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click Expand for words related to '''PIE *kap-''' (to grasp, run after, hunt) | click Expand for words related to '''PIE *kap-''' (to grasp, run after, hunt) | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">''to grasp'':<br>accept; anticipate; anticipation; behave; behoof; behoove; cable; capable; capacious; capacity; caption; captious; captivate; captive; captor; capture; case.<br>''to run after, hunt'':<br> catch; catchpoll; cater; chase; conceive; cop; copper; deceive; emancipate; except; forceps; gaffe; haft; have; hawk; heave; heavy; heft; incapacity; inception; incipient; intercept; municipal; occupy; participation; perceive; precept; prince; purchase; receive; recipe; recover; recuperate; sashay; susceptible.</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">''to grasp'':<br>accept; anticipate; anticipation; behave; behoof; behoove; cable; capable; capacious; capacity; caption; captious; captivate; captive; captor; capture; case.<br>''to run after, hunt'':<br> catch; catchpoll; cater; chase; conceive; cop; copper; deceive; emancipate; except; forceps; gaffe; haft; have; hawk; heave; heavy; heft; incapacity; inception; incipient; intercept; municipal; occupy; participation; perceive; precept; prince; purchase; receive; recipe; recover; recuperate; sashay; susceptible.</div> | ||
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|servile | |||
|adj. belonging to a class of servants or subordinates; under, beneath in rank | |||
|from ''servilis'' for "slave" | |||
root: "serve", as in "to serve" | |||
|from PIE '''''*seruo'''-'' "guardian", which gives us "shepherd", so the shepherd serves the sheep | |||
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|stout | |stout | ||
|adj. having large or strong body; bulky physique | |adj. having large or strong body; bulky physique | ||
| | |from Old French ''estout'' for "brave, fierce, strong" | ||
|from Old French "estout" for "brave, fierce, proud" | |from Old French "estout" for "brave, fierce, proud" | ||
from PIE '''*stel-''' "to put, stand, put in order" | from PIE '''*stel-''' "to put, stand, put in order" | ||
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== Other words to know == | |||
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|accrue | |||
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|afrobeat | |||
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|aghast | |||
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|amenable | |||
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|banal | |||
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|bel- = war | |||
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|belligerent | |||
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|callous | |||
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|causal | |||
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|contentious | |||
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|cordial | |||
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|daunting | |||
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|deciduous | |||
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|delectable | |||
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|deliberately | |||
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|despondent | |||
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|dis- = not | |||
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|disdain | |||
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|disingenuous | |||
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|dismal | |||
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|distraught | |||
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|dogmatic | |||
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|emaciated | |||
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|fallacy | |||
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|fallacy | |||
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|fiddlehead | |||
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|formidable | |||
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|fortitude | |||
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|fowl | |||
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|frailty | |||
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|haphazard | |||
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|hiatus | |||
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|hierarchy | |||
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|idiosyncrasy | |||
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|impromptu | |||
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|incipient | |||
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|ingenious | |||
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|innuendo | |||
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|insomnia | |||
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|inundation | |||
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|languid | |||
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|lassitude | |||
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|lax | |||
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|lethargy | |||
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|livid | |||
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|mandate | |||
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|nonplussed | |||
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|odious | |||
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|opposite | |||
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|panacea | |||
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|perennial | |||
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|presumptuous | |||
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|repugnant | |||
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|sanguine | |||
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|solicitous | |||
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|stupefy | |||
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|stupor | |||
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|subservience | |||
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|succulent | |||
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|synonymous | |||
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|tempestuous | |||
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|trite | |||
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|tussock | |||
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|vexing | |||
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|virulent | |||
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