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11/11/2013

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Term
a, an
Definition

not, without

Ex: amoral, atrophy, atheist 

Term
ab, a
Definition

away, from

Ex: aberration, abject, absolve, abstain

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ad, a
Definition

to, towards

Ex: abet, adroit, admonish, affluent

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ante, ant
Definition

before

Ex: antecedent, anticipate

Term
am, ami
Definition

love

Ex: ameliorate, amicable

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anti, ant
Definition

against, opposite

Ex: antipathy, antithesis 

Term
bene
Definition

good, well

Ex: benefactor, benevolent, benign

Term
cede, cess
Definition

go, yield

Ex: cede, incessant, secede 

Term
chron
Definition

time

Ex: chonological, anachronistic

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circum
Definition

around

Ex: cicumlocution, circumspect, circumvent

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clud, clus, claus
Definition

shut, close

Ex: exclude, preclude, reclusive

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cogn, gno
Definition

know

Ex: cogniznat, ignorant, incognito, prognosis 

Term
co, com, con
Definition

with, together

Ex: combustion, complete, congenital, constatain

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contra, counter
Definition

against, opposite

Ex: contradictory, incontorovertible 

Term
cred
Definition

believe 

Ex. discredit, credulity, incredible

Term
de
Definition

from, down, away

Ex: debase, deface, demarcation, deride

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dei,div
Definition

God, godly

Ex: deity, divine

Term
dem, demo
Definition

people

Ex: democracy, endemic

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dict

 

Definition

speak 

Ex: dictate, contradictory, maledictation

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dis, dys, dif
Definition

apart, away, not

 

Ex: discern, discordant, disdain, disparage, disseminate, dysfunctional 

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