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67 Cards in this Set
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ab
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from
abducted, aberrant, abstain, abstract |
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ad
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toward, to, forward
adhesive, adduce, adapt accede, affluent, aggression, allocate, announce, appetite, assume, attract, assimilation |
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ex/e/ef
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out
eject, exit, effusive, emitted, eviscerate, egress, exceed, expose |
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in, em, en, im
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in, into
inducted, inject, empathy, impel, imbibe, ingress, impose, interrupt, infer, inflame |
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di/de
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away, away from
digress, depose, dedicate, depose, deference |
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pro
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forward
progress, proceed, propose |
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re
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back, backwards, again
regress, recede, relinquish, return, redivide, refer, repose |
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trans
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across
transgress, transfer, transpose |
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ante
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before
antecede, anteposition |
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con/com/co/col
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together with
concede, congress, commensal, co-author, collaborator, commotion, conference, compose |
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pre
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before
precede, predetermined |
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inter
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between
intercede, intercollegiate |
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se
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away, apart
secede, secure |
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circum
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around
circumference |
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dis/dif
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apart
difference |
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ob/of
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against, toward
offer, opposition, opponent |
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sub/suf
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under
suffering, supposition, subpose |
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post/posit
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after (time), behind
postdate, posterior, postposition |
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super
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above
Superman, superhuman, superimpose |
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hes/here
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stick
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it
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go
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tain
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hold
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bibe
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drink
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fus
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pour, gush
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viscer
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intestines
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miss/mit
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send/let out
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apt
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fit, fasten
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similat
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like
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ced/cede/ceed/cess
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go, come
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flu
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flow
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gress
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step, move
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loc
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place
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nounce
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proclaim
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petit
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seek, desire
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pose/pone
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put, place
compose, expose |
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linqu
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leave
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cure
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care
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fer
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carry
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extra
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without, outside
extramural, extracurricular, extrasensory |
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intra
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within
intramural, intraveneous |
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intro
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into, inward
introspective, introvert |
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retro
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back
retroactive, retrospective |
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mur
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wall
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non
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does not
nonalcoholic, nonfunny, nonhuman, nonlegal |
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in/im/il/ir
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negating prefix
illiterate, irreplacable, inhuman, illegal, impose, illuminate, ingratitude |
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liter
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letter
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infra
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below
infrasonic, infrahuman, infrastructure |
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per
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through
perambulate, percolate, perforation |
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preter
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beyond, more than
preternatural, preterhuman, pretergressed |
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ultra
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beyond
ultrasonic, ultralightweight, ultraconservative |
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ambula
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walk
perambulate, ambulatory |
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Recidivist
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Classical Latin recidīvus falling back, renascent, recurring
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Influenza
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From influence; Latin influentia < Latin influĕre “to flow in”.
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Jingoism
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Appears first c. 1670 as a piece of conjuror's gibberish, usually hey or high jingo!, probably a mere piece of sonorous nonsense with an appearance of mysterious meaning.
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Nickname
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Variant of 'eke-name' from Old Norse aukanafn.
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Ostracized
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Ancient Greek ὀστρακίζειν to banish from a city by means of voting on ostracon “pot sherds”.
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desert
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“leave, abandon” or “uncultivated place with few or no inhabitants”
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dessert
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sweet course at the end of a meal
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innocuous
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“harmless”; from Latin in “not” + nocu “harmful”.
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inoculate
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Create an immunity by injecting a disease agent into a animal or plant; from Latin in “into” + ocul “eye, plant bud” meaning to graft a bud onto a tree, i.e. introducing a foreign body.
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ingenious
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“gifted”
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ingenuous
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Latin “free born” or “of noble birth”; modern “frank, open, simple, or naive”.
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Pro forma
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for the sake of appearance
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De jure
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by right
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Ad hoc
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for the purpose of
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Ante meridiem
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before noon
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In absentia
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although not present
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