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| dis- | show | disappear, disallow, disarm, disconnect, discontinue
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| over- | too much | show 🗑
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| un- | reverses the meaning of the verb | show 🗑
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| mis- | show | mislead, misinform, misidentify
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| out- | more or better than others | show 🗑
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| be- | show | befriend, belittle
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| co- | show | co-exist, co-operate, co-own
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| fore- | earlier, before | show 🗑
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| inter- | show | interact, intermix, interface
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| show | before | pre-expose, prejudge, pretest
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| sub- | show | subcontract, subdivide
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| show | across, over | transform, transcribe, transplant
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| -ise | cause to be | show 🗑
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| show | cause to be | differentiate, liquidate, pollinate, duplicate, fabricate
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| -fy | cause to be | show 🗑
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| -en | cause to be | show 🗑
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| show | against | anticlimax, antidote, antithesis
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| bi- | two | show 🗑
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| show | joint | co-founder, co-owner, co-descendant
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| counter- | against | show 🗑
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| dis- | show | discomfort, dislike
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| ex- | show | ex-chairman, ex-hunter
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| show | extreme | hyperinflation, hypersurface
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| show | the converse of | inattention, incoherence, incompatibility
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| in- | show | inpatient,
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| show | between | interaction, inter-change, interference
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| kilo- | thousand | show 🗑
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| show | bad | malfunction, maltreatment, malnutrition
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| mega- | million | show 🗑
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| mis- | wrong | show 🗑
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| mini- | show | mini-publication, mini-theory
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| mono- | one | show 🗑
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| show | new | neo-colonialism, neo-impressionism
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| out- | show | outbuilding,
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| show | many | polysyllable
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| pseudo- | FALSE | show 🗑
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| re- | again | show 🗑
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| show | half | semicircle, semi-darkness
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| sub- | show | subset, subdivision
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| super- | more than, above | show 🗑
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| tele- | distant | show 🗑
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| tri- | show | tripartism
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| show | beyond | ultrasound
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| show | below, too little | underpayment, under-development, undergraduate
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| vice- | show | vice-president
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| show | action/instance of V-ing | alteration, demonstration
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| show | action/instance of V-ing | expansion, inclusion, admission
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| -er | person who V-s | show 🗑
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| show | something used for V-ing | computer, silencer
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| -ment | action/instance of V-ing | show 🗑
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| -ant | show | assistant, consultant
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| show | person who V-s | student
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| -age | action/result of V | show 🗑
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| -al | action/result of V | show 🗑
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| -ence | action/result of V | show 🗑
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| show | action/result of V | attendance, acceptance, endurance
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| show | action/instance of V-ing | bribery, robbery, misery
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| -ery/-ry | place of V-ing | show 🗑
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| show | person concerned with N | astronomer, geographer
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| -ism | show | Marxism, Maoism, Thatcherism
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| -ship | state of being N | show 🗑
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| show | collection of N | baggage, plumage
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| show | state or quality of being A | ability, similarity, responsibility, curiosity
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| -ness | show | darkness, preparedness, consciousness
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| show | state or quality of being A | urgency, efficiency, frequency
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| -al | show | central, political, national, optional, professional
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| -ent | show | different, dependent, excellent
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| -ive | show | attractive, effective, imaginative, repetitive
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| -ous | show | continuous, dangerous, famous
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| show | make ajective | endless, homeless, careless, thoughtless
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| show | make ajective | drinkable, countable, avoidable,
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| un- | show | unfortunate, uncomfortable, unjust
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| im-/in-/ir-/il- | make negative ajective | show 🗑
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| non- | make negative ajective | show 🗑
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| show | make negative ajective | disloyal, dissimilar, dishonest
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| Aqua | water | show 🗑
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| Arbor | tree | show 🗑
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| Audio | show | Audible
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| Bell | show | Bellicism
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| Dict | show | Dictation
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| show | earth | Geography
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| show | write | Graphics
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| Hydra | water | show 🗑
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| Man | show | Manual
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| show | small | Minimal
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| show | new | Novice
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| Path | show | Pathetic and Apathy
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| Sol | sun | show 🗑
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| Therm | heat | show 🗑
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| Vac | show | Vacuum
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| Vent | show | Ventilate
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| Vit | life | show 🗑
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| show | bitter | Acrimony
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| Carn | show | Carnivorous
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| show | body | Corporal punishment
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| Deca | ten | show 🗑
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| Erg | show | Energy
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| Gen | birth | show 🗑
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| Lum | show | Luminary
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| Sen | show | Senior
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| Tele | show | Telephone
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| Vor | eat greedily | show 🗑
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| show | to move or do | Action, activity and transaction
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| Ambul | show | Amble, ambulant, ambulate
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| Auto | show | Autocrat, automatic
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| Cardio | show | Cardiovascular, cardiology
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| Cede | go | show 🗑
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| show | against or opposite | Counteract, counterpoint and counterargument
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| Demo | people | show 🗑
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| Derma | show | Dermatology, epidermis
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| show | equal | Equity, equilateral and equidistant
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| Ex | show | Exit, extract and explosion
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| Extra | outside | show 🗑
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| Hypno | show | Hypnosis, hypnotic
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| In and im | not | show 🗑
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| Intra | within or into | show 🗑
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| show | to throw | Reject, eject and inject
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| Mal | show | Malignant, malfunction and malice
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| show | big or great | Magnificent, magnify
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| Multi | show | Multiple, multifaceted and multilingual
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| Omni | show | Omnipotent, omnipresent and omnivore
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| show | many | Polygamous, polychrome and polytheist
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| Script | show | Manuscript, postscript
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| Sect | show | Intersect, dissect and section
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| show | half | Semicircle and semifinalist
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| Un | not | show 🗑
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| Vis, vid | show | Envision, evident
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| a, an | show | atheist, anarchy, anonymous apathy, aphasia, anemia, atypical, anesthesia
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| ab | show | absent, abduction, aberrant, abstemious, abnormal, abstract, absorb
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| acro | high, tip, top | show 🗑
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| act | do, move | show 🗑
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| ad | to, toward | show 🗑
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| alt | high | show 🗑
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| show | to walk | ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist, perambulate, preamble
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| anima | show | animation, inanimate, animal, anime, equanimity, animism, animus
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| ante | show | anteroom, antebellum, antedate antecedent, antediluvian
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| anti, ant | show | antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antichrist, antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy, antigen, antibiotic, antidote, antifungal, antidepressant
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| show | weapon | army, armament, disarm, rearm, armistice, armor, armory, arms
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| audi | to hear | show 🗑
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| auto | self | show 🗑
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| be | show | bedecked, besmirch, besprinkled, begrudge, begrime, belie, bemoan
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| show | war | belligerent, antebellum, bellicose, rebel
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| show | good, well | benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction, beneficiary, benefit
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| bi | show | bicycle, bifocals, biceps, billion, binary, bivalve, bimonthly, bigamy, bimetal, biathlete, bicarbonate
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| bio | life, living | show 🗑
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| show | to go, to yield | succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, exceed, succession, excess
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| show | time | chronology, chronic, chronicle, chronometer, anachronism
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| circum | show | circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumcision, circumference, circumorbital, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe, circulatory
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| clud, clus claus | show | include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose, exclusive, reclusive, conclude, preclude
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| con, com | with, together | show 🗑
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| contra, counter | against, opposite | show 🗑
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| show | to believe | credo, credible, credence, credit, credential, credulity, incredulous, creed, incredible
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| commun | show | commune, community, communism, communicable, communication, commonality, incommunicado
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| cycl | show | bicycle, cyclical, cycle, encliclical, motorcycle, tricycle, cyclone
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| de | show | detach, deploy, derange, deodorize, devoid, deflate, degenerate, deice, descend, derail, depress, depart, decompose, destruction
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| dei, div | show | divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify, deism
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| demo | people | show 🗑
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| show | through, across, between | diameter, diagonal, dialogue, dialect, dialectic, diagnosis, diachronic, diagram, diaphragm, dialysis, diarrhea
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| dict | speak | show 🗑
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| show | away, not, negative | dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse, dissuade, disconnect, dysfunction, disproportion, disrespect, distemper, distaste, disarray, dyslexia
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| show | to lead, pull | produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct, aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce, induce
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| dyn, dyna | power | show 🗑
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| show | outside, external | ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm, ectopic, ectothermal
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| endo | show | endotoxin, endoscope, endogenous
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| show | equal | equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equitable, equation, equator
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| e, ex | out, away, from | show 🗑
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| eu | show | euphoria, euphemism, eustress, euphonic, eukaryote
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| exter, extra | outside of | show 🗑
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| flu, flux | show | effluence, influence, effluvium, fluctuate, confluence, reflux, influx
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| flect, flex | show | flexible, reflection, deflect, circumflex, inflection, reflex
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| show | to write | polygraph, grammar, biography, graphite, telegram, autograph, lithograph, historiography, graphic, electrocardiogram, monogram
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| hetero | show | heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodyne
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| homo | same | show 🗑
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| hyper | over, above | show 🗑
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| hypo | below, less than | show 🗑
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| in, im | not | show 🗑
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| show | beneath | infrared, infrastructure, infrasonic
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| inter, intro | between | show 🗑
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| intra | show | intranet, intracranial, intravenous, intramural, intramuscular, intraocular
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| jac, ject | show | reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject, dejected, inject, ejaculate
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| log, logo, loc. loq | show | monologue, dialogue, locution, colloquial, elocution, soliloquy, ventriloquist, apology, doxology, epilogue, logic, eulogy, loquacious
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| mal | bad, badly | show 🗑
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| mega | show | megaphone, megalomaniac, megabyte, megalopolis, acromegaly
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| show | middle | mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere
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| meta | beyond, change | show 🗑
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| meter | show | perimeter, micrometer, ammeter, multimeter, altimeter, geometry, kilometer
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| micro | show | microscope, microprocessor, microfiche, micrometer, micrograph
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| mis | bad, badly | show 🗑
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| mit, miss | show | transmit, permit, missile, missionary, remit, admit, missive, mission
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| morph | show | polymorphic, morpheme, amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology, morphing
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| multi | show | multitude, multipartite, multiply, multipurpose, multicolored, multimedia, multinational
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| neo | new | show 🗑
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| non | not | show 🗑
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| omni | all | show 🗑
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| pan | all, whole, general, completely | show 🗑
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| show | beside | paraprofessional, paramedic, paraphrase, parachute, paralegal, parallel, comparison
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| per | through, intensive | show 🗑
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| show | around | periscope, perimeter, perigee, periodontal, pericope
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| phon | show | telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic, homophone, microphone
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| show | light | photograph, photosynthesis, photon
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| poly | show | polytheist, polygon, polygamy, polymorphous
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| port | to carry | show 🗑
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| show | back, again | report, realign, retract, revise, regain, reflect, rename, restate, recombine, recalculate, redo
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| show | backwards | retrorocket, retrospect, retrogression, retroactive
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| sanct | show | sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct
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| scrib, script | show | inscription, prescribe, proscribe, manuscript, conscript, scribble, scribe
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| show | cut | intersect, transect, dissect, secant, section
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| show | half | semifinal, semiconscious, semiannual, semimonthly, semicircle
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| show | to look | inspect, spectator, circumspect, retrospect, prospect, spectacle
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| sub | under, below | show 🗑
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| super, supra | show | superior, suprarenal, superscript, supernatural, supercede, superficial, superhero, superimpose
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| show | together | synthesis, synchronous, syndicate, synergy, snyopsis, syncretism
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| tele | show | television, telephone, telegraph, telemetry, telepathy
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| theo, the | show | theology, theist, polytheist, pantheism, atheist, monotheist, theophany
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| show | heat | thermal, thermometer, thermocouple, thermodynamic, thermoelectric
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| tract | to drag, draw | show 🗑
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| trans | show | transoceanic, transmit, transport, transducer, transit, intransitive
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| show | not | uncooked, unharmed, unintended, unhappy, unenlightened, unremarkable
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| veh, vect, vey | to carry | show 🗑
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| vert, vers | show | convert, revert, advertise, versatile, vertigo, invert, reversion, extravert, introvert
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| ven, vent | to come | show 🗑
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| show | worm | vermin, vermicelli, vermiculite, vermicide, vermiform, vermilion
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| vita | life | show 🗑
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| vol | to will | show 🗑
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| show | one | monopoly, monotype, monologue, mononucleosis, monorail, monotheist, unilateral, universal, unity, unanimous, uniform
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| bi, di | show | divide, diverge, diglycerides, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual, billion
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| tri | three | show 🗑
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| quat, quad | four | show 🗑
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| quint, penta | show | quintet, quintuplets, pentagon, pentane, pentameter, quintillion
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| hex, ses, sex | six | show 🗑
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| show | seven | septet, septennial, septillion, September
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| oct | show | octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave, octillion, October
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| non | nine | show 🗑
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| dec | show | decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate, decillion, December
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| cent | hundred | show 🗑
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| show | thousand (10^3) | millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
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| mega | show | megabyte, megaton, megaflop, megawatt
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| show | billion (10^9) | gigabyte, gigaflop, gigahertz, gigawatt
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| tera | trillion (10^12) | show 🗑
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| peta | quadrillion (10^15) | show 🗑
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| exa | show | exabyte
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| zetta | sextillion (10^21) | show 🗑
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| yotta | septilion (10^24) | show 🗑
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| milli | thousandth (10^-3) | show 🗑
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| show | millionth (10^-6) | microgram, microvolt, microwave, microsecond
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| show | billionth (10^-9) | nanosecond, nanobucks, nanofarad, nanometer, nanomachine, nanotube, nanotechnology, nanogram, nanoscale
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| show | trillionth (10^-12) | picofarad, picocurie, picogram, picomole, picosecond
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| show | quadrillionth (10^-15) | femtosecond
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| show | quintillionth (10^-18) | attosecond, attometer
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| zepto | sextillionth (10^-21) | show 🗑
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| yocto | septillionth (10^-24) | show 🗑
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| able, ible | show | pourable, drinkable, readable, washable, curable, visible, flexible, collectible
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| ance, ancy | show | performance, reliance, defiance, radiance, acceptance, ascendancy, discrepancy, infancy
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| ator | show | terminator, culminator, agitator, instigator, generator, incubator, accelerator, invigorator, elevator
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| show | condition, office, state | kingdom, freedom, wisdom, sheikdom, fiefdom, sheikdom
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| show | one who receives | payee, mortgagee, employee, appointee, abductee, examinee, referee, refugee
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| er, or | show | driver, hiker, reader, manager, polisher, speaker, counselor, author, creator, director, sculptor
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| show | filled with | frightful, delightful, wonderful, cupful, wakeful, bashful, bountiful, beautiful, cheerful, colorful, dreadful, fateful
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| show | to make into | purify, deify, simplify, clarify, petrify, reify, exemplify, pacify
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| ification | process of making into | show 🗑
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| ish | the nature of, resembling | show 🗑
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| ism | doctrine, system, characteristic quality | show 🗑
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| ist | one who performs; an adherent of an ism | show 🗑
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| ize | show | rationalize, normalize, realize, capitalize, sterilize, dramatize, utilize, colorize
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| show | the process of making into | rationalization, normalization, realization, capitalization, dramatization
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| less | show | loveless, fearless, worthless, nameless, baseless, bottomless, effortless, friendless, noiseless, harmless
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| show | to struggle | agony, protagonist, antagonist, agony, agonize,
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| alg | show | neuralgia, analgesic, nostalgic,
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| am | show | amiable, amorous, amity, enamored, paramour, amicable
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| show | both | ambidextrous, ambivalent, ambiguous, ambient
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| show | alive | animated, animal, inanimate, animator, anime, animation, reanimate
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| anthrop | show | anthropology, anthropomorphic, philanthrophy, misanthranthropology, anthropomorphic, philanthrophy, misanthropy
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| eu | good, well | show 🗑
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| fore | show | forecast, forefather, foretaste, forehead, foreman, foreboding, forecastle, forearm, forebear, foreclose, foredoom, forego, forefoot, foreground, forehand, foreknowledge, foremost, foreordain, forerunner, foresee, foreshoren, foretell
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| ortho | show | orthodontics, orthodox, orthopedic, orthoscopic, orthostatic
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| post | after | show 🗑
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| pre | before, in front of | show 🗑
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| pro | show | propel, proceed, produce, promote, project, proclaim, procession, profess, proffer, professor, proficient, profile, profound, profuse, progenitor, progress, prolapse, prolegomenon, prolific, prologue, prolong, pronation, pronounce
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| show | first, earliest | prototype, protoplasm, protohistory, protocol, protogalaxy, proton, prototypical, protozoa
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| show | approximately, resembling, to some degree | quasiperiodical, quasiparticle, quasi-governmental, quasi-scientific, quasi-judicial, quasi-stellar, quasi-public
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| ultra | show | ultraviolet, ultrasonic, ultramarine, ultrafine, ultrasensitive, ultrawide, ultrapure, ultraquiet
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| under | show | undercoat, underwear, underestimate, underbid, underexpose, undercut, underclassmen, undernourished
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| re | show | restructure, revisit, reappear, rebuild, refinance
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