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Cis and its variants cid and -cide come from a Latin root which means both ‘cut’ and ‘kill.’ Some common words derived from this root include decide, decision, and suicide. Perhaps the best way to remember this root is by thinking of scissors — a scissor cuts.
precise
scissors
excision
decision
concise
incisive
indecisive
incise
decisiveness
imprecision
Mrs. Ward
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