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lingu tongue bilingual, linguist, language

mot move motor, motivation, emotion, commotion

nav ship navy, naval, navigate

und wave inundate, undulate, undulation

flect bend reflect, inflection, deflect, reflection

coron crown corona, coronary, coroner

aur gold aura, auric, Aurora, auriferous

liter letter literature, illiterate, preliterate

rat think rational, ratio, irrational, irate

sis condition osmosis, mitosis, symbiosis

par equal parity, incomparable, disparity

mens measure commensurate, immense, dimension

mony condition acrimony, harmony, matrimony, ceremony

quin five quintet, quintuplet, quintillion

socio society sociology, sociable, socialism

ovi egg oval, oviducts, oviparous

phasia speech aphasis, dysphasia, apophasis

pter wing helicopter, pterosaur, pterodactyl

phen appearance phenomenon, phenotype, fancy

hist tissue histology, histopathology, histogenesis

glott tongue polyglot, glottal, monoglot, epiglottis

phan appearance phantom, epiphany, cellophane

peri near or around perimeter, periphery, perigee

pot drink potable, potion, symposium

via road via, trivia, obvious, viaduct