 | Term | Definition |
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aco(u) to hear, hearing |
acoustic |
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act, ag |
to act, to do, to drive | active, agent |
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agog(ue), agogy |
to lead, leader, guiding, inducing | demagogue |
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agon, agonist |
struggle, content | agony, antagonist |
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alg, algesia, algia |
pain | analgesic |
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am, amat |
to love | amiable, amorous |
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ambul |
to walk | circumambulate, amble |
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andro, andry |
male | android, androgynous |
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anim |
mind, feeling, life | animate |
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anthrop |
man, human being | philanthropy, anthropology |
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aqu |
water | aquatic, aquarium |
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arch |
first, ancient, rule | archaic, archive |
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aud |
to hear, hearing, aloud | audible, audience |
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aug, auct, auth, aux |
to increase, to create | augment, author, auxiliary |
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auto |
of, by, for, or in oneself | autobiography, autocrat, autodidact |
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bene, bon |
good | bonus, benefit |
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brac, brachi |
the arm | brachiate, bracelet |
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cant, cent |
to sing | canticle, chant, recant, incantation |
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cap, capt, cep, cept |
box, to take, contain, seize | capture, receipt, capacious |
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capit, capt, cipit |
head, chief | capital, precipitate, chapter, capitulate |
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carn |
flesh | carnal, incarnate, carnivore |
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caus, cuse |
to cause | causal, excuse, accuse |
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ced, cede, ceed, cess |
to yield, to go | cede, accessible, necessary |
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cern, cert, cret, crim |
to separate, to distinguish | discern, uncertain |
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chrom, chromat |
color | chromatic, polychromatic |
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chron |
time | synchronous, chronicle |
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cid, cide |
to kill | regicide, suicide, genocide |
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cis, cise |
to cut | excise, scissors |
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cog, cogit |
to think | cognitive, cogent |
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coll |
glue, to stick together | colloquy, collage |
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corp, cors |
body | corporeal, corpulent |
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cosm |
universe, order | cosmic, cosmopolitan |
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creant, cred, creed |
to believe, to trust | credence, credit, incredible |
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cruc, crus |
cross, significant | crux, crusade, crucial |
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de, div |
concerning God or deities | divine, deity |
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dic, dict, diction |
to say, speech, word | dictate, indicate, edict, benediction |
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doc, doct, dog, dox |
to teach, learning | doctrine, dogma, orthodox |
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dom |
house, master | domestic, dominate |
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equ, qui |
equal, even | equate, adequate, equinox |
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esthe, esthesia |
to feel, sensation | anesthesia, esthetics |
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fid, fidel |
faith, trust | fidelity, confidence, infidel |
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fin, finite |
end, purpose | infinite, definite |
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flu, fluor, flux, fluv |
to flow | affluence, fluid, superfluous |
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for, fort |
strong | fortress, enforce, comfort |
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fract, frag, frang, fring |
to shatter | fracture, fragment, fragile, refract |
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gen, gon |
birth, race, kind | genetic, gonad, congenital, gender |
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ger, gest |
to carry, to produce | gestate, gesture, digest |
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grad, grade, gress |
to step, a degree or grade | gradual, degree, progress |
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gram, graph |
a written record, to write | telegram, autograph |
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grat |
pleasing, thankful | gratitude, congratulate, ingratiate |
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greg |
society, group | aggregate, gregarious |
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gynec, gyn, gynist |
female | gynecologist, misogyny |
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hier, hieratic |
holy, sacred | hierarchy, hieroglyphic |
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hol |
whole | holistic, hologram |
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hydr, hydro |
water, liquid | hydraulics, hydrant |
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ideo |
idea, philosophy | ideology, idol, ideal |
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idi, idio |
personal, private | idiosyncratic, idiom |
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iso |
equal, similar | isometric, isotope |
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ject, jet |
to throw | eject, inject, jettison, projectile |
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jud, jur, just |
right, law | jury, judgment, judicious, injury, perjury |
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jug, junct |
a link, to join | juncture, conjunction, conjugate |
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kine, kinesia, kinesis |
movement, energy | kinetic, cinema |
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lat, late, lation |
to bear, to carry | collate, correlate, legislate, translate |
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lect, leg, lig |
to choose, to read | legible, intelligent, dialect, collect |
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lev, lieve, life |
to lift, light in weight | alleviate, elevator, relief |
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lign, line |
line | delineate, lineage |
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locut, loqu, loquy |
to speak, speech | locution, circumlocution, eloquent, ventriloquist |
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log, logue, logy, lexico |
speech, word, study of | logic, lecture, analogy |
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luc, lumin, lux |
light, to shine | illuminate, lucent, luminary, elucidate |
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macro |
large | macrocosm |
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mal |
bad | malady, malcontent, malefactor |
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medi, meso, mid |
in the middle of | intermediate, mediocre, medium |
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micro |
small | microscope |
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mis |
hate | misanthrope, misogyny |
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mor, mort |
death | mortal, mortician, mortify |
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neg |
to deny | negate, neglect, renege |
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neo |
new | neologism, neonate |
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noct, nox |
night | nocturnal, equinox |
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nom, num |
law | nomad, economy, astronomy |
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od, odia |
smell | odor, odious |
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opt, optic |
eye, vision | panopticon, optics, |
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ov, ovul |
egg, egg-shaped | oval, ovulate |
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par, pare |
equal | pair, parity, peer, compare |
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part, patri |
father | patriot, patronage, patriarch, paternal |
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path, pathic, pathy |
emotion, suffering | pathological, pathetic, sympathy, empathy |
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pel, puls |
to drive, driven | pulse, compulsion, expel, impulse |
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phil, philia |
love, fondness for | philosophy, philanthropy, philander, philology |
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phob, phobo |
fear | phobia |
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plaud, plaus, plod, plos |
to make a loud noise | applaud, explode |
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plen, plet |
to fill, full | plentiful, plethora, replenish |
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prim, prin |
first | primary, primate, premier |
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pur, purg |
to clear of guilt, to get rid of something unwanted | purge, pure, expurgate, purgatory |
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quest, quir, quisit |
to ask | request, inquest, question, acquire, conquer |
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qui, quil, quit |
rest | quiet, quit, acquiesce, acquit |
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rad, radic |
root | radical, eradicate |
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rati, reas |
to think, calculate | rate, ratify, rational, reasonable |
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rect, reg, rig |
to rule or guide, proper, straight | rectify, regal, region, regulate, rigorous |
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rupt |
to break, to sever | rupture, abrupt, disrupt, corrupt, interrupt |
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salu, salv |
safety, health | salubrious, salvage, salutary |
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scrib, scribe, script |
to write, something written | circumscribe, ascribe, describe, inscribe, prescribe |
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secut, sequ |
to follow, to ensue | sequence, consequence, execute, consecutive |
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sen, senil |
old, old age | senior, senator, senescence |
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ser, sor |
a series, attachment | serial, desert, assert |
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solute, solv |
to release, to loosen, to free | dissolve, absolute, insoluble |
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soph, sophy |
wisdom | philosophy, sophisticated |
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spec, spect, spic |
to look, to see | aspect, specific, spectator, spectrum, specimen |
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spir, spire |
to breathe, breath, spirit | aspire, expire, conspire, transpire |
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stant, stat, stit |
to stand, to stay, to state | assistant, consistent, constant, status, stance, destiny |
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stru, struct |
to build, a building or pattern | destructive, instruct, obstruct, structural |
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tact, tang, teg, ting |
to touch | tactile, taste, tangible, contact, contingent |
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temper, tempor, temp |
time, balance | temporize, temporary, contemplate, temperature |
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ten, tain, tent, tin |
to hold | tenable, tenacious, tenet, contain, detain |
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tend, tens |
to stretch | extend, distend, tension, tendril |
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top, tope, topy |
place | topic, topology, utopia |
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tract, treat |
to draw, to extend, to attract | extract, treatise, contract, retreat, subtract |
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trib, tribe, trit |
to rub, to wear down | tribulation, trite, attrition |
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trop, tropic, tropy |
to turn, a change or turn | trope, tropic, entropy |
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troub, turb |
confusion, whirling | disturb, perturb, turbine, turbulence |
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vac, van, vast, void |
empty, desolate | vacuum, vacant, vanity, devastate, avoid |
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vail, val |
to be strong, to be worthy | valiant, valor, validate, valence |
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ver, veri |
true | veracious, verdict, verify |
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vit, viv |
life, to live | vital, survive, viable, vivify |
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voc, vok, vow |
voice, to call or summon | vocalize, vociferous, avow, equivocate |
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vol |
will, desire, wish | volition, volunteer, involuntary |
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vor, vorous, vour |
to eat, to swallow | voracious, carnivorous |
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xene, xeno, xeny |
foreign | xenophobe, xenogamy |
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zoa, zo, zoo, zoon |
life, living | zoo, zodiac, metazoan |
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