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away, from
Ex. absent-away, not present; abstain-keep from doing, refrain |
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to, toward
Ex. adjacent-next to; address-to direct towards |
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before
Ex. antecedent-going before in time; anterior-occurring before |
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against
Ex. antidote-remedy to act against an evil; antibiotic-substance that fights against bacteria |
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over, thoroughly
Ex. bemoan-to mourn over; belabor-to exert much labor upon |
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two
Ex. bisect-to divide; biennial-happening every two years |
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down
Ex. catacombs-underground passageways; catalogue-descriptive list |
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around
Ex. circumscribe-to draw a circle around; circumspect-watchful on all sides |
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with
Ex. combine-join together; communication- to have dealing with |
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against
Ex. contrary-opposed; contrast-to stand in opposition |
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down, from
Ex. decline-to slope downward; decontrol-to release from government control |
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two
Ex. dichotomy-cutting in two; diarchy-system of government with two authorities |
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apart, away
Ex. discern- to distinguish as separate; dismiss- send away |
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upon, among
Ex. epidemic- happening among many people; epicycle- circle whose center moves on the circumference of a greater circle |
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from, out
Ex. exceed- go beyond the limit; emit- to send forth |
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outside, beyond
Ex. extraordinary- beyond or outside the common method, extrasensory- beyond the senses |
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beyond, over
Ex. hyperactive- above the normal activity level; hypercritic- one who is critical beyond measure |
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beneath, lower
Ex. hypodermic-beneath the sking; hypocrisy- to be under a pretense of goodness |
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not
Ex. inactive-not active; irreversible- not reversible |
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in, on, into
Ex. instill- to add or introduce slowly; impose- to lay on |
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among, between
Ex. intercom-a system allowing for communication between people; interlude- an intervening period of time |
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within
Ex. intravenous- within a vein; intramural- withiin a single college or its student body |
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beyond, over, along with
Ex. metamorphosis-to change in form or nature; metatarsus- part of foot beyond the flat of the foot |
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badly, wrongly
Ex. misconstrue- to interpret wrongly; misappropriate- to use wrongly |
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one
Ex. monogamy- marriage to one person at a time; monotone- a single, unvaried tone |
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many
Ex. mutiple-of many parts; multitude- a great number |
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no, not
Ex. nonsense- lack of sense; nonentity- not existing |
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against
Ex. obscene-offensive to modesty; obstruct- to hinder the passage of |
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beside
Ex. parallel- continuously at equal distance apart; parenthesis- sentence inserted within a passage |
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through
Ex. persevere- to maintain an effort; permeate- to pass through |
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many
Ex. polygon- a plane figure with many sides or angles; polytheism- belief in existence of many gods |
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after
Ex. posterior- coming after; postpone- to put off until a future time |
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before
Ex. premature- ready before the proper time; premonition- a previous warning |
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in favor of, forward
Ex. prolific- bringing forth an abundance of offspring; project- throw or cast forward |
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back, against
Ex. reimburse- pay back, retract- to draw back |
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half
Ex. semicircle- half a circle; semiannual -half-yearly |
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under
Ex. subdue-to bring under one's power; submarine-travel under the surface of the sea |
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above
Ex. supersonic- above the speed of sound; superior- higher in place or position |
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across
Ex. telecast- transmit across a distance; telepathy-communication between mind and mind at a distance |
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across
Ex. transpose-to change the position of two things |
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beyond
Ex. ultraviolet- beyond the limit of visibility; ultramarine-beyond the sea |
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not
Ex. undeclared-not declared; unbelieveable- not believeable |
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one
Ex. unity- state of oneness; unison- sounding together |
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away, against
Ex. withold- to hold back; withdraw- to take away |
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