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meaning: away, without, from
absent - away, not present
apathy - without interest
abstain - keep from doing, refrain |
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meaning: to, toward
adjacent - next to
address - to direct toward |
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meaning: before
antecedent - going before in time
anterior - occurring before |
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meaning: against
antidote - remedy to act against
antibiotic - substance that fights against becteria |
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meaning: over, thoroughly
bemoan - to mourn over
belabor - to exert much labor upon |
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meaning: two
bisect- to divide
biennial - happening every two years |
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meaning: down, against, back, according to
catacombs - underground passageway
catalog - descriptive list
catheter - tubular medical device |
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meaning: around
circumscribe - to draw a circle around
circumspect - watchful on all sides |
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meaning: with
combine - to join together
communication - to have dealings with |
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meaning: against
contrary - opposed
contrast - to stand in opposition |
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meaning: down from
decline - to bend downward
decontrol - to release from government control |
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meaning: two
dichotomy - cutting in two
diarchy - system of government with two authorities |
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meaning: apart, away
discern - to distinguish as separate
dismiss - to send away
digress - to turn aside |
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meaning: upon, among
epidemic - happening among many people
epicycle - circle whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle
epaulet - decoration worn to ornament or protect the shoulder
ephedra - any of a large genus of desert shrubs |
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meaning: from, out
exceed - go beyond the limit
emit - to send forth |
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meaning: outside, beyond
extraordinary - beyond or out of the common method
extrasensory - beyond the senses |
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meaning: beyond, over
hyperactive - over the normal activity level
hypercritic - one who is critical beyond measure |
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meaning: beneath, lower
hypodermic - pertaining to parts beneath the skin
hypocrisy - to be under a pretense of goodness |
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meaning: in, on, into
instill - to put in slowly
illation - action of bringing in
impose - to lay on
irrupt - to break in |
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meaning: not
inactive - not active
illogical - not logical
imperfect - not perfect
irreversible - not reversible |
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meaning: among, between
intercom - to exchange conversations between people
interlude - performance given between parts in a play |
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meaning: beyond, over, along with
metamorphosis - to change over in form or nature
metatarsus - part of foot beyond the flat of the foot |
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meaning: badly, wrongly
misconstrue - to interpret wrongly
misappropriate - to use wrongly |
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meaning: one
monogamy - to be married to one person at a time
monotone - a single, unvaried tone |
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meaning: many
multiple - of many parts
multitude - a great number |
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meaning: no, not
nonsense - lack of sense
nonentity - not existing |
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meaning: against
obscene - offensive to modesty
obstruct - to hinder the passage of |
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meaning: beside
parallel - continuously at equal distance apart
parentheses - sentence or phrase inserted within a passage |
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meaning: through
persevere - to maintain an effort
permeate - to pass through |
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meaning: many
polygon - a plane figure with many sides or angles
polytheism - belief in the existence of many gods |
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meaning: after
posterior - coming after
postpone - to put off until a future time |
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meaning: before
premature - ready before the proper time
premonition - a previous warning |
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meaning: in favor of, forward
prolific - bring forth offspring
project - throw or cast forward |
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meaning: back, against
reimburse - to pay back
retract - to draw back |
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meaning: half
semicircle - half a circle
semiannual - half-yearly |
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meaning: under
subdue - to bring under one's power
submarine - to travel under the surface of the sea |
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meaning: above
supersonic - above the speed of sound
superior - higher in space or position |
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meaning: across
telecast - to transmit across a distance
telepathy - communication between mind and mind at a distance |
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meaning: across
transpose - to change the position of two things
transmit - to send from one person to another |
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meaning: beyond
ultraviolet - beyond the limit of visibility
ultramarine - beyond the sea |
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meaning: not
undeclared - not declared
unbelievable - not believable |
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meaning: one
unity - state of oneness
unison - sounding together |
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meaning: away, against
withhold - to hold back
withdraw - to take away |
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meaning: within
intravenous - within a vein
intramural - within the walls, as of a town or university |
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