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root

the form of a word after all affixes are removed

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affix

an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning

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prefix

an affix places before a word, root, or another prefix to modify a term’s meaning

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4

suffix

an affix added to the end of a word or root, serving to form a new word functioning as an inflectional ending

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5

a/an

not, without; unusual or irregular

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6

ambi, amphi

around, both

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7

ann, enn

year

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8

able/ible

capable

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9

aer

air

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10

alter

other

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11

anthrop

human

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12

ante/anti

before

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13

anti

against/opposite

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14

apt

fit/join

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15

aud

hear

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16

auto

self

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17

bell

war

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18

bene

good

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19

bi

two/twice

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20

biblio

book

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21

bio

life

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22

cede/ceed

go

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23

chrono

time

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24

cide

death

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25

circum

around

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26

cogn

to know

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27

co/con/com

with/together

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28

contra/o

against

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29

counter

opposite

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30

cracy

government

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31

cred

trust/believe

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32

cur

run

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33

de

down/remove

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34

dem/demo

people

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35

dict

say

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36

dis/dys/dif

not/negative

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37

duct

lead

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38

ego

self

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39

equi

equal

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40

eu

good/well

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41

e/ex

former/out

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42

extra/extro

outside/beyond

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43

fid

trust/faith

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44

fin

end

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45

fore

in front of/before

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46

fract/frag

break

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47

gen

birth

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48

geo

earth

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49

graph/gram

write

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50

grat

pleasing

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51

grad/gress

to step

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52

hetero

different

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53

hydra

water

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54

hyper

over

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55

hypo

under

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56

il/im/in/ir

not

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57

inter

between

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58

intra/o

within

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59

ject

throw

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60

jud

law

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61

junct

join

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62

juven

young

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63

kilo

thousand

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64

lab

work

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liber

free

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66

log/loc

words/speech

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luc/lum

light

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