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1. LAX - LAK - LEASE - LES
Loose
Whole
Drink
War

2. NAU - NAV
Ship - Sailor
Sit
Nothing
Wisdom

3. TACT - TAG - TAM - TANG
Life
Touch
Well - Good
Very Small

4. IT - ITER
Fly
Not
Great - Long
Way - Journey

5. SUPER - SUR
Shadow
Above
First
Heat

6. PYR
Fire
Water
Short - Small
Stiff - Numb

7. NON
Not
Burden
Fire
Please

8. MOT - MOV - MOM - MOB
Move
Salt
Capable Of - Worth Of
Read - Speak

9. SALU - SALV
Health - Save
Poison
Between - Among
Child - Education

10. ICON
Fault - Blame
Large - Great
Root - Branch
Image - Idol

11. AMBI - AMPHI
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Loose
Flesh
Green

12. PALP
Hundred - Hundreth
Fell
Image - Idol
Self

13. ERR
Sun
New
Wander
Ship - Sailor

14. EU
Judge
Bend - Turn
Way - Journey
Well - Good

15. MIS
Water
Shadow
Bad - Wrong Hate
Burn - Shine

16. SED - SID
Enough
Sit
One
Heart

17. SACER - SACR - SANCT
Bear Witness
Roll - Turn
Day
Holy

18. FLECT - FLEX
Burn - Shine
Same
Against - Opposite
Bend - Turn

19. RETRO
Joke
Not
Five
Backward

20. PED - POD
Through - Across
Foot
Backward
Poison

21. CORP - CORS
Old
Body
Great - Long
Against - Opposite

22. SOMN
Sleep
Many
Birth
Erase

23. RADI - RACI - RAMI
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Water
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Root - Branch

24. TEST
Seed - Sow
Way - Journey
Bear Witness
Foolish

25. CORD - CARD
Heart
Dog
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Shadow

26. BEL - BELL
Beautiful
Half
Roll - Turn
Capable Of - Worth Of

27. UNI - UN
One
First
Poison
Between - Among

28. SANG
Judge
Through - Across
Blood
Move

29. VOL
Fly
Backward
Change
Not

30. FERN
Boil
Soft
Silent
Away - Apart

31. POLY
Write - Draw
Speech - Thought
Many
Bend - Fold

32. LAUD
Day
Praise
City
Lead

33. CULP
Fault - Blame
Purse - Money
Trust - Believe
Birth - Class - Kin

34. PHON
Against - Opposite
Day
Bone
Sound

35. COSM
Faith
Order - Universe - World
Ship - Sailor
Capable Of - Worth Of

36. PRE
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Before - In Front
First
Last - Beyond

37. AQUA - AQUE
Water
Ship - Sailor
Five
New

38. SE
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Against
Bad - Wrong Hate
Stone

39. PERI
Night
Around
Bad - Wrong Hate
Fire

40. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Back
Against
Tight
First

41. FAL
Drive - Push
Health - Save
Liable To Err To Deceive
By Chance

42. IN - IM - I
Know
Right Hand - Right Side
In - On
Suffer - Feel

43. NOM - NYM - NEC
Young
To
Name
Health - Save

44. REG
King - Rule
Behind - After
Move
Wave

45. MAND - MEND
Way - Journey
Yield - Go
Bad - Wrong Hate
Command - Order

46. VER
Across - Beyond
Right Hand - Right Side
Great - Long
True

47. MOR - MORT
Above
Death
Yield - Go
Free

48. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
First
Together
Hand
Write

49. ONER
Base - Mean
Lie Down
Suffer - Feel
Burden

50. MACRO
Great - Long
Joke
Together
Sharp - Sour