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04/13/2009

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Term
A, AN (amoral, atrophy, asymmetrical, anarchy, anesthetic)
Definition
not, without.
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AB, A (abnormal, abdicate, ablution, abnegate, absolve, abstemious, abstruse, annul, avert)
Definition
from, away, apart.
Term
AC, ACR (acid, acerbic, exacerbate, acute, acrimony)
Definition
sharp, sour.
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AD, A (adhere, adjacent, adjunct, admonish, adroit, adumbrate, accretion, alleviate, aspire, assail, assonance, attest)
Definition
to, towards.
Term
ALI, ALTR (alias, alienate, inalienable, altruism)
Definition
another
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AM, AMI (amorous, amicable, amiable, amity)
Definition
love
Term
AMBI, AMPHI (ambiguous, ambivalent, ambidextrous, amphibious)
Definition
both
Term
AMBL, AMBUL (amble, ambulatory, perambulator, somnambulist)
Definition
walk
Term
ANIM (animal, animosity, unanimous, magnanimous)
Definition
mind, spirit, breath
Term
ANN, ENN (annual, annuity, biennial, perennial)
Definition
year
Term
ANTE, ANT (antecedent, antediluvian, antiquated, anticipate)
Definition
before
Term
ANTHROP (anthropology, philanthropy)
Definition
human
Term
ANTI, ANT (antidote, antithesis, antacid, antagonist, antonym)
Definition
against, opposite
Term
AUD (audio, audience, audition)
Definition
hear
Term
AUTO (autobiography, autocrat, autonomous)
Definition
self
Term
BELLI, BELL (belligerent, bellicose, antebellum, rebellion)
Definition
war
Term
BENE, BEN (benevolent, benefactor, beneficent, benign)
Definition
good
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BI (bicycle, bisect, bilateral, bilingual, biped)
Definition
two
Term
BIBLIO (bible, bibliography, bibliophile)
Definition
book
Term
BIO (biography, biology, amphibious, symbiotic, macrobiotics)
Definition
life
Term
BURS (reimburse, disburse, bursar)
Definition
money, purse
Term
CAD, CAS, CID (accident,cadence, cascade, deciduous)
Definition
happen, fall
Term
CAP, CIP (captain, decapitate, precipitate, recapitulate)
Definition
head
Term
CARN (carnal, carnage, incarnate)
Definition
flesh
Term
CAP, CAPT, CEPT, CIP (capable, capacious, captivate, deception, intercept, inception, anticipate, emancipation)
Definition
take, hold, seize
Term
CED, CESS (cease, cessation, incessant, cede,precede, accede)
Definition
yield, go
Term
CHROM (chrome, chromatic, monochrome)
Definition
color
Term
CHRON (chronology, chronic, anachronism)
Definition
time
Term
CIDE (suicide, homicide, regicide, patricide)
Definition
murder
Term
CIRCUM (circumference, circumlocution, circumspect, circumvent)
Definition
around
Term
CLIN, CLIV (incline, declivity, proclivity)
Definition
slope
Term
CLUD, CLUS, CLAUS, CLOIS (conclude, reclusive, claustrophobia, cloister, preclide, occlude)
Definition
shut, close
Term
CO, COM, CON (coeducationn, coagulate, coalesce, coerce, collateral, commodious, complaint, concord, congenial)
Definition
with, together
Term
COGN, GNO (recognize, cognition, diagnosis, agnostic, prognosis)
Definition
know
Term
CONTRA (controversy, incontrovertible, contravene)
Definition
against
Term
CORP (corpse, corporeal, corpulence)
Definition
body
Term
COSMO, COSM (cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm, macrocosm)
Definition
world
Term
CRAC, CRAT (democracy, bureaucracy, autocrat, aristocrat)
Definition
rule, power
Term
CRED (incredible, credulous, credence)
Definition
trust, believe
Term
CRESC, CRET (crescent, crescendo, accretion)
Definition
grow
Term
CULP (culprit, culpable, inculpate, exculpate)
Definition
blame, fault
Term
CURR, CURS (current, concur, cursory, precursor, incursion)
Definition
run
Term
DE (depart, debase, debilitate, defamatory, demur)
Definition
down, out, apart
Term
DEC (decade, decimal, decathlon, decimate)
Definition
ten, tenth
Term
DEMO, DEM (democrat, demographics, demagogue, epidemic)
Definition
people
Term
DI, DIURN (diary, quotidian, diurnal)
Definition
day
Term
DIA (diagonal, diatribe, diaphanous)
Definition
across
Term
DIC, DICT (abdicate, diction, indict, verdict)
Definition
speak
Term
DIS, DIF, DI (disaffected, disband, disbar, distend, differentiate, diffidence, diffuse, digress, divert)
Definition
not, apart, away
Term
DOC, DOCT (docile, doctrine, doctrinaire)
Definition
teach
Term
DOL (condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent)
Definition
pain
Term
DUC, DUCT (seduce, induce, conduct, viaduct, induct)
Definition
lead
Term
EGO (ego, egoist, egocentric)
Definition
self
Term
EN, EM (enter, entice, encumber, embroil, empathy)
Definition
in, into
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ERR (erratic, aberration, errant)
Definition
wander
Term
EU (eulogy, euphemism, eurythmics, euthanasia)
Definition
well, good
Term
EX, E (exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, elicit, egress, egregious)
Definition
out, out of
Term
FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA (factory, facility, benefactor, malefactor, fiction, fictive, rectify, vilify, feasible)
Definition
make, do
Term
FAL, FALS (infallible, fallacious, false)
Definition
deceive
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FERV (fervent, fervid, effervescent)
Definition
boil
Term
FID (confident, diffidence, perfidious, fidelity)
Definition
faith, trust
Term
FLU, FLUX (fluent, affluent, superfluous, flux)
Definition
flow
Term
FORE (forecast, foreboding, forestall)
Definition
before
Term
FRAG, FRAC (fragment, fracture, refract)
Definition
break
Term
FUS (profuse, infusion, effusive, diffuse)
Definition
pour
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GEN (generation, congenital, homogeneous, ingenious, engender)
Definition
birth, class, kin
Term
GRAD, GRESS (graduate, gradual, retrograde, ingress, egress)
Definition
step
Term
GRAPH, GRAM (biography, bibliography, epigram)
Definition
writing
Term
GRAT (grateful, gratitude, gratuitous, gratuity)
Definition
pleasing
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GRAV, GRIEV (grave, gravity, aggrieve, grievous)
Definition
heavy
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GREG (segregate, gregarious, aggregate)
Definition
crowd, flock
Term
HABIT, HIBIT (habit, cohabit, habitat, inhibit)
Definition
have, hold
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HAP (happen, haphazard, hapless, mishap)
Definition
by chance
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HELIO, HELI (heliocentric, heliotrope, aphelion, perihelion, helium)
Definition
sun
Term
HETERO (heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox)
Definition
other
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HOL (holocaust, catholic, holistic)
Definition
whole
Term
HOMO (homo sapiens, homicide, bonhomie)
Definition
man
Term
HOMO (homosexual, homogenize, homogeneous, homonym)
Definition
same
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HYDR (hydrant, hydrate, dehydration)
Definition
water
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HYPER (hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperventilate)
Definition
too much, excess
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HYPO (hypodermic, hypothermia, hypochondria)
Definition
too little, under
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IN, IG, IL, IM, IR (incorrigible, insomnia, interminable, incessant, ignorant, ignominious, ignoble, illicit, illimitable, immaculate, immutable, impertinent, improvident, irregular)
Definition
not
Term
IN, IL, IM, IR (invade, inaugurate, incandescent, illustrate, imbue, immerse, implicate, irrigate, irritate)
Definition
in, on, into
Term
INTER (intercede, intercept, interdiction, interject)
Definition
between, among
Term
INTRA, INTR (intrastate, intravenous, intramural, intrinsic)
Definition
within
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IT, ITER (transit, itinerant, transitory, reiterate)
Definition
between, among
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JECT, JET (eject, interject, abject, trajectory, jettison)
Definition
throw
Term
JOUR (journal, adjourn, sojourn)
Definition
day
Term
JUD (judge, judicious, prejudice, adjudicate)
Definition
judge
Term
JUNCT, JUG (junction, adjunct, injunction)
Definition
join
Term
JUR (jury, abjure, perjure, jurisprudence)
Definition
swear, law
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LAT (lateral, collateral, unilateral)
Definition
side
Term
LAV, LAU, LU (lavatory, laundry, ablution, antediluvian)
Definition
wash
Term
LEG, LEC, LEX (legible, lecture, lexicon)
Definition
read, speak
Term
LEV (elevate, levitate, levity, alleviate)
Definition
light
Term
LIBER (liberty, liberal, libertarian, libertine)
Definition
free
Term
LIG, LECT (legible, elect, select)
Definition
choose, gather
Term
LIG, LI, LY (ligament, oblige, religion, liable, liaison, lien. ally)
Definition
bind
Term
LING, LANG (lingo, language, linguistics, bilingual)
Definition
tounge
Term
LITER (literate, alliteration, literal)
Definition
letter
Term
LITH (monolith, lithograph, megalith)
Definition
stone
Term
LOQU, LOC, LOG (eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, circumlocution, monologue, dialogue)
Definition
speech, thought
Term
LUC, LUM (lucid, elucidate, pellucid, translucent, illuminate)
Definition
light
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LUD, LUS (ludicrous, allude, delusion)
Definition
play
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MACRO (macrocosm, macrobiotics)
Definition
great
Term
MAG, MAJ, MAS, MAX (magnify, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude, majesty, master, maximum)
Definition
great
Term
MAL (malady, maladroit, malevolent, malodorous)
Definition
bad
Term
MAN (manual, manuscript, manifest)
Definition
hand
Term
MAR (submarine, marine, maritime)
Definition
sea
Term
MATER, MATR (maternal, matron, matrilineal)
Definition
mother
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MEDI (intermediary, medieval, mediate)
Definition
middle
Term
MEGA (megaphone, megalomania, megaton, megalith)
Definition
greate
Term
MEM, MEN (memory, memento, memorabilia, reminisce)
Definition
remember
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METER, METR, MENS (meter, thermometer, commensurate)
Definition
measure
Term
MICRO (microscope, microorganism, microcosm, microbe)
Definition
small
Term
MIS (misunderstand, misapprehension, misconstrue, mishap)
Definition
wrong, bad, hate
Term
MIT, MISS (transmit, emit, missive)
Definition
send
Term
MOLL (mollify, emollient, mollusk)
Definition
soft
Term
MON, MONIT (admonish, monitor, premonition)
Definition
warn
Term
MONO (monologue, monotonous, monogamy)
Definition
one
Term
MOR (moral, mores, morose)
Definition
custom, manner
Term
MOR, MORT (morbid, moribund, mortal, amortize)
Definition
dead
Term
MORPH (amorphous, anthropomorphic, morphology)
Definition
shape
Term
MOV, MOT, MOB, MOM (remove, motion, mobile, momentum, momentous)
Definition
move
Term
MUT (mutate, mutability, immutable, commute)
Definition
change
Term
NAT, NASC (native, nativity, cognate, nascent, renascent, renaissance)
Definition
born
Term
NAU, NAV (nautical, nauseous, navy, circumnavigate)
Definition
ship, sailor
Term
NEG (negative, abnegate, renege)
Definition
not, deny
Term
NEO (neoclassical, neophyte, neologism, neonate)
Definition
new
Term
NIHIL (annihilation, nihilism)
Definition
none, nothing
Term
NOM, NYM (nominate, nomenclature, nominal, synonym, anonymity)
Definition
name
Term
NOV (novelty, innovation, novitiate)
Definition
new
Term
NOX, NIC, NEC, NOC (obnoxious, internecine,innocuous)
Definition
harm
Term
NUMER (numeral, numerous, innumerable, enumerate)
Definition
number
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OB (obstruct, obdurate, obsequious, obtrusive)
Definition
against
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OMNI (omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, omnivorous)
Definition
all
Term
ONER (onerous, exonerate)
Definition
burden
Term
OPER (operate, cooperate, inoperable)
Definition
work
Term
PAC (pacify, pacifist, pacific)
Definition
peace
Term
PALP (palpable, palpitation)
Definition
feel
Term
PAN (panorama, panacea, pandemic, panoply)
Definition
all
Term
PATER, PATR (paternal, paternity, patriot, compatriot, expatriate)
Definition
father
Term
PATH, PASS (sympathy, antipathy, pathos, impassioned)
Definition
feel, suffer
Term
PEC (pecuniary, impecunious, peculation)
Definition
money
Term
PED, POD (pedestrian,pediment, quadruped, tripod)
Definition
foot
Term
PEL, PULS (compel, compelling, expel, propel, compulsion)
Definition
drive
Term
PEN (peninsula, penultimate, penumbra)
Definition
almost
Term
PEND, PENS (pendant, pendulous, suspense, propensity)
Definition
hang
Term
PER (perfidious, pernicious, perjure)
Definition
against, destruction
Term
PER (perambulator, percipient, perfunctory, pertinacious)
Definition
through, by, for, throughout
Term
PERI (perimeter, periphery, perihelion, peripatetic)
Definition
around
Term
PET (petition, impetus, impetuous, petulant, centripetal)
Definition
seek, go forwards
Term
PHIL (philosopher, philanderer, philanthropy, philology)
Definition
love
Term
PHOB (phobia, claustrophobia, xenophobia)
Definition
fear
Term
PHON (phonograph, megaphone, phonics)
Definition
sound
Term
PLAC (placate, implacable, placid, complacent)
Definition
calm, peace
Term
PON, POS (postpone, proponent, juxtaposition, depose)
Definition
put, place
Term
PORT (portable, deportment, rapport)
Definition
carry
Term
POT (potion, potable)
Definition
drink
Term
POT (potential, potent, impotent, potentate, omnipotence)
Definition
power
Term
PRE (precede, precipitate, premonition, preposition)
Definition
before
Term
PRIM, PRI (prime, primary, primordial, pristine)
Definition
first
Term
PRO (proceed, proclivity, protestation, provoke)
Definition
ahead, front
Term
PROTO (prototype, protagonist, protocol)
Definition
first
Term
PROX, PROP (approximate, propinquity, proximity)
Definition
near
Term
PSEUDO (pseudo-scientific, pseudonym)
Definition
false
Term
PYR (pyre, pyrotechnics, pyromania)
Definition
fire
Term
QUAD, QUAR, QUAT (quadrilateral, quadrant, quarter, quarantine)
Definition
four
Term
QUES, QUER, QUIS, QUIR (quest, inquest, query, querulous, inquisitive, inquiry)
Definition
question
Term
QUIE (disquiet, acquiesce, quiescent, requiem)
Definition
quiet
Term
QUINT, QUIN (quintuplets, quintessence)
Definition
five
Term
RADI, RAMI (radiate, radiant, eradicate, ramification)
Definition
branch
Term
RECT, REG (rectangle, rectitude, rectify, regular)
Definition
straight, rule
Term
REG (regal, regent, interregnum)
Definition
king, rule
Term
RETRO (retrospective, retroactive, retrograde)
Definition
backward
Term
RID, RIS (ridiculous, deride, derision)
Definition
laugh
Term
ROG (interrogate, derogatory, arrogant)
Definition
ask
Term
RUD (rude, erudite, rudimentary)
Definition
rough, crude
Term
RUPT (disrupt, interrupt, rupture)
Definition
break
Term
SACR, SANCT (sacred, sacrilege, sanction, sacrosanct)
Definition
holy
Term
SCRIB, SCRIPT, SCRIV (scribe, ascribe, script, manuscript, scrivener)
Definition
write
Term
SE (separate, segregate, secede, sedition)
Definition
apart, away
Term
SEC, SECT, SEG (section, dissect, bisect, intersect, segment, secant)
Definition
cut
Term
SED, SID (sedate, sedentary, supersede, reside, residence)
Definition
sit
Term
SEM (seminar, seminal, disseminate)
Definition
seed, sow
Term
SEN (senior, senile, senescent)
Definition
old
Term
SENT, SENS (sentiment, nonsense, consensus, sensual)
Definition
feel, think
Term
SEQU, SECU (sequence, sequel, subsequent, consecutive)
Definition
follow
Term
SIM, SEM (similar, verisimilitude, semblance, dissemble)
Definition
similar, same
Term
SIGN (signal, designation, assignation)
Definition
mark, sign
Term
SIN (sine curve, sinuous, insinuate)
Definition
curve
Term
SOL (solo, solitude, soliloquy, solipsism)
Definition
alone
Term
SOL (solar, parasol, solarium, solstice)
Definition
sun
Term
SOMN (insomnia, somnolent, somnambulist)
Definition
sleep
Term
SON (sonic, consonance, sonorous, resonate)
Definition
sound
Term
SOPH (philosopher, sophistry, sophisticated, sophomoric)
Definition
wisdom
Term
SPEC, SPIC (spectator, retrospective, perspective, perspicacious)
Definition
see, look
Term
SPER (prosper, prosperous, despair, desparate)
Definition
hope
Term
SPERS, SPAR (disperse, sparse, aspersion, disparate)
Definition
scatter
Term
SPIR (respire, inspire, spiritual, aspire, transpire)
Definition
breathe
Term
STRICT, STRING (stricture, constrict, stringent, astringent)
Definition
bind
Term
STRUCT, STRU (structure, obstruct, construe)
Definition
build
Term
SUB (subconscious, subjugate, subliminal, subpoena)
Definition
under
Term
SUMM (summit, summary, consummate)
Definition
highest
Term
SUPER, SUR (supervise, supercilious, superfluous, insurmountable, surfeit)
Definition
above
Term
SURGE, SURRECT (surge, resurgent, insurgent, resurrection)
Definition
rise
Term
SYN, SYM (synthesis, sympathy, symposium,symbiosis)
Definition
together
Term
TACIT, TIC (tacit, taciturn, reticent)
Definition
silent
Term
TACT, TAG, TANG (tact, tactile, contagious, tangent, tangential, tangible)
Definition
touch
Term
TEN, TIN, TAIN (detention, tenable, pertinacious, retinue, retain)
Definition
hold, twist
Term
TEND, TENS, TENT (intend, distend, tension, tensile, ostensible, contentious)
Definition
stretch
Term
TERM (terminal, terminus, terminate, interminable)
Definition
end
Term
TERR (terrain, terrestrial, extraterrestrial, subterranean)
Definition
earth, land
Term
TEST (testify, attest, testimonial, protestation)
Definition
witness
Term
THE (atheist, theology, apotheosis, theocracy)
Definition
god
Term
THERM (thermometer, thermal, thermonuclear, hypothermia)
Definition
heat
Term
TIM (timid, intimidate, timorous)
Definition
fear, frightened
Term
TOP (topic, topography, utopia)
Definition
place
Term
TORP (torpedo, torpid, torpor)
Definition
stiff, numb
Term
TORT (distort, extort, tortuous)
Definition
twist
Term
TOX (toxic, toxin, intoxication)
Definition
poison
Term
TRACT (tractor, intractable, protract)
Definition
draw
Term
TRANS (transport, transgress, transient, transitory, translucent)
Definition
across, over, through, beyond
Term
TREM, TREP (tremble, tremor, trepidation, intrepid)
Definition
shake
Term
TURB (disturb, turbulent, perturbation)
Definition
shake
Term
UMBR (umbrella, umbrage, adumbrate, penumbra)
Definition
shadow
Term
UNI, UN (unify, unilateral, unanimous)
Definition
one
Term
URB (urban, suburban, urbane)
Definition
city
Term
VAC (vacant, evacuate, vacuous)
Definition
empty
Term
VAL, VAIL (valid, valor, ambivalent, convalescence, avail)
Definition
value, strength
Term
VEN, VENT (convene, intervene, venue, convention, adventitious)
Definition
come
Term
VER (verify, verity, verisimilitude, verdict)
Definition
true
Term
VERB (verbal, verbose, verbiage, verbatim)
Definition
word
Term
VERT, VERS (avert, convert, revert, incontrovertible, divert, aversion)
Definition
turn
Term
VICT, VINC (victory, conviction, evict, evince, invincible)
Definition
conquer
Term
VID, VIS (evident, vision, visage, supervise)
Definition
see
Term
VIL (vile, vilify, revile)
Definition
base, mean
Term
VIV, VIT (vivid, vital, convivial, vivacious)
Definition
life
Term
VOC, VOK, VOW (vocal, equivocate, invoke, avow)
Definition
call, voice
Term
VOL (voluntary, malevolent, benevolent, volition)
Definition
wish
Term
VOLV, VOLUT (revolve, evolve, convoluted)
Definition
turn, roll
Term
VOR (devour, carnivore, omnivorous, voracious)
Definition
eat
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