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germ
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vital or related
germane, germinate, germicide Zebras and horses are germane. |
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greg
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group
gregarious, segregate, congregate We congregated to discuss the no gm policy. |
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mar
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sea
marine, marina, submarine We used the submarine to go down into the sea. |
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prim
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first
prime, primary, primate The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. |
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pyro
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fire
pyrotechnics, pyromania, pyrophobia I have pyromania and want to set that wood on fire. |
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clam
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cry out
exclamation, clamor, exclamatory This is an exclamatory sentence! |
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plu
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more
plural, plus, nonplussed Moose is the plural form of moose. |
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tang
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touch
tangible, intangible, tangent Some things, like rocks, are tangible. |
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string
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bind
stringent, stringy, stringer The contract was very stringent. |
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liber
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free
liberty, liberate, liberal The U.S. obtained liberty in the Revolutionary War. |
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junct
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join
junction, conjunction, injunction A conjunction joins two ideas together. |
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clud
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close
exclude, include, exclusive The V.I.P. club is very exclusive. |
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se
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apart
secede, secret, separate Part of our nation at one point was going to secede from us. |
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trib
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pay
tribute, contribution, retribution My friends and I payed a contribution to a great charity. |
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dign
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worthy
dignify, dignity, undignified Watch your step everyone. My dignity might be around here somewhere and I would hate for you to trip over it. |
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luc
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light
lucid, translucent, lucidity The window was translucent. |
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rupt
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break
rupture, erupt, disrupt The volcano erupted and pieces of it were everywhere. |
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grat
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pleasing
gratitude, gratifying, grateful I express my gratitude to the chef that prepared this meal. |
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medi
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middle
medium, median, mediocre The median of all those numbers is 48. |
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soph
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wisdom
sophomore, sophisticated, philosophy The wise man was very sophisticated. |
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curr
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run
current, currently, recurrent The current swept me off my feet and ran away with me. |
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tempor
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time
temporarily, contemporary, temporal We will use this car temporarily until you fix ours. |
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migr
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wander
migrate, immigrant, emigrant The geese migrated to the south for the winter in their "V" formation. |
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trans
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across
transfer, translate, transmit We hired a man to translate their language into ours. |
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gamy
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marriage
monogamy, polygamy, bigamy Polygamy is not allowed in most places in the U.S. |
