Word Roots Flashcards
(181 cards)
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a
A
without, not
amoral
atheist
atypical
anonymous
apathy
atrophy (wasting away of bodily tissue)
anomaly agnostic
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ab, abs
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off, away from, apart, down
abduct
abhor
abolish
abstract
abnormal
abdicate
abstinence
abstruse (hard to understand, secret, hidden)
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ac, acr
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sharp, bitter
acid
acute (sharp at the end, ending in a point)
acerbic (sour in tast; harsh in temper)
acrid (sharp or biting to the taste or smell)
acrimonious (caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature)
exacerbate (aggravate)
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act, ag
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to do; to drive; to force; to lead
agile
agitate (to move or voce into violent, irregular action)
litigate
prodigal (wastefully or recklessly extravagant)
pedagogue (a teacher)
synagogue
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ad, al
A
to, towards, near
adapt
adjacent
addict
admire
address
adhere
adjoin
advocate
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al, ali, alter
A
other, another
alternative
alias
alibi
alien
alter ego
altruist
allegory (figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
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am
A
love
amateur
amatory (of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking)
amenity (agreeable ways or manners)
amorous
enamored
amity (friendship, peaceful harmony)
inamorata (a female lover) amiable amicable
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amb
A
to go; to walk
ambient (moving freely; circulating)
ambitious
preamble
ambassador
ambulatory (of, pertaining to, or capable of walking)
ambush
perambulator (one who makes a tour of inspection on foot)
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ambi, amph
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both, more than one, around
ambiguous
amphibian
ambidextrous
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anim
A
of the life, mind, soul, spirit
unanimous
animosity
animus (hostile feeling or attitude)
equanimity (mental or emotional stability especially under tension)
magnanimous (generous in forgiving an insult or injury)
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annui, enni
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year
annual
anniversary
annuity
perennial (lasting for an indefinite amount of time)
annals (a record of events, a yearly record)
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ante
A
before
anterior
antecedent
antedate (precede in time)
antebellum
antediluvian (belonging to the period before the biblical flood; very old or old fashioned)
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anthro, andr
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man, human
android
misanthrope
philanderer
androgynous
androgen (any substance that promotes masculine characteristics)
anthropocentric (regarding humanity as the central fact of the universe)
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anti
A
against
antibody
antidote
antiseptic
antipathy
antipodal (on the opposite side of the globe)
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Q
apo
A
away
apology
apostle
apocalypse
apogee (the highest or most distant point)
apocryphal (of doubtful authorship or authenticity)
apostasy (a total desertion of one’s religion, principles, party, cause, etc.)
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Q
arch, archi, archy
A
cheif, principal, ruler
architect
archenemy
monarchy
anarcy
oligarchy
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auto
A
self
automatic
autocrat (an absolute ruler)
autonomy
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be
A
to be; to have a quality; to exist
belittle
bemoan (to express pity for)
bewilder
belie (to misrepresent; to contradict)
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Q
bel, beli
A
war
antebellum
rebel
beligerent
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ben, bon
A
good
benefit
benign
benediction
benevolent
bonus
bona fide
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Q
bi
A
two
binocular
biennial
bilateral
bilungual
bipartisan
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cad, cid
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to fall; to happen by chance
accident
conincidence
decadent (decaying, deteriorating)
cascade
recidivist (one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime)
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cant, cent, chant
A
to sing
accent
chant
enchant
recant (to withdraw or disavow a statement)
incantation
incentive
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cap, cip, cept
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to take; to get
capture
anticipate
susceptible
emancipate
percipient (having perception; discerning)
precept (a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct)
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**cap, capit, cipit**
**head, healong**
capital
disciple
precipitate (to hasten to occurance of)
precipice (a cliff with a vertical face)
capitulate (to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms)
caption
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**card, cord, cour**
**heart**
cardiac
encourage
concord (agreement; peace, amity)
discord
concordance
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**carn**
**flesh**
carnivorous
carnage
carnival
reincarnation
incarnation (a being invested with a bodily form)
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**cast, chast**
**cut**
cast (to throw or hurl; fling)
caste (a hereditary social group)
castigate (to punish in order to correct)
chastise (to discipline, esp corporally)
chaste (decent)
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**ced, ceed, cess**
**to go; to yield; to stop**
antecedent
concede (to acknowledge as true; admit)
predecessor
cessation (a temporary or complete discontinuance)
incessant (without stop)
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**centr**
**center**
concentrate (to bring to a comon center)
eccentric (off-center)
concentric (having a common center)
centrifuge
centrist
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**cern, cert, cret, crim, crit**
**separate; judge; distinguish; decide**
discrete (detached from others, sepaarate)
ascertain (to make sure of; determine)
certitude (freedom from doubt)
discreet (judicious in one's conduct of speech)
hypocrite
criterion
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**chron**
**time**
synchronize
chronology
anachronism (an osolete or archaic form)
chronic (constant, habitual)
chronometer
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**circu**
**around, on all sides**
circumference
circumstance
circuit
cicumambulate (to walk about or around)
circuitous (roundabout, indirect)
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**cis**
**to cut**
scissors
precise
exorcise (to seek to expel an evil spirit)
incision
incisive (penetrating, cutting)
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**cla, clo, clu**
**shut, close**
conclude
claustrophobia
disclose (to make known, reveal)
exclusive
cloister
preclude (to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of)
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**claim, clam**
**to shout, to cry out**
exclaim
proclaim (to announce in an official way)
clamor
disclaim (to deny interest in or connection with)
reclaim
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**cli**
**to lean toward**
decline
recline
climax
proclivity (inclination, bias)
disinclination (aversion, distaste)
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**co, col, com, con**
**with, together**
connect
coerce
compatible
collide
collaborate
concilliate (to placate, win over)
commensurate (suitable in measure, proportionate)
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**cour, cur**
**running, a course**
recur (to happen again)
curriculum
courier
excursion
cursive
concur
incursion (a hostile, sudden entrance into a place)
cursory (going rapidly over sometly; hasty, superficial)
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**cre, cresc, cret**
**to grow**
accrue (to e added as a matter of periodic gain)
creation
increaseincrement
accretion (an increase by natural growth)
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**cred**
**to believe, trust**
incredible
credentials
credo (any formula of belief)
credulity (willingness to believe or trust too redily)
credit (trustworthiness)
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**cryp**
**hidden**
crypt
apocryphal (of doubtful authorship or authenticity)
cryptology (science of interpreting codes)
cryptography (process of making codes)
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**cum, cumb**
**to lie down**
cubicle
succumb
incubate
incumbent
recumbent (lying down; reclining; leaning)
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**culp**
**blame**
culprit
culpable (deserving blame or censure)
inculpate (to charge with fault)
mea culpa (my fault)
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**dac, doc**
**to teach**
doctor
doctring
indoctrinate
docile (easily managed or handled)
didactic (intended for instruction)
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**de**
**away, off, down, completely, reversal**
descent
decipher
defile (to make foul, dirty)
defame (to attack the good anme or reputation of)
deferential (respectful)
delineate
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**dem**
**people**
democracy
epidemic
endemic (peculiar to a particular people or locality)
pandemic
demographics
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**di, dia**
**apart, through**
dialogue
diagnose
dialte
dilatory (incined to delay or procrastinate)
dichotomy (division into two parts, kinds, etc)
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**dic, dict, dit**
**to say, tell, use words**
dictionary
predict
verdict
interdict (to forbid; prohibit)
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**dign**
**worth**
dignity
dignitary
deign (to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity)
condign (well deserved; fitting; adequate)
disdain
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**dis, dif**
**away from, apart, reversal, not**
disperse
disseminate
dissipate
dissuade
diffuse (to pour out and spread)
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**dog, dox**
**opinion**
orthodox
paradox
dogma
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**dol**
**suffer, pain**
condolence
indolence (a state of being lazy or slothful)
doleful (sorrowful, mournful)
dolorous (full of pain or sorrow)
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**don, dot, dow**
**to give**
donate
pardon
antidote
anecdote
endow
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**dub**
**doubt**
dubious (doubtful)
dubiety (doubtfulness)
indubitable (unquestionable)
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**duc, duct**
**to lead**
abduct
conduct
conducive (contributive, helpful)
induce (to lead or move by influence)
induct (install in a position with)
produce
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**dur**
**hard**
endure
durable
duress (compulsion by threat, coercion)
dour (sullen, gloomy)
duration
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**dys**
**faulty, abnormal**
dystrophy (faulty or inadequate nutrition or development)
dyspepsia (impaired digestion)
dyslexia
dysfunctional (poorly functioning)
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**e, ef, ex**
**out, out of , from, former, completely**
evade
exclude
extricate (to disentangle, release)
exonerate
expire
efface (to rub or wipe out; surpass, eclipse)
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**epi**
**upon**
epidemic
epilogue
epidermis
epigram (a witty or pointed sayig tersely expressed)
epithet (a word or phrase, used invectively as a term of abuse)
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**equ**
**equal, even**
equation
adequate
equidistant
iniquity (gross injustice)
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**err**
**to wander**
err
error
erratic
arrant (downright, thorough, notorious)
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**esce**
**becoming**
adolescent
absolescent (becoming obsolete)
incandescent
convalescent (recovering from illness)
reminiscent
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**eu**
**good, well**
euhemism (pleasant sounding term for something unpleasant)
eulogy
eugenics (improvement of qualities of race by control of inherited characteristics)
euthanasia
euphony (pleasantness of sound)
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**extra**
**outside, beyond**
extraordinary
extract
extradite
extrasensory
extrapolate (to estimate)
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**fab, fam**
**speak**
fable
affable (friendly, courteous)
ineffable (too great for description in words; that which must not be uttered)
famous
defame
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**fac, fic, fig, fait, feit, fy**
**to do, make**
factory
faction (small dissenting froup within larger one)
deficient
prolific (producing many offspring or much output)
configuration
ratify
effigy
counterfeit
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**fer**
**to bring, carry, bear**
offer
confer (to grant, betow)
referendum
proffer (to offer)
proliferate (to reproduce, produce rapidly)
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**ferv**
**to boil, bubble**
fervor (passion, zeal)
fervid (ardent, intense)
effervescent
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**fid**
**faith, trust**
confide
affidavit
fidelity
fiduciary (of a trust, held or given in trust)
infidel (disbeliever of the true religion)
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**fin**
**end**
final
confine
definitive
infinite
infinitesimal (infinitely or very small)
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**flag, flam**
**to burn**
flammable
flambeau (a lighted torch)
flagrant (blatant, scandalous)
conflagration (a large destructive fire)
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**flect, flex**
**to bend**
deflect
flexible
inflect
reflect
genufect
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**flu, flux**
**to flow**
fluid
fluctuation
effluence (flowing out of)
confluence (mergineg into one)
mellifluous (pleasing, musical)
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**fore**
**before**
foresight
foreshadow
forestall (to prevent by advance action)
forthright (straightforward)
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**fort**
**chance**
fortune
fortunate
fortuitous (happening by luck)
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**fort**
**strength**
fortify
fortissimo (very loud)
forte (stong point; something a person does well)
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**fra, frac, frag, fring**
**to break**
fracture
fragment
fractious (irritable, peevish)
refractory (stubborn, unmanageable, rebellious)
infringe (to break or violate)
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**fus**
**to pour**
profuse (lavish, extravagant, copious)
fusillade (coninuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticsm)
uffuse (to spreak throughout or over from within)
diffuse
infusion
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**gen**
**birth, creation, race, kind**
generous
genetics
gender
carcinogenic
congenital (existing or as such from birth)
progeny (offspring, descendants)
miscegenation (interbreeding of races)
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**gn, gno**
**know**
agnostic
ignore
ignoramus (a person lacking knowledge)
recognize
incognito
prognosis
diagnose
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**grad, gress**
**to step**
progress
aggressive
derade
digress (to depart from main subject)
egress (going out; way out)
regress (to move backward, revert to an earlier state)
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**grat**
**pleasing**
grateful
ingratiate (to bring oneself into favor)
gratuity
gracious
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**her, hes**
**to stick**
coherent (logically consistent)
adhesive
inherent
adherent (able to adhere; believer or advocate of a particular thing)
heredity
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**(h)etero**
**different**
heterosexual
heterogeneous
heterodox (different from acknowledged standard)
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**(h)om**
**same**
homogeneous
homonym
homosexual
anomaly (deviation from the common rule)
homeostasis (a relatively stable state of equilibrium)
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**hyper**
**over, excessive**
hyeractive
hyperbody
hyperglycemia
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**hypo**
**under, beneath, less than**
hypodermic (relating to the parts beneath the sin)
hypochondriac
hypocritical
hypothesis (assumption subjet to proof)
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**idio**
**one's own**
idiot
idiom
idiosyncrasy
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**im, in, em, en**
**in, into**
embrace
enclose
intrinsic (belonging to a thing by its very nature)
influx (inflow)
implicit (implied)
incarnate (given a bodily form)
indigenous
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**im, in**
**not, without**
inactive
innocuous (not harmful or injurious)
indolence (showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful)
impartial
indigent (deficient in what is requisite)
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**inter**
**between, among**
interstate
interim
interloper (one who intrudes in the domain of others)
intermittent (stopping or ceasing for a time)
intersperse
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**ject**
**to throw, throw down**
inject
dejected (sad, depressed)
eject
conjecture (formation of opinion on incomplete information)
abject (utterly hopeless, humiliating, or wretched)
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**join, junct**
**to meet, join**
juntion
adjoin
subjugate (to conquer)
rejoinder (to reply, retort)
junta
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**jur**
**to swear**
perjury
abjure (to renounce on oath)
adjure (to beg or command)
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**lav, lut, luv**
**to wash**
lavatory
dilute
pollute
deluge (a great flood of water)
ablution (act of cleansing)
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**lect, leg**
**to select, choose**
collect
elect
select
eclectic
predilection (preference, liking)
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**lev**
**lift, light, rise**
relieve (mitigate)
alleviate (lessen)
relevant
levee
levitate
levity (humor, frivolity, gaiety)
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**loc, log, loqu**
**word, speech**
dialogue
elocution (art of clear and expressive seaking)
prologue
eulogy
colloquial
grandiloquent (pompous or inflated in language)
loquacious
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**luc, lum, lus**
**light**
illustrate
illuinate
illustrious (highy distinguished)
translucent
lackluster
lucid (easily understood, intelligible)
luminous (bright, brilliant, glowing)
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**lud, lus**
**play**
allude
illusion
ludicrous
delude (to mislead the mind or judgment of, deceive)
elude (to avoid cature)
prelude (a preliminary to an action, event)
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**mag, maj, max**
**big**
magnify
magnitude
maximum
magnate (a powerful or influential peron)
magnanimous (generous in forgiving an insult of injury)
maxim (an expression of general truth or principle)
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**mal, male**
**bad, ill, evil, wrong**
malfuction
malicious (full of or showing malice)
malign (to slander)
malady (a disorder of the doby)
maladroit (clumsy, tactless)
malapropism (humorous misuse of a word)
malfeasance (misconduct or wrongdoing often by an official)
malediction (a curse)
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**man**
**hand**
manual
manufacture
emancipate
manifest (readily perceived by the eye or the understanding)
mandate
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**min**
**small**
minute
minutiae (small or trivial details)
miniature
diminish (to lessen)
diminution (the act or process of diminishing)
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**min**
**to project, to hang over**
eminent (towering above others; projecting)
imminent (about to occur; impending)
prominent (projecting outward)
preeminent (superior to or notable above all others)
minatory (menacing, threatening)
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**mis, mit**
**to send**
transmit
emissary (a messenger or agent sent to represent)
intermittent
remit (to send money)
remission (a lessening of intensity or degree)
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**misc**
**mixed**
miscellaneous
miscegenation
promiscuous (consisting of diverse and unrelated parts or individuals)
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**mon, monit**
**to remind, warn**
monument
monitor
summon (to call together)
admonish (caution)
remonstrate (to say or plead in protect, objection, reproof)
premonition (forewarning, presentiment)
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**morph**
**shape**
amorphous (without definite form)
metamorphosis
anthropomorphism (attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects)
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**mort**
**death**
immortal
morbid
moribund (dying, decaying)
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**mut**
**change**
commute (to substitute; exchange, interchange)
mutation
tranmutation (the act of changing from one form into another0
permutation (transformation)
immutable (unchangeable, invariable)
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**nat, nas, nai**
**to be born**
natural
native
naive
cognate (related by blood; having a common ancestor)
renaissance
nascent (starting to develop)
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**nic, noc, nox**
**harm**
innocent
noxious (injurous or harmful to health or morals)
obnoxious
innocuous (having no adverse effect, harmless)
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**nom**
**rule, order**
astronomy
economy
gastronomy
taxonomy (the sceince, laws, or pinciples or classification)
autonomy (independence)
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**nom, nym, noun, nown**
**name**
synonym
anonymous
nominal (existing in name only; negligible)
nominate
nomenclature (a system of names; systematic naming)
acronym
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**nounc, nunc**
**to announce**
announce
pronounce
renounce (to give up)
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**nov, neo, nou**
**new**
novice
anovate
innovate
neologism (a newly coined word, phrase, or expression)
neophyte (a recent convert)
nouveau riche (one who has lately become rich)
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**ob, oc, of, op**
**toward, to, against, over**
obese
obstinate (stubbornly adhering to an idea, inflexible)
obstruct
oblique
obstreperous (noisily defiant, unruly)
obtuse (not sharp)
obfuscate (to render indistinct or dim; darken)
obsequious (overly sumissive)
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**omni**
**all**
omnibus (an anthology of the works of one author or of writing on related subjects)
omnipresent
omnipotent
omniscient
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**pac, peac**
**peace**
appease
pacify
acifier
pact
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**pan**
**all, everyone**
panorama
panegyric (formal or elaborate praise at an assembly)
panoply (a wide-ranging and impressive array or display)
pantheon
pandemic
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**par**
**equal**
par (an equality in value or standing)
parity (equality, as in amount, staus, or character)
apartheid
disparage (to belittle)
disparate (essentially different)
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**para**
**next to, beside**
parallel
parasite
parody
parable
paragon (a model of excellence)
paranoid
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**pas, pat, path**
**feeling, suffering, disease**
sympathy
empathy
compassion
dispassionate
impassive (showing or feeling no emotion)
sociopath
pathogenic (causing disease)
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**pau, po, pov, pu**
**few, little, poor**
poverty
paucity (smallness of quantity; scarcity; scaniness)
pauper
impverish
pusillanimous (lacking courage or resolution)
puerile (childish, immature)
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**ped**
**child, education**
pedagogue (a teacher)
pediatrician
pedant (one who displays learning ostentatiously)
encyclopedia
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**ped, pod**
**foot**
pedal
pedestrian
expedite
impede
podium
antipodes (places diametrically opposite each other on the globe)
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**pen, pun**
**to pay, to compensate**
penal
penalty
punitive
penance (a punishment undergone to express regret for a sin)
penitent (contrite)
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**pend, pens**
**to hang, to weigh, to pay**
depend
stipend
compensate
indispensable
appendix
appendage
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**per**
**completely**
persistent
perforate
perplex
peruse (to read with thoroughness or care)
perfunctory (erformed merely as routine duty)
perinacious (resolute)
perspicacious (shrewd, astute)
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**peri**
**around**
perimeter
periscope
peripatetic (walking or traveling about; itinerant)
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**pet, pit**
**to go, seek, strive**
appetite
compete
petition
centripetal (moving toward the center)
impetuous (characterized by sudden or rash action or emotion)
petulant (showing sudden irritation, esp over some annoyance)
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**phil**
**love**
philosophy
philatelist (one who loves or collects postage stamps)
philogoy (the study of literary texts)
bibliophile (one who loves or collects books)
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**plac**
**to please**
placid (pleasantly clam or peaceful)
placebo
implacable
complacent (self-satisfied, unconcerned)
complaisant (inclined or disposed to please)
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**ple**
**to fill**
complete
deplete
supplement
implement
replete (abundantly supplied)
plethora
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**plex, plic, ply**
**to fold, twist, tangle, bend**
complex
replica
implicity (not expressly stated, implied)
implicate (to show to be involved)
duplicity (deceitfulness in speech or conduct)
supplicate (to make humble and earnest entreaty)
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**pon, pos, pound**
**to put, place**
component
expose
expound (to set forth in detail)
justapose
repository (a receptacle for depositing)
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**port**
**to carry**
import
export
portable
deportment (conduct, behavior)
disport (to divert or amuse oneself)
importune (to urge or press with excessive persistance)
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**post**
**after**
posthumous
posterior
posterity (succeeding in future generations collectively)
post facto (after the fact)
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**pre**
**before**
precarious (dependent on cicumstances beyond control)
precocious (unusually advanced or mature in development or talent)
premonistion
presentiment (foreboding)
precendent
precept (a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct)
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**prehend, prise**
**to take, get, seize**
surprise
enterprise (a project undertaken)
reprehensible (deserving rebuke)
comprise
reprisals (retaliation against an enemy)
apprehend
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**pro**
**much, for, a lot**
prolific (highly fruitful)
profuse (spending or giving freely)
prodigal (wastefully or recklessly extravagant)
prodigious (exraordinary in size, amound, extent)
proselytize
propound (to set forth for consideration)
provident (having or showing foresight)
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**prob**
**to prove, test**
probe
approbation (praise, consideration)
opprobrium (the disgrace incurred by shameful conduct)
reprobate (a depraved or wicked person)
problematic
probity (honest, high-mindedness)
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**pug**
**to fight**
pugnacious (to quarrel or fight readily)
impugn (to challenge as false)
repugnant (objectionable or offensive)
pugilist (a fighter or boxer)
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**punc, pung, poign**
**to point, prick**
point
puntcture
pungent
compunction (a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong)
punctilious (strict or exact inthe ovservance of formalities)
expunge (to erase, eliminate completely)
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**que, quis**
**to seek**
acquire
exquisite
conquest
inquisitive
query
querulous (full of complaints)
perquisite (gratuity, tip)
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**qui**
**quiet**
disquiet
tranquil
acquiesce (to comply, give in)
quiescence (the condition of being at rest, still, inactive)
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**rid, ris**
**to laugh**
riddle
derision (the act of mockery)
risible (causing laughter)
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**rog**
**to ask**
interrogate
arrogant
abrogate (to abolish by formal means)
surrogate
derogatory (belittling, disparaging)
arrogate (to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously)
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**sacr, sanct, secr**
**sacred**
sacrifice
sanctify (to make holy)
sanction (authoriative permission or approval)
execrable (abominable)
sacrament
sacrilege (the violation of anything sacred)
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**sal, sil, sault, sult**
**to leap, jump**
insult
assault
somersault
salient (prominent or conspicuous)
resilient (able to spring back to original form after compression)
insolent (boldly rude or disrespectful)
exult (to show or feel triumphant joy)
desultory (at random, unmethodical)
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**sci**
**to know**
conscious
conscience
unconscionable (unscrupulous)
omniscient
prescient (having knowledge of things before they happen)
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**scribe, scrip**
**to write**
scribble
describe
script
postscript (any additino or supplement0
proscribe (condemn as harmfl or odious)
ascribe (to credit or assign, as to a cause or course)
conscription (draft)
transcript
circumscribe
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**se**
**apart**
select
separtate
seduce
segregate
secede
sequester (to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement)
sedition (incitement of discontent or rebellion against a goverment)
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**sec, sequ**
**to follow**
second
prosecute
sequence
obsequious (fawning)
non sequitur (an interference or a cnclusion that does not follow from the premises)
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**sed, sess, sid**
**to sit, be still, plan, plot**
preside (to exercise management or control)
resident
sediment
dissident (disagreeing, an in opinion or attitude)
residual
subidiary
insidious (intended to entrap or beguile)
assiduous (diligent, persistnat, hardworking)
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**sens, sent**
**to feel, be aware**
sense
sensory
sentiment
presentiment (a feeling that something is about t ohappen)
dissent (to differ in opinion, esp from teh majority)
resent (to feel or show displeasure)
sentinel (a person or thing that stands watch)
insensate (without feeling or sensitivity)
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**sol**
**to loosen, free**
dissolve
soluble
resolution
dissolution
dissolute (indiffernt to moral restraints)
absolution (forgivement for wrongdoing)
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**spec, spic, spit**
**to look, see**
perspective
speclation
suspicious
spectrum
retrospective
circumspect (watchful and discreet, cautious)
perspicacious (having keep metal perception and understanding)
conspicuus
specious (deceptively attractive)
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**sta, sti**
**to stand, be in place**
static
destitue (without means of subsistence)
obstinate (stubbornly adhering to a purpose, opinion, or course of action)
constitute (to make up)
stasis (equilibrium or inactivity caused by oppising equal forces)
apostasy (renunciation of an object of one's previous loyalty)
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**sua**
**smooth**
suave
persuade
dissuade
assuage (relieve, mitigate)
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**sub, sup**
**below**
submissive
subsidiary (serving to assist or supplement)
subliminal (existing or operating below the threshold of confidentce)
sbtle
subterfuge (an artifce or expedient used to evade a rule)
supposition (the act of assuming)
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**super, sur**
**above**
surpass
superlative
supersede (to replace in power)
supercilious (arrogant, haughty, condescending)
superfluous (estra, more than necessary)
surmount (to prevail)
surveillance
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**tac, tic**
**to be silent**
reticent (disposed to be silent or not to speak freely)
tacit (unspoken understanding)
taciturn (uncommunicative)
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**tain, ten, tent, tin**
**to hold**
detain
pertain
tenacious
abstention (the act of refraining voluntarily)
tenure (the holding or possessing of anything)
tenable (capable of being held)
sustenance
pertinacious (persistent, stubborn)
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**tend, tens, tent, tenu**
**to stretch, thin**
tension
tentative
tendentious (having a predisposition towards a point of view)
distend (to expand by stretching
attenuate (to weaken or reduce in force)
extenuating (making less serious by offering excuses)
contentious (quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent)
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**theo**
**god**
atheist
theocracy (a form of government in which a deity is recognized as the supreme ruler)
theology
apotheosis (glorification, florified ideal)
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**tract**
**to drag, pull, draw**
tractor
attract
contract
detract
abstract
tractable (easily managed or controlled)
protract (to prolong, draw out, extend)
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**trans**
**across**
transaction
transparent
transistion
transgress (to violate a law, command, or moral code)
transcendent (going beyond ordinary limits)
intransigent (refusing to agree or compromise)
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**us, ut**
**to use**
abuse
usage
usurp (to seize and hold)
utilitarian (efficient, functional, useful)
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**ven, vent**
**to come or to move forward**
convene
venturesome (showing a disposition to undertake risks
intervene (to come between disputing factions)
contravene (to come into confilct with)
adventitious (accidental)
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**ver**
**truth**
verdict
veracious (habitually truthful)
verity (truthfulness)
verisimilitude (the appearance or semblance of truth)
aver (to affirm, to declare to be true)
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**verd**
**green**
verdant (green with vegetation; inexperienced)
verdure (fresh, rich vegetation)
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**vers, vert**
**to turn**
controversy
revert
diverse
aversion (dislike)
introvert
extrovert
inadvertent (unintensional)
covert (hidden, clandestin)
avert (to turn away from)
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**vi**
**life**
vivid
vicarious
viable (capable of living)
vivacity (the quality of being lively, animated, spirited)
joie de vivre (joy of life)
convivial (sociable)
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**vid, vis**
**to see**
evident
video
adviser
survey
vista
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**vil**
**base, mean**
vilify (slander, defame)
revile (to criticize with harsh language)
vile (loathsome, unpleasant)
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**voc, vok**
**to call**
vocabulary
advocate
equivocate (to use ambiguous or unclear expressions)
vocation (a particular occupation)
avocation (something one does in addition to a principle occupation)
vociferous (crying out noisily)
conoke (to call together)
invoke (to call on a deity)
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**vol**
**wish, will**
voluntary
malevolent (characterized by or expressing bad will)
benevolent
volition (free choice, fee will; act of choosing)
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**vor**
**to eat**
voracious (haivng a great appetite)
carnivorous
omnivorous
