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78 Cards in this Set
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ab-/abs-*
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from *s added before / t / |
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ad-* |
toward, to, forward *d assimilates into first sound of base |
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ex-/e-/ef-* |
out *ef- used before / f /) |
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in-/en-/em-/im- |
in, into |
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duce/duct |
lead, take abduct, induct, adduce, introduce |
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it
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go exit, relinquit |
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err |
wander aberrant |
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ject
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throw inject, eject |
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hes/here
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stick adhesive, adhere |
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tain
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hold abstain |
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tract
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draw, pull abstract, attraction |
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bibe
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drink imbibe |
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fus
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pour, gush effuse |
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viscer
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intestines eviscerate |
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mit/miss |
send/let out emit |
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apt
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fit, fasten adapted |
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similat
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like assimilation |
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ced/cede/ceed/cess |
go, come accede, recede, proceed, procession, seceded, intercede, precede, antecedent, exceed, concede |
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nounce |
proclaim announce |
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flu
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flow affluent |
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petit
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seek, desire appetite |
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gress
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step, move aggression, regress, progress, congress, ingress, digress, transgress, egress, pretergress |
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sume |
take assume |
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loc
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place allocate |
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di-/dis-/de-/dif- |
away, away from, apart |
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pro- |
forward *can be a live morpheme |
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re- |
back, backwards, again |
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trans- |
across |
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ante |
before *can be a live morpheme |
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pre
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before |
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con/com/co/col
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together with; or as an intensifier |
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inter
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between |
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se
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away, apart |
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mens |
table commensal |
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labor |
work collaborator |
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pose/pone
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put, place |
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linqu
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leave relinquit |
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rupt |
break interrupt |
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Live Morpheme |
Prefix used to easily coin new words Ex. ante, pro |
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anti |
against
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cure
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care secure |
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fer
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carry circumference, conference, confer, deference, difference, differ, infer, offer, refer, transfer, suffering |
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circum |
around |
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ob-/of- |
against, toward |
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sub-/suf- |
under |
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post/posit
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after (time), behind (of place) *can be a live morpheme |
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super
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above |
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the |
put or place hypothesis |
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extra
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without, outside |
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intro |
into, inward |
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intra
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within |
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retro
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back |
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mur
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wall intramural, extramural |
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non
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does not *can be a live morpheme |
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in/im/il/ir |
negating prefix |
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liter
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letter literate, illiterate |
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lumin |
light illuminate |
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infra- |
below |
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preter- |
beyond, more than |
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per- |
through |
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ultra |
beyond |
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ambula |
walk |
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Recidivist |
Origin: Classical Latin recidere to fall back, sink, lapse, revert < re- re- prefix + cadere to fall
Modern: intr. to fall back, relapse; to backslide. Now: spec. to relapse into crime, to reoffend. |
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Influenza |
Origin: Latin influĕre "to flow in" > medieval Latin influxus "emanation from the stars"
Modern: An acute, highly infectious viral disease of humans, which typically occurs in seasonal (winter) outbreaks or as major epidemics or pandemics, is characterized by the sudden onset of fever and chills, headache, muscle pain, weakness, and cough, and can result in death. Came to English in connection with a particular outbreak of influenza which spread from Italy. |
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Jingoism |
Origin: Appears first c. 1670 as a piece of conjuror's gibberish, usually hey or high jingo!, probably a mere piece of sonorous nonsense with an appearance of mysterious meaning. A nickname for those who supported and lauded the policy of Lord Beaconsfield in sending a British fleet into Turkish waters to resist the advance of Russia in 1878.
Modern: one who brags of his country's preparedness for fight, and generally advocates or favors a bellicose policy in dealing with foreign powers; a blustering or blatant ‘patriot’; a Chauvinist. |
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Nickname |
Origin: Middle English (via Germanic roots) eke "also" + name > nekename
Modern: A (usually familiar or humorous) name which is given to a person, place, etc., as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name. |
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Ostracized |
Origin: ancient Greek ὀστρακίζειν to banish from a city by by means of voting with ὄστρακον “pot sherds”.
Modern: To banish; to exclude from favor, or from a society or group; to refuse to speak to or acknowledge. |
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desert |
Modern: v. to leave, abandon; or n. an uncultivated place with few or no inhabitants. |
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dessert |
Modern: n. sweet course served at the end of a meal. |
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innocuous
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Origin: Latin- in “not” + nocu “harmful”
Modern: harmless |
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inoculate |
Origin: Latin- in “into” + ocul “eye, plant bud”; meaning to graft a bud onto a tree, i.e. introducing a foreign body.
Modern: to create an immunity by injecting a disease agent into a animal or plant. |
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ingenious
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Origin: Latin
Modern: gifted |
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ingenuous |
Origin: Latin- free born, of noble birth.
Modern: frank, open, simple, naive. |
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Pro forma |
for the sake of appearance |
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De jure |
legal |
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Ad hoc |
(formed) for the purpose |
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Ante meridiem |
before noon |
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In absentia |
although not present |