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A, An: Without
amoral, anarchy, anomalous, anonymous, aseptic, asexual, atheism, atrophy, averse
AB: From Away Apart

abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject, abnormal, abrupt, absent, abuse
Able, Ible: Capable of Worthy Of

changeale, durable, laudable, indubitable, inevitable, infalible, irreducible, tolerable, variable
Ac, Acr: Sharp, Sour

acerbic, acetate, acid, acrid, acrimony, acumen, acute
Acou: Hearing

acoustic
Ad, A: To

(Often d is dropped and the first letter to which a is prefixed is doubled.)

adapt, adequate, adumbrate, advocate, accede, adduce, affiliate, aggregate, allocate, annuniciation, appall, arrest, assiduous, attract
Ambi, Amphi: Both, On Both Sides, Around

ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous, ambition, ambivalent, amphibian, amphitheater
Ambl, Ambul: Walk

amble, ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble
Anim: Mind, Spirit, Breath

animadversion, animal, animate, animosity, equanimity, magnanimity, pusillanimous, unanimity
Ant, Ante: Before

antecedent, antechamber, antediluvian, anterior, anticipate, antiquity, ancient
Anti, Ant: against, oppostite

anticlimax, antidote, antipathy, anitphony, antipodes, antithesis
Aqua, Aque: Water

aquamarine, aquarium, aquatic, aquatint, aqueduct, subaqueous
Ard: Burn

ardent, ardor, arson
Auto, Aut: Self

autobiography, autocracy, autograph, automation, autonomous, autopsy, autism
Bel, Bell: War

antebellum, bellicose, belligerent, rebellion
Ben: Well, Good

benediction, benefactor, benevolent, benign
Bi, Bin: Two

bicameral, bicycle, bifocals, bifurcate, bilateral, binoculars, binomial, biped, combination
bon, Boun: Good, Generous

bonus, bountiful, bounty, debonair
Brew, Brid: Short, Small

abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviary, breviary, breviloquent, brief
Burs: Purse, Money

busary, busary, disburse, reimburse
Carn: Flesh
Caus, Caut: Burn

caustic, cauterize, cautery, encaustic, holocaust
Ced, Cess: Yield, Go

abscess, accede, access, accessory, ancestory, antecedent, cession, concede, exceed, excess, intercede, precede, proceed, recede, recess, recession, secede, succeed
celer: Speed

accelerate, celerity, deccelerate
Cent: Hundred, Hundredth

cent, centennial, bicentennial, centigrade, centigram, centiliter, centimeter, centipede, century, percent
Chrom: Color

chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic
Chron: Time

anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronological, chronometer, synchronize
Circum: Around

circumference, circumlocation, circumnavigate, circumspect, circumstance
Co, Com, Con,: With Together

coeductation, coefficient, coincide, communicate, communist, compare, concert, concubine, conflict, cooperate, correspond
Contra, Contro, Counter: Against

contradict, contrary, controversy, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterfeit, countermand, counterpart, counterpoint, eencounter
Cord, Card: Heart

accord, cardiac, cardiograph, cardiology, concord, cordial, discord, record
Corp, Cors: Body

corporate, corps, corpse, corpulent, corpus, corpuscle, corset, incorporation
Cosm: Order Universe, World

cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm
Cred: Trust, Believe

accredit, credentials, credible, creditable, credo, credulity, creed, incredible, incredulous
Crypt: Hide

crypt, cryptic, crytography, apocryphal
Culp: Fault, Blame

cupable, culprit, inculpate, exculpate
Cumb, Cub: Lie Down

concubine, cubicle, incubate, incumbent, recumbent, succubus, succumb
Cyn, Can: Dog

canine, cynic
De: Down, Out, Away From, Apart

dehydrate, deject, depend, depress, deport, descend, describe, devalue
Dele: Erase

dele, delete, indelible
Dext: Right Hant, Rightside

ambidextrous, dexterity, dexterous
Di: Day

dial, diary, dismal, diurnal, meridian, quotidian
Dia: Through, Across

diadem, diagnosis, diagonoal, diagram, dialect, dialogue, diameter, diaphanous, diaphragm, diarrhea, diatribe
Dic, Dict, Dit: Speak

abdicate, addict, benediction, condition, contradict, dedicate, dictate, dietator
Di, Dis: Away, Apart

disagreeable, discard, discern, disdain, dismay, dismiss, distant, diverge
Dol: Grieve

condole, condolence, doleful, dolor, indolent
Dorm: Sleep

dormant, dormitory
Dors: Back

dorsal, endorse
Duc, Duct: Lead

adduce, conduce, conduit, deduce, duct, duke, educate, induction, misconduct, produce, reduce, seduce, traduce, viaduct
Dulc: Sweet

dulcet, dulcified, dulcimer
Dur: Hard, Lastin

dour, durable, duration, duress, during, endure, obdurate, perdurable
Ei, Ex, Ex: without, outside, um..

eliminate, emanate, eradicate, erase, evade, evit, envince, exact, excavate, except, excerpt, excite, exclusive, excommunicate, excrescence, execute, exhale, exile, exit
Ego: Self

ego, egocentric, egoism, egotist
Equ: Equal

adequate, equable, equal, equation, equator, equilibrium, equinox, rquivocate
Err: Wander

aberration, err, errant, erratic, erroneous, error
Eu: Well, Good

Eugenics, eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, euthanasia
Fal: Liable to Err to Deceive

default, fail, fallacy, false, faux, pas, infallible
Fatu: Foolish

fatuity, fatuous, infatuate
Fern: Boil

effervescent, fervent, fervid, fervor
Fid, Fi: Faith

affiance, affidavity, confidant, fealty, fidelity, fiducial, fiduciary
Flagr, Fulg, Fulm: Burn, Shine

conflagration, effulgent, flagrant, fulgent, fulminate, refulgent
Flect, Flex: Bend, Turn

circumflex, deflect, flex, flexible, inflection, reflect
Fug: Flee

centrifuge, fugitive, refuge, refugee, subterfuge
Fum: Smoke

fume, fumigate, perfume
Gen: Birth, Class, Kin

gender, gende, general, generation, generosity, genesis, genetics, genial, genital, genius, gentle, gentile, gentility, gentry, congenital, degenerate, eugenics, ingenious, ingenuity, ingenuous, progeny, progenitor, regenerate
GNO, GNI, COGN, CONN: Know

agnostic, cognition, cognizance, diagnosis, gnomic, ignore, incognito, prognosis, quaint, recognize, reconnaissance
Gram, Graph: Write, Draw

anagram, diagram, epigram, grammar, grammarian, gramphone, graph, graphic, graphite, phography, photograph, program, telegram
Greg: Flock

aggregate, congregate, egregious, gregarious, segregate
Hap: By Chance

haphazard, hapless, happen, happily, happy, mahap, mishap
Hemi: Half

hemiptera, hemipshere, hemistih
Hetero: Other

heterodox, heterodyne, heterogeneous, heterosexual
Hol: Whole

catholic, holocaust, hologram, holgraphy, holistic
Homo: Same (from greek)

Homogeneous, homogenize, homologue, homonym, homophone, homoptera, homsexual, homotype
Hum: Earth

exhume, humility, psthumous
Icon: Image, Idol

icon, iconic, iconoclast, iconography, iconology
IM, IN: Not

immature, immutable, imperfect, improvident, indigestible, inhospitable, innocuous, intolerant
In, IM, I: In, On

Often n is dropped and the first letter to which i is prefixed is doubled

illuminate, incantation, induct, infer, imbibe, immigrate, impact, irrigate
Inter: Between, Among

intercept, intrastate, intravenous
IT, ITER: Way, Journey

ambition, circuit, initial, itinerant, itinerary, reiterate, transit
Joc: Joke

jocose, jocular, jocularity, jocund, joke
Jour: Day

adjourn, journey, journal, adjourn
Jud: Judge

adjudicate, judiciary, judicious, prejudice
Junct, Jug: Join

adjunct, conjugal, conjunction, injunction, junction, junta, sbjugate, subjunctive
Jur: Law

abjure, adjure, conjure, juridical, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, juristy, jurty, perjury
Juv: Young

juvenile, juvenilia, rejuvenate
Laud: Praise

applaud, cum laude, laud, laudable, laudatory, plaudits
Lav, Lau, Lu: Wash

ablution, laundry, lava, lavatory, lave
Lax, Lak, Leas, Les: Loose

lax, laxative, laxity, lease, leash, lessee, lessor, relax, release
Leg, Lec, Lex: Read, Speak

dialect, lectern, leture, legend, legible, lesson, lexicographer, lexicon
Lev: Light

alleviation, elevate, leaven, lever, levitate, levity, levy, relieve
Liber: Free

delivery, illiberal, liberal, liberality, liberate, libertine
Lig, Li: Tie, Bind

ally, league, liaison, liable, lien, ligament, ligature, oblige, religion, rely
Ling, Lang: Tongue

bilingual, language, linguistics
Lith: Stone

acrolith, lithography, lithoid, lithology, lithotomy, megalith, monolith
Log, Loqu: Speech Thought

biology, circumlocution, colloquial, dialogue, ecology, elocution, eloquent, geology, gradiloquent, interlocutor, locution, logic, loquacious, monoloque, obloquy, soliloquy, ventriloquism, zoology
Lux, Luc: Light

elucidate, luid, lucubrate, luster, pellucid, translucent
Macro: Great, Long

macrobiotics, macrocephalous, macrocosm
Mag, Max, Maj, Mas: Great

magistrate, maganimous, magnate, magnificent, magnify, magniloquent, magnitude, majesty, major, majority, master, maxim, maximum, mistress
Mal: Bad

maladroit, malady, malediction, malefactor, malevolence, malice, malinger
Man, Manu: Hand

amanuensis, manacle, manage, maneuver, manifest, manipulate, manner, manual, manufacture, manuscript
Mand, Mend: Command, Order

command, countermand, demand, mandate, mandatory, recommend, remand, reprimand
Medi: Middle

immediate, intermediate, mean, media, median, mediate, medieval, mediocre, medium, medius
Mega: Large, Great

megalithic, megalomania, megalopolis, megaphone, megaton
Micro: Very Small

microbe, micrcosm, micron, microorganism, microphone, microscope
Mis: Bad, Wrong, Hate

misadventure, misanthropist, misapply, miscarry, mischance, mischeif, misconstrue, miscount, misfit, misinterpret
Moll: Soft

emmollient, mild, mollify, mollusk
Mon, Mono: One

monarchy, monastic, monism, monk, monochord, monograph, monogram, mongraph, monolithic, monolgue, monomania, monosyllable, monotonous
Mor, Mort: Death

amortize, immortal, morbid, moribund, mortality, mortgage, mortification, mortuary
Mot, Mov, Mom, Mob: Move

automobile, demote, immovable, locomotion, mob, mobile, mobility, mobilize, momentous, momentum, motion, motive, motor, move, mutiny, promote, removable
Mult: Many

multiplex, multiply, multitudinous
Mut: Change

commute, immutable, mutability, mutation, mutual, permutation, transmute
Nasc, Nat, GNA: Birth

cognate, innate, nascent, natal, native, natural, nature, pregnant, Renaissance
Nau, Nav: Ship, Sailor

astronaut, cosmonaut, circumnavigate, nauseous, nautical, naval, nave, navy
Neo: New

neolithic, neologism, neophyte, neoplasm
Nihil: Nothing, None

annihilate, nihilism
Noct, Nox: Night

equinox, noctambulent, nocturnal, nocturne
Nox, Noc: Harm

innocent, innocuous, internecine, nocious, nuisance, obnoxious, pernicious
Nom, Nym, Nec: Name

anonymous, antonym, cognomen, denominator, homony,. misnomer, nomenclature, nominal, nominate, noun, pronoun, pseudonym, renowned, synonym
Non: Not

nonconformist, nonentity, nonpareil, nonpartisan
Nov: New

innovate, nova, novel, novelty, novice, novitiate, renovate
Null: Nothing

annul, null, nullify, nulity
Ob: Against

obdurate, obliterate, oblong, obloquy, object, obstacle, obstreperous, obstruct
Omni: All

omnibus, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, omnivorous
oner: Burden

exonerate, onerous, onus
oss, oste: Bone

osseous, ossicle, ossiferous, ossify, ossuary, osstectomy, ostepathy
Palp: Feel

palpable, palpate, palitation
Pan, Pant: All

panacea, pandemic, pandemoniuni, panergyric, panoply, panoramaga, pantheon, pantomine
Path: Sufer, Feel

apathy, antipathy, empathy, pathetic, pathology, pathos, sympathy
Pec: Money

impecunious, peculation, pecuniary
Pot: Drink

potable, potation, potion
Pre: Before, In Front

preamble, precaution, preclude, precocity, precursor, predecessor, predict, preface, prefigure, prelate, premonition, presrcie, president
Prim, Pri: First

prime, primary, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine
Pro: In Front, Before

problem, proboscis, procedure, proceed, proclaim, prodivity, proscrastinate, procure, propound, prostrate, protest
Prop, Prox: near

approximate, propinquity, proximate, proximity
Proto, Prot: First

protagonist, protocol, prototype, protozoan
Pseudo, Psed: False

pseudepigrapha, pseudoclassic, pseudomorph, pseudonym, pseudopod, pseduoscientific
Pug, Pun: Hit, Prick

expunge, impugn, poignant, pugilist, pugnacious, punch punctual, punctuate, pungent repugnant
Pyr: Fire

pyre, pyromania, pyrometer, pyrosis, pyrotechnic
Qua, Quar, Quat: Four

quadrant quadrille, quadrinomial, quadruple, quadruplets, quart, quarter, quaternary
Quie, Quit: Quiet, Test

acquiesce, acquit, coy, disuiet, quiescent, quiet, quietude, quietus, quit, reguiem, requital, tranquil
Quint, Quin: Five

quincunx, quinquennial, quintessence, quintile, quintillion, quintuple
Radi, Raci, Rami: Root, Branch

deracinate, eradicate, radical, radish, ramification, ramiform, ramify
Re: Back, Again

recline, refer, regain, remain, reorganize, repent, request
Rect: Straight, Right

correct, direct, erect, rectangle, rectify, rectilinear, rectitude, rector
Retro: Backword

retroactive, retroflex, retrograde, retrospective
Rub, Rud: Red

rouge, rebella, rubicund, rubric, ruby, ruddy, russet
Rud: Crude

euridite, rude, rudimentary, rudiments
Sacer, Sacr, Sanct: Holy

onsecration, desecrate, execrate, sacerdotal, sacrament, sacred, sacrifince, sacrilige, sacristy, sacrosanct, saint, santify, sanctimonious, sanction, sanctity, sancturary, sanctum
Sal: Salt

salary, saline
Sag, Sap, Sav: Taste, Think

insipid, sagacious, sagacity, sage, sapid, sapient, savant, savor
Salu, Salv: Halth, Save

safe, salubrious, salutary, salute, salvage, salvation, salve, savior
San: Healthy

sane, sanitarium, sanitation, sanity
Sang: Blood

consanguinity, sanguinary, sanguine
Sat: Enough

asset, dissatisfied, insatiable, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate
Scrib, Scriv, Script: Ascribe, circumscription, conscript, describe, indescribable, inscription, posticript, prescribe, proscribe, scribble, scribe, script, scripture, scrivener, subscribe, transcription
Se: Down, out, away, Apart

secede, seclude, secrete, secrete, secure, sedition, seduce, segregate, select, separate.
Sed, Sid: Sit

assiduous, dissident, insidious, preside, reside, residue, seance, sedate, sedative, sedentary, sediment, sedulous, session, siege, subside, supersede
Sem: Seed, Sow

disseminate, semen, seminal, seminar, seminary
Semi: Half

semicircle, semicolon, semiconscious, semifluid
Sen: Old

senate, senescent, senile, seniour, sire
Sequ, Secu, Sue, Sui: Follow

consecutive, consequent, execute, exutive, non sequitur, obsequious, obsequy, persecute, prosecution, pursue, sequal,sequence, subsequent, sue, suitable, suite, suitor
Sinu, Sin: Bend, Fold

consine, insuinuate, sine, sinuous, sinus
Sol: Alone

desolate, isolate, sole, soliloquize, solipsism, solitude, solo
Somn: Sleep

insomnia, somnambulist, somniferous, somniloquist, somnolent
Soph: Wisom

philospher, sophism, sophist, sophistry, sophomore
Spec, Spic: Look, See
aspeect, auspicious, circumspect, conspicious, despicable, expect, inspect, introspection, perspective, persicacious, perspicauous, prospectus, respectable, restrospect, specimen, spectacle, spectator, specter, spectrum, suspect, suspicious
Spir: Breath

apire, conspire, expire, inspire, perspire, respirator, spirity, spiritual, sprightly, sprite, suspire, transpire
Strict, String, Stran: Tight

astringency, constrain, constrict, district, resstriction, strain, strait, strangle, strict, stringent
Sua: Under

subdivide, subdue, subjugate, subjunctive, sublunary, submarine, submerge, subdordinate, subpoena, subscribe, subside, substitude, subterfuge, subterranean, suburb
Summ: Highest

consummate, sum, summary, summit
Super, Sur: Above

insuperable, superabound, superannuated, superb, supercharge, supercilious, superficial, superflous, superior, surpass, surrealism, survey
Surg, Sourc, Surrect: Rise

insurgent, insurrection, resource, resurge, resurrection, source, surge
Sym, Syn: Together

symbiosis, symmetry, sympathy, symposium, synonym, synthesis
Tacit: Silent

reticent, tacit, taciturn
Tact, Tag, Tam, Tang: Touch

contact, contagious, contamination, contiguous, contangent, intact, intangible, integral, tact, tactile, tangent, tangential
test: bear witness

attest, contest, detest, intestate, protest, testament, testify, testimonial
Therm: Heat

diathermy, thermal, thermesthesia, thermometer, thermonuclear, thermophilic, thermos, thermoststat
Tim: Fear

intimidate, timid, timidity, timorous
Topr: Stiff, Numb

torpedo, torpid, torpor
Torq, Tort, Tor: Twist

contort, distort, extor, retor, torch, torment, torque, torsion, tort, tortuous, torture
Tox: Poison

antitoxin, intoxication, toxemia, toxis, tocicology, toxin
Trans: Across Beyond

intransigent, transcend, transcontinental, transcribe, transient, trasnmit, transpire, transport
Ult: Last, Beyond

penultimate, ulterior, ultimate, ultimatum, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultraviolet
Umbr: Shadow

adumbrate, penumbra, somber, umber, umbrage, umbrella
Un: Not

unaccustomed, unruly, unseen, untold, unusual
Und: Wave

abound, abdundance, unundate, redundant, undulant, undulate
Uni, Un: One

reunion, unanimous, unicord, uniform, union, unison, unit, unite, unity, universe
Urb: City

exurbanite, suburban, urban, urbanity, urbanization
Val, Vail: Strength, Use, Worth

ambivalent, avail, convalescent, countervailing, equivalent, evaluate, invalid, prevalent, valediction, valiant, valid, valor, value
Ver: True

aver, veracious, verdict, verify, verily, verisimilitude, verity, verty
Verb: Word

adverb, proverb, verb, verbal, verbalize, verbatime, verboze, verbiage
Verd: Green

verdant, verdigris, verdure
Vil: Base, Mean

revile, vile, vilify, vilification
Vit, Viv: Life

convivial, revival, revive, survive, vital, vitality, vivacious, vivid, viviparous, vivisection
Voc, Vou: Call, Word
advocacy, advocate, avow, convocation, convoke, equivoval, evoke, invocation, invoke, provoke, revoke, vocabulary, vocal, vocation
Vol: Fly

volant, volatile, volley
Volu, Volv: Roll, Tur

circumvolve, convolution, devolve, evolve, involution, revolt, revolve, voluble, colume, vouminous, volute.

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