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201
General Vocab
Graduate
10/08/2013
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Term
A
 Definition
Without
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Ab/Abs
 Definition
off, away from, apart, down
Term
Ac/Acr
 Definition
sharp, bitter
Term
Act/Ag
 Definition
to do; to drive; to force; to lead
Term
Ad/Al
 Definition
to, toward, near
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Al/Ali/Alter
 Definition
other, another
Term
Am
 Definition
love
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Amb
 Definition
to go; to walk
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Ambi/Amph
 Definition
both, more than one, around
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Annui/Enni
 Definition
year
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Ante
 Definition
before
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Anthro/Andr
 Definition
man, human
Term
Anti
 Definition
against
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Apo
 Definition
away
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Arch/Archi/Archy
 Definition
chief, principal, ruler
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Auto
 Definition
self
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Be
 Definition
to be; to have a particular quality; to exist
Term
Bel/Bell
 Definition
war
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ben/bon
 Definition
good
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bi
 Definition
twice, double
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cad/cid
 Definition
to fall; to happen by chance
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cant/cent/chant
 Definition
to sing
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cap/cip/cept
 Definition
to take; to get
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cap/capit/cipit
 Definition
head, headlong
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card/cord/cour
 Definition
heart
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carn
 Definition
flash
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cast/chast
 Definition
cut
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ced/ceed/cess
 Definition
to go; to yield; to stop
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centr
 Definition
center
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cern/cert/cret/crim/crit
 Definition
to separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide
Term
chron
 Definition
time
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circu
 Definition
around, on all sides
Term
cis
 Definition
to cut
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cla/clo/clu
 Definition
shut, close
Term
claim/clam
 Definition
to shout; to cry out
Term
cli
 Definition
to lean toward
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co/col/com/con
 Definition
with, together
Term
cour/cur
 Definition
running; a course
Term
cre/cresc/cret
 Definition
to grow
Term
cred
 Definition
to believe; to trust
Term
cryp
 Definition
hidden
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cub/cumb
 Definition
to lie down
Term
culp
 Definition
blame
Term
dac/doc
 Definition
to leach
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de
 Definition
away, off, down, completely, reversal
Term
dem
 Definition
people
Term
di/dia
 Definition
apart, through
Term
dic/dict/dit
 Definition
to say; to tell; to use words
Term
dign
 Definition
worth
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dis/dif
 Definition
away from, apart, reversal, not
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dog/dox
 Definition
opinion
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dol
 Definition
suffer, pain
Term
don/dot/dow
 Definition
to give
Term
dub
 Definition
doubt
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duc/duct
 Definition
to lead
Term
dur
 Definition
hard
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dys
 Definition
faulty, abnormal
Term
e/ef/ex
 Definition
out, out of, from, former, completely
Term
epi
 Definition
upon
Term
equ
 Definition
equal, even
Term
err
 Definition
to wander
Term
esce
 Definition
becoming
Term
eu
 Definition
good, well
Term
extra
 Definition
outside, beyond
Term
fab/fam
 Definition
speak
Term
fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
 Definition
to do, to make
Term
fer
 Definition
to bring; to carry; to bear
Term
ferv
 Definition
to boil; to bubble
Term
fid
 Definition
faith; trust
Term
fin
 Definition
end
Term
flag/flam
 Definition
to burn
Term
flect/flex
 Definition
to bend
Term
flu/flux
 Definition
to flow
Term
fore
 Definition
before
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fort
 Definition
chance/strength
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fra/frac/frag/fring
 Definition
to break
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fus
 Definition
to pour
Term
gen
 Definition
birth; creation; race; kind
Term
gn/gno
 Definition
know
Term
grad/gress
 Definition
to step
Term
grat
 Definition
pleasing
Term
her/hes
 Definition
to stick
Term
(h)etero
 Definition
different
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(h)om
 Definition
same
Term
hyper
 Definition
over; excessive
Term
hypo
 Definition
under, beneath, less than
Term
idio
 Definition
one's own
Term
im/in/em/en
 Definition
in; into
Term
im/in
 Definition
not, without
Term
inter
 Definition
between, among
Term
ject
 Definition
to throw
Term
join/junct
 Definition
to meet; to join
Term
jur
 Definition
to swear
Term
lav/lut/luv
 Definition
to wash
Term
lect/leg
 Definition
to select, to choose
Term
lev
 Definition
lift, light, rise
Term
loc/log/loqu
 Definition
word, speech
Term
luc/lum/lus
 Definition
light
Term
lud/lus
 Definition
to play
Term
mag/maj/max
 Definition
big
Term
mal/male
 Definition
bad, ill, evil, wrong
Term
man
 Definition
hand
Term
min
 Definition
small/to project, to hang over
Term
mis/mit
 Definition
to send
Term
misc
 Definition
mixed
Term
mon/monit
 Definition
to remind, to warn
Term
morph
 Definition
shape
Term
mort
 Definition
death
Term
mut
 Definition
change
Term
nat/nas/nai
 Definition
to be born
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nic/noc/nox
 Definition
harm
Term
nom
 Definition
rule, order
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nom/nym/noun/nown
 Definition
name
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nounc/nunc
 Definition
to announce
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join/junct
 Definition
to meet; to join
Term
jur
 Definition
to swear
Term
lav/lut/luv
 Definition
to wash
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lect/leg
 Definition
to select, to choose
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lev
 Definition
lift, light, rise
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loc/log/loqu
 Definition
word, speech
Term
luc/lum/lus
 Definition
light
Term
lud/lus
 Definition
to play
Term
mag/maj/max
 Definition
big
Term
mal/male
 Definition
bad, ill, evil, wrong
Term
man
 Definition
hand
Term
min
 Definition
small/to project, to hang over
Term
mis/mit
 Definition
to send
Term
misc
 Definition
mixed
Term
mon/monit
 Definition
to remind, to warn
Term
morph
 Definition
shape
Term
mort
 Definition
death
Term
mut
 Definition
change
Term
nat/nas/nai
 Definition
to be born
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nic/noc/nox
 Definition
harm
Term
nom
 Definition
rule, order
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nom/nym/noun/nown
 Definition
name
Term
nounc/nunc
 Definition
to announce
Term
nov/neo/nou
 Definition
new
Term
ob/oc/of/op
 Definition
toward, to, against, over
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omni
 Definition
all
Term
pac/peac
 Definition
peace
Term
pan
 Definition
all, everyone
Term
par
 Definition
equal
Term
para
 Definition
next to, beside
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pas/pat/path
 Definition
feeling, suffering, disease
Term
pau/po/pov/pu
 Definition
few, little, poor
Term
ped
 Definition
child, education
Term
ped/pod
 Definition
foot
Term
pen/pun
 Definition
to pay; to compensate
Term
pend/pens
 Definition
to hang; to weight; to pay
Term
per
 Definition
completely
Term
peri
 Definition
around
Term
pet/pit
 Definition
to go; to seek; to strive
Term
phil
 Definition
love
Term
plac
 Definition
to please
Term
ple
 Definition
to fill
Term
plex/plic/ply
 Definition
to fold, twist, tangle, bend
Term
pon/pos/pound
 Definition
to put; to place
Term
port
 Definition
to carry
Term
post
 Definition
after
Term
pre
 Definition
before
Term
prehend/prise
 Definition
to take; to get; to seize
Term
pro
 Definition
much, for, a lot
Term
prob
 Definition
to prove; to test
Term
pug
 Definition
to fight
Term
punc/pung/poign
 Definition
to point; to prick
Term
que/quis
 Definition
to seek
Term
qui
 Definition
quiet
Term
rid/ris
 Definition
to laugh
Term
rog
 Definition
to ask
Term
sacr/sanct/secr
 Definition
sacred
Term
sal/sil/sault/sult
 Definition
to lead, to jump
Term
sci
 Definition
to know
Term
scribe/scrip
 Definition
to write
Term
se
 Definition
apart
Term
sec/sequ
 Definition
to follow
Term
sed/sess/sid
 Definition
to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot
Term
sens/sent
 Definition
to feel; to be aware
Term
sol
 Definition
to loosen; to free
Term
spec/spic/spit
 Definition
to look; to see
Term
sta/sti
 Definition
to stand; to be in place
Term
sua
 Definition
smooth
Term
sub/sup
 Definition
below
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super/sur
 Definition
above
Term
tac/tic
 Definition
to be silent
Term
tain/ten/tent/tin
 Definition
to hold
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tend/tens/tent/tenu
 Definition
to stretch; to thin
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theo
 Definition
god
Term
tract
 Definition
to drag; to pull; to draw
Term
trans
 Definition
across
Term
us/ut
 Definition
to use
Term
ven/vent
 Definition
to come or to move toward
Term
ver
 Definition
truth
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verd
 Definition
green
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vers/vert
 Definition
to turn
Term
vi
 Definition
life
Term
vid/vis
 Definition
to see
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vil
 Definition
base; mean
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voc/vok
 Definition
to call
Term
vol
 Definition
to wish
Term
vor
 Definition
to eat
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