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MEANING
BASE
EXAMPLES
act
to do, drive
action, actor, react, transact, enact
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ait
high
altitude, altimeter, altiplano
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anima, anim
life, mind
animal, animated
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ann, enn
year
annual, perennial, bicentennial
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aqua
water
aquarium, aquamarine, aquanaut
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arm
army, weapon
armory, armament
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arbitr, arbiter
to judge, consi.:ler
arbitrator, arbitrary, arbiter
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art
craft, skill
artist, artsy, artisan
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aud
to hear
audience, auditorium, audible
10.
bell
war
belligerent, bellicose
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cede
to go; to yield
intercede, supercede, concede
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cele
honor
celebrate, celebrities
13.
cent
one hundred
percent, bicentennial, centennial
cept, eapt, cip, eap,
to take hold, grasp
intercept, receive, receipt, capture
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eeive,ceipt
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eert
to be sure, to trust
certain, ascertain, certifiable
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eess, ced
to go; to yield
cessation, concession, accede, procession
n.
cid, cis
to cut off, be brief; to kill
concise, homicide, genocide
around
circumference, circle, circular
din
to lean, lie, bend
decline, incline, recline
cog
to think, consider
cognition, cognitive, recognize
eomput
to compute
computer, computation
heart
cardiovascular, coronary
corp
body
corpse, corpulence, corporate
cred
to believe, trust
credibility, incredible, credit, credential
crU,cris
to separate; t? discern, judge
criticism, critique, crisis
culp
fault, blame
culprit, culpable
curs, eurr, carr
to run
current, occurrence, curSOT,corral
custom
one's own
customized, customer, accustom
dent
tooth
dentist, dental, dentifrice
die, diet
to say, to speak; to assert
diction, dictionary, dictate
duct, due
to lead; to draw
aqueduct, abduct, conduct, reduce
dur
hard, lasting
duration, durable, endure
/8-. cire, cireum
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MEANING
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EXAMPLES
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ego
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egotistical, egocentric, egoism
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eqll
equal, fair
equality, equation, equator
35"". fac, fie, fect, fact
to make, do
facsimile, facility, defect, efficient
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fer
to carry, bear, bring
offer, transfer, aquifer
37.
fid
trust, faith
fidelity, infidel, infidelity
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fin
end, limit
finish, finite, infinite, final
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flu
to flow
fluid, flux, fluctuate
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form
shape, form
formal, formative, inform
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fort
strong
fortress, fortify, fortification
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frig
cool
frigid, refrigerate, frigorific
43.
fum
smoke; scent
fuming, fumigate, perfume
41./. gen
race, family, kind
genealogy, general, generation
45
, grad, gress
LIb. grat
step, degree, rank
grade, gradual, regress
pleasing, thankful
congratulate, gratitude, gratify
47.
grav, griev
heavy
gravitate, gravity, grieve
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1mb
to have, hold; to dwell
habit, habitat, inhabit
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horn
man, human
homage, homicide
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hasp
guest
hospital, hospitality
51.
host
enemy, stranger
hostile, hostility, host
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init
to begin, enter upon
initial, initiate, initiation
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jur, jus, judic
law, right, judgment
jurist, justify, judicial
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juven
young
juvenile, juvenility, rejuvenate
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labor
work
laboratory, laborer, laborious
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lat
lateral, side; wide
latitude, latitudinal
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laud
praise
laud, laudable, laudatory
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leg
law
legal, legislator, legitimate
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lev
to make light, to lift
elevator, lever, levitate
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liber
free
liberal, Hberate, libertarian
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lingu, langu
tongue
language, sublingual
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loc
place
local, localize, relocate, dislocate
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loeu, loqu, loeut
word, speak
elocution, eloquent, loquacious
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luc,lumin
light
illuminate, lucent, lucid
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MEANING
BASE
EXAMPLES
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manit
hand
manual, manufacture
mar
sea
marinate, marine, maritime
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med, medi
middle
mediate, medieval, mediocre
bt.
medic
physician, to heal
medical, medicine, medicinal
M.
memor
mindful
memorial, memory
70.
man
to remind, advise, warn
admonish, monitor, premonition
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ment
mind
mental, mentally, mentality
72-. migr
7$. mit, mis
to move, travel
immigrant, migration, migratory
to send
remission, missive, transmit
7'1.
mort
death
mortal, mortality, mortify
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1I10V,mob, mot
to move
mob, mobile, remove, motion
7.
mut
change, exchange
mutant, mutate, transmutate
77.
neeess
unavoidable
necessary, necessitate, necessity
7t.
noc,nox
harm
innocenti innocuous, nocent, obnoxious
79.
noc,nox
night
equinox, nocturnal, nocturne
f"o.
nomen, nomin
name
nominal, nominate, nomenclature
fr"1,
null, nihil, nil
nothing, void
nihilism, nil, nullify
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ord,ordin
to put in order
order, ordinal, ordinary
6"3.
par, pair
to arrange, get ready, set
parade, prepare, repair
part,pars
portion, part
partial, particle, partner
ped
foot
pedestal, pedestrian, pedal
pend, pond, pens
to weigh, pay; to consider
pension, pensive, ponder
pli,plie
to fold
pliable, plicate, replicate
rrg-. plllr,plus
more
plural, pluralistic, surplus
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port
to carry
import, export, portable
90.
pas
to place, put
position, positive
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pot
powerful
impotent, potent, potential
prim, prin
first
primary, prime, primitive, principal
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priv
separate
deprive, private, privilege
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prov,prob
to prove, test
probate, probation, prove
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reg,rig, reet
to rule; right, straight
regal, regent, region, rectify
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rupt
to break, burst
disrupt, eruption, rupture
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EXAMPLES
MEANING
BASE
saer, seer, sanet
sacred
desecrate, sacrifice, sacrilege, sanctify
sat, saUs
enough
insatiable, satisfy, satiate
sci
to know
conscience, science, scientist
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scrib, script
to write
inscribe, subscription, script
101.
sed, sid, sess
to sit; to settle
sedate, sediment, subside, session
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sent, sens
to feel
sense, sentimental, sentinel
103.
sequ, secut
to follow; sequence
consequence, sequel, consecutive
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simil, simul, sembI
like, similar
91.
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semblance, simulate, simile
10S". sol, soli
alone, lonely
soliloquy, solo, solitary
lOb.
somn
sleep
somnambulate, somnolent, somniloquy
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son
sound
sonic, soniferous, sonnet
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spec,spect, spie
to see, look at, behold
inspect, respect, spectacle, species
lot
spond,spans
to pledge, promise
sponsor, sponsorship, respond
tae, tic
silent
tacit, taciturn
temp
time
temporary, temper
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ten, tain, tent
to hold
contain, tenant, retention
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tend, tens
to stretch, strive
tendon, tension, distend
i ,Iof. termin
boundary, limit
terminal, terminate, determine
liS. test
1lJ,. tract
to witness, affirm
attest, contest, testify
to pull, draw
attract, retract, traction
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trib
to allot, give
attribute, tribute
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vae
empty
evacuate, vacuous, vacuum
lit.
ven, vent
to come
advent, convene, revenue
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ver
truth
veracity, verify, veritable
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vers, vert
to turn
adverse, conversion, invert
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vest
garment
vest, vestment
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vestig
to track
investigate, vestige
via
way, road
via, viaduct
/z,s-. vir
manliness; worth
virile, virility, virtue
iZb. vis,vid
to see, look
revision, video, visible
,Z,7. viv, vit
life
vital, vivacious, vivid
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voice, call
invocation, revoke, vocal
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vac, vak
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