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Week 2 Flashcards

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Base: act

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Meanings: do (action)
Language: Latin
Sample words: activity, react

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Base: cap, capt, cept

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Meanings: take (capture)
Language: Latin
Sample words: intercept, recapture, captivating

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Base: ced, ceed, cess

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Meanings: go, yield (recede)
Language: Latin
Sample words: exceed, recede, accessible

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Base: clin, clim

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Meanings: lean, slope, bed (decline)
Language: Greek
Sample words: inclination, incline, recline

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Base: cur, curs, cour

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Meanings: run (cursive)
Language: Latin
Sample words: incur, cursory, concourse

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Base: duc, duct

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Meanings: lead (abduct)
Language: Latin
Sample words: conduct, education, deduction

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Base: fer

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Meanings: bear, carry (transfer)
Language: Latin
Sample words: confer, ferry, transfer

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Base: fin

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Meanings: end, limit (finish)
Language: Latin
Sample words: finish, define, infinite

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Base: flect, flex

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Meanings: bend (reflex)
Language: Latin
Sample words: deflect, inflection, flexible

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Base: fug

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Meanings: flee (fugitive)
Language: Latin
Sample words: fugitive, refuge, refugee

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Base: funct

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Meanings: perform (function)
Language: Latin
Sample words: defunct, function, malfunction

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Base: grad, gress

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Meanings: walk, step (progress)
Language: Latin
Sample words: gradual, digression, progress, centigrade

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Prefix: in (im, il, ir)

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Meanings: not (indefinite)
Language: Latin
Sample words: inappropriate, illegal, impossible, irresponsible

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Base: jac, ject

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Meanings: throw (reject)
Language: Latin
Sample words: eject, interject, project

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Base: miss, mit

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Meanings: send (mission)
Language: Latin
Sample words: dismiss, missile, emit

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Prefix: non

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Meanings: not (nonfiction)
Language: Latin
Sample words: nondescript, nonlethal, noncommittal

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Base: puls, pel

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Meanings: strike, drive (repulse)
Language: Latin
Sample words: compel, expel, repulse

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Base: port

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Meanings: carry
Language: Latin
Sample words: export, portable, porter

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Base: scal, scend

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Meanings: climb, go (escalate, descend)
Language: Latin
Sample words: ascend, crescendo, descend

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Base: struct

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Meanings: build (structure)
Language: Latin
Sample words: construct, destruction, infrastructure

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Base: tract

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Meanings: pull, drag (retract)
Language: Latin
Sample words: attract, distract, tractor

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Prefix: un

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Meanings: not (unhealthy)
Language: Latin
Sample words: undamaged, unfair, unfriendly

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Base: vers, vert

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Meanings: turn (divert)
Language: Latin
Sample words: reverse, introvert, version, controversy

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Base: volv, volt, volu

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Meanings: roll, turn (revolve)
Language: Latin
Sample words: revolve, volume, revolt

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Prefix: a, an

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Meanings: not (atypical)
Language: Greek
Sample words: abyss, achromatic, anhydrous

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