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Anim/mated

Adj

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Full of life; appearing to be alive

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Anim

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Breath or soul

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Magn/anim/ous

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Greatness of spirit; generous and forgiving

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Anim/osity

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Ill will or resentment

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In/anim/ate

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Lifeless, dull, not alive

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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

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Con/fig/ur/ation

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An arrangement of parts; shape or design

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Ef/fig/y

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A crude representation of a hated person

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Fig/ment

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Something imagined or created in your head

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Ann/ enn

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Year

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Ann/unity

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Money that is payable yearly at a point in time

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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Outworn, old-fashioned, or out of date; or forced to retire because of infirmity

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Mill/enn/ ium

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A period of time lasting 1000 years

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Per/enn/ial

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Continuing to grow year after year, enduring

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Ev

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Age or lifetime

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Co/ev/al

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Having the same age or lasting the same amount of time

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Long/ev/ity

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A long duration of life; long, continuance

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Medi/ev/al
*middle

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Relating to the Middle Ages of European history

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Prim/ev/al
*first

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Having to with the earliest ages or existing from the beginning

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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

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Corp/oral

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Relating to or affecting the body

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In/corp/or/ate Verb
To blend or combine into something already existing
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Tang/tact
To touch
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Tact Verb
The ability to deal with others without offending them
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Tact/ile Adj
Relating to the sense of touch
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Tang/enti/al Adj
Touching lightly; incidental
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Tang/ible Adj
Physical
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Codi/code
Trunk of a tree
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Code/x Adj
A book in handwritten form
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Codi/cil Noun
An amendment or attachment/addition
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Codi/fy Verb
Classify; arrange in a system
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Sign
Mark or sign
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Sign/ify Verb
To be a sign of something; to mean something
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In/sign/ia Noun
A distinguishing mark or sign
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Sign/at/ory Noun
One who signs an agreement with another
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Sign/et Noun
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
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Quadr/quart
Four or fourth
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Quadr/ant Adj
A quarter of a circle or any of four quarters into which something is divided
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Quadr/ille Noun
A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th Century
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Quad/riplegic Adj
Paralyzed in both arms and legs
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Quart/ile Adj
One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population
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Tetr
Four
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Tetra/cycl/ine Adj
A broad spectrum antibiotic
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Tetra/hedron Adj
A solid shape formed by four flat faces
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Tetra/pod Adj
A vertebrate with 2 pairs of limbs
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Tetra/logy Noun
A set or four connected pieces of art, music, or literature
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Capit
Head
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Capit/al/ism Noun
An economic system based on private ownership, private decisions, and open competition in a free market
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Capit/ul/ate Verb
To surrender, give-up
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De/capit/ate Verb
Remove the head
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Re/capit/ul/ate Verb
To summarize, review
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Anthrop
Human being
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Anthrop/oid Noun
Large apes without tails
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Lyc/anthrop/y Adj
Transforming into a wolf
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Anthrop/ology Noun
Study of humans
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Mis/anthrop/ic Adj
Distrusting humans; cynic and Grinch are synonyms
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Kine
Movement
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Kine/si/ology Noun
Scientific study of human movement
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Kine/scope Adj
A motion picture made from the image on a picture tube
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Hyper/kine/tic Adj
Hyperactivity
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Tele/kine/sis Noun
The movement is objects without physical means
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Dynam
Power
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Dynam/ic Adj
Productive, energetic, forceful
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Dynam/o Adj
A forceful or energetic person
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Aero/dynam/ics Noun
The science of how air or gas moves around an object
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Hydro/dynam/ics Noun
The science of how water moves around an object to create power
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Grad
Step or degree
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Grad/ation Adj
A series of successive stages of steps
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De/grad/e Verb
To disrespect someone by word or action
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Grad/ient Adj
Slope it grade
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Retro/grad/e Verb
Lessening to a degree; taking a step back
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Reg
Rule
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Reg/im/en Noun
A regular course of action or treatment
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Inter/reg/num Noun
A time when the throne is vacant during two successive regimes or reigns
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Reg/ency Noun
A period of time in which a regent rules instead of a king or queen
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Reg/alia Noun
The formal symbols, emblems, or official dress of royalty
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Crit
To judge
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Crit/erion Noun
Condition, standard of judgement, a rule or principle for evaluating
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Crit/ique Adj
A judgement or evaluation
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Hyper/crit/ic/al Adj
Overly critical
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Hema/to/crit Noun
The ratio of the volume of red blood cells to whole blood
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Jur
To swear or take an oath
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Jur/is/prud/ence Noun
A system of law; the study of the philosophy of law
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Ab/jur/e Verb
To reject formally
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Per/jur/y Adj
To swear harmfully; to hurt oneself by swearing because you are telling a lie under oath
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De/jur/e Adj
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
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Pentateuch
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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Pentecostal
Relating to various fundamental sects that steers personal experience if God and vocal expression or worship
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Quint
Five (Latin)
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Quin/cent/enni/al Adj
500th anniversary, celebration
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Quint/essenti/al Adj
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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