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GRE Root Words

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1. TIM
Child - Education
Fear
Heart
Highest

2. AB
Day
Name
From - Away - Apart
Self

3. BON - BOUN
Birth - Class - Kin
Not
Boil
Good - Generous

4. FUG
Flee
Bend - Fold
Right Hand - Right Side
City

5. BURS
Healthy
Around
Purse - Money
Bone

6. SPEC - SPIC
Drink
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Short - Small
Look - See

7. RADI - RACI - RAMI
Root - Branch
Speed
Whole
Water

8. LEG - LEC - LEX
Hit - Prick
Tight
Read - Speak
Speed

9. MAL
Taste - Think
Near
Drive - Push
Bad

10. QUIE - QUIT
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Quiet - Test
Good - Generous
Image - Idol

11. CRED
Almost
Not
Well - Good
Trust - Believe

12. CORD - CARD
Law
Bend - Turn
Taste - Think
Heart

13. UND
Image - Idol
Wave
Touch
Well - Good

14. LITH
Root - Branch
Stone
Middle
Law

15. CUMB - CUB
Hide
Lie Down
Around
Night

16. EQU
Child - Education
Self
Great
Equal

17. PROTO - PROT
First
Away - Apart
Rise
Please

18. POT
Burn - Shine
Around
Drink
Hard - Lasting

19. INTRA
Life
Wander
Inside - Within
Half

20. MEDI
Short - Small
Know
Middle
Other

21. COSM
Sleep
Seed - Sow
Order - Universe - World
Speed

22. THERM
Name
Heat
Hand
Fear

23.
Large - Great
Nothing
Roll - Turn
Day

24. ARD
Purse - Money
Light
Burn
Well - Good

25. DEXT
Many
From - Away - Apart
Suffer - Feel
Right Hand - Right Side

26. HUM
Behind - After
Command - Order
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Earth

27. AUTO - AUT
Dog
Five
Self
Wave

28. NEO
Great - Long
Very Small
New
Fell

29. VIL
Base - Mean
All
Inside - Within
One

30. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Money
Heat
Death
Against

31. PALP
Day
Dog
Day
Fell

32. PED - POD
Green
Foot
Joke
Poison

33. BEN
Shadow
Heat
Well - Good
With - Together

34. DELE
Erase
Read - Speak
Foot
False

35. AQUA - AQUE
Away - Apart
Against
Water
Sharp - Sour

36. PRE
Equal
Before - In Front
Very Small
War

37. MICRO
Lead
Rise
All
Very Small

38. DI
Stone
Smoke
Day
Highest

39. INTER
Between - Among
Against - Opposite
Sun
Bad

40. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Word
In - On
Not - Without
Write

41. UMBR
Drive - Push
Well - Good
Shadow
Great

42. SAL
Salt
Hand
Ship - Sailor
Quiet - Test

43. PENE - PEN
Burn
Before - In Front
Salt
Almost

44. SURG - SOURC - SURRECT
Against
All
Rise
Not

45. PHIL
Love
Old
Burn
Around

46. DUR
Night
Sound
Silent
Hard - Lasting

47. TACT - TAG - TAM - TANG
Lie Down
Soft
Touch
Middle

48. OMNI
All
Law
Harm
Sweet

49. AD - A
Fault - Blame
Enough
Light
To

50. DE
Seed - Sow
Right Hand - Right Side
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
False