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02/09/2011
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Term
a
 Definition
on
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a/n
 Definition
not, without
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ab/s, a
 Definition
from, away, off
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ac, ad
 Definition
to, toward, near
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acro
 Definition
top, height, tip, beginning
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act
 Definition
do
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aer/o
 Definition
air
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agr/i/o
 Definition
farming
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alg/o
 Definition
pain
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ambi, amphi
 Definition
both, on both sides, around
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ambul
 Definition
walk, move
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ami/o
 Definition
love
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ana
 Definition
up, back, against, again, throughout
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andr/o
 Definition
man, male
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anim
 Definition
life, spirit
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ann/enn
 Definition
year
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ante
 Definition
before, in front
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anth/o
 Definition
flower
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anthrop/o
 Definition
human
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anti
 Definition
against, opposite of
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apo, apho
 Definition
away, off, separate
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aqu/a
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water
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arbor
 Definition
tree
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arch/i/e/o/ae
 Definition
chief, most important, rule
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archa/e, archi
 Definition
primitive, ancient
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art
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skill
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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astro, aster
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star, stars, outer space
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aud/i/io
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hear
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auto
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self, same, one
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avi/a
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bird
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bar/o
 Definition
pressure, weight
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bell/i
 Definition
war
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bene
 Definition
good, well
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bi/n
 Definition
two, twice, once in every two
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bibli/o
 Definition
book
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bio
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life, living matter
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blast/o
 Definition
cell, primitive, immature cell
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capt, cept
 Definition
take, hold
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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carn/i
 Definition
flesh, meat
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cata
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down, against completely, intensive, according to
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caust, caut
 Definition
to burn
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cede, ceed, cess
 Definition
go, yield
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ceive, cept
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take
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celer
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fast
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cent/i
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hundred, hundredth
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centr/o/i
 Definition
center
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cerebr/o
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brain
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cert
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sure
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chrom/o chromat/o, chros
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color, pigment
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chron/o
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time
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chrys/o
 Definition
gold, yellow
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cide, cise
 Definition
cut, kill
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circum, circle
 Definition
around, about
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claim, clam
 Definition
shout, speak out
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clar
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clear
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cline
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lean
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clud, clus
 Definition
close
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co
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with, together, joint
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cogn/i
 Definition
know
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col
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together, jointly
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com
 Definition
together, common
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con
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with, jointly
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contra/o
 Definition
against, opposite
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corp/o
 Definition
body
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cosm/o
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universe
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counter
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opposite, contrary, opposing
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cranio
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skull
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cred
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believe
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crypto
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hidden, secret
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cumul
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mass, heap
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cycl
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circle, ring
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de
 Definition
reduce, away, down, remove
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dec/a, deka
 Definition
ten
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deci
 Definition
one tenth
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dem/o
 Definition
people
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demi
 Definition
half, less than
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dendr/o/i
 Definition
tree
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dent, dont
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tooth
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derm/a
 Definition
skin
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di/plo
 Definition
two, twice
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di/s
 Definition
apart, away, not, to the opposite
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dia
 Definition
through, between, apart, across
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dict
 Definition
speak
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domin
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master
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don/at
 Definition
give
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du/o
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two, twice
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duc/t
 Definition
lead
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dur
 Definition
harden, to last, lasting
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dyn/a/am
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power, energy, strength
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dys
 Definition
abnormal, bad
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e-
 Definition
out, away
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ego
 Definition
self
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em, en
 Definition
into, cover with, cause
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en, in
 Definition
inside, inwards
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endo
 Definition
within, inside
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enn/i, anni
 Definition
years
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ep/i
 Definition
on, upon, over, among, at, after, to, outside
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equ/i
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equal, equally
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erg/o
 Definition
work
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esth/aesth
 Definition
feeling, sensation, beauty
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ethno
 Definition
race, people
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eu
 Definition
good, well
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ex
 Definition
from, out,
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extra, extro
 Definition
outside, beyond
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fac/t
 Definition
make, do
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fer
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bear, bring, carry
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fid
 Definition
faith
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flect
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bend
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fleur
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flower
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for
 Definition
completely (used to intensify the meaning of a word)
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fore
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in front of, previous, earlier
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fract, frag
 Definition
break
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fug
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flee, run away, escape
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funct
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perform, work
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fus
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pour
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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gen/o/e/genesis
 Definition
birth, production, formation, kind
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geo
 Definition
earth, soil, global
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ger
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old age
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giga
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a billion
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gon
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angle
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gram
 Definition
letter, written
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graph/y
 Definition
writing, recording, written
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grat
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pleasing
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gress, grad/e/i
 Definition
to step, to go
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gyn/o/e
 Definition
woman, female
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hect/o, hecat
 Definition
hundred
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heli/o
 Definition
sun
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helic/o
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spiral, circular
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hem/o/a
 Definition
blood
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hemi
 Definition
half, partial
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hepa
 Definition
liver
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hept/a
 Definition
seven
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herbi
 Definition
grass, plant
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hetero
 Definition
different, other
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hex/a
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six
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histo
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tissue
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homo, homeo
 Definition
like, alike, same
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hydr/o
 Definition
liquid, water
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hygr/o
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moisture, humidity
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hyp/o
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under
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hyper
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too much, over, excessive, beyond
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iatr/o
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medical care
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icon/o
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image
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idio
 Definition
peculiar, personal, distinct
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ig, il, im, in, ir
 Definition
not, without
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il, in
 Definition
in, into
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imag
 Definition
likeness
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infra
 Definition
beneath, below
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inter
 Definition
between, among, jointly
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intra, intro
 Definition
within, inside
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ir
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not
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iso
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equal
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ject
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throw
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jud
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law
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junct
 Definition
join
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juven
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young
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kilo
 Definition
thousand
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kine/t/mat
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motion, division
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lab
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work
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lact/o
 Definition
milk
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later
 Definition
side
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leuk/o, leuc/o
 Definition
white, colorless
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lex
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word, law, reading
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liber
 Definition
free
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lingu
 Definition
language, tongue
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lip/o
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fat
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lite, ite, lith/o
 Definition
mineral, rock, fossil
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loc
 Definition
place
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log/o
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word, doctrine, discourse
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loqu, locu
 Definition
speak
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luc
 Definition
light
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lud, lus
 Definition
to play
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lumin
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light
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lun/a/i
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moon
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macro
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large, great
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magn/a/i
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great, large
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mal/e
 Definition
bad, ill, wrong
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man/i/u
 Definition
hand
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mand
 Definition
to order
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mania
 Definition
madness, insanity, excessive desire
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mar/i
 Definition
sea
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mater, matr/i
 Definition
mother
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max
 Definition
greatest
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medi
 Definition
middle
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mega
 Definition
great, large, million
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melan/o
 Definition
black
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memor/i
 Definition
remember
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merge, mers
 Definition
dip, dive
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meso
 Definition
middle
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meta
 Definition
change, after, beyond, between
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meter, metr/y
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measure
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micro
 Definition
very small, short, minute
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mid
 Definition
middle
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migr
 Definition
move
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milli
 Definition
onethousandth
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min/i
 Definition
small, less
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mis/o
 Definition
bad, badly, wrong, wrongly, to hate
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miss, mit
 Definition
send, let go
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mob
 Definition
move
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mon/o
 Definition
one, single, alone
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morph/o
 Definition
form
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mort
 Definition
death
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mot, mov
 Definition
move
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multi
 Definition
many, more than one or two
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mut
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change
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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narr
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tell
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nat
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born
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nav
 Definition
ship
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necr/o
 Definition
dead, death
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neg
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no
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neo
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new, recent
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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nom/in
 Definition
name
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non
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no, not, without
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not
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mark
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noun, nunc
 Definition
declare
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nov
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new
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numer
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number
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ob, op
 Definition
in the way, against
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oct/a/o
 Definition
eight
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ocu
 Definition
eye
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omni
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all
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op/t/s
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eye, visual condition, sight
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opt
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best
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ortho
 Definition
straight
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osteo
 Definition
bone
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out
 Definition
goes beyond, surpasses, exceeds
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over
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excessive
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oxy
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sharp
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pale/o
 Definition
ancient
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pan
 Definition
all, any, everyone
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para
 Definition
beside, beyond, abnormal, assistant
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para
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protection from
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pater, patr/i
 Definition
father
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path
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feeling, emotion
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ped/i/e
 Definition
foot, feet
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pel
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drive, force
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pent/a
 Definition
five
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pept, peps
 Definition
digestion
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per
 Definition
through, throughout
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peri
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around, enclosing
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phag/e
 Definition
to eat
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phil/o
 Definition
love, friend
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phon/o/e/y
 Definition
sound
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phot/o
 Definition
light
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phyll/o
 Definition
leaf
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phys
 Definition
nature, medicine, the body
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phyt/o/e
 Definition
plant, to grow
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plas/t/m
 Definition
to form, development, forming cells
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pneum/o
 Definition
breathing, lung, air, spirit
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pod/e
 Definition
foot
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poli
 Definition
city
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poly
 Definition
many, more than one
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pon
 Definition
place, put
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pop
 Definition
people
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port
 Definition
carry
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pos
 Definition
place, put
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post
 Definition
after, behind
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pre
 Definition
earlier, before, in front of
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pro
 Definition
before, in front of, for, forward
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prot/o
 Definition
primitive, first, chief
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pseud/o
 Definition
wrong,false
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psych/o
 Definition
mind, mental
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pugn/a, pung
 Definition
to fight
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pul
 Definition
urge
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purg
 Definition
clean
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put
 Definition
think
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pyr/o
 Definition
fire, heat
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quad/r/ri
 Definition
four
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quart
 Definition
fourth
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quin/t
 Definition
five, fifth
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radic, radix
 Definition
root
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radio
 Definition
radiation, ray
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ram/i
 Definition
branch
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re
 Definition
again, back, backward
Term
reg
 Definition
guide, rule
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retro
 Definition
backward, back
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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rhod/o
 Definition
red
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rid
 Definition
laugh
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rrh/ea/oea/ag
 Definition
flow, discharge
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rub
 Definition
red
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rupt
 Definition
break, burst
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san
 Definition
health
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scend
 Definition
climb, go
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sci
 Definition
know
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scler/o
 Definition
hard
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scop/e/y
 Definition
see, examine, observe
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scrib, script
 Definition
write, written
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se
 Definition
apart
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sect
 Definition
cut
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self
 Definition
of, for, or by itself
Term
semi
 Definition
half, partial
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sept/i
 Definition
seven
Term
serv
 Definition
save, keep
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sex
 Definition
six
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sol
 Definition
alone
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sol
 Definition
sun
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somn/I
 Definition
sleep
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son
 Definition
sound
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soph
 Definition
wise
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spec/t, spic
 Definition
see, look
Term
sphere
 Definition
ball
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spir
 Definition
breathe
Term
sta
 Definition
stand
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stell
 Definition
star
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struct
 Definition
build
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sub
 Definition
under, lower than, inferior to
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sum
 Definition
highest
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super
 Definition
higher in quality or quantity
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sy/m/n/l/s
 Definition
together, with, same
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tact, tang
 Definition
touch
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tax/o
 Definition
arrangement
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techno
 Definition
technique, skill
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tel/e/o
 Definition
far, distant, complete
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temp/or
 Definition
time
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term/ina
 Definition
end, limit
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terr/a/i
 Definition
land, earth
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tetra
 Definition
four
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the/o
 Definition
god
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therm/o
 Definition
heat
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tort
 Definition
twist
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tox
 Definition
poison
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tract
 Definition
pull, drag
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trans
 Definition
across,beyond, through
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tri
 Definition
three, once in every three, third
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ultra
 Definition
beyond, extreme, more than
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un
 Definition
not,opposite of, lacking
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uni
 Definition
one, single
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urb
 Definition
city
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vac
 Definition
empty
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ven/t
 Definition
come
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ver/i
 Definition
truth
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verb
 Definition
word
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vers, vert
 Definition
turn
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vic
 Definition
conquer
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vice
 Definition
acting in place of, next in rank
Term
vid
 Definition
see
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vis, vid
 Definition
see
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viv/I, vit
 Definition
live, life
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voc/i
 Definition
voice, call
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vol/i/u
 Definition
wish, will
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vor, vour
 Definition
eat
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xen/o
 Definition
foreign
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xer/o/i
 Definition
dry
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zo/o
 Definition
animal life
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zyg/o
 Definition
pair
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