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GRE Root Words

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1. CENT
Health - Save
Hundred - Hundreth
New
Lie Down

2. EU
Above
Loose
Light
Well - Good

3. MAND - MEND
Love
Loose
Yield - Go
Command - Order

4. TIM
Fear
Burn
In - On
Out

5. DORS
Wave
Young
Poison
Back

6. PED - POD
Bad - Wrong Hate
Stone
Foot
Not - Without

7. RUB - RUD
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Straight - Right
Red
Holy

8. ANTI - ANT
Very Small
Not - Without
Free
Against - Opposite

9. FID - FI
Faith
Lead
Not
Bad - Wrong Hate

10. ANT - ANTE
Out
Almost
Before
Hard - Lasting

11. AQUA - AQUE
Fly
Wander
Water
Birth

12. SANG
Dog
Soft
Fill - Full
Blood

13. PRIM - PRI
Hard - Lasting
First
Salt
Water

14. AMBI - AMPHI
Healthy
Very Small
Two
Both - On Both Sides - Around

15. SPIR
Breath
Day
Child - Education
Hide

16. RETRO
Fault - Blame
Root - Branch
New
Backward

17. JUR
Wander
Near
Law
Burn - Shine

18. MEGA
Birth - Class - Kin
Light
To
Large - Great

19. JUV
Young
First
Drive - Push
Mant

20. VOLU - VOLV
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Bend - Turn
Roll - Turn
Move

21. CRED
Bend - Turn
Smoke
Word
Trust - Believe

22. UMBR
Faith
Half
Night
Shadow

23. GREG
Lie Down
Suffer - Feel
Flock
Hand

24. INTER
Very Small
Smoke
Great
Between - Among

25. RADI - RACI - RAMI
True
Root - Branch
Read - Speak
Large - Great

26. FATU
Foolish
In - On
King - Rule
Before

27. BREW - BRID
Carry
To
Short - Small
Fill - Full

28. MIS
Inside - Within
Bend - Turn
Bad - Wrong Hate
Soft

29. CHROM
True
Out
Color
Suffer - Feel

30. HETERO
Hundred - Hundreth
Great - Long
Other
Soft

31. PHOB
Fear
Yield - Go
Root - Branch
Death

32. HOMO
Yield - Go
Same
Straight - Right
Night

33. TORP
Around
Stiff - Numb
Color
Nothing

34. DOL
Free
Command - Order
Grieve
Through - Across

35. IT - ITER
Way - Journey
Name
Mant
Heat

36. ARD
Burn
Together
Rise
Tight

37. SUB
King - Rule
Under
Sleep
Birth

38. LAUD
Other
Praise
By Chance
Middle

39. PORT
Carry
Twist
Not
Well - Good

40. DIC - DICT - DIT
Speak
Earth
Call - Word
Way - Journey

41. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
Burn - Shine
First
Before
Ship - Sailor

42. E - EX - EC
Self
Five
Sharp - Sour
Out

43. POLY
Tie - Bind
Stone
Tongue
Many

44. NAU - NAV
One
One
To
Ship - Sailor

45. SEM
With - Together
Roll - Turn
Change
Seed - Sow

46. LOG - LOQU
Hearing
Speech - Thought
Five
Name

47. MOR - MORT
Death
Beautiful
Roll - Turn
Twist

48. LITH
Birth - Class - Kin
Stiff - Numb
Stone
Wave

49. VERD
Green
Not
Above
Around

50. OSS - OSTE
Bone
Poison
Money
Way - Journey