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| without, not. ex: asexual, amoral, anarchy, anhydrous, Anabaptist, anachronism |
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| apart, away from. ex: abnormal, abduct, abductor (muscle), abscission. see "ad" prefix |
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| toward. ex: adhere, adductor (muscle), adumbrate. see "ab" prefix |
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| act. ex: agent, agency, agenda |
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| round, both sides. ex: amphitheater, amphibian, ambidextrous, ambivalent |
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| before. ex: antedate, anteroom, antecedent, anterior |
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| man. ex: anthropology, anthropomorphic |
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| against. ex: antipathy, antitank, anticlimax |
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| water. ex: aquarium, aqueous |
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| ancient. ex: archaeology, archetype, archaic, archeozoic |
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| leader, first, chief. ex: monarchy, oligarchy, anarchy, archetype, architect |
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| hear. ex: audiophile, audiometer, auditory |
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| self. ex: automatic, automaton, auto-immune |
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| two. ex: bi-partisan, bisexual, biennial, binary, bicuspid, bivalve |
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| well, favorable. ex: benefit, benevolent, benefactor, beneficient |
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| book. ex: bibliography, Bible, bibliophile |
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| life. ex: biology, biography, bio-active |
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| kill. ex: homicide, parricide, germicidal, ecocide |
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| around. ex: circumference, circumlocution, circumnavigate |
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| stand. ex: constitution, statute |
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| body. ex: corpse, corporeal punishment, corpus callosum |
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| rule. ex: democracy, theocrat, technocracy |
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| belief. ex: credit. see also Roots section |
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| people. ex: democracy, demographic |
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| two, double. ex: dimorphism, dicotyledon, diatomic |
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| across, through. ex: diagonal, dialectic, dialogue, diagnosis |
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| not, apart. ex: disperse, disinherit, disenfranchise, distend |
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| lord. ex: dominant, dominion |
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| be able. ex: dynamic, dynamo, dynasty, dynamite |
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| I, self. ex: ego, egomaniac, egocentric |
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| upon, over. ex: epidermis (skin), epidemic, epigram, epitaph, epithet, epiphyte, epistasis, epinephrine, epiphysis |
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| out. ex: exotic, exterior, extraneous, extemporaneous, exophalmic, exogeous, exothermic, exoskeleton |
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| federis (see also Roots section) |
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| league, pact. ex: federation, confederate |
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| brother. ex: fraternize, fraternity, fraternal, fratricide |
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| earth. ex: geology, geography, geocentric, geomancy |
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| graph (see also Roots section) |
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| write, record. ex: graphic, graphite, graphology |
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| mixed, unlike. ex: heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodox, heterodont, hetero atom, heterocyclic, heterozygous |
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| same, alike. ex: homogeneous, homogenized, homozygous, homolytic fission, homo sapiens, homonoid, homeostasis |
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| the same. ex: identity, idiopathic, I, individual |
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| idea. ex: ideology, ideation, ideal |
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| one's own. ex: idiom, idiosyncrasy, idiopathic |
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| in. ex: incarcerate, incorporate, inculcate, induction, inductance, indigenous, indicator, inspiration |
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| not. ex: incredible, ignoble, inglorious, inhospitable, infinite, infinitesimal, immoral |
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| between. ex: interact, interstellar, interpret, interstitial |
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| law. ex: legal, legislature |
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| word. ex: lexicon, lexicongraphy |
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| free, book. ex: liberate, liberty, library, liberal |
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| place, location. ex: locality, local, cirumlocution |
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| large. ex: macroeconomics, macroscopic, macrophage |
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| mania (see Roots section also) |
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| obsession. ex: maniac, beatlemania |
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| meter (see Roots section also) |
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| measure. metronome, speedometer, odometer |
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| small. ex: microscope, micron, micrometer, microorganism |
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| mittere, mitto (see Roots section also) |
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| send. ex: mission, transmit, remit |
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| one, single. ex: monocle, monopoly, monogamy, monovalent, monomania, monarchy |
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| death. ex: mortician, mortuary, moribund, morbid |
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| name. ex: nomenclature, noble, ignominy, nominal |
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| few. ex: oligarchy, oligopoly |
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