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Greek and Latin Roots and Prefixes Prefix or Root word
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Greek and Latin Roots and Prefixes
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Prefix or Root word
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Definition
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Example
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ab
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away
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absent
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acro
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top, tip, end
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acrobat, acrophobia
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ambi
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around, both
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ambidextrous, ambiance
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amphi
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both, around
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amphibian
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annus
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year
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annual
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ant, anti
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against
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antivivsection
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ante
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before
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antecedent
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aqua
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water
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aqueous
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arbitr
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to judge
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arbritration
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archa, arshae
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ancient
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archeology
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aud
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to hear
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auditory
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auto
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self
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autobiography
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ben, bon
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good, well
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benefit
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bi
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two
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bicycle
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biblio
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book
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bibliography
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bio
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life
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biology
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capit, cipit
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head
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decapitate
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carnis
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flesh
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carnivore
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cede
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to yeild, to go
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recede
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cent
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one hundred
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percent
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chroma
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color
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monochromatic
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civ
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citizen
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civilian
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claud
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close, shut, block
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conclusion
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cog
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to know
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cognitive
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contro, contra
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against
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contradict
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cor, cord, cour, card
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heart
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cardiac
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corpus
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body
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corpse
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cosmos
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world, order
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cosmopolitan
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cred
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believe, trust
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credentials
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de
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from, away, off
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defrost, depress
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deca, dec, deka
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ten
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decade
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dem
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people
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democracy
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dent, oden
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tooth
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dentist
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derm
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skin
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dermatologist
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dia
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through, across
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dialect, dialysis
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dic, dict
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to say, to speak, assert
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dictation
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du
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double, two
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duet
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dys
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difficult, bad
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dyslexia
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ego
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I
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egomaniac
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ep, epi
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upon
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epistle
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ethn
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nation
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ethnicity
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eu
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good , well
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eulogy
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extra
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beyond
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extraordinary
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fen
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to strike
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fencing
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fid
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trust, faith
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fidelity
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fore
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before
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foreshadowing
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frater
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brother
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fraternity
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fum
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smoke, scent
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fumigate
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gam
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marriage
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polygamy
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gastro
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stomach
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gastric
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gen
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race, family, kind
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geneology
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geo
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earth
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geology
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gno, kno
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to know
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ignorant, cognition
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graph, gram
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write, draw, record
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lithography
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hemi
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half
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hemisphere
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hetero
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various, unlike
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heterosexual
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hier
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sacred
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hieroglyphic
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hom
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human
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homocide
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homo
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same
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homonym
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hosp
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guest
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hospitality
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host
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enenmy, stranger
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hostile
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hydro
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water
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hydroponics
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hyper
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abover, beyond
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hyperactivity
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hypno
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sleep
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hypnosis
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hypo
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under, less
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hypochondriac
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ideo, idea
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idea
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ideogram
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inter
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between
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intercept, intervention
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intro, intra
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within
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intrastate
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iso
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equal
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equal
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isos
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equal, alike
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isometric
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juven
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young
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juvenile
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kilo
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thousand
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kilogram
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laud
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praise
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applaud
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lingu, langu
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tounge
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linguistics
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liver, liber
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free
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liberate
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locu, loqu
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word, speak
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soliloquy
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log
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idea, word, speech
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logic
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luc, lum
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light
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luminate
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luna
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moon
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lunar
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macro
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long, large
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macrocosm
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magn, mag, meg, meg
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great
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magnanimous
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mal
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bad
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malevolent
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man
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hand
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manicure
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mater
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mother
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maternity
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mega
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great
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megapod
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meta
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after
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metathesis
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micro
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small
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microphone
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migr
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to move, travel
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migrate
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mill
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thousand
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millennium
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mis
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wrong
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misunderstand
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mono
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one
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monotone
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mort
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death
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mortician
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multi
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many
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multiply
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neo
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new
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neonatal
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noc, nox
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night, harm
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nocturnal
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non
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not
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nonconformity
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octo
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eight
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octogon
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omni
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all
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omniscient
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opt
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eye
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optical
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paleo
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long ago, ancient
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paleontologist
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pater
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father
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paternal
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ped, pes
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foot
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pedestrian
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penta
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five
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pentathlon
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per
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through, completely
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perfect,
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peri
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around
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perimeter
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phon
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sound, voice
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phonetics
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photo
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light
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photography
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pneu
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breath
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pneumonia
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polis, polit
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citizen, city
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police officer
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poly
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many
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polyglot
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port
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to carry
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portable
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post
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after
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postdate
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pre
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before
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precedent
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prim, prin
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first
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prmitive
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pro
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forward
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procrastinate
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pronto
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first
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protozoa
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pseudo
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FALSE
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pseudonym
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psych
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mind, soul, spirit
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psychology
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pyr
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fire
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pyromaniac
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quad
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four
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quadriceps
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re
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again
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recompense
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retro
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backward, behind
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retrograde
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scope
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to see
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miceoscope
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se
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apart
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seclude
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semi
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half
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semicircle
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sol
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sun
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solar
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sol, soli
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alone, lonely
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soliloquy
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somn
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sleep
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Sominex
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soph
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wise
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sophomoric
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sover
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above, over
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sovereign
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sub
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under
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submarine
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super
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greater, beyond
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superintendent
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tele
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far off
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telephone
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term
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boundry, limit
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terminator
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terra
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earth
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terrace
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tetra
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four
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tetrarch
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theo
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god
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monotheism
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topo
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place
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topography
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trans
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across, over
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transfer
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tri
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three
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tricycle
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ultra
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beyond
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ultrasound
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un
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not
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undo
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uni
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one
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unicycle
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vac
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empty
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vacuum
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ver
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truth
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verify
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via
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way, road
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viaticum
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vis,vid
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to see, look
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vision
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viv,vit
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life
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revive
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voc, vok
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voice, call
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revoke
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zoo
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animal
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zoology
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