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Word part	Type	Origin	Definition
trib	root	Latin	grant; allot
trit	root	Latin	friction, wearing away
trop	root	Greek	turn, change
troph, tropho, -trophy	root	Greek	nourishment
trud, trus	root	Latin	push
-tude	noun-forming suffix	Latin	state or condition of
turb	root	Latin	confusion
-ty, -ity, -uity, -eity	noun-forming suffix	Latin	state or quality of being
-ule	noun-forming suffix	Latin	small
-ulent	adjective-forming suffix	Latin	characterized by, full of
-ulous	adjective-forming suffix	Latin	tending to, characterized by
ultra-	prefix	Latin	beyond, excessive
un-¹	prefix	Old English	not
un-²	prefix	Old English	reverse (an action)
under-	prefix	Old English	below, not enough
uni	root	Latin	one
urb	root	Latin	city
-ure	noun-forming suffix	Latin	act or process of
us, ut, util	root	Latin	use
vac	root	Latin	empty
vad, vas	root	Latin	to go

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