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WEEK 1 PREFI X
anti- (against) (antislavery, antiabortion, antiperspirant) antithesis antipathy antiseptic antidote antiestablishmen t in-/im-/ir-/il(not) (inconceivable, illogical) inevitable impassive irresolute impregnable incredulous equi (equal) (equation) equilibrium equidistant equinox equitable equanimity
IA2
ob-/of-/op(against, contrary, across from) (offend, oppose, obstacle) obviate obscurity obstinate opprobrium obliterate ex-/e-/ef- (out of, from) effervesce exalt extol excise expenditures
IA4
hyper- (too much) hypercritical hypersensitive hyperbolic hypertrophy hypertensive
IA5
contra-/contro-/c ounter- (against) (contradict) contrary controvert counteract contravene contraband
WEEK 2 PREF IX
com-/col-/con(with/together/all together) (collaborate, congregate) commiserate complicity conciliate concord collusion corpus (body) (corpse. incorporate) corpulent corporeal corporal corpus habeas corpus (latin: you may have the body=imprisonmen t) man (hand, power or control) (manufacture, manuscript, manicure) mandate manipulation manifest emancipate manumission -ion/-tion/-sion/ation/-ition (the act of something, noun) profusion sedition erudition dissolution adulation -ic/(of, like) (dynamic) altruistic laconic aesthetic anachronistic prosaic
WEEK 3 ROOT
cred (to believe) (incredible, credit, credentials) credo credible credence credulity incredulous loqu/locut (speak,talk) (eloquent) loquacious colloquialism soliloquy obloquy circumlocution -able/-ible (can be done) indefatigable irascible malleable affable reprehensible -ence (state of, noun) (abstinence) turbulence virulence transience munificence reverence
duc/duct (lead, bring forward) (produce, introduce) induce ductile induction traduce deduction
WEEK 4 ROOT
WEEK 5 SUFFI X
-ous/-ious/eous/-ose (full of, having the quality of) auspicious ubiquitous pious tenacious scrupulous -ous/-ious/eous/-ose (full of, having the quality of) pretentious extraneous precocious superfluous sumptuous
WEEK 6 SUFFI X
-ism (the belief of or practice of) nihilism voyeurism chauvinism conservationism sensationalism
-ate ( to make or do, verb) (collaborate) abbreviate alienate vacillate mitigate emulate