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GRE Root Words

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1. MAN - MANU
Lead
Hand
New
Tie - Bind

2. SE
Hide
Sit
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Suffer - Feel

3. CHROM
Salt
Blood
Walk
Color

4. MON - MONO
True
One
Loose
Under

5. QUIE - QUIT
Fly
False
Quiet - Test
Under

6. CARN
Walk
Flesh
First
Against - Opposite

7. BON - BOUN
Good - Generous
Drive - Push
Write - Draw
Half

8. LIG - LI
Burn
Tie - Bind
Red
Write - Draw

9. HUM
First
Earth
Mant
In Front - Before

10. NASC - NAT - GNA
Lead
Birth
Birth - Class - Kin
Water

11. HOL
Whole
Self
Follow
Grieve

12. SEM
Large - Great
Bear Witness
Seed - Sow
Foot

13. SAL
Salt
Other
Fell
Light

14. ARD
Burn
One
Roll - Turn
Nothing - None

15. DI - DIS
Away - Apart
Free
Burden
Mant

16. DIC - DICT - DIT
Speak
Not
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
False

17. REG
Bad
From - Away - Apart
King - Rule
Write

18. BURS
Faith
Change
Purse - Money
Whole

19. PHON
Bend - Turn
Purse - Money
Sound
Look - See

20. SEMI
Half
Trust - Believe
Last - Beyond
Flesh

21. CORP - CORS
Half
Loose
Out
Body

22. DELE
True
Birth
Foot
Erase

23. ANT - ANTE
Mant
Birth - Class - Kin
Before
Water

24. JUV
Write - Draw
Poison
Purse - Money
Young

25. MUT
Middle
In Front - Before
Look - See
Change

26. GEN
Sit
Flee
Birth - Class - Kin
Bone

27. ONER
Burden
Read - Speak
Right Hand - Right Side
Stiff - Numb

28. DOL
Grieve
False
Sun
Flock

29. AC - ACR
Sharp - Sour
Self
Day
War

30. TACIT
First
Poison
Silent
Red

31. JOUR
Move
Light
Day
Nothing

32. EGO
Hundred - Hundreth
Judge
Self
Read - Speak

33. TORP
Stiff - Numb
Hundred - Hundreth
Green
Salt

34. MAL
Free
Enough
Speed
Bad

35. FATU
Whole
Child - Education
Yield - Go
Foolish

36. URB
Command - Order
City
Seed - Sow
Law

37. BELL - BELLI
Great
War
Sweet
Short - Small

38. MEGA
Wisdom
Day
Large - Great
Down - Out - Away - Apart

39. BEL - BELL
Join
Not - Without
Breath
Beautiful

40. DUC - DUCT
New
Hard - Lasting
Lead
Lie Down

41. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
Burn - Shine
Please
Right Hand - Right Side
First

42. PALP
Fell
Light
Speed
Law

43. COSM
Order - Universe - World
Bad
Through - Across
Not

44. HOMO
Same
Out
Not
Short - Small

45. CO - COM - CON
Order - Universe - World
Look - See
With - Together
One

46. THERM
Heat
Half
Tongue
Look - See

47. MOR - MORT
Poison
Death
Many
Across - Beyond

48. DULC
New
Root - Branch
Money
Sweet

49. CULP
Not - Without
Fault - Blame
With - Together
Above

50. MOT - MOV - MOM - MOB
Well - Good
Beautiful
Move
Not - Without