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ven come convene, convention, avenue, vent

ichthy fish ichthyosis, ichthyosaur, ichthyologist

pulse drive impulse, repulse, pulsate, impulsive

calor heat calorie, calorimeter, caloric

sol sun solar, solstice, solarium, solarize

strat layer stratosphere, strata, stratigraphy

nuc center nucleus, nuclide, nucleate

sat enough satisfy, dissatisfaction, saturate, sate

protero early Proterozoic, proteranthous

mont mountain piedmont, Montana, montane

kilo thousand kilometer, kiloton, kilowatt, kilogram

myria many myriad, myriapod, myriameter

tachy quick tachometer, tachycardia, tachylyte

fiss split fissile, fission, fissiped, fissure

cumu heaped accumulate, cumulus, cumulative

meteor high meteorite, meteoric, meteorology

hibern winter hibernate, hibernal, hibernaculum

di two diverge, diffusion, differ, dilemma

bath deep bathos, batholith, bathymetry

cirr hair cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus

grav heavy gravity, gravid, aggravate

solv loosen resolve, dissolve, absolve, solvent

opthal eye ophthalmologist, ophthalmic, ophthalmoscope

oma tumor melanoma, carcinoma, hematoma

rub red rubric, ruby, rubella