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11th Grade
12/07/2008
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a
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without
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ab/abs
 Definition
away from, against
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ac/acr
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sharp
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ad/at
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to, toward
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am
 Definition
to love
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amb
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to go, to walk
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anim
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life, spirit
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ante
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before
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anthr/andr
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mankind, man
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anti
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against, opposite
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apt/ept
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skill, ability, fit
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bell
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war
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bene
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good
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bi
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two
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carn
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flesh
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chron
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time
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circ/circum
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around
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cis
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to cut
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cli
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to lean
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clu/clo/cla
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to close, shut
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co/com/con
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with, together
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cred
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believe
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culp
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blame
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cur/cour
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to run (a course)
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de
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away from, opposite of
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dem
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people
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derm
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skin
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di
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apart, through, away
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dic
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to say, to tell
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dign/dain
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worth
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dis
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apart, away from, not
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dys
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faulty, bad
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epi
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upon
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equi/equ
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equal
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esce
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to become
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eu
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good, pleasing
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ex/ej
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out, put out
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extr
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outside, beyond
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fac
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to make, to do
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fic/fig
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to make, to do
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fid
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faith, trust
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gen
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birth, creation, kind
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gyn
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woman
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her/hes
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to stick
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hetero
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different, other
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homo
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same
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hyper
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over
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hypo
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under
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in/il/im/ir
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not
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in/en/im/em
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into
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inter
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between, among
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intra
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within, inside
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loc/loq/log
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to speak
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luc/lum
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light
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magna
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great,big
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mal
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bad
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man
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hand
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mis
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wrong, bad
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mit/mis
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to send
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morph
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shape, form
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mut
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change
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nat/nas/nai
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to be born
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neo/nov
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new
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nom/nym
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name
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ob
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against, in front of, toward
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omni
 Definition
all, every
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pan
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all, everywhere
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par
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equal
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path
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feeling
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phil
 Definition
love of
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phobe
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fear of
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phon
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sound
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plac
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to please
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pon/pos
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place, put
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port
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to carry
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post
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after
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pot
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power, ability
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pre
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before
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pro
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forward, supporting
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pun/pen
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to pay, compensate, punish
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re
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again, back
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sci
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knowledge, to know
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scrib/script
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to write
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sed/sid
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to sit, be still
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sequ/secu
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to follow
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spec
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to look, appear
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sub
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under, less than
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super
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over, greater than
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tact
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touch
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techn
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tools, art, skill
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ten
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to hold
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tens/ten
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to stretch
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terr
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earth
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tract
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to drag, pull, draw
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trans
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across
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un/non
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not
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uni
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one
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us/ut
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to use
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ven/vent
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to come
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vers/vert
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to turn
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vi/viv
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life
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vid/vis
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to see
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voc
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to call
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vor
 Definition
to eat
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