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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bitter,sour | acerbic, acrimony |
| sharp | accurate, acute |
| do,go | agenda, agent |
| height | altimeter, altitude |
| other | alter ego,alternate,alternative |
| love,friendship | amiable,amicable,amorous,enamored |
| both | amphibian,amphibious |
| year | anniversary,annual,biennial,centennial,perennial |
| human | anthropology,misanthrope,philanthropy |
| old | antique,antiquated |
| water | aquatic,aquarium,aqueduct |
| first,ruler | archaic,archangel,matriarch,monarch,patriarch |
| joint | arthritis,arthroscopic |
| star | asterisk,asteroid,astronomy |
| listen | audible,audiotape,auditory,auditorium |
| war | bellicose,belligerent,rebel,rebellion |
| book | bible,bibliography,bibliophile |
| life | antibiotic,biography,biology,biometrics |
| short | abbreviate,brief |
| heat | caloric,calorie |
| take,seize | capable,captivate,capacity,capture,forceps,intercept |
| flesh | carnal,carnivorous,chili con carne,incarnate,reincarnation |
| burn | cauldron,caustic,cauterize |
| yield,go | accede,cede,concede,intercede,proceed,recede |
| color | chromatic,monochrome,polychrome |
| time | chronicle,chronology,chronometer,synchronize |
| kill | homicide,germicide,patricide,suicide |
| call,start | cite,citation,incite |
| citizen | civil,civilian,civilization |
| cry out | acclaim,clamor,exclamation,proclaim |
| know | cognitive,cognoscenti,incognito,recognize |
| heart | cordial,courage,discord,encourage |
| body | corporal,corporation,corpse,corpulent |
| universe | cosmopolitan,cosmos,microcosm |
| rule,ruler | qutocrat,bureaucrat,democracy,theocracy |
| belief | credible,credulous,credibility,credit,credo,creed,incredible |
| cross | crucifix,crucial,crux |
| hidden | crypt,cryptic,cryptogram |
| guilt | culpable,culprit |
| care | curator,curative,manicure,pedicure |
| run,happen | concur,current,incur,occur,recur |
| ten | decade,decathlon,decimate |
| god | deify,deity |
| people | democracy,demographics,epidemic,pandemic |
| teeth | dental,dentist,orthodontist |
| skin | dermatology,epidermis,hypodermic,taxidermy |
| say,speak | benediction,dictate,dictionary,indict,predict,verdict |
| teach | doctrine,document,indoctrinate |
| master | domain,dominate,dominion |
| sleep | dormant,dormitory |
| belief | heterodoxy,orthodox,paradox |
| lead | abduct,conduct,deduce,induce,reduce,seduction |
| two | dual,duet,duo,duopoly |
| hard,diffecult | durable,duration,endure |
| power | dynamic,dynamite,dynamo |
| inside | endoskeleton,endosperm |
| equal | equal,equanimity,equate,equity,equidistant |
| out | exterior,exterior,extraneous,exoskeleton |
| make,do | benefactor,factory,manufacture |
| carry | defer,ferry,infer,refer,transfer |
| faithful | confidante,fidelity,Fido,infidel |
| finish | final,finale,finish,finite |
| attach | affix,fixate,fixture,prefix,suffix |
| bend | deflect,flexible,inflexible,reflect |
| flow | fluent,fluid,fluctuate |
| shape | conform,form,uniform |
| strength | fort,forte,fortify,fortitude |
| break | fraction,fracture,infraction,refract |
| brother | fraternal,fraternity,fraternize |
| marriage | bigamy,monogamy,polygamy |
| stomach | gastric,gastritis,gastronomic |
| people | eugenics,genetic,genealogy |
| earth | geography,geology,geometry,geopolitical,geothermal |
| step | grade,gradual,graduate,transgression |
| write,writing | autograph,biography,geography,graphic,photography, pornography,telegraph |
| heavy | gravitate,gravity |
| herd | congregation,gregarious,segregate |
| sun | heliograph,heliotrope |
| blood | hemophilia,hematology,hemoglobin |
| stick | adhere,cohere,cohesion,hereditary |
| different | heterogeneous,heterosexual,heterodox |
| same | homogenize,homogenous,homonym,homosexual |
| water | dehydrate,hydrant,hydraulics,hydroelectric |
| fire | igneous,ignite,ignition |
| throw | deject,inject,interject,project,reject,subject |
| judge | adjudicate,judicial,judge |
| youth | juvenile,rejuvenate |
| wash | ablution,launder,lavatory,lotion |
| read | lectern,lecturer,legible |
| law | election,legal,legislate,legitimate |
| lighten | alleviate,levitate,levity |
| free | liberal,liberate,liberty |
| letter | alliteration,illiterate,literal,literature |
| place | allocate,local,location |
| word | dialogue,epilogue,logo,monologue,prologue |
| speak | colloquial,eloquent,loquacious |
| lighten | elucidate,lucid,pellucid |
| great | magnanious,magnate,magnificent,magnify,magnitude |
| hand | manage,manicure,manual,manufacture,manuscript |
| command | mandate,mandatory,remand |
| madness | kleptomania,mania,maniac,pyromania |
| sea | marine,mariner,maritime,mermaid |
| mother | maternal,maternity,matriarchy,matron |
| half | mediate,medieval,mediocre,medium |
| large | megacycle,megalopolis,megaphone |
| remembrance | memento,memo,memorable,memoir,memory,remember |
| measure | barometer,geometric,metric system,odometer,thermometer |
| tiny | microfilm,microscope,microwave |
| wander | emigrant,immigration,migrate |
| small | minority,minuscule,minute |
| send | emit,missile,mission,permit,remit,submit,transmit |
| move | automobile,mobile,motion,promote,movie |
| warning | admonition,monitor,premonition |
| one | monochromatic,monogamy,monopoly,monotheism |
| death | immortality,morbid,moribund,mortal,mortician,mortuary |
| change | amorphous,metamorphosis,morph,morphology |
| many | multifold,multiply,multitude |
| mutate | mutability,mutant,mutate |
| begin,be,born | innate,natal,native,renaissance |
| new | Neocene,neocortex,neolithic,neophyte |
| nerve | neurology,neurosis,neurobiology |
| name | nomenclature,nominal,nominate |
| new | innovation,novel,nova,novice,renovate |
| number | enumerate,innumerable,number,numeral |
| name | acronym,anonymous,pseudonym,synonym |
| straight | orthodontist,orthodox,orthopedic |
| peace | pacifist,pacify,Pacific Ocean |
| all | panacea,panorama,panegyric |
| father | paternal,paternity,patricide,patrilineal,patriotic,patron |
| feeling | apathy,empathy,pathology,sympathy,telepathy |
| foot | centipede,orthopedic,pedal,pedestrian,pedometer,podiatry,tripod |
| child | pediatrics,pedophile |
| push,urge | compel,dispel,expel,impulse,propel,pulse,pulsate,repel,repulsive |
| hang,weigh | appendage,pending,pendulum,suspend |
| love,friendship | anglophile,bibliophile,philanthropy,philosophy |
| fear | claustrophobia,homophobia,phobia |
| sound | cacophony,euphony,homophone,phonetic,phonograph, symphony, telephone |
| please | complacent,placebo,placate,placid |
| flat | planar,plantation,plane |
| more | plural,plus |
| lung | pneumatic,pneumonia |
| city | Indianapolis,megalopolis,metropolitan,police |
| people | population,populous,popular |
| carry | export,import,portable,porter,report.support.transportation |
| power | omnipotent,potent,potentate |
| grasp,seize | apprehend,comprehend,comprehensive,prehensile |
| first | primacy,primal,primary,primitive,primo |
| soul,mind | psyche,psychic,psychology,psychosis |
| fight | pugnacious,pugilist |
| point | acupuncture,puncture,punctual,punctuation |
| ask | query,inquisition |
| straighten | correct,direct,rectangle,rectify |
| laugh | deride,ridicule,ridiculous,risible |
| break | abrupt,disrupt,interrupt,rupture |
| holy | consecrate,desecrate,sacred,sacrosanct |
| enough | sate,satisfy,saturate |
| climb | ascend,ascent,descend,descent |
| knowledge | conscience,omniscient,science,scientific |
| write | describe,inscribe,manuscript,prescribe,scribe,scribble,scripture |
| cut | dissect,section |
| old | senator,senescence,senile,senior |
| feel | consent,dissent,resent,sensible,sense,sensation,sensitive,sentiment |
| follow | consecutive,consequence,second,sequence,sequel |
| serve,protect | consecutive,reserve,servant,service,servitude |
| sign,mark | design,insignia,signature,signal,significant |
| similar | assimilate,facsimile(fax),similar,simile,simultaneous,simulate |
| alone | solitary,solitude,soliloquy,solo |
| sound | resonate,sonar,unison |
| wisdom | philosophy,sophisticated,sophomore |
| breath | aspect,conspicuous,inauspicious,inspect,introspective,prospect, respiration |
| tighten | constrict,restrict,strict,stringent |
| build | construct,destruction,instruct,obstruct,structure |
| touch | contact,contagious,intact,intangible,tactile,tangible |
| far | telecast,telephone,telescope,telepathy,television |
| time | contemporary,extemporaneously,tempo,temporal,temporary |
| hold | detention,retentive,tenable,tentative,tenuous,untenable |
| stretch | content,extend,intend,pretend,tension |
| earth | disinter,subterranean,terrain,terrestrial,territory |
| bear witness | attest,detest,testify,testimony |
| god | atheist,polytheism,monotheist,theology |
| heat | hypothermia,thermos,thermometer,thermostat |
| twist | contort,distort,extort,retort,torture,torturous |
| poison | detox,intoxicate,toxic |
| pull | attract,subtract,traction,tractor |
| bestow | attribute,contribute,retribution,tribute |
| disturb | disturb,turbulent,turmoil |
| print | prototype,type,typography,typology |
| shadow | penumbra,umbra,umbrella |
| one | unanimous,unicorn,unify,universal |
| empty | evacuate,vacant,vacation,vacuous,vacuum |
| strength | equivalent,valiant,valor,value |
| come | avenue,convene,internene,prevent,venture |
| truth | aver,veracity,verdict,verify,verity,very,verisimilitude |
| turn | avert,convertible,divert,irreversible,introvert,reverse,versatile |
| conquer | convict,convince,evict,invincible,victor |
| see | evident,revise,video,visible,vision,vista |
| life | revitalize,survivie,vital,vitamin,vitality,vivacious |
| call | convocation,evocative,invocation,provoke,revoke,vocal |
| roll | evolve,evolution,revolve,revolution |
| eat | devour,carnivorous,herbivorous,omnivore,voracious |
| animal | zoo,zoology,zoolatry |
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