreet: (adj) careful to keep secrets; prudent in speech; careful to avoid causing embarrassment discrete: (adj) detached from others, separate discriminate: (v) to distinguish between; to show preference hypocrite: (n) someone who pretends to have beliefs or virtues he does not actually have |
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CHROM: |
color |
chromatic: (adj) having to do with color chrome: (n) a metallic element (chromium) used to make vivid colors; something plated with chromium monochromatic: (adj) having only one color |
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CHRON: |
time |
anachronism: (n) something or someone that seems to belong to a different historical time than the one it is in chronic: (adj) constant, habitual chronology: (n) the sequence in which events in the past occurred; a history recounted sequentially chronometer: (n) a highly accurate clock or watch synchronize: (v) to occur at the same time or agree in time |
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CIS: |
to cut |
incision: (n) a cut, gash, or notch incisive: (adj) penetrating, cutting precise: (adj) definitely stated or defined scissors: (n) cutting instrument for paper, cloth, or other material |
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CLA/CLO/CLU: |
to shut, to close |
claustrophobia: (n) an abnormal fear of enclosed places cloister: (n) enclosed courtyard; secluded place; monastery or convent conclusive: (adj) final; closing an argument disclose: (v) to reveal or make known exclude: (v) to shut out from inclusion or consideration; to omit; to be incompatible with preclude: (v) to prevent; to make impossible; to exclude |
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CLAIM/CLAM: |
to shout, to cry out |
clamor: (n) a loud uproar disclaim: (v) to claim to have no interest in; to deny; to renounce exclaim: (v) to cry out; to say loudly or emphatically proclaim: (v) to announce or declare in an official way reclaim: (v) to claim or demand the return of a right or possession |
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CLI: |
to lean toward |
climax: (n) the highest point; the most intense point in a story or development decline: (v) to refuse (an offer); to withhold (from another) disinclination: (n) aversion, distaste recline: (v) to lean back |
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COGN/CONN |
: to know |
cognition: (n) the process of knowing incognito: (adj) with one's name or identity concealed recognize: (v) to identify as already known |
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CORP/CORS: |
body |
corporation: (n) a company legally treated as an individual corps: (n) an organized body of troops corpse: (n) a dead body incorporation: (n) the act of combining into a single body; the act of forming a corporation |
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COSM: |
order, universe, world |
cosmetic: (adj) improving the appearance; (n) substance used to beautify cosmic: (adj) relating to the universe cosmology: (n) a theory of the universe as a whole cosmopolitan: (adj) worldly cosmos: (n) the universe; an orderly system; order microcosm: (n) a small system that reflects a larger whole |
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COUR/CUR: |
running, a course |
concur: (v) to accord in opinion; to agree courier: (n) a messenger curriculum: (n) the regular course of study cursive: (n) a fluid style of handwriting in which letters are joined cursory: (adj) superficial (of a review of material); hasty excursion: (n) a short journey or trip incursion: (n) a hostile, sudden entrance into a place or group recur: (v) to happen again |
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CRE/CRESC/CRET: |
to grow |
accretion: (n) an increase by natural growth accrue: (v) to gain by natural growth; to accumulate creation: (n) the act of creating, inventing, or producing ·increase: (v) to make greater or more in number; to grow in number or size increment: (n) an amount added or increased; an addition; profit |
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CRED: |
to believe, to trust |
credentials: (n) written proof of authority or status credit: (n) trustworthiness credo: (n) any formula of belief credulous: (adj) too willing to trust in or believe incredible: ( . a , dj) unbelievable |
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CRYPT: |
hidden |
apocryphal: (adj) having questionable authenticity; possibly not genuine crypt: (n) an underground vault or tomb cryptology: (n) the science of interpreting secret writings, codes, ciphers, and the like |
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CUB/CUMB: |
to lie down |
cubicle: (n) a small, partitioned space incubate: (v) to cause to develop or hatch (as when hens sit on eggs); to develop or take form incumbent: (n) a person who holds an office; (adj) holding an office or position succumb: (v) to yield; to give way |
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CULP: |
fault, blame |
culpable: (adj) blameworthy; at fault; guilty culprit: (n) a person guilty of an offense inculpate: (v) to accuse; to incriminate |
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DAC/DOC: |
to teach |
didactic: (adj) related to instruction; prone to instruct too oftendocile: (adj) tame, teachable doctor: (n) a medical practitioner; someone with an advanced degree doctrine: (n) principles or teachings relating to a specific principle or group indoctrinate: (v) to teach a doctrine to a person |
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DAC/DOC: |
to teach |
didactic: (adj) related to instruction; prone to instruct too oftendocile: (adj) tame, teachable doctor: (n) a medical practitioner; someone with an advanced degree doctrine: (n) principles or teachings relating to a specific principle or group indoctrinate: (v) to teach a doctrine to a person |
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DEM: |
people |
democracy: (n) government by the people demographics: (n) vital and social statistics of populations epidemic: (adj) affecting a large number of people simultaneously; (n) a widespread disease or problem |
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DEXT: |
right hand, right side, deft |
ambidextrous: (adj) able to use both hands (e.g., for writing) dexterity: (n) quality of being skilled at working with one's hands |
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DI: |
day |
dial: (n) a surface that displays information in a circular form (such as a clock face); a rotatable knob diary: (n) a record of one's days dismal: (adj) gloomy (from ''bad days") |
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DIC/DICT/DIT: |
to say, to tell, to use words |
dictionary: (n) a compilation of the meanings of words interdict: (v) to forbid; to prohibit predict: (v) to foresee; to give a forecast of verdict: (n) a judgment or decision dictate: (v) to give a directive; to talk while being recorded |
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DIGN: |
worth |
deign: (v) to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity dignitary: (n) a person who holds a high rank or office dignity: (n) the state of being titled or privileged; worthiness |
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DOG/DOX: |
opinion, belief |
dogma: (n) a strongly held specific belief orthodox: (adj) holding customary or traditional beliefs paradox: (n) a situation that seems to contradict itself |
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DOL |
: to suffer, to pain, to grieve |
condolence: (n) expression of sympathy doleful: (adj) sorrowful; mournful dolorous: (adj) sorrowful; causing sorrow indolence: (n) tendency to be inactive; laziness |
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DON/DOT/DOW |
: to give |
anecdote: (n) a short narrative about an interesting event antidote: (n) a remedy intended to counteract a poison donate: (v) to give; to contribute endow: (v) to give in a way that provides future income or future benefits pardon: (n) forgiveness; (v) to forgive |
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DORM |
: sleep |
dormant: (adj) sleeping; inactive dormitory: (n) a place for sleeping; a residence hall |
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DORS: |
back |
dorsal: (adj) having to do with the back endorse: (v) to sign on the back; to vouch for |
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DUB: |
doubt |
dubious: (adj) doubtful indubitable: (adj) unquestionable |
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DUC/DUCT: |
to lead |
abduct: (v) to lead away by force or coercion conducive: (adj) contributive; helpful conduct: (n) behavior; (v) to lead induce: (v) to cause an action by influence induct: (v) to admit to a group or position, usually with formal ceremonies produce: (v) to make; to cause to be to bring into existence; (n) (usually used collectively) things brought into existence; agricultural products |
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DUR: |
hard, lasting |
dour: (adj) sullen, gloomy, stern durable: (adj) able to resist deterioration duration: (n) the length of time something exists duress:(n) compulsion by threat or force endure: (v) to last, to sustain under pressure |
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EGO: |
self |
ego: (n) oneself; the part of oneself that is self-aware egoccentric (adj) focused on oneself egoism/egotism: (n) selfishness; self-absorption
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EQU: |
equal, even |
adequate: (adj) equal to the requirement or occasion equation: (n) the act of comparing two equal things; the act of equalizing equivalent: (n) the same iniquity: (n) injustice; act of evil |
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ERR: |
to wander |
err: (v) to be mistaken; to make a mistake errant: (adj) wandering, unsteady, deviating erratic: (adj) deviating from the proper or usual course in conduct error: (n) something that is incorrect or untrue; a mistake |
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ESCE: |
becoming |
adolescent: (adj) between childhood and adulthood convalescent: (adj) recovering from illness incandescent: (adj) glowing with heat; shining reminiscent: (adj) reminding of; suggestive of |
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FAB/FAM |
: to speak |
affable: (adj) friendly; courteous defame: (v) to slander; to publicly speak ill of fable: (n) fictional tale, esp. legendary famous: (adj) well known; celebrated ineffable: (adj) inexpressible
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FAC/FIC/FIG/FAIT/FEIT/FY |
: to do, to make |
configuration: (n) manner of arrangement; shape counterfeit: (n) imitation; forgery deficient: (adj) incomplete or insufficient faction: (n) a subgroup within a larger group or party; strife; dissention factory: (n) building used for manufacturing prolific: (adj) producing many offspring or much output |
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FAL: |
to err, to deceive |
default: (v) to fail fail: (v) to be insufficient; to be unsuccessful; to die out fallacy: (n) a flawed argument false: (adj) not true; erroneous; lying infallible: (adj) incapable of being wrong or being deceived |
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FATU |
: foolish |
fatuity: (n) foolishness; stupidity fatuous: (adj) foolish; stupid infatuated: (adj) swept up in a fit of passion, impairing one's reason |
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FER: |
to bring, to carry, to bear |
confer: (v) to grant; to bestow offer: (v) to present for acceptance, refusal, or consideration proffer: (v) to offer proliferate: (v) to reproduce; to produce rapidly referendum: (n) a vote on a political question by the entire electorate; the process of referring political questions to such a vote |
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FERV: |
to boil, to bubble |
effervescent: (adj) bubbling; lively; high-spirited fervid: (adj) ardent; intense fervor: (n) passion; zeal |
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Fl/FlD: |
faith, trust |
affidavit: (n) written statement made under oath confide: (v) to entrust with a secret fidelity: (n) faithfulness; loyalty infidel: (n) one who does not accept a particular religion |
