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GRE Root Words

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1. LEG - LEC - LEX
Half
Well - Good
Read - Speak
Last - Beyond

2. ARD
Wisdom
Sound
Healthy
Burn

3. NOV
New
Wash
Half
King - Rule

4. CORD - CARD
Heart
Sound
Roll - Turn
Read - Speak

5. LOG - LOQU
First
Speech - Thought
Fly
Two

6. PLAC
Please
Against
Stone
Twist

7. MOR - MORT
Backward
Soft
Against - Opposite
Death

8. SEQU - SECU - SUE - SUI
Stone
Follow
Night
Burn

9. SAG - SAP - SAV
Taste - Think
Light
Sharp - Sour
Flock

10. REG
Write - Draw
King - Rule
Strength - Use - Worth
Flesh

11. SUMM
Tie - Bind
Body
Highest
Hundred - Hundreth

12. SUA
Before - In Front
Many
Please
Smoke

13. VIRU
Bear Witness
Against
Flee
Poison

14. BELL - BELLI
War
Burn
Hide
Bear Witness

15. AMBI - AMPHI
Foolish
Please
Middle
Both - On Both Sides - Around

16. DEXT
Child - Education
Day
Right Hand - Right Side
Poison

17. VERB
Lie Down
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Read - Speak
Word

18. AMBL - AMBUL
Walk
Sleep
Light
Both - On Both Sides - Around

19. JUNCT - JUG
To
Join
Drive - Push
Sleep

20. PEL
Middle
Tie - Bind
Drive - Push
Beautiful

21. BEN
First
Light
Night
Well - Good

22. ANT - ANTE
Before
Five
Hundred - Hundreth
Behind - After

23. LUX - LUC
Half
Beautiful
Drink
Light

24. A - AN
Not - Without
Back
Stone
Enough

25. LIG - LI
Tie - Bind
Praise
From - Away - Apart
Hearing

26. SACER - SACR - SANCT
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Together
Fire
Holy

27. DE
Poison
Against
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Foot

28. ERR
Wander
Earth
Fill - Full
Back

29. SYM - SYN
Sharp - Sour
Bone
Birth - Class - Kin
Together

30. MAG - MAX - MAJ - MAS
All
Great
Nothing - None
Almost

31. PYR
Back
Fault - Blame
Right Hand - Right Side
Fire

32. LAV - LAU - LU
Day
Order - Universe - World
Wash
Between - Among

33. GREG
Away - Apart
Loose
Flock
Wander

34. VIT - VIV
Same
Life
Against
Bad

35. SAT
Sleep
Sweet
Enough
Last - Beyond

36. FAL
Money
Liable To Err To Deceive
Great
Capable Of - Worth Of

37. VERD
Hearing
Boil
Green
Same

38. INTRA
Join
Sharp - Sour
Follow
Inside - Within

39. SED - SID
Between - Among
Tie - Bind
Sit
Not

40. PED
Trust - Believe
Water
Back
Child - Education

41. FATU
Equal
Foolish
Harm
False

42. QUINT - QUIN
Stone
Equal
Change
Five

43. PHON
Two
Sound
Life
Trust - Believe

44. TOX
Poison
Loose
True
Great

45. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
Seed - Sow
Burn - Shine
Hide
Flesh

46. PATH
Sit
Suffer - Feel
Many
Mind - Spirit - Breath

47. THERM
Hearing
In - On
Foot
Heat

48. MAL
Hit - Prick
Fell
Joke
Bad

49. TRANS
Behind - After
Hard - Lasting
Enough
Across - Beyond

50. PROTO - PROT
To
First
Highest
One