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12/14/2011
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 Abate
 Definition
to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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Abscond
 Definition
to leave secretly
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Abstain
 Definition
to choose not to do something
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adulterate
 Definition
to make impure
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Aggrandize
 Definition
to increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Ameliorate
 Definition
to make better; to improve
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Anachronism
 Definition
something out of place in time
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Antipathy
 Definition
extreem dislike
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Ardor
 Definition
intense and passionate feeling
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Assuage
 Definition
to make something unpleasant less severe
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Attenuate
 Definition
to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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Austere
 Definition
severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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Banal
 Definition
predictable, cliched, boring
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Bombastic
 Definition
pompous in speech and manner
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Cacophony

 Definition
harsh, jarring noise
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Capricious
 Definition
changing one's mind quickly and often
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Castigate
 Definition
to punish or criticize harshly
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Caustic
 Definition
biting in wit
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Chicanery
 Definition
deception by means of craft or guile
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Cogent
 Definition
convincing and well reasoned
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Convoluted
 Definition
intricate and complicated
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Credulous
 Definition
too trusting; gullible
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Decorum
 Definition
appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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Desiccate
 Definition
to dry out thoroughly
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Desultory
 Definition
jumping from one thing to another
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Diatribe
 Definition
an abusive, condemnatory speech
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Diffident
 Definition
lacking self-confidence
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Dilatory
 Definition
intended to delay
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Dilettante
 Definition
someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dirge
 Definition
a funeral hymn or mournfull speech
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Disabuse
 Definition
to set right; to free from error
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Disparate
 Definition
fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Dissemble
 Definition
to present a false appearance; to diguise one's real intentions or character
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Dissonance
 Definition
a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sound
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Efficacy
 Definition
effectiveness
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Elegy
 Definition
a sorrowful poem or speech
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Enervate
 Definition
to reduce in strength
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Engender
 Definition
to produce, cause, or bring about
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Ephemeral
 Definition
lasting a short time
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Equivocate
 Definition
to use exoressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Erudite
 Definition
learned, scholarly, bookish
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Esoteric
 Definition
known or understood by only a few
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Euphemism
 Definition
use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a distasteful one
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Exculpate
 Definition
to clear of blame; prove innocent
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Exigent
 Definition
urgent; requiring immediate action
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Florid
 Definition
ezcessively decorated or embelished
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Garrulous
 Definition
tending to talk alot
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Gregarious
 Definition
outgoing, social
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Iconoclast
 Definition
one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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Imperturbable
 Definition
not capable of being distured
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Inchoate
 Definition
not fully formed; disorganised
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Ingenuous
 Definition
showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Inimical
 Definition
hostile, unfriendly
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Innocuous
 Definition
harmless
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Insipid
 Definition
lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
 Definition
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Irascible
 Definition
easily made angry
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Laconic
 Definition
using few words
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Loquacious
 Definition
talkative
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Malinger
 Definition
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Misanthrope
 Definition
a person who dislikes others
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Mitagate
 Definition
to soften; to lessen
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Mollify
 Definition
to calm or make less severe
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Obdurate
 Definition
hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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Obsequious
 Definition
overly submissive and eager to please
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Obviate
 Definition
to prevent; to make unnecessary
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Occlude
 Definition
to stop up; to prevent pasage of
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Opprobrium
 Definition
public disgrace
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Ostentation
 Definition
excessive showiness
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Paragon
 Definition
model of excellence or perfection
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Penant
 Definition
someone who shows off learning
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Perfidious
 Definition
willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
 Definition
done in a routine way; indifferent
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Pragmatic
 Definition
practicle as opposed to idealistic
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Precipitate
 Definition
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Prevaricate
 Definition
to lie or deviate from the truth
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Propitiate
 Definition
to conciliate; to appease
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Propriety
 Definition
correct behavior; obedience to the rules and customs
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Quiescent
 Definition
motionless
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Rarefy
 Definition
to make thinner or sparser
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Repudiate
 Definition
to reject the validity of
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Reticent
 Definition
silent, reserved
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Rhetoric
 Definition
effective writing or speaking
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Satiate
 Definition
to satisfy fully or overindulge
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Soporific
 Definition
causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
 Definition
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stigma
 Definition
a mark of shame or discredit
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Stolid
 Definition
unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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Tacit
 Definition
done without using words
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Taciturn
 Definition
silent, not talkative
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Tirade
 Definition
long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Torpor
 Definition
extreem mental and physical sluggishness
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Transitory
 Definition
temporary, lasting a brief time
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Vacillate
 Definition
to sway physically; to be indecisive
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Venerate
 Definition
to respect deeply
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Veracity
 Definition
filled with truth and accuracy
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A
 Definition
without
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ab/abs
 Definition
off, away from, apart, down
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ac/acr
 Definition
sharp, bitter
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act/ag
 Definition
to do; to drive; to force; to lead
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ad/al
 Definition
to, towards, near
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al/ali/alter
 Definition
other, another
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am
 Definition
love
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amb
 Definition
to go; to walk
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ambi/amph
 Definition
both, more than one, around
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anim
 Definition
of the life, mind, soul, spirit
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annui/enni
 Definition
year
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ante
 Definition
before
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anthro/andr
 Definition
man. human
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anti
 Definition
against
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apo
 Definition
away
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arch/archi/archy
 Definition
chief, principal, ruler
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auto
 Definition
self
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be
 Definition
to be; to have a particular quality; to exist
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bel/bel
 Definition
war
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ben/bon
 Definition
good
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bi
 Definition
twice, double
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cad/cid
 Definition
to fall; to happen by chance
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cant/cent/chant
 Definition
to sing
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cap/cip/cept
 Definition
to take; to get
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cap/capit/cipit
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head, headlong
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card/cord/cour
 Definition
heart
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carn
 Definition
flesh
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cast/chast
 Definition
cut
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ced/ceed/cess
 Definition
to go; to yield; to stop
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centr
 Definition
center
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cern/cert/cret/crim/crit
 Definition
to seperate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide
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chron
 Definition
time
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circu
 Definition
around, on all sides
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cis
 Definition
to cut
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cla/clo/clu
 Definition
shut, close
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claim/clam
 Definition
to shout; to cry out
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cli
 Definition
to lean towards
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co/col/com/con
 Definition
with, together
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cour/cur
 Definition
running; a course
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cre/cresc/cret
 Definition
to grow
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cred
 Definition
to believe; to trust
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cryp
 Definition
hidden
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cub/cumb
 Definition
to lie down
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culp
 Definition
blame
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dac/doc
 Definition
to teach
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de
 Definition
away, off, down, completely, reversal
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dem
 Definition
people
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di/dia
 Definition
apart, through
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dic/dict/dit
 Definition
to say; to tell; to use words
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dign
 Definition
worth
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dis/dif
 Definition
away from, apart, reversal, not
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dog/dox
 Definition
opinion
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dol
 Definition
suffer, pain
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don/dot/dow
 Definition
to give
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dub
 Definition
doubt
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duc/duct
 Definition
to lead
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dur
 Definition
hard
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dys
 Definition
faulty, abnormal
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e/ef/ex
 Definition
out, out of, from, former, completely
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epi
 Definition
upon
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equ
 Definition
equal, even
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err
 Definition
to wander
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esce
 Definition
becoming
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eu
 Definition
good, well
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extra
 Definition
outside, beyond
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fab/fam
 Definition
speak
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fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
 Definition
to do; to make
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fer
 Definition
to bring; to carry; to bear
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ferv
 Definition
to boil; to bubble
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fid
 Definition
faith, trust
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fin
 Definition
end
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flag/flam
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to burn
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flect/flex
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to bend
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flu/flux
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to flow
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fore
 Definition
before
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fort
 Definition
strength
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fra/frac/frag/fring
 Definition
to break
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fus
 Definition
to pour
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gen
 Definition
birth, creation, race, kind
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gn/gno
 Definition
know
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grad/gress
 Definition
to step
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grat
 Definition
pleasing
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her/hes
 Definition
to stick
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(h)etero
 Definition
different
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(h)om
 Definition
same
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hyper
 Definition
over, excessive
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hypo
 Definition
under, beneath, less than
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idio
 Definition
one's own
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im/in/em/en
 Definition
in, into
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im/in
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not, without
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inter
 Definition
between, among
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ject
 Definition
to throw; to throw down
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join/junct
 Definition
to meet; to join
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jur
 Definition
to swear
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lav/lut/luv
 Definition
to wash
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lect/leg
 Definition
to select, to choose
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lev
 Definition
lift, light, rise
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loc/log/loqu
 Definition
word, speech
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luc/lum/lus
 Definition
light
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lud/lus
 Definition
to play
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mag/maj/max
 Definition
big
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mal/male
 Definition
bad, ill, evil, wrong
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man
 Definition
hand
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min
 Definition
small
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min
 Definition
to protect, to hang over
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mis/mit
 Definition
to send
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misc
 Definition
mixed
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mon/monit
 Definition
to remind; to warn
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morph
 Definition
shape
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mort
 Definition
death
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mut
 Definition
change
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nat/nas/nai
 Definition
to be born
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nic/noc/nox
 Definition
harm
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nom
 Definition
rule, order
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nom/nym/noun/nown
 Definition
name
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nounc/nunc
 Definition
to announce
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nov/neo/nou
 Definition
new
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ob/oc/of/op
 Definition
towards, to, against, over
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omni
 Definition
all
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pac/peac
 Definition
peace
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pan
 Definition
all, everyone
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par
 Definition
equal
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para
 Definition
next to, beside
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pas/pat/path
 Definition
feeling, suffering, disease
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pau/po/pov/pu
 Definition
few, little, poor
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ped
 Definition
child, education
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ped/pod
 Definition
foot
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pen/pun
 Definition
to pay; to compensate
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pend/pens
 Definition
to hang; to weight; to pay
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per
 Definition
completely
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peri
 Definition
around
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pet/pit
 Definition
to go; to seek; to strive
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phil
 Definition
love
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plac
 Definition
to fill
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ple
 Definition
to fill
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plex/plic/ply
 Definition
to fold, twist, tangle, or bend
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pon/pos/pound
 Definition
to put; to place
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port
 Definition
to carry
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post
 Definition
after
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pre
 Definition
before
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prehend/prise
 Definition
to take; to get; to seize
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pro
 Definition
much, for, a lot
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prob
 Definition
to prove; to test
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pug
 Definition
to fight
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punc/pung/poing
 Definition
to point; to prick
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que/quis
 Definition
to seek
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qui
 Definition
quiet
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rid/ris
 Definition
to laugh
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rog
 Definition
to ask
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sacr/sanct/secr
 Definition
sacred
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sal/sil/sault/sult
 Definition
to leap, to jump
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sci
 Definition
to know
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scribe/scrip
 Definition
to write
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se
 Definition
apart
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sec/sequ
 Definition
to follow
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sed/sess/sid
 Definition
to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot
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sens/sent
 Definition
to feel; to be aware
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sol
 Definition
to loosen; to free
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spec/spic/spit
 Definition
to look; to see
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sta/sti
 Definition
to stand; to be in place
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sua
 Definition
smooth
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sub/sup
 Definition
below
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super/sur
 Definition
above
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tac/tic
 Definition
to be silent
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tain/ten/tin
 Definition
to hold
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tend/tens/tent/tenu
 Definition
to stretch; to thin
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theo
 Definition
god
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tract
 Definition
to drag; to pull; to draw
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trans
 Definition
across
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us/ut
 Definition
to use
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ven/vent
 Definition
to come or to move towards
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ver
 Definition
truth
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verd
 Definition
green
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vers/vert
 Definition
to turn
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vi
 Definition
life
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vid/vis
 Definition
to see
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vil
 Definition
base, mean
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voc/vok
 Definition
to call
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vol
 Definition
to wish
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vor
 Definition
to eat
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