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GRE Root Words

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1. DIC - DICT - DIT
Wash
Equal
Speak
Dog

2. PROP - PROX
Against - Opposite
Judge
Near
One

3. LEV
Light
Out
Bad
Stiff - Numb

4. PROTO - PROT
Purse - Money
First
Praise
Sweet

5. PORT
Wave
Carry
City
Boil

6. LITH
Rise
Walk
Burn
Stone

7. FATU
Foolish
Great
Straight - Right
Way - Journey

8. OMNI
First
Bone
Across - Beyond
All

9. NEO
Know
New
Move
Very Small

10. AQUA - AQUE
Highest
Through - Across
Water
Between - Among

11. RADI - RACI - RAMI
Root - Branch
Night
Away - Apart
Flee

12. PSUEDO - PSEUD
False
Together
Capable Of - Worth Of
Tight

13. ICON
Away - Apart
Poison
Image - Idol
Color

14. RETRO
Short - Small
Backward
Way - Journey
Good - Generous

15. SACER - SACR - SANCT
Holy
Life
Sleep
Red

16. MICRO
Heart
Very Small
Nothing - None
Mant

17. AC - ACR
Old
Capable Of - Worth Of
Whole
Sharp - Sour

18. SAT
Please
Four
Last - Beyond
Enough

19. GEN
Birth - Class - Kin
Sharp - Sour
Walk
Yield - Go

20. TOX
Suffer - Feel
Poison
Sound
Bend - Fold

21. QUAD - QUAR - QUAT
Together
First
Four
Loose

22. SOPH
Wash
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Very Small
Wisdom

23. PERI
Law
Dog
Between - Among
Around

24. ANTI - ANT
Fill - Full
Before - In Front
Nothing
Against - Opposite

25. VIL
Bad
Rise
Beautiful
Base - Mean

26. JOUR
Back
Day
Two
Silent

27. VIRU
Poison
Look - See
Nothing - None
Soft

28. CUMB - CUB
Well - Good
Strength - Use - Worth
Same
Lie Down

29. ACOU
Green
Hearing
Sleep
Suffer - Feel

30. LEG - LEC - LEX
Read - Speak
Joke
Sleep
Almost

31. ERR
Wander
Touch
Between - Among
Breath

32. DELE
Write - Draw
Hard - Lasting
Erase
Ship - Sailor

33. TACT - TAG - TAM - TANG
Touch
Away - Apart
Word
Both - On Both Sides - Around

34. HAP
Bone
By Chance
Hit - Prick
Five

35. MULT
Around
Shadow
Drive - Push
Mant

36. UND
Under
All
Wave
Tongue

37. AMBL - AMBUL
Image - Idol
Word
Walk
Move

38. PED
Half
Child - Education
Loose
Out

39. SYM - SYN
Five
Trust - Believe
Together
Speed

40. TEST
Joke
Twist
Burn
Bear Witness

41. INTRA
Inside - Within
Large - Great
Burn - Shine
All

42. CORP - CORS
Health - Save
Body
Strength - Use - Worth
Burden

43. UN
Not
Many
Foot
Image - Idol

44. PENE - PEN
Almost
Speak
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Purse - Money

45. IM - IN
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Sit
Not
Earth

46. BON - BOUN
Good - Generous
Quiet - Test
Order - Universe - World
Together

47. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Before
Poison
Against
Night

48. MOLL
Hit - Prick
Erase
Root - Branch
Soft

49. FLECT - FLEX
Burden
Poison
Not
Bend - Turn

50. PUG - PUN
Birth
Hit - Prick
Sleep
Blood