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Latin
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Roots
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English
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agit, egit
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no known root words
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does
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negotium agit
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"negotiate," "negotiation"
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does business
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anulus
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"anal"
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ring
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cera
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no known root words
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wax tablet
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coquit
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"cooks"
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cooks (verb)
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cur
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no known root words
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why
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e, ex
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"exit," "ex-"
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out of, from
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ego
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direct derivation, "egocentric," "egomaniac"
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I
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eheu
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no known root words
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alas!, oh dear
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habet, habuit
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"have," "has"
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has
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inquit
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"inquisitive," "inquisition," "inquire"
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says
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iudex, iudicem
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"judex"
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judge
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mendax, mendacem
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"mendacious," "mendacity"
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liar
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pecunia
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"pecuniary"
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money
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perterritus
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"perturb"
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terrified
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poeta
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direct derivation
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poet
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quaerit, quaesivit
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"question"
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looks for
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quis
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"acquisition," "exquisite," inquisition, "inquisitive," "perquisite," "prerequisite," "requisite"
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who
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reddit
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no known root words
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gives back
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satis
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"satiety," "satisfied," "satisfaction"
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enough
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sed
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"sedulous"
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but
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signum
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"signature," "sign"
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sign, seal, signal
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tu
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no known root words
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you
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vendit
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"vending," "vendor"
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sells
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vocat
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"vocal," "voice"
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calls
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abest
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no known root words
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is absent
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aberat
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no known root words
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was absent
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avarus
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"avarice"
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miser
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bonus
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direct derivation
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good
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emit
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direct derivation
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buys
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erat
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no known root words
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was
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ferociter
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"fierce," "fiercely," "ferocious"
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fiercely
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festinat
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no known root words
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hurries
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fortis
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"fortitude"
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brave
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fur
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no known root words
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thief
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infans, infantem
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"infant," "infantile"
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baby
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intente
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direct derivation
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intently
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libertus
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"liberty"
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freedman
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olim
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no known root words
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once
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parvus
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"parvifoliate," "parvity," "parvovirus"
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small
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per
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direct derivation
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through
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postquam
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no known root words
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after
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no known root words
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pulsat
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hits
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quod
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no known root words
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because
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res
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"irrealis," "real," "reality," "surreal"
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thing
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scribit
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"scribe," "script"
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writes
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subito
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no known root words
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suddenly
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superat
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"super"
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overpowers
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tum
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no known root words
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then
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tuus
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no known root words
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your
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vituperat
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"vituperate"
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curses
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adest
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no known root words
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is here
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adsunt
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no known root words
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are here
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agricola
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"agrarian," "agrestal," "agricultural," "agriculture"
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farmer
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ambulat
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"ambulant," "ambulatory"
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walks
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audit, audivit
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"audio," "audible," "auditory"
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hears, listens to
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clamor
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direct derivation
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shout, uproar
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contendit
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"contend"
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hurries
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currit, cucurrit
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no known root words
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runs
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euge
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no known root words
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hurrah
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fabula
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"fabulous"
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play, story
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fabulam agit
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literally meaning "does a play"
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acts in a play
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femina
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"female," "feminine"
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woman
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hodie
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"hodiernal"
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today
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iuvenis
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"junior," "juniorate," "juniority," "juvenile," "juvenilia," "juvenility," "rejuvenate"
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young man
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meus
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no known root words
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my, mine
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multus
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"multiplex," "multiplicity," "multitude"
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much
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multi
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"multiple"
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many
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optimus
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"optimistic," "optimal," "optimate," "optimum"
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very good
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petit
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no known root words
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heads for, attacks, seeks
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plaudit
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"applaud"
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applauds
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puella
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no known root words
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girl
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senex, senem
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"senate," "senator," "senile," "senility," "senior," "seniority"
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old man
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spectat
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"spectator," "spectate"
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looks at
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stat
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no known root words
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stands
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turba
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"trouble," "troublous," "turbid," "turbidity," "turbinate," "turbine," "turbulence," "turbulent"
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crowd
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ubi
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no known root words
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where
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urbs, urbem
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"urban," "urbanize," "suburbanite," "urbanism"
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city
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venit
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no known root words
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comes
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