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GRE Root Words

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1. SAT
Enough
Liable To Err To Deceive
Equal
Not - Without

2. SPIR
Last - Beyond
Sun
Breath
Flee

3. FATU
Smoke
Under
Foolish
Drive - Push

4. INTRA
Sun
Inside - Within
Beautiful
Nothing

5. ICON
New
Please
Image - Idol
Drink

6. DE
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Fear
Poison
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

7. POT
Hit - Prick
Drink
Tie - Bind
Ship - Sailor

8. CED - CESS
Sweet
Yield - Go
Hit - Prick
Trust - Believe

9. PHOB
Rise
Fear
Read - Speak
Word

10. STRICT - STRING - STRAN
Speak
Poison
Tight
Praise

11. JUD
Judge
Bend - Fold
Fear
Carry

12. SEMI
All
Highest
Half
Speed

13. BELL - BELLI
Middle
In Front - Before
Bad
War

14. PED
Birth
Sit
Child - Education
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

15. NASC - NAT - GNA
Inside - Within
Birth
Bend - Fold
Through - Across

16. MAN - MANU
Hand
Seed - Sow
Very Small
Salt

17. TRANS
Last - Beyond
Birth - Class - Kin
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Across - Beyond

18. TORP
Inside - Within
Stiff - Numb
Carry
Blood

19. FERN
Call - Word
Speak
Boil
Not

20. PHIL
Well - Good
Love
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Ship - Sailor

21. MAG - MAX - MAJ - MAS
Speak
First
Sleep
Great

22. PAN - PANT
All
Water
City
Smoke

23. PROP - PROX
Sleep
Near
Wash
Carry

24. TEST
Bend - Turn
Bear Witness
Change
Highest

25. TORQ - TORT - TOR
Death
Speak
Twist
Hearing

26. EU
Taste - Think
Under
Not
Well - Good

27. CAUS - CAUT
In Front - Before
Burn
Day
Taste - Think

28. RETRO
Word
Hundred - Hundreth
Not
Backward

29. PERI
Wisdom
Around
Sweet
Flee

30. IN - IM - I
Hard - Lasting
In - On
With - Together
Free

31. CRYPT
Tie - Bind
Well - Good
Hide
Grieve

32. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Half
Before - In Front
Write
Half

33. DUC - DUCT
Earth
Lead
Soft
Foot

34. PRE
Before - In Front
Shadow
Straight - Right
Above

35. VIRU
Poison
Last - Beyond
Sun
Liable To Err To Deceive

36. PATH
Yield - Go
Not
Walk
Suffer - Feel

37. AB
From - Away - Apart
All
To
In Front - Before

38. LAUD
Praise
Half
Tight
Enough

39. NOX - NOC
Purse - Money
Harm
Bad
Carry

40. LEV
Light
Near
First
In Front - Before

41. MON - MONO
Speech - Thought
One
Love
From - Away - Apart

42. LIG - LI
Liable To Err To Deceive
Health - Save
Silent
Tie - Bind

43. SUA
Nothing - None
Healthy
Self
Please

44. SOL
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
From - Away - Apart
Burn
Sun

45. SEQU - SECU - SUE - SUI
Stiff - Numb
Before
Faith
Follow

46. BREW - BRID
Blood
Short - Small
In Front - Before
Around

47. SURG - SOURC - SURRECT
Rise
Health - Save
Fly
To

48. VOL
In - On
Fly
To
Against - Opposite

49. BEN
Out
Burn
Faith
Well - Good

50. ANTI - ANT
Against - Opposite
Law
New
Poison