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GRE Root Words

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1. LAX - LAK - LEASE - LES
Heart
Flesh
Inside - Within
Loose

2. ANT - ANTE
Tongue
Before
Erase
Fill - Full

3. NON
By Chance
Not
Short - Small
Day

4. PALP
Word
Almost
Hard - Lasting
Fell

5. CORD - CARD
Fault - Blame
Heart
Root - Branch
Write - Draw

6. SEN
Old
Taste - Think
Burn - Shine
Call - Word

7. CRED
All
Trust - Believe
Liable To Err To Deceive
Not

8. PUG - PUN
Before
Law
Hit - Prick
Half

9. JUV
Behind - After
Young
Look - See
Joke

10. PSUEDO - PSEUD
Tie - Bind
One
Wave
False

11. PYR
Quiet - Test
Well - Good
Large - Great
Fire

12. POT
Drink
Above
Bad - Wrong Hate
Body

13. VIRU
Old
Burn
Sleep
Poison

14. LUX - LUC
Bend - Fold
Word
Light
Hundred - Hundreth

15. MACRO
Straight - Right
Not
Great - Long
Health - Save

16. MUT
Change
Hand
Fear
Walk

17. FID - FI
Faith
Five
Fill - Full
Harm

18. ERR
Wander
Hard - Lasting
All
Bend - Turn

19. SOPH
First
Before
Wisdom
Change

20. NOX - NOC
Great - Long
Body
Harm
Whole

21. JUR
Law
True
Bad
All

22. MEGA
Large - Great
Straight - Right
Not
Young

23. INTER
Between - Among
Bend - Fold
Day
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

24. NASC - NAT - GNA
Five
Birth
Great
Water

25. QUAD - QUAR - QUAT
Very Small
Bend - Turn
Soft
Four

26. MAG - MAX - MAJ - MAS
Command - Order
Ship - Sailor
Good - Generous
Great

27. FUG
Red
Stone
Fly
Flee

28. VOL
Other
Fly
Sleep
Life

29. DOL
Grieve
Move
Command - Order
Holy

30. UNI - UN
Before - In Front
Well - Good
Fault - Blame
One

31. EQU
Suffer - Feel
Hand
Fear
Equal

32. PEC
Shadow
Health - Save
Light
Money

33. MOLL
Soft
Together
All
Stone

34. CRYPT
Death
Hide
Against - Opposite
Capable Of - Worth Of

35. ONER
Drink
Burden
Base - Mean
Away - Apart

36. DIC - DICT - DIT
Seed - Sow
Speak
Suffer - Feel
Trust - Believe

37. OB
Fear
Together
Against
Great - Long

38. NIHIL
Nothing - None
Before - In Front
Read - Speak
Sleep

39. EGO
Against - Opposite
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Self
From - Away - Apart

40. MAN - MANU
Day
Against
Nothing
Hand

41. VERD
King - Rule
Green
Half
Well - Good

42. AQUA - AQUE
Write
Enough
Water
Down - Out - Away - Apart

43. DUR
Hard - Lasting
Bend - Turn
Burn
Write - Draw

44. TORP
Equal
Bend - Fold
Last - Beyond
Stiff - Numb

45. BON - BOUN
Capable Of - Worth Of
Good - Generous
Lead
Purse - Money

46. PERI
Right Hand - Right Side
Light
Shadow
Around

47. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
Flesh
Burn - Shine
Seed - Sow
Mant

48. CHROM
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Love
Color
Great

49. RETRO
Around
Life
Backward
Across - Beyond

50. POLY
Mant
Sound
Many
Silent