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GRE Root Words

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1. OMNI
Grieve
Touch
Color
All

2. POLY
Same
Root - Branch
Many
Poison

3. SPIR
Fault - Blame
Wash
Wander
Breath

4. CULP
Fault - Blame
Life
Almost
Old

5. AMBI - AMPHI
Sit
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Flee
In - On

6. DEXT
Sleep
Praise
Right Hand - Right Side
Move

7. VER
Beautiful
Taste - Think
True
Highest

8. VERB
Before
Tight
Word
Foot

9. IT - ITER
True
Way - Journey
Stone
Well - Good

10. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Burden
Fault - Blame
Liable To Err To Deceive
Write

11. VAL - VAIL
Change
Life
Fear
Strength - Use - Worth

12. MICRO
Very Small
Stone
Praise
Touch

13. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Tongue
Against
Join
Beautiful

14. MAL
Base - Mean
Bad
New
Liable To Err To Deceive

15. HOMO
Same
Before
Hearing
All

16. URB
Both - On Both Sides - Around
City
In - On
Love

17. PLAC
Hide
Fell
Tight
Please

18. BELL - BELLI
Short - Small
Silent
Between - Among
War

19. VERD
Sound
Against - Opposite
Green
Many

20. UMBR
Life
Tongue
Hit - Prick
Shadow

21. PROTO - PROT
Half
Self
First
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

22. DI - DIS
Away - Apart
Fire
Praise
To

23. RADI - RACI - RAMI
Suffer - Feel
Before - In Front
Fire
Root - Branch

24. OB
Against
In Front - Before
Bend - Turn
Look - See

25. UNI - UN
Join
Against
Backward
One

26. DULC
Name
Sweet
Ship - Sailor
Birth - Class - Kin

27. SYM - SYN
Fell
King - Rule
Near
Together

28. SACER - SACR - SANCT
Twist
Young
Holy
Flee

29. SAT
Great
First
Way - Journey
Enough

30. LOG - LOQU
Hard - Lasting
Fear
Around
Speech - Thought

31. HEMI
Under
Away - Apart
Not
Half

32. LUX - LUC
Bad
Burn
Trust - Believe
Light

33. VIRU
Poison
Hundred - Hundreth
Strength - Use - Worth
Two

34. HUM
Write
Half
Drive - Push
Earth

35.
Touch
Nothing
Tight
Write

36. MUT
Other
Way - Journey
Change
Fill - Full

37. PHIL
Not - Without
Bend - Fold
Judge
Love

38. PHOB
Drink
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Not
Fear

39. GRAM - GRAPH
Tight
Capable Of - Worth Of
Hide
Write - Draw

40. JUD
Not
Poison
Judge
Walk

41. THERM
Heat
Young
Through - Across
Law

42. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
Middle
Burn - Shine
Joke
Bend - Turn

43. LITH
Not
Hearing
Before - In Front
Stone

44. DUC - DUCT
Mant
In Front - Before
Enough
Lead

45. SANG
Before
Flock
Against - Opposite
Blood

46. DI
Please
Against
Day
City

47. ERR
Flock
Wander
Image - Idol
Seed - Sow

48. AMIN
Before - In Front
Tight
Birth
Mind - Spirit - Breath

49. SUMM
Stone
Way - Journey
Highest
To

50. TORQ - TORT - TOR
Heat
Twist
Stiff - Numb
Inside - Within