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GRE Root Words

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1. TEST
Life
Poison
Bear Witness
Call - Word

2. AQUA - AQUE
Follow
To
Water
Strength - Use - Worth

3. PRIM - PRI
First
Together
Dog
Name

4. JUD
Judge
Bear Witness
Shadow
With - Together

5. SAG - SAP - SAV
True
Taste - Think
Not
Loose

6. MON - MONO
One
Wash
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Fear

7. MAN - MANU
Body
Hand
Blood
Follow

8.
Quiet - Test
Red
Nothing
Call - Word

9. POLY
Root - Branch
Earth
Body
Many

10. SAT
Fill - Full
Enough
Flee
Bend - Turn

11. PLAC
Many
Bone
Please
Burn

12. TIM
Faith
Fear
Young
Well - Good

13. VIRU
Word
From - Away - Apart
Poison
Birth

14. FAL
Liable To Err To Deceive
Many
Sleep
Across - Beyond

15. BREW - BRID
Hide
Half
Name
Short - Small

16. FATU
Free
All
Equal
Foolish

17. ONER
Burden
Trust - Believe
Behind - After
Order - Universe - World

18. ACOU
Hearing
Whole
In - On
Healthy

19. URB
Whole
City
One
Quiet - Test

20. DIA
Through - Across
Poison
Write - Draw
City

21. GEN
Birth - Class - Kin
Silent
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Heart

22. JOUR
Self
Day
Grieve
Child - Education

23. NAU - NAV
Read - Speak
Well - Good
Smoke
Ship - Sailor

24. PHON
Against
Night
Boil
Sound

25. CRED
Around
Not
Trust - Believe
Rise

26. DE
One
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Dog
Fault - Blame

27. FERN
Boil
Light
Whole
Hundred - Hundreth

28. LOG - LOQU
Speech - Thought
Lie Down
To
Flock

29. PSUEDO - PSEUD
Write - Draw
False
Order - Universe - World
Read - Speak

30. VERD
Against
Green
Fault - Blame
Young

31. LAV - LAU - LU
Judge
Wash
Across - Beyond
Not

32. JUV
Soft
Young
Life
Word

33. CO - COM - CON
Hundred - Hundreth
Half
Love
With - Together

34. DOL
Not
Enough
Grieve
Call - Word

35. DI - DIS
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Away - Apart
Behind - After
All

36. SACER - SACR - SANCT
Not
Look - See
Half
Holy

37. JOC
Lead
Joke
New
Seed - Sow

38. REG
Before
Hide
King - Rule
Yield - Go

39. TOX
Poison
Capable Of - Worth Of
Hearing
Not - Without

40. DI
Call - Word
Day
Behind - After
Great

41. SALU - SALV
Fear
Enough
Health - Save
Drink

42. SEN
Liable To Err To Deceive
Old
Back
Judge

43. ICON
Day
Old
Stone
Image - Idol

44. MICRO
Rise
Very Small
Good - Generous
Wash

45. THERM
Heat
Harm
All
Against

46. SEQU - SECU - SUE - SUI
Follow
Above
Near
Drive - Push

47. QUINT - QUIN
Before
Five
Flock
By Chance

48. ULT
Back
Water
Last - Beyond
Middle

49. UND
Breath
Sun
Straight - Right
Wave

50. MAG - MAX - MAJ - MAS
Last - Beyond
Move
Green
Great