English Word Root: fin

to end something, limit, boundary
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1 affinity   Speak  
n. natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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2 confine   Speak  
v. restrict in movement; circumscribe
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3 confinement   Speak  
n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
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4 confining   Speak  
a. restricting scope or freedom of action; crowded
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5 define   Speak  
v. determine the nature of; give a definition; explain the boundary or limits of
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6 definite   Speak  
a. fixed, certain, or clear; having distinct limits
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7 definitely   Speak  
ad. without question and beyond doubt; clearly
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8 definition   Speak  
n. clarity of outline; concise explanation
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9 definitive   Speak  
a. final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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10 final   Speak  
a. forming or occurring at the end; terminating
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11 finale   Speak  
n. concluding part; closing section
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12 finalist   Speak  
n. a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
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13 finally   Speak  
ad. at last; eventually
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14 finesse   Speak  
n. refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
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15 finger   Speak  
n. any of the terminal members of the hand
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16 fingertip   Speak  
n. extreme end or tip of a finger
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17 finish   Speak  
v. come to an end
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18 finite   Speak  
a. having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
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19 indefinite   Speak  
a. unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
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20 indefinitely   Speak  
ad. endlessly; incessantly; for a long time, no end defined; forever
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21 infinite   Speak  
a. unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
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22 infinitesimal   Speak  
a. very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute
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23 infinity   Speak  
n. the unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity
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24 refine   Speak  
v. purify; make more precise; improve
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25 refined   Speak  
a. cultured; purified; made pure
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26 refinement   Speak  
n. result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
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