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Anim-

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Breath or soul

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Anim/ated

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Full of life; appearing to be alive (Adj)

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Magn/anim/ous

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Greatness of spirit; generous and forgiving (Adj)

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Anim/osity

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Ill will or resentment (Noun)

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In/anim/ate

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Lifeless, dull, not alive (Adj)

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Fig-

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To shape or mold

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Fig/urative

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Saying something in terms normally meant to describe something else; opposite of literal meaning (Adj)

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Con/fig/ur/ation

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An arrangement of parts; shape or design (Noun)

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Ef/fig/y

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A crude representation of hated person

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Fig/ment

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Something imagined or created in your head (Noun)

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Ann/ Enn

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Year

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Ann/uity

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Money that is payable yearly at a point in time (hint- a good thing) (Noun)

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Super/ann/uated

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Outworn, old fashioned, or out-of-date; or forced to retire because of infirmity. (Adj)

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Mill/enn/ium

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A period of a thousand years

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Per/enn/ial

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Continuing to grow year after year; enduring (Noun or Adj)

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Ev-

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Age of lifetime

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Co/ev/al

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Having the same age (period in time) or lasting the same amount of thime. (Adj)

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Long/ev/ity

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A long duration of life; long, continuance (Noun)

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Medi/ev/al

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Relating to the Middle Ages of European history (Adj)

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Prim/ev/al

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Having to do with the earliest ages or existing from the beginning. (Adj)

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Corp-

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Body

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Corp/ore/al

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Having a physical body

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Corp/ul/ent

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Obese (Adj)

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Corp/oral

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Relating to or affecting the body (Adj)

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In/corp/or/ate
To blend or combine into something already existing. (Verb)
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Tang/ Tact
To touch (think tactile)
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Tact
The ability to deal with others without offending them.
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Tact/ile
Relating to the sense of touch
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Tang/enti/al
Touching lightly; incidental (Adj)
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Tang/ible
Physical (Adj)
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Codi/Code
Trunk of a tree
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Code/x
A book in handwritten form (Noun)
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Codi/cil
An amendment or attachment/addition (Noun)
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Codi/fy
Classify; arrange in a system (Verb)
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Sign-
Mark or sign
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Sign/ify
To be a sign of something; to mean something (Verb)
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In/sign/ia
A distinguishing mark or sign (Noun)
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Sign/at/ory
one who signs an agreement with another (Noun)
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Sign/et
A seal used instead of a signature to give official authority to a document; a small engraved seal, often in the form of a ring (Noun)
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Quadr/Quart
Four or fourth
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Quadr/ant
A quarter of a circle or any of four quarters into which something is divided (Noun)
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Quadr/ille
A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th century (Noun)
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Quad/riplegic
Paralyzed in both arms and legs (Adj)
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Quart/tile
One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population. (Noun)
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Tetr- (Greek)
Four
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Tetra/cycl/ine
A broad spectrum antibiotic that comes from a kind of "soil" bacteria. (Noun)
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Tetra/hedron
A solid shape formed by four flat faces (Noun)
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Tetra/pod
A vertebrate with 2 pairs of limbs (Noun)
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Tetra/logy
A set of four connected pieces of art, music, or literature. (Noun)
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Capit-
Head
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Capit/al/ism
An economic system based on private ownership, private decisions, and open competition in a free market. (Noun)
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Capit/ul/ate
To surrender, give-up (Verb)
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De/capit/ate
Removal of the head (Verb)
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Recapit/ul/ate
To summarize, review (Verb)
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Anthrop-
Human being
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Anthrop/oid
Large apes without tails (Noun)
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Lyc/anthrop/y
Transforming into a wolf; the delusion of such a thing
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Anthrop/ology
Study of humans (Noun)
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Mis/anthrop/ic
Distrusting humans; cynic and Grinch are synonyms (Adj)
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Kine-
Movement
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Kine/si/ology
Scientific study of human movement (Noun)
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Kine/scope
A motion picture made from the image on a picture tube (Noun)
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Tele/kine/sis
The movement of objects without physical means (Noun)
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Dynam-
Power
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Dynam/ic
Productive, energetic, forceful (Adj)
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Dynam/o
A forceful or energetic person (Noun)
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Aero/dynam/ics
The science of how air or gas moves around an object (Noun)
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Hydro/dynam/ics
The science of how water moves around an object to create power. (Hydro)
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Grad-
Step or degree
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Grad/a/tion
A series of successive stages or steps (Noun)
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De/grad/e
To disrespect someone by word or action (Verb)
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Grad/I/ent
Slope or grade (Noun or Adj)
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Retro/grad/e
Lessening to a degree; taking a step back (Verb)
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Reg-
Rule
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Reg/I/men
A regular course of action or treatment; Ex: Skincare regimen, exercise regimen, sleep regimen (Noun)
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inter/reg/num
A time when the throne is vacant during two successive regimes or reigns (Noun)
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Reg/en/cy
A period of time in which a regent rules instead of a king or a queen (Noun)
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Reg/al/ia
The formal symbols, emblems, or official dress of royalty
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Crit-
To judge
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Crit/erion
Condition, standard of judgement; a rule principle for evaluating; criteria = plural form
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Jur-
To swear or take an oath
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Jur/is/prud/ence
A system of law; the study of the philosophy of law
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Ab/jur/e
To reject formally
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Per/jur/y
To swear harmfully; to hurt oneself by swearing because you are telling a lie under oath
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De jur/e
The actual written law as opposed to the practiced habits of citizens.
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Pent-
Five (Greek)
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Pent/athlon
Athletic competition made up of five events (Athlon- prize, contest)
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Pent/ateuch
The first five books from the Old Testament
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Pent/a/meter
A line of poetry consisting of five metrical feet
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Pent/e/cost/al
Relating to various fundamental sects that stress personal experience of God and vocal expression of worship (pentekoste in Greek meant "fiftieth day", as in after Easter)
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Quint-
Five (Latin)
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Quin/cent/enni/al
500th anniversary, celebration
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Quint/essenti/al
Representing the purest or most perfect example
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Quint/et
Musical piece for five instruments/voices; group of five, performers or players
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Quint/ile
one or another of the values that divide a tested population into five evenly distributed classes

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