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GRE Root Words

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1. IT - ITER
Against
Day
Move
Way - Journey

2. MEDI
Suffer - Feel
Right Hand - Right Side
Middle
Love

3. VOC - VOU
Smoke
First
Call - Word
Flesh

4. PAN - PANT
Away - Apart
Together
All
Great

5. PED - POD
Sun
Shadow
Very Small
Foot

6. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Write
Flee
Day
In Front - Before

7. EGO
Self
Behind - After
Suffer - Feel
King - Rule

8. CAUS - CAUT
Burn
Burden
Follow
Know

9. PEL
Light
Drive - Push
Before - In Front
Near

10. TACT - TAG - TAM - TANG
Touch
Harm
Inside - Within
New

11. DULC
Under
Foolish
Sweet
King - Rule

12. GEN
Birth - Class - Kin
Lie Down
One
Rise

13. RETRO
In Front - Before
Backward
Half
Command - Order

14. SAN
Back
Same
Carry
Healthy

15. PHOB
Heart
Fear
Smoke
True

16. TOX
Poison
Speed
Suffer - Feel
Bend - Turn

17. CUMB - CUB
Between - Among
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Please
Lie Down

18. GREG
Flock
Above
Fear
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

19. SANG
Liable To Err To Deceive
Blood
Burn
One

20. DIA
Through - Across
Highest
Not - Without
Against - Opposite

21. CO - COM - CON
Equal
With - Together
Around
Not

22. INTER
Well - Good
Silent
Between - Among
Wisdom

23. DEXT
Taste - Think
Right Hand - Right Side
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Bend - Fold

24. DOL
Short - Small
Well - Good
Grieve
Joke

25. VOL
Fly
Young
Way - Journey
First

26. PRO
Know
Speed
In Front - Before
Fault - Blame

27. QUINT - QUIN
Name
Five
In Front - Before
Backward

28. SOPH
Heart
Against - Opposite
Wisdom
Back

29. LAV - LAU - LU
Body
Wash
Wander
Shadow

30. ARD
Not - Without
Burn
Mind - Spirit - Breath
King - Rule

31. ACOU
Fly
Great - Long
Inside - Within
Hearing

32. PROTO - PROT
Wander
Purse - Money
First
Name

33. HOL
Capable Of - Worth Of
Whole
Body
Many

34. LITH
Straight - Right
Enough
Hundred - Hundreth
Stone

35. LEG - LEC - LEX
Color
Hard - Lasting
Five
Read - Speak

36. ICON
Image - Idol
Sleep
Great
Please

37. JOUR
Hard - Lasting
Between - Among
Strength - Use - Worth
Day

38. SOL
Sun
Red
Speak
Wash

39. FID - FI
Twist
Faith
Through - Across
In - On

40. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
First
War
Body
Burn - Shine

41. JUD
Name
Judge
Know
New

42. ANT - ANTE
Well - Good
Boil
Look - See
Before

43. MOR - MORT
Half
Liable To Err To Deceive
Seed - Sow
Death

44. BON - BOUN
Half
One
Not
Good - Generous

45. GRAM - GRAPH
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Write - Draw
Old
Wisdom

46. URB
One
City
Seed - Sow
Five

47.
Nothing
Behind - After
Almost
Away - Apart

48. MACRO
Great - Long
Light
City
Hit - Prick

49. JOC
Old
Erase
Short - Small
Joke

50. PHIL
Write - Draw
Love
Fire
First