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90 Cards in this Set
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BIBLI-
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book
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CANON-
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rule
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CRYPT-, CRYPH-
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hidden, secret (cryptograph)
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CYCL-
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circle, wheel
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GLOSS-, GLOT(T)-
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tongue, language
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ICON-
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image
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MIM-
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to imitate
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OD-
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song, poem
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PYR-
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fire
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TOM-
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to cut (anatomy)
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a- (an- before vowels or h)
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not, without (abyss, anodyne, anarchy, anemic)
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amphi-
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both, on both sides of, around (amphitheater, amphibious)
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ana- (an- before vowels or h)
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up, back, again (analysis, anatomy(to cut up), anode) (anabolic - substances that throw upward or increase mass)
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anti- (ant- before vowels or h)
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against, opposite (antiseptic, antiaircraft, antarctic, antagonist)
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apo- (ap- before vowels or h)
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from, off (apology, apostle, aphelion)
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cata- (cat- before vowels or h)
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down, against, very (cataract, catastrophe(turning down), cathode, catholic) (catabolic - substances that throw downward or decrease mass)
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dia- (di- before vowels or h)
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though, across, between (diameter, diagnosis, diocese)
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ALG-
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pain (neuralgia, nostalgia)
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BI-
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life (biology, biography)
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CHRON-
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time (chronic, chronicles)
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D(A)EMON-
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spirit, evil spirit (demon)
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GE-
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earth (geography, geology)
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LOG-
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speech, word, proportion, reasoning (apology, epilogue, prologue)
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LY-
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to loosen (analysis, paralysis)
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MNE-
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to remember (amnesia)
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PAN(T)-
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all, every (Pan-American, panorama, pantomime)
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POD-
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foot (podium, tripod)
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THE-
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god (theology, monotheism)
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TROPH-
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to nourish, grow (atrophy)
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Dys-
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bad, disordered, difficult (dysentery, dysfunction)
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Ec-, (ex- before vowels or h)
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out, out of (eccentric, ecstasy, exodus)
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En- (em-, el-)
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in, into (energy, enthusiasm, emblem, emphasize, elliptical)
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Endo-, ento-, (end-, ent- before vowels or h)
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within (endocrine, endogamy, entophyte, endamoeba)
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Epi- (ep- before vowels or h)
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upon, to, in addition to (epidemic, epidermis, epode)
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Eu- (ev- before vowels)
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good, well (eugenics, euphony, evangelist)
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Exo-, ecto-
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outside, external (exogamy, exotic, ectoparasite)
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AGON-
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struggle, contest (agony, protagonist)
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ANGEL-
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messenger, message (angelic)
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CENTR-
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center (concentric)
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DEM-
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people (democracy, demagogue)
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GAM-
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marriage (bigamy, polygamy)
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HEM(AT)-, HAEM(AT)-
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blood (hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hematology, leukemia)
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HEMER-
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day (ephemeral, Decameron)
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OD-, HOD-
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way, road (odometer, electrode, cathode)
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STOL-, STAL-, STLE-
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to send, draw (epistolary, peristalsis, epistle)
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TAPH-
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tomb (cenotaph, epitaph)
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THANAT-, THANAS-
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death (thanatopsis)
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Hyper-
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over, excessive (hypercritical, hypersonic, hypertension)
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Hypo- (hyp- before vowels or h)
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below, less than normal (hypodermic, hypothesis, hyphen) (hypoglycemia)
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Meta- (met- before vowels or h)
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after, changed (metabolism, metamorphosis, method)
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Para- (par- before vowels or h)
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beside, disordered (paralysis, parasite, parenthesis, parody) (parallel - lie side by side)
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Peri-
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around, near (perimeter, periscope)
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Pro-
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before, in front of (program, prologue)
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Pros-
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toward, in addition to (proselyte, prosthetic)
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Syn- (sym-, syl-, sy-, sys-)
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with, together (syndicate, synonym, synthetic, sympathy, symphony (musical), syllable, systole, system)
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BALL-, BOL-, BLE-
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to throw, put (ballistics, symbol, emblem, problem)
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DERM(AT)-
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skin (epidermis, pachyderm, dermatologist, dermatitis)
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DOX-, DOG-
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opinion, teaching (heterodox, orthodox, dogma)
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GNO(S)-
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to know (gnomic, diagnosis)
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HOM(E)-
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same, similar, regular (homogenized, homosexual, homeopathy)
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MORPH-
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form, shape (morphology, metamorphosis)
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ONYM-
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name, word (anonymous, synonym)
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PHER-, PHOR-
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to bear, go (periphery, semaphore, phosphorescent)
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TACT-, TAX-
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to arrange, put in order (tactics, taxonomy, taxidermy)
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-ic (-ac after the letter i), -tic
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pertaining to, like (despotic, epidemic, cardiac, static)
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-ics, -tics
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art, science, or study of (ethics, physics, genetics)
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-oid
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like, having the shape of (adenoid, spheroid)
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AESTHE-, ESTHE-
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to feel, perceive (aesthete, anesthetic)
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ANTHROP-
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human being (anthropology, philanthropy)
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ARCHA(E)-, ARCHE-
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ancient, primitive, beginning (archaeology, Archeozoic)
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AST(E)R-
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star (astronomy, asterisk, disaster)
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GEN(E)-, GON-
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to produce, originate (hydrogen, genesis, gene, theogeny)
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GER(ONT)-
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old age, old people (geriatric, gerontocracy)
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HOL-
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whole (holocaust)
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IATR-
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physician, medicine (psychiatric, pediatric)
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PEP(T)-
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to digest (peptic, pepsin)
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TECHN-
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art, skill, craft (technical, polytechnic)
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-al
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(adjective-forming) pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (ideal, diagonal, ethical)
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-an, (-ian)
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(adjective-forming) pertaining to, like, one connected with (barbarian, utopian, theologian)
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-ous (-ious)
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(adjective-forming) full of, pertaining, like (barbarous, amphibious, anonymous)
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CHROM(AT)-
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color (chromosome, chromatic)
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CRI-
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to judge, decide, separate (critic, crisis, endocrine)
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ETHN-
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race, cultural group (ethnology, ethnography)
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LECT-
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to speak, choose (dialect, analects)
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PHA(N)-
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to show, appear (phantom, epiphany, phase, emphasis, fantasy)
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PHIL-
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to love (philharmonic, philosophy)
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PHON-
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sound, voice (phonetic, telephone)
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POLY-
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many, much (polyglot, polygamy)
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TAUT-
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the same (tautology, tautomerous)
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THERM-
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heat (thermometer, thermodynamics)
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