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1st sem. final
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English
11th Grade
01/18/2011
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allusion
 Definition
a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, etc.
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Alliteration
 Definition
The repitition of the same or similar constant sounds in words that are close together.
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Charaterization
 Definition
The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
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static character
 Definition
Character who does not change much in the course of a story.
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Dynamic character
 Definition
changes in come important way as a result of the story's action.
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connotation
 Definition
the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition.
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irony
 Definition
In general, a discrepancy beyween appeances and reality.
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Flat character
 Definition
have few personality traits. not in the story as much.
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foil
 Definition
a character who acts the contrast/opposite of another character.
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imagery
 Definition
The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.
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metaphor
 Definition
makes comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
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personification
 Definition
an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
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round character
 Definition
more parts in the story, act as real people.
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similie
 Definition
comparison between two unlike things by using like or as.
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symbol
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a peron, place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself.
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theme
 Definition
The insight about human life that is revealed in literary work.
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tone
 Definition
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience.
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bildungsroman
 Definition
a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
 
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motif
 Definition
a distinctive idea, recurring.
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dialect
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a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area.
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hyperbole
 Definition
a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect.
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diction
 Definition
a speaker's or writer's choice of words.
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onomatopeia
 Definition
example: buzz
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satire
 Definition
a type of writing that makes fun of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about change.
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paradox
 Definition
a statement that appears self-contradictory but reveals a kind of truth.
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a, an
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without, not
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AB, A
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from, away, apart

 
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AC, ACR
 Definition
sharp, sour
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AD, A
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to, towards
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Ali, Altr
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another
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Am, ami
 Definition
love
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Ambi, Amphi
 Definition
both
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Ambl, Ambul
 Definition
walk
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Anim,
 Definition
mind, spirit, breath
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Ann, Enn
 Definition
year
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Ante, ant
 Definition
before
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Anthrop
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human
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Anti, Ant
 Definition
opposite, against
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Cresc, cret
 Definition
grow
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culp
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blame, fault
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curr, curs
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run
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DE
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down, out
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dec
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ten
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demo, dem
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people
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di, diurn
 Definition
day
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dia
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across
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dic, dict
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speak
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dis, dif, di
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not, apart, away
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doc, doct
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teach
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dol
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pain
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duc, duct
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lead
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ego
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self
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in, ig, il , im , ir
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not
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in, il, im , ir
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in, on into
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inter
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between
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intra, intr
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within
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it, iter
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between, among
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ject, jet
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throw
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jour
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day
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jud
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judge
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junct, jug
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join
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jur
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swear, law
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Lat,
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side
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Lav, lau, lu
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wash
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leg, lec, lex
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read, speak
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lev
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light
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aud
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hear
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auto
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self
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belli, bell
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war
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bene, ben
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good
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bi
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two
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biblio
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book
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bio
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life
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burs
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money, purse
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cad, cas, cid
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happen, fall
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cap, cip
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head
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carn
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flesh
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cap, capt, cept, cip
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take, hold, seize
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ced, cess
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yeild, go
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en, em
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in, into
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err
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wander
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eu
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well, good
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ex, e
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out, out of
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fac, fic, fect, fy, fea
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make, do
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fal, fals
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deceive
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ferv
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boil
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fid
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faith, trust
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flu, flox
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FLOW
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fore
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before
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frag, frac
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break
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fus
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pour
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gen
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birth, class, kin
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grad, gress
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step
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liber
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free
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lig, lect
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choose, gather
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lig, li, ly

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bind
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ling, lang
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tongue
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liter
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letter
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lith
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stone
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loqu, loc, log
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speech, thought
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luc, lum
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light
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lud, lus
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play
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macro
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great
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mag, maj, mas, max
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great
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mal
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bad
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man
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hand
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mar
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sea
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chrom
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color
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chron
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time
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cide
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murder
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cirum
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around
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clin, cliv
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slope
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clud, clus, claus, clois
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chut, close
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co, com, con
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with, together
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cogn, gno
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know
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contra
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against
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corp
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body
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cosmo, cosm
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world
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crac, crat
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rule, power
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cred
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trust, blieve
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graph, gram
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writing
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grat
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pleasing
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grav, griev
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heavy
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greg
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crowd, flock
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habit, hibit
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have, hold
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hap
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by chance
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helio, heli
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sun
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hetero
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other
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hol
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whole
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homo
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same
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homo
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man
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hydr
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water
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hyper
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too much, excess
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hypo
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too little, under
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mater, matr
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mother
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medi
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middle
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mega
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great
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mem, men
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remember
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meter, metr, mens
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measure
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micro
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small
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mis
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wrong, bad, hate
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mit, miss
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send
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moll
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soft
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Mon, monit
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warn
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mono
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one
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mor
 Definition
custom, manner
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Mor, Mort
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dead
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Morph
 Definition
shape
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