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08/21/2012
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Term
a, an
 Definition
without, not
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ab, abs, a
 Definition
apart, away from,
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able, ible
 Definition
able, capable
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acer, acid, acri
 Definition
bitter, sour, sharp
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acu
 Definition
sharp
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ad
 Definition
toward
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ade
 Definition
result of action
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ag, agi, ig, act
 Definition
do, move, go
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age
 Definition
act of, state of, result of
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agere
 Definition
act
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al
 Definition
relating to
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algia
 Definition
pain
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ali, allo, alter
 Definition
other
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am, amor
 Definition
love, liking
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amphi, ambi
 Definition
round, both sides
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anni, annu, enni
 Definition
year
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anthrop
 Definition
man
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an, ian
 Definition
native of, relating to
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ance, ancy
 Definition
action, process, state
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ante
 Definition
before
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anthro
 Definition
man
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anti
 Definition
against
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anti
 Definition
old
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aqua
 Definition
water
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arch
 Definition
chief, first, rule
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archaios
 Definition
ancient
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archos
 Definition
leader, chief, first
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ary, ery, ory
 Definition
relating to, quality, place where
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aster, astr
 Definition
star
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aud, aus
 Definition
hear, listen
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aug, auc
 Definition
increase
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auto
 Definition
self
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belli
 Definition
war
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bene
 Definition
well, favorable, good
Term
bibl
 Definition
book
Term
bi
 Definition
two
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bio
 Definition
life
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brev
 Definition
short
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caco
 Definition
bad
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cad, cas
 Definition
to fall
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calor
 Definition
heat
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cap, cip, cept
 Definition
take
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capit, capt
 Definition
head
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carn
 Definition
flesh
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caus, caut
 Definition
burn, heat
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cause, cuse, cus
 Definition
cause, motive
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ced, ceed, cede, cess
 Definition
move, yield, go, surrender
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cenetri
 Definition
center
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chrom
 Definition
color
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chron
 Definition
time
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cian
 Definition
possessing a specific skill or art
Term
cide, cise
 Definition
cut down, kill
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circum
 Definition
around
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cit
 Definition
call, start
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civ
 Definition
citizen
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clam, claim
 Definition
cry out
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clud, clus, claus
 Definition
shut
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constitutus
 Definition
stand
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cognoac, gnosi
 Definition
know
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cord, cor, cardi
 Definition
heart
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corp
 Definition
body
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cosm
 Definition
universe, world
Term
crat, cracy
 Definition
rule
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crea
 Definition
create
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cred
 Definition
believe
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cresc, cret, crease, cru
 Definition
rise, grow
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crit
 Definition
separate, choose
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cur, curs
 Definition
run
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cule, ling
 Definition
very small
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cura
 Definition
care
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cy
 Definition
action, function
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cycl, cyclo
 Definition
wheel, circular
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deca
 Definition
ten
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dem
 Definition
people
Term
dent, don’t
 Definition
tooth
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derm
 Definition
skin
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di
 Definition
two, double
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dia
 Definition
across, through
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dict
 Definition
say, speak
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dis
 Definition
not, apart
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doc, dokein
 Definition
teach
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dom
 Definition
quality, realm
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domin
 Definition
master, lord
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don
 Definition
give
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dorm
 Definition
sleep
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dox
 Definition
opinion, praise, belief
Term
drome
 Definition
run, step
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duc, duct
 Definition
lead
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dura
 Definition
hard, lasting
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dynam
 Definition
power
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dynasthai
 Definition
be able
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ee
 Definition
one who receives the action
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ego
 Definition
I, self
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en
 Definition
made of, to make
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ence, ency
 Definition
action, state of, quality
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endo
 Definition
within
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epi
 Definition
upon, over
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equi
 Definition
equal
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er, or
 Definition
one who, that which
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erg
 Definition
work
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escent
 Definition
in the process of
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ese
 Definition
a native of, the language of
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esis, osis
 Definition
action, process, condition
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ess
 Definition
female
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et, ette
 Definition
small one, group
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ex
 Definition
out
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fac, fact, fic, fect
 Definition
do, make
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fall, fals
 Definition
deceive
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fer
 Definition
bear, carry
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fic
 Definition
making, causing
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fid, fide, feder(is)
 Definition
faith, trust, league, pact
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fila, fili
 Definition
thread
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fin
 Definition
end, ended, finished
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fix
 Definition
attach
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flex, flect
 Definition
bend
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flu, fluc, fluv
 Definition
flowing
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form
 Definition
form, shape
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fort, forc
 Definition
strong
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fract, frag
 Definition
break
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frater
 Definition
brother
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ful
 Definition
full of
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fy
 Definition
make
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gam
 Definition
marriage
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gastr (o)
 Definition
stomach
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gen
 Definition
birth, race, produce
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geo
 Definition
earth
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germ
 Definition
vital part
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gest
 Definition
carry, bear
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gloss, glot
 Definition
tongue
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glu, glo
 Definition
lump, bond, glue
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grad, gress
 Definition
step, go
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graph, gram
 Definition
write, written, record
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grat
 Definition
pleasing
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grav
 Definition
heavy, weighty
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greg
 Definition
herd
Term
hypn
 Definition
sleep
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helio
 Definition
sun
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hema, hemo
 Definition
blood
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here, hes
 Definition
stick
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hetero
 Definition
different, mixed, unlike
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homo
 Definition
same, alike
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hood
 Definition
order, condition, quality
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hum, human
 Definition
earth, ground, man
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hydr, hydra, hydro
 Definition
water
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ic
 Definition
nature of, like
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ice
 Definition
condition, state, quality
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id, ide
 Definition
a thing connected with or belonging to
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idem
 Definition
the same
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ideo
 Definition
idea
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idios
 Definition
one’s own
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ignis
 Definition
fire
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ile
 Definition
relating to, suited for, capable of
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in
 Definition
in
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ine
 Definition
nature of
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in, im
 Definition
not
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inter
 Definition
between
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ion, sion, tion
 Definition
act, result, or state of
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ish
 Definition
origin, nature, resembling
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ism
 Definition
system, manner, condition, characteristic
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ist
 Definition
one who, that which
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ite
 Definition
nature of, quality of, mineral product
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ity, ty
 Definition
state of, quality
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ive
 Definition
causing, making
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ize, ise
 Definition
make
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ject
 Definition
throw
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join, junct
 Definition
join
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juven
 Definition
young
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lau, lav, lot, lut
 Definition
wash
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leg
 Definition
law
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levi
 Definition
light
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lexis
 Definition
word
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liber, liver
 Definition
free, book
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liter
 Definition
letters
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loc, loco, locus
 Definition
place
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log, logo, ology
 Definition
word, study, speech
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logy
 Definition
study, science, theory
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loqu, locut
 Definition
talk, speak
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luc, lum, lus, lun
 Definition
light
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ly
 Definition
like, manner of
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macro
 Definition
large
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macr-, macer
 Definition
lean
Term
magn
 Definition
great
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man
 Definition
hand
Term
mand
 Definition
command
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mania
 Definition
madness, obsession
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mar, mari, mer
 Definition
sea, pool
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matri
 Definition
mother
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medi
 Definition
half, middle, between, halfway
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mega
 Definition
great
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mem
 Definition
remember
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ment
 Definition
act of, state or, result
Term
meter
 Definition
measure
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micro
 Definition
small
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migra
 Definition
wander
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mit, mittere, mito, miss
 Definition
send
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mob, mot, mov
 Definition
move
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mon
 Definition
warn, remind
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mono
 Definition
one, single
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mor, mort, mortis
 Definition
mortal, death
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morph
 Definition
form
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multi
 Definition
many, much
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nat, nasc
 Definition
to be from, to spring forth
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neo
 Definition
new
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ness
 Definition
state of
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neur
 Definition
nerve
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nom
 Definition
law, order
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nomen, nomin
 Definition
name
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nomy
 Definition
law, rule
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nov
 Definition
new
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nox, noc
 Definition
night
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numer
 Definition
number
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oid
 Definition
resembling
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oligo, olig
 Definition
few, little
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omni
 Definition
all, every
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onym
 Definition
name
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oper
 Definition
work
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ortho
 Definition
straight, correct
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ous
 Definition
full of, having
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pac
 Definition
peace
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paleo
 Definition
old
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pan
 Definition
all
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pater, patr
 Definition
father
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path, pathy
 Definition
feeling, suffering
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ped, pod
 Definition
foot
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pedo
 Definition
child
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pel, puls
 Definition
drive, urge
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pend, pens, pond
 Definition
hang, weigh
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peri
 Definition
around
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phage
 Definition
eat
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phil, philo
 Definition
love
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phlegma
 Definition
inflammation
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phobia, phobos
 Definition
fear
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phon
 Definition
sound
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photo
 Definition
light
Term
plac, plais
 Definition
please
Term
plu, plur, plus
 Definition
more
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pneuma, pneumon
 Definition
breath
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poli
 Definition
city
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poly
 Definition
many
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pon, pos, pound
 Definition
place, put
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pop
 Definition
people
Term
port, porto
 Definition
carry
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portion
 Definition
part, share
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post
 Definition
after
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pot
 Definition
power
Term
pre
 Definition
before
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prehendere
 Definition
seize, grasp
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prim, prime
 Definition
first
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pro
 Definition
before, in favor of, in front
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proto
 Definition
first
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psych
 Definition
mind, soul
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publicus
 Definition
people
Term
punct
 Definition
point, dot
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reg, recti
 Definition
straighten
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ri, ridi, risi
 Definition
laughter
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rog, roga
 Definition
ask
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rupt
 Definition
break
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sacr, sanc, secr
 Definition
sacred
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salv, salu
 Definition
safe, healthy
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sat, satis
 Definition
enough
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sci, scientia
 Definition
know
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scope
 Definition
see, watch, examine
Term
scrib, script
 Definition
write
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sed, sess, sid
 Definition
sit
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sen
 Definition
old
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senescere
 Definition
to grow old
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sent, sens
 Definition
feel
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sequ, secu, sue
 Definition
follow
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serv
 Definition
save, serve
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ship
 Definition
state of, office, quality
Term
sin (sys before b, p, or m)
 Definition
together, with
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sign, signi
 Definition
sign, mark, seal
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simil, simul
 Definition
like, resembling
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sist, sta, stit
 Definition
stand
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solus
 Definition
alone
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solv, solu
 Definition
loosen
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some
 Definition
like, apt, tending to
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somnus
 Definition
sleep
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soph
 Definition
wise
Term
spec, spect, spic
 Definition
look
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sphere
 Definition
ball, sphere
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spir
 Definition
breath
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string, strict
 Definition
draw tight
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stru, struct
 Definition
build
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subter
 Definition
under, underground, secret
Term
sume, sump
 Definition
take, use, waste
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sin (sys before b, p, or m)
 Definition
together, with
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tact, tang, tag, tig, ting
 Definition
touch
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tele
 Definition
far, distance
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tempo
 Definition
time
Term
ten, tin, tain
 Definition
hold
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tend, tent, tens
 Definition
stretch, strain
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terra
 Definition
earth
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test
 Definition
to bear witness
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the, theo
 Definition
God, a god
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therm
 Definition
heat
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thesis, thet
 Definition
place, put
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tom
 Definition
cut
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tort, tors
 Definition
twist
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tox
 Definition
poison
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tract, tra
 Definition
draw, pull
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trans
 Definition
across
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trib
 Definition
pay, bestow
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tude
 Definition
state of, condition of
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turbo
 Definition
disturb
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typ
 Definition
print
Term
utilis
 Definition
useful
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ultima
 Definition
last
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umber, umbraticum
 Definition
shadow
Term
uni
 Definition
one
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ure
 Definition
state of, act, process, rank
Term
vac
 Definition
empty
Term
vale, vali, valu
 Definition
strength, worth
Term
ven, vent
 Definition
come
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ver, veri
 Definition
1
Term
vert, vers
 Definition
turn
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vic, vicis
 Definition
change, substitute
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vict, vinc
 Definition
conquer
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vid, vis
 Definition
see
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viv, vita, vivi
 Definition
alive, life
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voc
 Definition
call
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vol
 Definition
will
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volcan
 Definition
fire
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volvo
 Definition
turn about, roll
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vor
 Definition
eat greedily
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ward
 Definition
in the direction of
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y
 Definition
inclined to, tend to
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zo
 Definition
animal
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