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100

animal 

a-ni-mal 

100

potato

(po) open- (ta) open- (to) open

100

fantastic 

(fan) closed (tas) closed (tic) closed

100

analyze 

an-a-lyze

100

elegant

e-le-gant

200

education 

ed-u-ca-tion

200

volcano

(vol) closed - (ca) open (no) open

200

catapult 

(cat) closed (a) open (pult) closed

200

appetite 

ap-pe-tite

200

generous

gen-er-ous

300

imagination 

i-mag-in-a-tion

300

radio

(ra) open (di) open (o) open 

300

magnetism 

(mag) closed (net) closed (ism) closed

300

arrogant 

ar-ro-gant

300

candidate

can-di-date

400

dictionary 

dic-tion-ar-y

400

Ohio

(O) open, (hi) open, (o) open

400

picnicing 

(pic) closed (nic) closed (ing) closed/stable 

400
delegate

del-e-gate

400

imminent

im-mi-nent

500

personality 

per-son-al-ity

500

coconut 

(co) open (co) open (nut) closed

500

admittedly 

(ad) closed (mit) closed (ted) (ly) open/stable

500

contrasting

con-trast-ing

500

confident

con-fi-dent

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