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[A/AN] agnostic, amoral, anomaly, anonymous, apathy, atheist, atrophy, atypical

NOT, WITHOUT

[AB] abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject, abnormal, abolish, abstinence, abstract, abstruse

OFF, AWAY FROM, APART, DOWN

[ABLE/IBLE] changeable, combustible, durable, indubitable, inevitable, laudable, tolerable, variable

CAPABLE OF, WORTHY OF

[AC/ACR] acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acumen, acute, exacerbate

SHARP, BITTER, SOUR

[AD] (often the 'd' is dropped and the first letter after the 'a' is doubled) accede, adapt, addict, address, adequate, adhere, adjacent, adjoin, admire, advocate, accede, affiliate, aggregate, allocate, annunciation, appall, arrest, assiduous, attract

TO, TOWARD, NEAR

[AMBI/AMPHI] ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous, amphibian, amphitheater

BOTH, ON BOTH SIDES, AROUND

[AMBL/AMBUL] amble, ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble

TO GO, TO WALK

[ANIM] animadversion, animal, animate, animosity, equanimity, magnanimous, pusillanimous, unanimous

OF THE LIFE, MIND, SOUL, BREATH

[ANT/ANTE] ancient, antebellum, antecedent, antechamber, antedate, antediluvian, anterior, anticipate, antiquity

BEFORE

[ANTI] antagonism, antibody, anticlimax, antidote, antipathy, antiphony, antipodal, antiseptic, antithesis

AGIANST, OPPOSITE

[AQUA/AQUE] aquamarine, aquarium, aquatic, aquatint, aqueduct, subaqueous

WATER

[AUTO] autism, autobiography, autocrat, autograph, automatic, automaton, autonomy

SELF

[BELL] antebellum, bellicose, belligerent, rebel, rebellion

WAR

[BEN/BENE] benediction, benefactor, benefit, benevolent, benign

GOOD

[BI/BIN] biennial, bifocals, bifurcate, bilateral, bilingual, binocular, binomial, bipartisan, biped, combination

TWO

[BON/BOUN] bona fide, bonus, bountiful, bounty, debonair

GOOD, GENEROUS

[BREV/BRID] abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviary, breviloquent, brevity, brief

SHORT, SMALL

[BURS] bursar, bursary, disburse, reimburse

PURSE, MONEY

[CARD/CORD/COUR] accord, cardiac, cardiograph, cardiology, concord, concordance, cordial, discord, encourage, record

HEART

[CARN] carnage, carnal, carnival, carnivorous, incarnation, reincarnation

FLESH

[CAUS/CAUT] caustic, cauterize, cautery, encaustic, holocaust

TO BURN

[CED/CEED/CESS] abscess, accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, exceed, incessant, precede, predecessor, proceed, recede, recess, secede, succeed

TO GO, TO YIELD, TO STOP

[CELER] accelerant, accelerate, celerity, decelerate

SPEED

[CENT] bicentennial, cent, centennial, centigrade, centigram, centiliter, centimeter, centipede, century, percent

HUNDRED, HUNDREDTH

[CHROM] chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic

COLOR

[CHRON] anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronology, chronometer, synchronize

TIME

[CIRCU/CIRCUM] circuit, circuitous, circumference, circumlocution, circumnavigate, circumspect, circumstance

AROUND

[CO/COL/COM/CON] coerce, collaborate, collide, commensurate, communicate, compare, compatible, conciliate, connect

WITH, TOGETHER

[COGN/CONN] cognition, cognizance, incognito, recognize, reconnaissance, reconnoiter

TO KNOW

[CONTRA/CONTRO/COUNTER] contradict, contrary, controversy, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterfeit, countermand, counterpart, counterpoint, encounter

AGAINST

[CORP/CORS] corporation, corps, corpse, corpulent, corpus, corpuscle, corset, incorporation

BODY

[COSM] cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm

ORDER, UNIVERSE, WORLD

[CRE/CRESC/CRET] accretion, accrue, creation, excrescence, increase, increment

TO GROW

[CRED] accredit, credentials, credible, credit, creditable, credo, credulity, creed, incredible, incredulous

TO BELIEVE, TO TRUST

[CRYPT] apocryphal, crypt, cryptic, cryptography, cryptology

HIDDEN

[CUB/CUMB] concubine, cubicle, incubate, incubus, incumbent, recumbent, succubus, succumb

TO LIE DOWN

[CULP] culpable, culprit, exculpate, inculpate, mea culpa

FAULT, BLAME

[DE] decipher, defame, deferential, defile, delineate, descend

AWAY, OFF, DOWN, COMPLETELY, REVERSAL

[DEXT] ambidextrous, dexter, dexterity, dexterous

RIGHT HAND, RIGHT SIDE, DEFT

[DI] dial, diary, dismal, diurnal, meridian, quotidian

DAY

[DI/DIA] diagnose, diagonal, diagram, dialect, dialogue, diameter, diaphanous, diaphragm, diarrhea, diatribe, dichotomy

IN TWO, THROUGH, ACROSS

[DI/DIF/DIS] diffuse, dilate, dilatory, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, dissuade, distant, diverge

AWAY FROM, APART, REVERSAL, NOT

[DIC/DICT/DIT] abdicate, benediction, contradict, dedicate, dictate, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indicate, indict, interdict, malediction, predicate, predict, valedictorian, verdict

TO SAY, TO TELL, TO USE WORDS

[DOL] condole, condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolence

TO SUFFER, TO PAIN, TO GRIEVE

[DORM] dormant, dormitory

SLEEP

[DORS] dorsal, endorse

BACK

[DUC/DUCT] abduct, conducive, conduct, conduit, induce, induct, produce

TO LEAD

[DULC] dulcet, dulcified, dulcimer

SWEET

[DUR] dour, durable, duration, duress, during, endure, obdurate, perdurable

HARD, LASTING

[E/EX] efface, eliminate, emanate, eradicate, evade, evict, evince, excavate, except, excerpt, exclude, execute, exhale, exile, exit, exonerate, expire, extricate

OUT, OUT OF, FROM, FORMER,COMPLETELY

[EGO] ego, egocentric, egoism, egotist

SELF

[EQU] adequate, equable, equation, equator, equidistant, equilibrium, equinox, equivocate, iniquity

EQUAL, EVEN

[ERR] aberration, arrant, err, errant, erratic, erroneous, error

TO WANDER

[EU] eugenics, eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, euthanasia

GOOD, WELL

[FAL] default, fail, fallacy, false, faux pas, infallible

TO ERR, TO DECEIVE

[FATU] fatuity, fatuous, infatuated

FOOLISH

[FERV] effervescent, fervent, fervid, fervor

TO BOIL, TO BUBBLE

[FI/FID] affiance, affidavit, confide, fealty, fidelity, fiduciary, infidel

FAITH, TRUST

[FLAGR/FLAM] conflagration, flagrant, flambeau, inflame

TO BURN

[FLECT/FLEX] circumflex, deflect, flex, flexible, genuflect, inflect, reflect

TO BEND, TO TURN

[FUG] centrifugal, fugitive, fugue, refuge, refugee, subterfuge

TO FLEE, TO FLY

[FUM] fume, fumigate, perfume

SMOKE

[GEN] carcinogenic, congenital, degenerate, engender, eugenics, gender, gene, general, generation, generous, genesis, genetics, genial, genital, genius, gentility, gentle, ingenuity, progeny, regenerate

BIRTH, CREATION, RACE, KIND

[GNI/GNO] agnostic, diagnose, ignoramus, ignore, prognosis, recognize

TO KNOW

[GRAM/GRAPH] anagram, diagram, epigram, epigraph, grammar, graph, graphic, graphite, photograph, program, telegram

TO WRITE, TO DRAW

[GREG] aggregate, congregate, egregious, gregarious, segregate

FLOCK

[HAP] haphazard, hapless, happen, happily, happy, mishap, perhaps

BY CHANCE

[HEMI] hemicycle, hemisphere, hemistich

HALF

[(H)ETERO] heterodox, heterodyne, heterogeneous, heterosexual

DIFFERENT, OTHER

[HOL] catholic, holocaust, hologram, holograph, holistic

WHOLE

[(H)OM] anomaly, homeostasis, homogeneous, homogenize, homogenous, homologue, homonym, homophone, homosexual, homotype

SAME

[HUM] exhume, humble, humility

EARTH

[ICON] icon, iconic, iconoclast, iconography, iconology

IMAGE, IDOL

[IN/IM] (often the 'n' is dropped and the first letter after the 'i' is doubled) illogical, immoral, impartial, inactive, indigent, indolence, innocuous, irrelevant

NOT, WITHOUT

[IN/IM] (often the 'n' is dropped and the first letter after the 'i' is doubled) illuminate, implicit, incarnate, indigenous, influx, intrinsic, irrigate

IN, INTO

[INTER] interim, interloper, intermittent, intersperse, interstate, interval

BETWEEN, AMONG

[INTRA] intramural, intrastate, intravenous

INSIDE, WITHIN

[IT/ITER] ambition, circuit, itinerant, itinerary, reiterate, transit

WAY, JOURNEY

[JOC] jocose, jocular, jocularity, jocund, joke

JOKE

[JOIN/JUG/JUNCT] adjoin, conjugal, conjunction, injunction, junction, junta, rejoin, subjugate

TO MEET, TO JOIN

[JOUR] adjourn, journal, journey

DAY

[JUD] adjudicate, judiciary, judicious, prejudice

TO JUDGE

[JUR] abjure, adjure, conjure, injure, juridical, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jurist, jury, perjury

LAW, TO SWEAR

[LANG/LING] bilingual, language, linguistics

TONGUE

[LAUD] cum laude, laud, laudable, laudatory

PRAISE, HONOR

[LAV/LAU/LU] ablution, antediluvian, deluge, dilute, laundry, lavatory, lave

TO WASH

[LAX/LEAS/LES] lax, laxative, laxity, lease, leash, lessee, lessor, relax, release

LOOSE

[LEC/LEG/LEX] dialect, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, lesson, lexicographer, lexicon

TO READ, TO SPEAK

[LEV] alleviate, elevate, leaven, levee, lever, levitate, levity, levy, relevant, relieve

TO LIFT, TO RISE, LIGHT (WEIGHT)

[LI/LIG] ally, league, liable, liaison, lien, ligament, ligature, oblige, religion, rely

TO TIE, TO BIND

[LIBER] deliver, illiberal, liberal, liberality, liberate, libertine, liberty, livery

FREE

[LITH] acrolith, lithography, lithoid, lithology, lithotomy, megalith, monolith

STONE

[LOC/LOG/LOQU] biology, circumlocution, colloquial, dialogue, elocution, eloquent, eulogy, geology, grandiloquent, interlocutor, locution, logic, loquacious, monologue, prologue, soliloquy, ventriloquism

WORD, SPEECH, THOUGHT

[LUC/LUM/LUS] illuminate, illustrate, illustrious, lackluster, lucid, luminous, translucent,

LIGHT (BRIGHTNESS)

[MACRO] macro, macrobiotics, macrocephalous, macrocosm, macroscopic

GREAT, LONG

[MAG/MAI/MAX] magistrate, magnanimous, magnate, magnificent, magnify, magniloquent, magnitude, majesty, major, majority, master, maxim, maximum, mistress

BIG, GREAT

[MAL/MALE] maladroit, malady, malapropism, malediction, malefactor, malfeasance, malfunction, malevolence, malicious, malign, malinger

BAD, ILL, EVIL, WRONG

[MAN/MANU] amanuensis, emancipate, manacle, manage, maneuver, manifest, manipulate, manner, manual, manufacture, manuscript

HAND

[MAND/MEND] command, commend, countermand, demand, mandate, mandatory, recommend, remand, reprimand

TO COMMAND, TO ORDER, TO ENTRUST

[MEDI] immediate, intermediate, mean, media, median, mediate, medieval, mediocre, medium

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