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GRE Root Words

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1. SEMI
Rise
Half
Drink
Stiff - Numb

2. LAX - LAK - LEASE - LES
Life
Loose
Between - Among
Burn

3. IT - ITER
Way - Journey
Please
Straight - Right
Bone

4. CARN
Judge
Flesh
Enough
Erase

5. PENE - PEN
Highest
Almost
Sleep
Birth - Class - Kin

6. PUG - PUN
Follow
Read - Speak
Speech - Thought
Hit - Prick

7. RECT
Straight - Right
Breath
Sharp - Sour
Bad - Wrong Hate

8. VERD
Sleep
Water
Free
Green

9. PLEN - PLET - PLE
Bend - Turn
Fill - Full
Hearing
Many

10. MEGA
Fire
Large - Great
Yield - Go
From - Away - Apart

11. ICON
Blood
Image - Idol
Bone
Tie - Bind

12. FUM
Call - Word
Smoke
Other
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

13. JUD
New
First
Birth - Class - Kin
Judge

14. LEV
Child - Education
Nothing - None
Poison
Light

15. GRAM - GRAPH
Judge
Write - Draw
Wander
Join

16. MUT
Erase
Highest
Soft
Change

17. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
Together
Very Small
Light
Burn - Shine

18. PALP
Whole
Fell
Sleep
Rise

19. MEDI
Life
Middle
Foolish
Very Small

20. MOT - MOV - MOM - MOB
Sweet
First
Across - Beyond
Move

21. ARD
Tight
Taste - Think
Burn
Move

22. TRANS
Middle
Before
Write - Draw
Across - Beyond

23. INTER
Flock
Many
Against - Opposite
Between - Among

24. PRE
Holy
Hearing
Before - In Front
Burn - Shine

25. DUR
True
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Hard - Lasting
Behind - After

26. DULC
Other
Taste - Think
Not
Sweet

27. MAND - MEND
Grieve
Command - Order
Drink
Base - Mean

28. CO - COM - CON
With - Together
Large - Great
Carry
Faith

29. MAG - MAX - MAJ - MAS
Write
Great
First
Lead

30. BEN
Bend - Fold
Under
Hearing
Well - Good

31. CRED
Smoke
Seed - Sow
Equal
Trust - Believe

32. DEXT
Please
Right Hand - Right Side
Burn
Wander

33. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Against
Trust - Believe
Name
Image - Idol

34. NOM - NYM - NEC
Water
Name
Shadow
Grieve

35. BURS
Taste - Think
Nothing - None
Birth
Purse - Money

36. BI - BIN
Around
Enough
Two
Green

37. DI - DIS
Against
Away - Apart
Hand
Life

38. SED - SID
Whole
Birth - Class - Kin
Not
Sit

39. CED - CESS
Across - Beyond
Equal
Boil
Yield - Go

40. QUAD - QUAR - QUAT
Four
Straight - Right
Taste - Think
Great - Long

41. BELL - BELLI
Wisdom
War
Short - Small
Great

42. STRICT - STRING - STRAN
Tight
Old
Well - Good
Rise

43. RETRO
Four
Capable Of - Worth Of
Backward
Touch

44. GNO - GNI - COGN - CONN
Shadow
Fly
Know
Praise

45. VOL
Fly
Heat
Grieve
Sun

46. TORQ - TORT - TOR
Against
Tongue
Quiet - Test
Twist

47. SPIR
Breath
Four
Flee
Through - Across

48. E - EX - EC
Child - Education
Out
All
Above

49. DORM
Order - Universe - World
Birth
Join
Sleep

50. NOV
Red
New
Fire
Not