Word Roots Flashcards
(199 cards)
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Q
A
A
without
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Ab/Abs
A
off, away from, apart, down
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Ac/Acr
A
sharp, bitter
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Act/Ag
A
to do to drive, to force, to lead
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Ad/Al
A
to , toward, near
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Al/Ali/Alter
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other, another
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Am
A
love
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Amb
A
to go, to walk
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Amb/ Amph
A
around
amphitheater
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AMb/Amph
A
both, more than one
ambiguous
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Ante
A
Life, mind, soul, spirit
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Anthro/ Andr
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Man, human
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Annu/ Enni
A
year
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Anti
A
against
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Apo
A
away
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Apt/Ept
A
skill, fitness, ability
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Arch/Archi
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chief, principal
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Archy
A
ruler
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Art
A
skill, craft
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Auc/Aug/Aux
A
to increase
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Auto
A
self
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Be
A
to be, to have a certain quality
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Bel/Bell
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war
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Ben/Bon
A
good
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Bi
twice, doubly
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Bri/Brev
brief, short
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Cad/Cid
to fall, to happen by chance
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Cand
to burn
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Cant/Cent/Chant
to sing
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Cap/Cip/Cept
to take, to get
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Cap/Capit/Cip
head, headlong
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Card/Cord/Cour
heart
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Carn
flesh
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Cast/Chast
cut
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Caust
to burn
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Ced/Ceed/Cess
to go, to yield, to stop
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Centr
center
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Cern/Cert/Cret/Crim/Crit
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
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Chron
time
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Circu
around, on all sides
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Cis
to cut
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Cla/Clo/Clu
shut, close
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Claim/Clam
to shout, to cry out
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Cli
to learn toward
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Co/Col/Com/Con
with, together
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Crat/Cracy
to govern
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Cre/Cresc/Cret
to grow
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Cred
to believe, to trust
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Cryp
hidden
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Cub/Cumb
to lie down
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Culp
blame
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Cour/Cur
running, a course
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De
away, off, down, completely, reversal
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Dem
people
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Di/Dia
apart, through
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Dic/Dict/Dit
to say , to tell, to use words
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Dign
worth
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Dis/Dif
away from, apart, reversal, not
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Dac/ Doc
to teach
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Dog/Dox
opinion
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Dol
suffer, pain
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Don/Dot/Dow
to give
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Dub
doubt
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Duc/Duct
to lead
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Dur
to lead
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Dur
hard
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Dys
faulty
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Epi
upon
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Equ
equal, even
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Err
to wander
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Esce
becoming
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Eu
good, well
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E/Ef/Ex
out, out of, from, former, completely
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Extra
outside of, beyond
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Fab/Fam
speak
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Fac/Fic/Fig/Fait/Feit/Fy
to do, to make
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Fer
to bring, to carry, to bear
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Ferv/Ferm
to boil, to bubble, to burn
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Fid
faith,trust
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Fin
end
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Flag/Flam
to burn
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Flect/Flex
to bend
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Flict
to strike
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Flu/Flux
to flow
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For
before
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Fort
chance
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Fra/Frac/Frag/Fring
to break
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Fruit/Frug
fruit, produce
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Fund/Found
bottom
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Fus
to pour
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Gen
birth, creation, race, kind
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Gn/Gno
know
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Grand
big
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Grat
pleasing
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Grav/Griev
heavy, serious
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Greg
herd
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Grad/Gress
to stop
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Her/Hes
to stick
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(H) etero
different
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(H)on
same
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Hyper
over, excessive
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Hypo
under, beneath, less than
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ID
one's own
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Im/In/Em/En
in, into
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Im/In
not, without
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Infra
beneath
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Inter
between, among
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Intra
within
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Ject
to throw, to throw down
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Join/Junct/Jug
to meet, to join
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Jur
to swear
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Lect/leg
to select, to choose
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Lev
lift, light, rise
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Loc/Log/Loqu
word, speech
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Luc/Lum/Lus
light
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Lud/Lus
to play
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Lut/Lug/Luv
to wash
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Mag/Maj/Max
big
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Mal/Male
bad, ill, evil, wrong
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Man
Hand
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Mater/Matr
woman, mother
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Min
small
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Min
to project, to hang over
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Mis/Mit
to send
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Misc
mixed
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Mon/Monit
to warn
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Morph
shape
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Mort/Mor
death
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Mut
change
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Nam/Nom/Noun/Nown/Nym
rule, order
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Nat/Nas/Nai
to be born
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Nec/Nic/Nox/Nai
harm, death
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Nom/Nym/Noun/Nown
name
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Nov/Neo/Nou
new
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Nounc/Nunc
to announce
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Ob/Oc/Of/Op
toward, to , against, completely
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Omni
all
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Pac/Peac
peace
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Pan
all, everywhere
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Par
equal
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Para
next to, beside
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Pas/Pat/Path
feeling, suffering, disease
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Pater/Patr
father, support
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Pau/Po/Pov/Pu
few, little, poor
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Ped
child
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Ped/Pod
foot
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Pen/Pun
to pay, to compensate
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Pend/Pens
to hang, to weigh, to pay
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Per
completely, wrong
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Peri
around
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Pet/Pit
to go, to seek, to strive
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Phil
love
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Phone/Phony
sound
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Plac
to please
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Ple
to fill
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Plex/Plic/Ply
to fold, to twist, to tangle, to bend
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Pon/Pos/Pound
to put, to place
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Port
to carry
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Post
after
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Pre
before
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Prehen/Prise
to take, to get, to seize
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Pro
much, for, a lot
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Prob
to prove, to test
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Pug
to fight
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Punc/Pung/Point
to point, to prick
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Que/Qui
to seek
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Wui
quiet
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Rid/Ris
to laugh
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Rog
to ask
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Sal/Sil/Sault/Sult
to leap, to jump
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Sacr/Sanct/Secr
Scared
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Sci
to know
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Scribe/Scrip
to write
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Se
apart
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Sec/Sequ
to follow
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Sed/Sess/Sid
to sit, to be still, to plan, to plot
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Sens/Sent
to feel, to be
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Sol
to loosen, to free
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Spec/Spic/Spit
to look, to see
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Sta/Sti
to stand, to be in a place
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Sua
smooth
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Sub/Sup
below
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Super/Sur
above
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Tac/Tic
to be silent
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Tain/Ten/Tent/Tin
to hold
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Tend/Tens/Tent/Tenu
to stretch, to thin
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Theo
god
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Tom
to cut
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Tort
to twist
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Tract
to drag, to pull, to draw
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Trans
across
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Us/Ut
to use
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Ven/Vent
to come, to move toward
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Ver
truth
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Vers/Vert
to turn
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Vi
life
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Vid/Vis
to see
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Voc/Vok
to call
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Vol
to wish
