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10th Grade
01/08/2009
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ab
 Definition
from, away, apart
Term
acro
 Definition
top; summit; beginning
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ad
 Definition
to, forward
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astro
 Definition
star
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auto
 Definition
self
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belli
 Definition
war; quarrel
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bene
 Definition
good/well
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bi
 Definition
two
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biblio
 Definition
book
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circum
 Definition
around, about
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contra
 Definition
against
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dec
 Definition
ten, tenth
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dict
 Definition
speak
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duc, duct
 Definition
lead
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graph
 Definition
write
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leg, lec, lex
 Definition
read/speak
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man
 Definition
hand
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mem, men
 Definition
remember
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neo
 Definition
new
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phil
 Definition
love
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prim
 Definition
first
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pro
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ahead
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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quad
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four, fourth
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retro
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backward
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scrib
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write
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soph
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wise
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uni, un
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one
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ver
 Definition
truth
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chron
 Definition
time
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sequ, secu
 Definition
follow
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ante, ant
 Definition
before
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pre
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before
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post
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after
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brev
 Definition
short
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term
 Definition
end
Term
vol, volv
 Definition
turn
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act
 Definition
do
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cogn
 Definition
know
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cred
 Definition
believe
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grad,gress
 Definition
step, move
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port
 Definition
carry
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tort
 Definition
twist
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aud
 Definition
hear
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phon
 Definition
sound
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son
 Definition
sound
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spec
 Definition
see, look
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vid, vis
 Definition
see
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chrom
 Definition
color
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sent, sense
 Definition
feel, think
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tact, tang
 Definition
touch
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anim
 Definition
mind, spirit, breath
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anthrop
 Definition
human
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bio
 Definition
life
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cap, cip
 Definition
head
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carn
 Definition
flesh
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corp
 Definition
body
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homo
 Definition
man
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ped, pod
 Definition
foot
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aqua
 Definition
water
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cosmo
 Definition
world
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geo
 Definition
earth
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hydr
 Definition
water
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luna
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Term
mar
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sea
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sol
 Definition
sun
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terr
 Definition
earth, land
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am, ami
 Definition
love
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capt, cept
 Definition
take, hold, seize
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ced, cess
 Definition
yield, go
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cide
 Definition
murder
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crat
 Definition
rule, power
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dem
 Definition
people
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fal
 Definition
deceive
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mon
 Definition
warn
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co, com, con
 Definition
with, together
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de
 Definition
down, out, apart
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en
 Definition
in, into
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extra
 Definition
beyond
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inter
 Definition
between, among
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intra
 Definition
within
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peri
 Definition
around
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se
 Definition
apart, away
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ann, enn
 Definition
year
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di
 Definition
day
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hap
 Definition
by chance
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jour
 Definition
day
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mut
 Definition
change
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nov
 Definition
new
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sen
 Definition
old
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vol
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wish
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nar, nasc
 Definition
birth, born
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mor, mort
 Definition
death
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mater
 Definition
mother
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pater
 Definition
paternal
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viv, vita
 Definition
life
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gen
 Definition
birth, class, kin
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nom
 Definition
name
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spire
 Definition
breathe
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fid
 Definition
faith, trust
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jud
 Definition
judge
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jur
 Definition
swear, law
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liber
 Definition
free
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mag, maj, max
 Definition
great
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ques, quis
 Definition
question
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test
 Definition
witness
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vict
 Definition
overcome, conquer
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hetero
 Definition
other, different
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homo
 Definition
same
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hyper
 Definition
too much, over
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hypo
 Definition
too little, under
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lud, lus
 Definition
play
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oper
 Definition
work
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pet
 Definition
seek, go toward
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phob
 Definition
fear
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sol
 Definition
alone
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syn, sym
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together
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super
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above
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sub
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under
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pot
 Definition
drink
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vor
 Definition
eat
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rid, ris
 Definition
laugh
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clud, clus, claus
 Definition
shut, close
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frag, frac
 Definition
break
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fus
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pour
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ject
 Definition
throw
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lav, lau
 Definition
wash
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pon, pos
 Definition
put, place
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pend
 Definition
hang
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turb
 Definition
shake
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vert
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turn
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