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GRE Root Words

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1. VERD
Burn - Shine
All
Well - Good
Green

2. RETRO
Very Small
Backward
Well - Good
Ship - Sailor

3. SAG - SAP - SAV
Taste - Think
Healthy
Love
Drink

4. COSM
Order - Universe - World
With - Together
Fault - Blame
Wave

5. DULC
To
Sweet
Behind - After
City

6. NON
Health - Save
Ship - Sailor
Night
Not

7. URB
Birth - Class - Kin
City
Under
Lead

8. GEN
Hide
Great - Long
Birth - Class - Kin
Not

9. LAUD
Touch
Praise
Money
Sharp - Sour

10. LAV - LAU - LU
Equal
Strength - Use - Worth
Wash
Tongue

11. UNI - UN
Mant
One
Lead
Body

12. HOMO
Sound
Order - Universe - World
Same
Mant

13. OMNI
Name
In Front - Before
Purse - Money
All

14. CARN
Young
New
Foolish
Flesh

15. PRO
In Front - Before
Near
Silent
Birth

16. CENT
Other
Nothing
Body
Hundred - Hundreth

17. AB
Move
Old
From - Away - Apart
Near

18. IT - ITER
Behind - After
Same
Way - Journey
Equal

19. ACOU
True
Way - Journey
Hearing
Free

20. NOX - NOC
Well - Good
Harm
Fire
Free

21. GRAM - GRAPH
Write - Draw
Two
Against
Harm

22. ANTI - ANT
Well - Good
Against - Opposite
Not
Burn

23. RUB - RUD
Red
Stone
In Front - Before
Whole

24. FAL
Carry
Liable To Err To Deceive
Dog
In - On

25. TACIT
New
Move
In - On
Silent

26. AUTO - AUT
Salt
Trust - Believe
Flee
Self

27. ULT
Last - Beyond
Beautiful
Half
Bad - Wrong Hate

28. BEL - BELL
Tongue
Beautiful
Child - Education
Command - Order

29. SUMM
Short - Small
Shadow
Burn - Shine
Highest

30. VOLU - VOLV
Tongue
Wander
Roll - Turn
Soft

31. INTER
Salt
Between - Among
Touch
Bone

32. EQU
Flee
Equal
Please
Breath

33. DI - DIS
Write - Draw
All
Heat
Away - Apart

34. MAG - MAX - MAJ - MAS
Wave
Great
Between - Among
Inside - Within

35. CRYPT
Against
Hide
Look - See
Walk

36. ARD
Burn
Read - Speak
Not - Without
Other

37. MOR - MORT
Half
Death
One
Root - Branch

38. QUAD - QUAR - QUAT
All
Four
Holy
Harm

39. CIRCUM
Health - Save
Sit
Good - Generous
Around

40. VIL
Base - Mean
Not
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Nothing

41. JUR
First
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Not
Law

42. THERM
Five
Heat
Walk
Hide

43. SURG - SOURC - SURRECT
Light
Rise
Sleep
Lead

44. MAN - MANU
Poison
Hand
Almost
In Front - Before

45. ANT - ANTE
Fire
Before
New
Roll - Turn

46. LAX - LAK - LEASE - LES
Lead
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Loose
Foolish

47. SOMN
Sleep
Between - Among
Love
Day

48. HOL
Whole
Around
False
Heat

49. CULP
Fault - Blame
Hearing
Against - Opposite
Dog

50. MOT - MOV - MOM - MOB
Beautiful
Trust - Believe
Move
City