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do, act, drive
Ex. activate- to make active; agile- having quick motion |
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high
Ex. altitude- height; alto-highest singing voice |
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other, change
Ex. alternative-choice among two things; altruism- living for the good of others |
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love, friend
Ex. amiable- good-natured; amity-friendship |
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mind, spirit
Ex. animated- spirited; animosity- violent hatred |
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year
Ex. annual- every year; centennial- every hundred years |
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water
Ex. aquarium- tank for water animals and plants; aquamarine- semiprecious stone of sea-green color |
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first,ruler
Ex. archenemy- chief enemy; archetype- original pattern from which things are copied |
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hear
Ex. audible-capable of being heard; audience-assembly of hearers |
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self
Ex. automatic- self-acting; autobiography- story about a person who also wrote it |
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war
Ex. belligerent- a party taking part in a war; bellicose- war-like |
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good
Ex. benign- kindly disposition; beneficial- advantageous |
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life
Ex. biotic- relating to life; biology- the science of life |
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short
Ex. abbreviate- make shorter; brevity-shortness |
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fall
Ex. cadence- fall in voice; casualty- loss caused by death, injury, or illness |
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head
Ex. captain- the head or chief; decapitate- to cut off the head |
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to go, to yield
Ex. recede-to move or fall back; proceed- to move onward |
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hundred
Ex. century- hundred years, centipede-insect with a hundred legs |
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time
Ex. chronology- science dealing with historical dates; chronicle- register of events in order of time |
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to kill, to cut
Ex. homicide- one who kills or the killing of one human being by another; incision- a cut |
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to shout
Ex. acclaim- receive with applause; proclamation- a public announcement |
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to know
Ex. recognize-to know again, cognition- awareness |
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body
Ex. incorporate- combine into one body; corpse-dead body |
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to trust, to believe
Ex. incredible- unbelievable; credulous- too prone to believe |
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to run
Ex. current- flowing body of air or water; excursion- short trip |
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people
Ex. democracy- government by the people; epidemic- affecting all people |
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to say
Ex. dictate- to read aloud for another to transcribe; verdict- decision of a jury |
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to teach
ex. docile- easily instructed; indoctrinate-to instruct |
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to rule
Ex. dominate- to rule, dominion- territory of rule |
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to lead
Ex. conduct- act of guiding; induce- to overcome by persuasion |
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well, good
Ex. eulogy- speech or writing in praise; euphony- pleasantness or smoothness of sound |
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to do, to make
Ex. factory- location of production; fiction- something invented or imagined |
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to bear, to carry
Ex. transfer- to move from one place to another; refer- to direct to |
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end, limit
Ex. infinity- unlimited; finite- limited in quantity |
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to bend
Ex. flexible- easily bent; reflect- to throw back |
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luck
Ex. fortunate- lucky; fortuitous- happening by chance |
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strong
Ex. fortify- strengthen; fortress- stronghold |
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break
Ex. fragile- easily broken; fracture- break |
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flee
Ex. fugitive- fleeing; refugee- one who flees to a place of safety |
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class, race
Ex. engender- to breed; generic- of a general nature in regard to all members |
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to go, to step
Ex. regress- to go back, graduate- to divide into regular steps |
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writing
Ex. telegram- message sent by telegraph; autograph- person's own handwriting or signature |
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to throw
Ex. projectile- capable of being thrown; reject- to throw away |
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law
Ex. legitimate- lawful; legal- defined by law |
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to choose, gather, read
Ex. illegible- incapable of being read; election- the act of choosing |
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free
Ex. liberal- favoring freedom of ideas; liberty-freedom from restraint |
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study, speech
Ex. archaeology- study of human antiquities; prologue- address spoken before a performance |
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light
Ex. translucent- slightly transparent; illuminate- to light up |
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large, great
Ex. magnify- to make larger; magnificent- great |
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bad, wrong
Ex. malfunction- to operate incorrectly; malevolent- evil |
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sea
Ex. marine- pertaining to the sea; submarine- below the surface of the sea |
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mother
Ex. maternal- motherly; matriarch- female head of family or group |
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to send
Ex. transmit- to send from one person or place to another; mission- the act of sending |
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shape
Ex. metamorphosis- a changing in shape; anthropomorphic- having a human shape |
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change
Ex. mutable- subject to change; mutate- to change |
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born
Ex. innate- inborn; native- a person born in a place |
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deny
Ex.negative- expressing denial; renege- to deny |
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name
Ex. nominate- to put forward a name; anonymous- no name given |
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new
Ex. novel-new; renovate- to make as good as new |
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all
Ex. omnipotent- all powerful; omnipresent- all present |
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to work
Ex. operate- to work on something; cooperate- to work with others |
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to feel
Ex. pathetic- affecting the tender emotions; passionate- moved by strong emotion |
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father
Ex. paternal- fatherly; patriarch- male head of family or group |
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foot
Ex. pedestrian- one who travels on foot; podiatrist- foot doctor |
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to drive, to push
Ex. impel- to drive forward; compulsion- irresistible force |
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love
Ex. philharmonic- fond of or devoted to music; philanthropist- one who loves and seeks to do good for others |
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carry
Ex. export- to carry out of the country; portable- able to be carried |
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mind
Ex. psychology- study of the mind; psychiatrist- specialist in mental disorders |
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to ask
Ex. inquiry- to ask about; question- that which is asked |
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to laugh
Ex. ridiculous- laughable; derision- to mock |
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to break
Ex. interrupt- to break in upon; erupt- to break through |
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to know
Ex. science- systematic knowledge of physical or natural phenomena; conscious- having toward knowledges |
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to write
Ex. transcribe- to write over again; script- text of words |
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to feel, to think
Ex. sentimental- expressive or appealing to tender feelings; sensitive- easily affected by changes |
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to follow
Ex. sequence- connected series; consecutive- following one another in unbroken order |
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to loosen
Ex. dissolve- to break up; absolute- without restraint |
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to look at
Ex. spectator- one who watches; inspect- to look at closely |
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to breathe
Ex. inspire- to breathe in; respiration- process of breathing |
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to bind
Ex. stringent-binding strongly; restrict- to restrain within bounds |
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to build
Ex. misconstrue- to interpret wrongly; construct- to build |
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to touch
Ex. tangent- touching, but not intersecting; contact- touching |
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to hold
Ex. tenure- holding of office; contain- to hold |
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to end
Ex. terminate-to end; terminal- having an end |
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earth
Ex. terrain- tract of land; terrestrial- existing on Earth |
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heat
Ex. thermal- pertaining to heat; thermometer- instrument for measuring temperature |
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to twist
Ex. contorionist- one who twists violently; torsion- act of turning or twisting |
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to pull, to draw
Ex. attract- draw toward; distract- to draw away |
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empty
Ex. vacant-empty; evacuate- to empty out |
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to come
Ex. prevent- to stop from coming; intervene- to come between |
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true
Ex. verify- to prove to be true; veracious- truthful |
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word
Ex. verbose- use of excess words; verbatim- word for word |
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to see
Ex. video- picture phase of television; vision- act of seeing external objects |
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to conquer
Ex. invincible- unconquerable; victory- defeat of enemy |
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life
Ex. vital- necessary to life; vivacious- lively |
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to call
Ex. provocative- serving to excite or stimulate to action; vocal- uttered by voice |
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to wish, to will
Ex. involuntary- outside the control of will; volition- the act of willing or choosing |
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