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Be
(belittle)
- to be; to have a particular quality; to exist.
- -to regard something as less impressive than it apparently is.
- bemoan: to express pity for.
- belie: to misrepresent, to contradict.
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Bel
(belligerent)
- war
- -warlike; given to waging war.
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Ben/ Bon
(benefit)
- good
- -anything advantageous to a person or thing.
- bona fide: in good faith; without fraud.
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Bi
(bilingual)
- twice, double
- -able to speak two languages with equal facility.
- biennial: happening every two years.
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Cad/Cid
(accident)
- to fall; to happen by chance
- -happening by chance; unexpected.
- decadent: decaying; deteriorating.
- recidivist: one who repeatedly relapses, as in crime.
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Cant/ Cent/ Chant
(chant)
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Cap/ Cip/ Cept
(capture)
- to take; to get
- -to take by force or stratagem.
- percipient: having perception; discerning; discriminating.
- precept: a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct.
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Cap/Capit/Cipit
(decapitate)
- head, headlong
- - to cut off the head.
- capitulate: to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
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Card/ Cord/ Cour
(cardiac)
- heart
- -pertaining to the heart.
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Cast/ Chast
(castigate)
- cut
- -to punish in order to correct.
- chaste: free from obscenity; decent.
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Ced/ Ceed/ Cess
(incessant)
- to go; to yeild; to stop
- -without stop
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Centr
(concentric)
- center
- -having a common center, as in circles or spheres.
- eccentric: off-center.
- centrist: of or pertaining to moderate political or social ideas.
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Cern/ Cert/ Cret/ Crim/ Crit
(discrete)
- to separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide
- -detached from others, separate.
- discreet: judicious in one's speech, esp. with regard to remaining silent about something of a delicate nature.
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Cis
(incision)
- to cut
- -a cut, gash, or notch.
- incisive: penetrating, cutting
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Cla/ Clo/ Clu
(conclude)
- shut, close
- -to bring to an end; finish; to terminate.
- preclude: to prevent the existence, presence, or occurence of.
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Claim/ Clam
(clamor)
- to shout; to cry out
- - a loud uproar.
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Cli
(incline)
- to lean toward
- -to cause to slope or lean upward.
- proclivity: inclination, bias
- disinclination: aversion, distaste.
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Co/ Col/ Com/ Con
(connect)
- with, together
- -to bind or fasten together.
- conciliate: to placate; to win over.
- commensurate: suitable in measure, proportionate.
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Cour/ Cur
(courier)
- running; a course
- -a messenger traveling in haste who bears news.
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Cre/ Cresc/ Cret
(increase)
- to grow
- -to make greater in any respect.
- accrue: to be added as a matter of periodic gain.
- accretion: an increase by natural growth.
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Cred
(credulity)
- to believe; to trust
- -willingness to believe or trust too readily.
- credo: any formula of belief.
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Crypt
(cryptology)
- hidden
- -the science of interpreting secret writings, codes, ciphers, and the like.
- apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
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Cub/ Cumb
(recumbent)
- to lie down
- -lying down; reclining; leaning
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Culp
(culpable)
- blame
- -deserving blame or censure
- inculpate: to charge with fault.
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