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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ac | sharp, bitter; acid, acute |
| acr | sharp, bitter; acrimonious |
| act | to do, to drive, to force, to lead; enact |
| ag | to do, to drive, to force, to lead; agent, agitate |
| ad | to, toward, near; adjacent, adhere |
| al | to, toward, near; allure |
| al | other, another; alternative |
| ali | other, another; alias, alien |
| alter | other, another; alternative |
| am | love; amiable, amity, enamor |
| amb | to go, to walk; ambulatory, preamble, ambush |
| amb | both, more than one, around; ambiguous, ambivalent |
| amph | both, more than one, around; amphitheater |
| anim | life, mind, soul, spirit; unanimous, animosity, equanimity |
| annui | year; annual, anniversary |
| ennui | year; perennial |
| anthro | man, human; anthropology, misanthrope |
| andr | man, human; android |
| apo | away; apology, apocalypse, apotheosis |
| apt | skill, fitness, ability; adapt |
| ept | skill, fitness, ability; adept, inept |
| arch, archi, archy | chief, principal, ruler; hierarchy, monarchy, anarchy |
| auto | self; automatic, autonomy, automaton |
| be | to be, to have a certain quality; befriend, bemoan, belittle |
| bel, bell | war; rebel, belligerent, antebellum |
| ben | good; benefit, benevolent |
| bon | good; bonus |
| cad | to fall, to happen by chance; cascade |
| cid | to fall, to happen by chance; accident, coincidence |
| cant | to sing; recant |
| cent | to sing; |
| chant | to sing; chant, enchant |
| cap | head, headlong; capitulate |
| capit | head, headlong; capital |
| cipit | head, headlong; principal |