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1. MAL
Lie Down
Bad
Around
Loose

2. LITH
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Stone
Sound
Look - See

3. PENE - PEN
Bear Witness
Holy
Fear
Almost

4. GEN
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Very Small
Drink
Birth - Class - Kin

5. AQUA - AQUE
Water
Move
Trust - Believe
Fire

6. SPEC - SPIC
Tongue
Look - See
Same
Judge

7. CORD - CARD
Smoke
Many
Heart
Other

8. PORT
Life
Follow
Middle
Carry

9. MAND - MEND
Burden
Command - Order
Out
Read - Speak

10. SEM
With - Together
Against - Opposite
Seed - Sow
Tie - Bind

11. BEL - BELL
Beautiful
Last - Beyond
Write - Draw
Color

12. EGO
Erase
Old
Fell
Self

13. SEN
Old
Carry
Not - Without
Hide

14. COSM
Young
Other
Poison
Order - Universe - World

15. SE
In Front - Before
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Half
Between - Among

16. MOT - MOV - MOM - MOB
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Twist
Suffer - Feel
Move

17. PHON
Sound
Water
One
Flesh

18. TOX
Water
Quiet - Test
Shadow
Poison

19. VER
Poison
True
Burden
Birth

20. RETRO
Tie - Bind
Very Small
Burn
Backward

21. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Move
Hearing
Whole
Against

22. SANG
Nothing - None
Bear Witness
Blood
Two

23. DOL
Grieve
Equal
Poison
Wisdom

24. HUM
Earth
Self
Drink
Sweet

25. AMBI - AMPHI
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Mant
Blood
Rise

26. NEO
Write
Word
New
To

27. MIS
Smoke
Bad - Wrong Hate
Nothing - None
Fill - Full

28. PEL
Five
Hearing
Drive - Push
Out

29. HETERO
Other
Fault - Blame
Free
New

30. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Trust - Believe
Highest
Write
Burn - Shine

31. FID - FI
Drink
Poison
Purse - Money
Faith

32. CO - COM - CON
Against
Through - Across
With - Together
Great - Long

33. PRE
Yield - Go
Not
Tongue
Before - In Front

34. DUR
Fly
Hard - Lasting
Enough
With - Together

35. QUIE - QUIT
Old
New
Quiet - Test
Hundred - Hundreth

36. OMNI
All
Nothing - None
Root - Branch
Hard - Lasting

37. PHIL
Half
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Near
Love

38. DULC
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Purse - Money
Sweet
Base - Mean

39. CULP
Sharp - Sour
Fault - Blame
Half
Bend - Turn

40. VERB
Word
Order - Universe - World
Bear Witness
Four

41. NIHIL
Nothing - None
Backward
Poison
Faith

42. AB
Wave
Image - Idol
Body
From - Away - Apart

43. TORQ - TORT - TOR
Twist
Trust - Believe
Please
Joke

44. ABLE - IBLE
Capable Of - Worth Of
Fire
Color
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

45. UNI - UN
Great - Long
Way - Journey
Join
One

46. PYR
Sun
Stone
King - Rule
Fire

47. DORS
Soft
Self
Back
Flesh

48. LEV
Light
Above
In - On
Suffer - Feel

49. CIRCUM
Beautiful
Young
True
Around

50. HAP
Write - Draw
By Chance
Away - Apart
Fire

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