GRE ROOTS With Example words
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A:
amoral
atheist
atypical
atrophy
anormal
agnostic - Without
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AB / ABS:
abduct
abhor
abolish
abstract
abnormal
abdicate
abstinence
abstruse: hard to understand - off, away from, apart, down
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AC / ACR:
acid
acute
acrid
acrimonious
exacerbate - sharp, bitter
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ACT / AG:
agile
agiate
litigate
prodigal
pedagogue
synagogue - to do; to drive; to force; to lead
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AD / AL:
adapt
adjacent
addict
admire
address
adhere
adjoin
advocate - to, toward, near
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AL / ALI / ALTER:
alternative
alias
alibi
alien
alter ego
altruist
allegory - other, another
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AM:
amature
amatory
amenity
amorous
enamored
amity
inamorata: a female lover
amiable
amicable - love
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AMB:
ambient
ambitious
preamble
ambassador
ambulance
ambulatory: capable of walking
ambush
perambulator: one who makes a tour or inspection on foot. - to go; to walk
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AMB / AMPH:
ambiguous
amphibian
ambidextrious - both, more than one, around
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ANIM:
unANIMous
ANIMosity
ANIMus
equANIMiy: mental or emotional stability
magnAMINous - of the life, mind, soul, spirit
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ANNUI / ENNI:
ANNUal
ANNIversry
ANNUIty
perENNIal
ANNals - year
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ANTE:
anterior
antecedent
antedate
antebellum
antediluvian:before the biblical flood - before
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ANTHRO / ANDR:
ANTHROpology
ANDRoid
misANTHROpe - man, human
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ANTI:
ANTIbody
ANTIdote
ANTIseptic
ANTIpathy: aversion
ANTIpodal: on the opposite side of the globe - against
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APO:
APOlogy
APOstle
APOcalypse
APOgee: highest most distant point
APOcryphal: of doubtful authority or authenticity
APOstasy: total desertion of one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc. . . - away
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ARCH / ARCHI / ARCHY:
ARCHItect
ARCHenemy
monARCHY
anARCHY
oligARCHY: state ruled by a select group - chief, principle, ruler
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AUTO:
automatic
autocrat: absolute ruler
autonomy - self
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BE:
belittle
bemoan: express pity for
bewilder
belie: to misrepresent or contradict - to be; to have a particular quality; to exist
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BEL / BELL:
antebellum: before the war
rebel
belligerent - war
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BEN / BON:
benefit
benign: kindly disposition
benediction
benevolent
bonus
bona fide: without fraud - good
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BI:
binoculars
biennial
bilateral
bilingual - twice, double
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CAD / CID:
accident
coincidence
decadent: decaying;
cascade
recidivist:one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime - to fall; to happen by chance
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CANT / CENT / CHANT:
accent
chant
enchant
recant: withdraw a statement
incantation
incentive - sing
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CAP / CIP / CEPT:
capture
anticipate
susceptible
emancipate
percipient:discerning; discriminating
precept: a commandment - to take; to get
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CAP / CAPIT / CIPIT:
capital
disciple
precipitate: to hasten the occurence of
capitulate: surrender
caption - head, headlong
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CARD / CORD/ COUR:
cardiac
encourage
concord: agreement; peace; amity
discord: lack of harmony
concordance: agreement - heart
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CARN:
carnivorous
carnage
carnival
reincarnation
incarnation - flesh
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CAST / CHAST:
cast
caste: limited to people of the same rank
castigate: to punish in order to correct
chastise
chaste:free from obscenity - cut
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CED / CEED / CESS:
antecedent
concede
predecessor
cessation
incessant: without stop - to go; to yield; to stop
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CENTR:
concentrate
eccentric
concentric
centrifuge
centrist - center
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CERN / CERT / CRET / CRIM /CRIT:
discrete
ascertain
certitude: freedom from doubt
discreet: judicious in one's conduct of speech
hypocrite
criterion - to separate; to judege; to distinguish; to decide
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CHRON:
synchronize
chronology
anachronism: archaic form, obsolete
chronic
chronometer - time
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CIRCU:
circumference
circumstances
circuit
circumambulate: to walk about or around
circuitous: roundabout, indirect - around, on all sides
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CIS:
scissors
precise
exorcise
incision
incisive - to cut
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CLA / CLO / CLU:
conclude
claustrophobia
disclose
exclusive
cloister: courtyard bordered by covered walkway
preclude: prevent the presence, existence or occurence of - shut, close
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CLAIM / CLAM:
exclaim
proclaim
clamor
disclaim
reclaim - to shout; to cry out
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CLI:
decline
recline
climax
proclivity: inclination
disinclination: aversion - to lean toward
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CO / COL / COM / CON:
connect
coerce
compatible
collaborate
conciliate: to placate, win over
commensurate: suitable in measurement - with, together
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CRE / CRESC / CRET:
accrue
creation
increase
increment
accretion: an increase by natural growth - to grow
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CRED:
incredible
credentials
credo
credulity: willingness to believe or trust to readily
credit - to believe, to trust
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CRYP:
crypt
apocryphal: doubtful authenticity
cryptology
cryptography - hidden
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CUB / CUMB:
cubicle
succomb
incubate
incumbent
recumbent: lying down - to lie down
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CULP:
culprit
culpalbe: deserving blame
inculpate: to charge with fault
mea culpa: my fault - blame
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COUR / CUR:
recur
curriculum
courier
excursion
cursive
concur
incursion
cursory: going rapidly over something, hasty - running; a course
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DE:
descend
decipher
defile
defame
deferential: respectful
delineate - away, off, down, completely, reversal
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DEM:
democracy
epidemic
endemic: peculiar to a people or region
pandemic: general, universal
demographics - people
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DI / DIA:
dialogue
diagnose
dilate: to make wider or larger
dilatory: inclinded to delay or procrastinate
dichotomy: division into two parts - apart, through
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DIC / DICT / DIT:
dictionary
predict
verdict
interdict: to forbid - to say; to tell; to use words
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DIGN:
dignity
dignitary
deign: in accordance with one's dignity
condign: well deserved; fitting; adequate
disdain - worth
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DIS / DIF:
disperse
disseminate
dissuade
diffuse - away from, apart, reversal, not
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DAC / DOC:
doctor
doctrine
indoctrinate
docile
didactic: intended for instruction - to teach
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DOG / DOX:
orthodox
paradox
dogma - opinion
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DOL:
condolence
indolence: being lazy
doleful
dolorous - suffer, pain
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DON / DOT / DOW:
donate
pardon
antidote
anecdote: short narrative about an interesting event
endow - to give
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DUB:
dubious: doubtful
dubiety
indubitable: unquestionable - doubt
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DUC / DUCT:
abduct
conduct
conducive
induce
induct
produce - to lead
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DUR:
endure
durable
duress
dour: sullen, gloomy
duration - hard
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DYS:
dystrophy: faulty or inadequate nutrition or development
dyspepsia: impaired digestion
dyslexia
dysfunctional: - faulty, abnormal
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EPI:
epidemic
epilogue: concluding part of literaly work
epidermis
epigram: short witty or pointed saying
epithet - upon
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EQU:
equation
adequate
equidistant
iniquity: gross injustice - equal, even
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ERR:
err: to go astray in thought, mistaken
error
erratic
arrant: downright, thorough, notorious - to wander
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ESCE:
adolescent
obsolescent
incandescent
convalescent: recovering from illness
reminiscent - becoming
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EU:
euphemism
eulogy
eugenics
euthanasia
euphony: pleasantness of sound - good, well
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E / EF /EX:
evade
exclude
extricate
exonerate
expire
efface: to rub or wipeout; surpass, eclipse - out, out of, from, former, completely
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EXTRA:
extraordinary
extract
extrasensory
extrapolate: estimate - outside, beyond
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FAB / FAM:
fable
affable: friendly, courteous
ineffable: too great for description
famous
defame - speak
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FAC / FIC / FIG / FAIT/ FEIT / FY:
factory
fraction
deficient
prolific
configuration
ratify
effigy
counterfeit - to do; to make
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FER:
offer
confer
referendum
proffer
proliferate - to bring, to carry; to bear
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FERV:
fervor
fervid: ardent, intense
effervescent: giving of bubbles of gas - to boil; to bubble
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FID:
confide
affidavit: written statement on oath
fidelity
fiduciary
infidel - faith, trust
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FLAG / FLAM:
flammable
flambeau: a lighted tourch
flagrant
conflagration: large destructive fire - to burn
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FIN:
final
confine
definitive
infinite
infinitesimal - end
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FLECT / FLEX:
deflect
flexible
inflect: to change or vary pitch
reflect
genuflect: to bend knee esp in worship - to bend
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FLU / FLUX:
fluid
fluctuation
effluence: flowing out of
confluence: merging into one
mellifluous: pleasing, musical - to flow
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FORE:
foresight
foreshadow
forstall: to prevent by advance action
forthright: straight forward - before
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FORT:
fortune
fortunate
fortuitous - chance
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FORT:
fortify
fortissimo
forte - strength
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FRA / FRAC /FRAG / FRING:
fracture
fragment
fractious
refractory
infringe - to break
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FUS:
profuse: lavish, extravagant
fusillade: continuous discharging of firearms
suffuse
difuse
infusion - to pour
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GEN:
generous
genetics
gender
carcinogenic
progeny: offspring
miscegenation: inter breeding btw races - birth, creation, race, kind
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GN / GNO:
agnostic
ignore
ignoramus
recognize
incognito
prognosis
diagnose - know
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GRAT:
grateful
ingratiate: bring one's self into favor
gratuity
gracious - pleasing
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GRAD / GRESS:
progress
aggressive
degrade
digress
egress: going out; way out
regress - to step
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HER / HES:
coherent
adhesive
inherent: essential character of something
adherent
heredity - to stick
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(H)ETERO:
heterosexual
heterogeneous
heterodox - different
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(H)OM:
homogeneous
homonym
homosexual
anomaly
homeostasis - same
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HYPER:
hyperactive
hyperbole: purposeful exaggeration for effect
hyperglycemia - over, excessive
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HYPO:
hypodermic
hypochondriac
hypocritical: affecting virtues or qualitys one doesn't have
hypothesis - under, beneath, less than
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IDIO:
idiot
idiom
idiosyncrasy - one's own
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IM / IN / EM / EN:
embrace
enclose
intrinsic
implicit
incarnate
indigenous - in, into
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IM / IN:
inactive
innocuous: not harmful
indolence
impartial
indigent: deficient in what is requiste - not, without
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INTER:
interstate
interim
interloper: one who intrudes in the domain of others
intermittent
intersperse - between, among
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JECT:
inject
dejected: sad
eject
conjecture
abject:utterly hopeless, wretched - to throw; to throw down
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JOIN / JUNCT:
junction
adjoin
subjugate
rejoiner: to reply, retort
junta: clique taking power after a coup d'etat - to meet; to join
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JUR:
perjery
abjure: renounce an oath
adjure: to beg or command - to swear
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LECT / LEG:
collect
elect
select
eclectic
predilection: preference, liking - to select, to choose
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LEV:
relieve
alleviate
relevant
levee
levitate
levity - lift, light, rise
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LOC / LOG /LOQU:
dialogue
elocution
prologue
eulogy
colloquial: of ordinary or familiar conversation
grandiloquent: pompous or inflated language
loquacious - word, speech
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LUC / LUM / LUS:
illustrate
illuminate
illustrious
translucent
lucid: easily understood
luminous - light
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LUD / LUS:
allude
illusion
ludicrous
delude
elude
prelude: a preliminary to an action, event, etc - play
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LAV / LUT / LUV:
lavatory
dilute
pollute
deluge: great flood
antediluvaian: before the biblical flood
ablution: the act of cleansing - to wash
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MAG / MAJ / MAX:
magnify
magnitude
maximum
magnate: a powerful person
magnanimous:generous in forgiving an insult or injury
maxim - big
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MAL / MALE:
malfunction
malicious
malign: to slander
malady: disease
maladroit: clumsy, tactless
malapropism
malfeasance: misconduct by a public official
malediction: a curse - bad, ill, evil, wrong
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MAN:
manual
manufacture
emancipate
manifest
mandate - hand
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MIN:
minute
minutiae: small or trivial detail
miniature
diminish
diminution: act of diminishing - small
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MIS / MIT:
transmit
emissary
intermittent
remit: to send money
remission - to send
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MISC:
miscellaneous
miscegenation: interbreeding races
promiscuous - mixed
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MON / MOUNT:
monument
monitor
summon
admonish: counsel against something
remonstrate: object
premonition - to remind; to warn
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MIN:
eminent
imminent
prominent
preeminent
minatory: menacing, threatening - to project, to hang over
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MORPH:
amorphous: without a definite form
metamorphosis
anthropomorphism: giving human characteristics to animals - shape
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MORT:
immortal
morbid
moribund: dying, decaying - death
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MUT:
commute: to substitute
mutation
transmutation: change from one form to another
permutation
immutable - change
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NAT / NAS / NAI:
natural
native
naive
cognate: related by blood
renaissance - to be born
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NIC / NOC / NOX:
innocent
noxious: harmful to health
obnoxious
innocuous: harmless - harm
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NOM:
astronomy
economy
gastronomy: art of good eating
taxonomy
autonomy - rule, order
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NOM / NYM / NOUN / NOWN:
synonym
anonymous
nominal: negligable
nominate
nomenclature: system of names
acronym - name
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NOV / NEO / NOU:
novice
renovate
innovate
neologism: newly coined word
neophyte: a recent convert
nouveau riche: recently become rich - new
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NOUNC / NUNC:
announce
pronounce
renounce - to announce
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OB / OC / OF / OP:
obese
obstinate
obstruct
oblique: slanted or sloping direction
obstreperous: noisily defiant, unruly
obtuse: not sharp or pointed
obfuscate
obsequious:overly submissive - toward, to against, over
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OMNI:
omnibus
omnipresent
omnipotent
omniscient - all
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PAC / PEAC:
appease
pacify
pacifier
pact - peace
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PAN:
panorama
panegyric: formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
panoply: wide-ranging display
pantheon
pandemic - all, everyone
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PAR:
par: an equality in value
parity: equal in amount, status or character
apartheid: system that separates people based on race
disparage
disparate: essentially different - equal
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PARA:
parallel
parasite
parody
parable
paragon: a model of excelence
paranoid - next to, beside
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PAS / PAT / PATH:
sympathy
empathy
compassion
dispassionate: devoid of personal feeling or bias
impassive: showing or feeling no emotion
sociopath
pathogenic - feeling, suffering, disease
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PAU / PO / POV / PU:
poverty
paucity
pauper
impoverish
pusillanimous: lacking courage
puerile: childish, immature - few, little, poor
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PED:
pedagogue
pediatrician
pedant: boastful about learning
encyclopedia - child, education
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PED / POD:
pedal
pedestrian
expedite
impede
podium
antipodes: places diametrically opposite on the goble - foot
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PEN / PUN:
penal
penalty
punitive
penance
penitent - to pay; to compensate
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PEND / PENS:
depend
stipend
compensate
indispesable
appendix
appendage - to hang; to weigh; to pay
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PER:
persitent
perforate: to make a way through
perplex
peruse
perfunctory: done as a routine
pertinacious: resolute
perspicacious: shrewd, astute - completely
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PERI:
perimeter
periscope
peripatetic: walking or traveling about - around
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PET / PIT:
appetite
compete
petition
centripetal: seeking the center
impetuous: characterized by sudden action or motion
petulant: showing sudden irritation - to go; to seek; to strive
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PHIL:
philosophy
philatelist: one who collects postage stamps
philogoy: study of literaly texts
bibiophile - love
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PLAC:
placid
placebo
implacable: unable to be pleased
complacent: unconcerned
complaisant: inclined to please - to please
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PLE:
complete
deplete
supplement
implement
replete: abundantly supplied
plethora: excess, overabundance - to fill
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PLEX / PLIC / PLY:
complex
replica
implicit
implicate
duplucity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct - to fold, twist, tangle, or bend
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PON / POS / POUND:
component
expose
expound
juxtapose: place close together
repository - to put; to place
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PORT:
import
export
portable
deportment: conduct, behavior
disport: to divert or amuse oneself
importune: to urge or press with persistence - to carry
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POST:
posthumous: after death
posterior
posterity: succeeding in future generations collectively
post factor: after the fact - after
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PRE:
precarious: dependent on circumstances beyond control
precocious: unusually advanced
premonition
presentiment: forboding
precedent
precept - before
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PREHEND / PRISE:
surprise
enterprise
reprehensible: deserving rebuke or censure
comprise
reprisal
apprehend - to take; to get; to seize
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PRO:
prolific
profuse
prodigal
prodigious: extraordinary in size or amount
proselytize: recruit
propound: set forth for consideration
provident - much, for, a lot
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PROB:
probe
approbation: praise, consideration
opprobrium: the disgrace incured by shameful conduct
reprobate: a depraved or wicked person
problematic
probity: honesty, high-mindedness - prove; to test
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PUG:
pugnacious: to fight readily
impugn: to challenge as false
repugnant
pugilist: a fighter or boxer - to fight
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PUNC / PUNG / POIGN:
point
puncture
pungent
compunction: feeling uneasy from wrong doing
punctilious: strictly observing formalities
expunge - to point; to prick
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QUE / QUIS:
acquire
exquisite
conquest
inquisitive
query
querulous: full of complaints
perquisite: a gratutity or tip - to seek
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QUI:
quiet
disquiet: lack of calm or peace
tranquil
acquiesce: to comply, give in
quiescence: the condition of being at rest, still, inactive - quiet
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RID / RIS:
riddle
derision: the act of mockery
risible: causing laughter - to laugh
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ROG:
interrogate
arrogant
abrogate: a abolish by formal means
surrogate
derogatory
arrogate: to make an unwarrented claim - to ask
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SAL / SIL / SAULT / SULT:
insult
assault
somersault
salient: prominent or conspicuous
resilient
insolent: rude or disrespectful
exult: to show of feel triumphant joy
desultory: at random - to leap, to jump
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SACR / SANCT / SECR:
sacred
sacrifice
sanctify
sanction
execrable: abominable
sacrament
sacrilege - sacred
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SCI:
conscious
unconscionable
omniscient
prescient: having knowledge of things before they happen - to know
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SCRIBE / SCRIP:
scribble
describe
script
postscript
proscribe: condemn as harmful
ascribe: to credit
conscription
transcript
circumscribe - to write
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SE:
select
separate
seduce
segregate
secede
sequester
sedition: incitement of discontent or rebelion - apart
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SEC / SEQU:
second
prosecute
sequence
obsequious: trying to win over by flattery
non sequitur: not followed from the presmise - to follow
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SED / SESS / SID:
preside
reside
sediment
dissident
residula
subsidiary
insidious: intended to trap
assiduous: persistent, hardworking - to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot
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SENS / SENT:
sense
sensory
sentiment
presentiment: a feeling something is about to happen
dissent
resent
sentinel
insensate - to feel; to be away
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SOL:
dissolve
soluble
resolution
dissolution
dissolute: indifferent to moral restraints
absolution: forgiveness - to loosen; to free
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SPEC / SPIC / SPIT:
perspective
speculation
suspicious
spectrum
retrospective
circumspect: watchful or cautious
perspicacious: having a keen understanding
conspicuous
specious: deceptively attractive - to look; to see
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STA / STI:
static
destiture
obstinate
constitute: to make up
stasis
apostasy: reunification of one's previous loyalty - to stand; to be in place
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SUA:
suave
sersuade
dissuade
assuage: to make less severe, relieve - smooth
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SUB / SUP:
submissive
subsidiary
subliminal
subtle
subterfuge: an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule
supposition: the act of assuming - below
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SUPER / SUR:
surpass
superlative: the highest kind of order
supersede
supercilious: arrogant
superfluous
surmount
surveillance - above
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TAC / TIC:
reticent: disposed to be silent
tacit: unspoken understanding
taciturn: uncommunicative - to be silent
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TAIN / TEN / TENT / TIN:
detain
pertain
tenacious
abstentation: refraining voluntarily
tenure
tenable: capable of bein held
sustenance
pertinacious: persistenct, stubborn - to hold
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TEND / TENS / TENT / TENU:
tension
tentative
tendentious: having a predisposition towards a pont of view
distend
attenuate: weaken or reduce in force
extenuating
contentious: belligerent - to stretch; to thin
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THEO:
atheist
theocracy
theology
apotheosis: glorification, glorified idea - god
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TRACT:
tractor
attract
contract
detract
abstract
tractable
protract - to drag; to pull; to draw
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TRANS:
transaction
transition
transparent
transgress: violate law or moral code
transcendent
intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise - across
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US / UT:
abuse
usage
usurp: to seize and hold
utilitarian - to use
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VEN / VENT:
convene
venturesome: showing a disposition to take risks
intervene
contravene: come into conflict with
adventitious: accidental - to come or to move toward
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VER:
verdict
veracious: habitually truthful
verity: truthfulness
verisimilitude: the appearance or semblance of truth
aver: to affirm, declare to be true - truth
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VERD:
verdant green with vegitation; inexperienced
verdure: fresh, rich vegitation - green
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VERS / VERT:
controversay
revert
diverse
aversion
introvert
extrovert
inadvertent
covert
avert - to turn
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VI:
vivid
vicarious
viable: capable of living
vivacity - life
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VID / VIS:
evident
video
adviser
survey
vista - to see
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VIL:
vilify
revile: to criticize with harsh words
vile - base, mean
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VOC / VOK:
vocabulary
advocate
equivocate: to use ambiguous or unclear expressions
vocation: a particualar occupation
avocation: something that one does in addition to a principle occupation
vociferious: crying out, noisy
- to call
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VOL:
voluntary
malevolent
benevolent
volition: free choice, free will - to wish
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VOR:
voracious
carnivorous
omnivorous - to eat