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agi/act/ig

do, act, set in motion

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anim/anima

life, mind, spirit

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clas/clast/clasm

break, break in pieces

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infer/ inference

arriving at a reasonable conclusion based on evidence

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mono

one, only, single

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clam/claim

shout, cry out, call out

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poly

many

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idiom

an expression or a figure of speech that doesn’t make sense if taken literally, but is commonly understood by a large group

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apt/ept

suitable, fix

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homo

same, like

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genre

pertaining to distinctive literary type

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dyn/dyna

power

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pro

for, before, forward

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denotation

explicit or direct meaning of a word or expression

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cad/cas/cid/cis

fall

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micro

small, one millionth

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connotation

the suggesting of additional meanings by a word or expression

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18

carn

meat/flesh

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di

two/twice

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archetypes

original model or pattern on which all other things of the same kind are based

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chron

time

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tri

three

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allusion

expression designed to call something to mind in an indirect or passive manner

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equ/equi

same/equal

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endo

inside/within

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excerpt

a short sample taken from a piece of writing, film, broadcast, or music

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err/errat

wander, stray, make a mistake

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exo

outside

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rhetoric/rhetorical

the study of the effective use of language

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flect/flex

bend

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bi

two/twice

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prose

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

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