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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 convoke; to call together invoke |
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
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