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The root CEPT meaning "take, get, go, receive" has the following 16 "everyday words". Some of them are derived from the list of 20 possible prefixes and 14 number-related prefixes below:

acCEPTable, antiCIPate, conCEPT, deCEPTion, emanCIPate, exCEPTion, imperCEPTible, inCEPTion, interCEPT, partiCIPate, perCEPTive, prinCIPle, preCEPT, reCEPTacle, reCEPTive, susCEPTible.
Prefixes, some of which
can be used with CEPT:
  • AB = away ---------- acCEPTable
  • AD = to, toward
  • CIRCUM = around
  • CON-COM = with ---------- conCEPT
  • CONTRA = against
  • DE = down, from ----------- deCEPTion
  • E(X) = out of, outside --------- exCEPTion
  • EXTRA = beyond
  • IN-EN = in, into ----------- inCEPTion
  • INTER = between ---------interCEPT
  • OB = against
  • PER = through, across ---------- perCEPTive
  • POST = after
  • PRE = before, toward -------- preCEPT
  • PR0 = before, forward
  • RE = again ----------- reCEPTacle, reCEPTive
  • RETRO = backward
  • SUB = under, below ---------susCEPTible
  • TELE = far
  • TRANS = across
Prefixes that are number-related where
some may be used with CEPT:
  • PRIMO = first, most
  • ULTI = last
  • UNI = one
  • BI-DI = two
  • TRI = three
  • QUAD = four
  • DEC = ten
  • CENT = hundred
  • MULTI = many
  • PLU = more
  • OMNI = all
  • AMBI = both
  • EQUI-PAR= equal
  • SEMI = half
Can you create other words in this fashion with the above prefixes? For those of you who want some really high-powered, SAT-type words that come from the root CEPT-CAP-CIP try defining these 9:
CAPacious, CAPstan, CAPtious, CAPtivate, inCIPient, inCAPacitate, prinCIPality, reCIPient, unexCEPTionable.
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