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Specialization

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Process where meaning of a word shifts from the general to the specific.

Ex: disease once referred to any discomfort and now means illness, a type of discomfort.

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Generalization

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Opposite of specialization. Meaning of word gets broader.

Ex: decimate used to mean destruction of 1/10th of a military unit and now means destruction of any large part.

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-itious

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Characterized by

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-id

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Tending to ; Inclined to

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-ulous

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Tending to; inclined to

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AC(U), ACR, ACET

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Sharp, bitter

Ex: acid, acute

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CAD, (CID), CAS

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To take, seize

Ex: cadence, accident

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CAP, (CIP), CAPT

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To take, seize

Ex: incapacitate, recipient

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FAC, (FIC), FACT, (FECT)

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To do, make

Ex: faculty, efficient

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FLOR

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Flower

Ex: florist, floral

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FLU, FLUX, FLUV, FLOUOR(O)

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To flow

Ex: fluid, flux

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FOLI, [FOIL]

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Leaf

Ex: folio, defoliant

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NOC, NOX, NIC, NEC

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To harm; kill

Ex: innocent, obnoxious

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NOV

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New

Ex: novel, novice

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Functional change

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Word that comes to be a different part of change

Ex: red can be an adjective to describe color and noun to describe a Red (communist)

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-ive

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Tending to; included

Ex: actIVE

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-uous

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Tending to; inclined to

Ex: continuous

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-ory

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Tending to; serving to

Ex: introductory

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CERN, CRET, CERT

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To separate ; distinguish

Ex: discernment , secret

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DUR

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Hard; to last

Ex: duration, endurable

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FUND, FUS, [FOUND]

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To pour; melt

Ex: refund, fusion

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NASC, NAT

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To be born

Ex: nascent, native, prenatal

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PEL(L), PULS

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To drive; push

Propel, compelling

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PON, POSIT

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To place, put

Ex: deposit , component

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TORT
To twist Ex: torture, distort
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Degeneration of meaning
Something that once had a positive meaning now has a negative meaning. Ex: villain used to mean farm laborer
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-ity (-ety, -ty)
Quality of; taste Ex: gravity, sanity
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-(I)tude
Quality of; state Ex: longitude, multitude
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-acy
Quality of or state of being Ex: accuracy, inadequacy
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AM
To love Ex: amorous, amatory
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DE, DIV
God Ex: deity, divine
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[JOURN]
Day Ex: journal
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OR
To speak Ex: oracle, oration
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PROB, [PROV]
Good; to test Ex: probe, approve
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RAP, RAPT
To seize Ex: rapid, rape
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STRING,STRICT
To draw tight Ex: stringent, strict
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VER
True Ex: veritable, very
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-(I)mony
Quality of ; state of Testimony Matrimony
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-acity
Quality of; being inclined to Audacity Capacity
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-y
Quality of ; state of; result of Custody Perjury
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-ate
Office of; holder of Senate Magistrate
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CID, CIS
To kill; cut Insecticide Fratercide
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MATR, MATERN
Mother Maternity
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PATR, PATERN
Father Paternity
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PATRON
Protector Patronize
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SEQU, SECUT
To follow Sequence, consequence
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SOL
Alone Solitude
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VIV
To live Vivid Revive
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-ion
Act of; state of Completion
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-ment
Result of act of Excitement Ligament
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-men
Result of Specimen
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CRE,CRESC, CRET
To grow Crescent
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I, IT
To go Transient Ambient
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JUG, JUNCT
A yoke; to join Jugular Juncture
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LEG, LIG, LECT
To choose; pick out Legible Legend
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MON
To warn; advise Admonish Monument
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SOLV, SOLUT
To free; loosen Absolve
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-i(cule)
Little Molecule Muscle
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-el
Little Novel Morsel
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-il
Little Pupil Codicil
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-ole, -ule
Little Capsule Formula
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FERV
To boil, bubble Fervent
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FRANG, FRING, FRACT
To break Frangibe, fraction
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GRAN
Grain Granary, granola
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MINOR, MINUS
Small, smaller Minority, minute
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PATI, PASS
To endure, suffer Patient Passive
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Quir, quisit, quest
To cut Inquisition , question
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SEC, SEG, SECT
To cut Segment Section
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Euphemism
Substituting a less direct phrase for a direct term
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Taboo deformation
An unlucky or offensive term is disguised by mispronouncing it Instead of God: gosh, golly
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Circumlocution
To speak around something Example Maximally impactful advertising means Good, successful advertising.
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-ance, ancy, ence, ency
Quality of Vigilance Hesitancy
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-or
State of Ardor Furor Error
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-ary
Place for Library Granary
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-ory
Place for Dormitory Lavatory Auditorium
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AG, ACT
To do; driving Agent, agile
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CLAM
Cry out Exclamation
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COG
To think, reflect Cogent, cogitation
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DIC, DICT
To say Diction Contradiction
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GER, GEST
To carry; produce Exaggerate, congestion, digest
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MIT, MIS
To send, let go Admit, transmitter
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SCI
To know Science
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SON
Sound Supersonic, sonata
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VAL, VAIL
To be strong ; be worthy Value, equivalent, prevail
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-ure
Act of ; result of Ex fracture
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-(u)lence, -(o)lence
State or quality of being full Example: violence. Fraudulence
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-or
One who does; that which does Example: actor, aggressor
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-and(um)
That which must be _______ Example memorandum; agendum
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ERR
To wander Example error , erratic
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JAC, JECT
To throw Example eject
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NOMEN, NOMIN
Name Example nomenclature
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SCRIB, SCRIPT
To stand Example describe ; inscribe
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ST(a), STIT, SIST
To stand Example: stance, circumstance
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VOLV, VOLUT
To roll Revolve; involve
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-esce
To begin; become Example convalesce
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CAPIT
Head Example decapitate
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GNO, NO
To know Example recognize, ignore
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LOC
Place Example location
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PUT
To prune , reckon, think Example amputate, compute
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RADIC
Root Example radical
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ROG
To ask Example arrogant
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SPIR
To breathe Example spirit, conspire
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-ify, efy
To make Example: pacify
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-ific
Making, causing Example pacific, terrific
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AL, ALT
To nourish, grow tall Example alumnus, altitude
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MEDI
Middle Example median
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MIGR
To move from one place to another Example migrate
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MORT
Death Example mortal
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PET
To seek, assail Example: compete
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PUG(N)
To fight; a fist Example repugnant
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GRAT
Pleasing; grateful Example gratitude
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MISC, MIXT
To mix Example mixture
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MOV, MOT
To move Example movement
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NEG
To deny Example negative
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PURG
To clean Example purge
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VULG
Common, ordinary Example vulgar
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CORD
Heart Example cordial, accord
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FLECT, FLEX
To bend Example deflection
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MAN(u)
Hand Example manicure
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PORT
To carry Example portable
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STRU, STRUCT
To build Example structure
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TERMIN
Boundary , end Example terminal
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VINC, VICT
To conquer Example convince , victor
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AUD
To hear Example Audi
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CARN
Flesh Example: carnage
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NUNCI
To announce Example: annunciation
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PRESS
To press Example pressure
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PROPRI
One's own; fitting Example: propietary
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SAT(IS)
Enough Example: satiate

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