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GRE Root Words

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1. DIC - DICT - DIT
Earth
Foolish
Speak
Against - Opposite

2. PATH
Mant
Healthy
In Front - Before
Suffer - Feel

3. E - EX - EC
Before
Great
Out
Capable Of - Worth Of

4. LAX - LAK - LEASE - LES
Whole
Loose
Dog
Hearing

5. PALP
Last - Beyond
With - Together
Almost
Fell

6. REG
Nothing
King - Rule
Between - Among
Know

7. AMIN
Holy
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Highest
Bone

8. MAL
Bad
Lead
Flee
Red

9. UN
Follow
Not
Across - Beyond
Against

10. SPEC - SPIC
Look - See
Bear Witness
Young
Hand

11. AB
From - Away - Apart
Speech - Thought
Flesh
With - Together

12. SAL
Water
Salt
Move
Almost

13. PLEN - PLET - PLE
Suffer - Feel
Erase
Fill - Full
Drink

14. NIHIL
Good - Generous
Fill - Full
Nothing - None
Burn

15. SEQU - SECU - SUE - SUI
Speak
Money
Follow
Walk

16. CIRCUM
Hard - Lasting
Touch
Around
Taste - Think

17. DEXT
Right Hand - Right Side
Hard - Lasting
Grieve
Trust - Believe

18. JUR
Law
Write
Touch
Burn - Shine

19. BREW - BRID
Two
Short - Small
Taste - Think
Write

20. FUG
Liable To Err To Deceive
Color
Hit - Prick
Flee

21. PYR
Sleep
Command - Order
Fire
Suffer - Feel

22. SACER - SACR - SANCT
Holy
Healthy
Many
Flesh

23. QUIE - QUIT
Base - Mean
Quiet - Test
Hundred - Hundreth
Half

24. BEL - BELL
Beautiful
Free
First
To

25. THERM
Straight - Right
City
Joke
Heat

26. ACOU
Hearing
Money
Day
Hide

27. DI
Backward
Poison
Day
Around

28. CO - COM - CON
Against - Opposite
Liable To Err To Deceive
Bend - Turn
With - Together

29. MAN - MANU
Wander
Light
Hand
Blood

30. SEN
Fear
Follow
Back
Old

31. EGO
Self
Please
Highest
Trust - Believe

32. DORM
Sharp - Sour
Straight - Right
Sleep
Green

33. FAL
Poison
Liable To Err To Deceive
Light
Stiff - Numb

34. OSS - OSTE
Birth
Equal
Faith
Bone

35. CRED
Trust - Believe
Hit - Prick
Breath
Wash

36. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Against
Write
Bend - Fold
Around

37. PEC
Faith
Boil
By Chance
Money

38. POT
Smoke
Very Small
Drink
To

39. GREG
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Flock
Name
One

40. FLECT - FLEX
Soft
Against - Opposite
Bend - Turn
Bad - Wrong Hate

41. CORD - CARD
Order - Universe - World
Heart
Word
Wash

42. NASC - NAT - GNA
Birth
Joke
Move
Fly

43. PED
Child - Education
Capable Of - Worth Of
Salt
One

44. PEL
Change
Between - Among
Half
Drive - Push

45. HUM
Mant
Back
Earth
Way - Journey

46. ABLE - IBLE
Death
Yield - Go
Heat
Capable Of - Worth Of

47. NAU - NAV
Ship - Sailor
Command - Order
Wash
Water

48. INTER
Trust - Believe
Salt
Between - Among
Loose

49.
Through - Across
Nothing
Sound
Read - Speak

50. SEMI
Great - Long
War
Command - Order
Half