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GRE Root Words

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1. PEL
Not
Foot
Self
Drive - Push

2. NOCT - NOX
Purse - Money
Hit - Prick
Night
Know

3. MOR - MORT
Same
Behind - After
Suffer - Feel
Death

4. INTER
Faith
Between - Among
Flock
Lie Down

5. DI
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Day
Health - Save
Poison

6. DOL
Grieve
Sun
Life
Against

7. PLEN - PLET - PLE
Fill - Full
Hand
Join
Bend - Fold

8. RETRO
Backward
Speed
Whole
First

9. HETERO
Praise
Wave
Bad - Wrong Hate
Other

10. BI - BIN
Two
Command - Order
City
Joke

11. NOX - NOC
Around
Lead
Harm
Fault - Blame

12. URB
Word
To
City
Holy

13. ABLE - IBLE
Capable Of - Worth Of
Burden
Fill - Full
Hand

14. AQUA - AQUE
Well - Good
Water
Inside - Within
Shadow

15. DEXT
Taste - Think
Wash
Grieve
Right Hand - Right Side

16. JOUR
In - On
Day
Grieve
Call - Word

17. SUPER - SUR
Heat
Shadow
Base - Mean
Above

18. JOC
Move
Day
Joke
Life

19. MUT
Light
Change
Before - In Front
Healthy

20. DE
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Walk
Faith
Life

21. ACOU
Middle
Hearing
Sleep
Color

22. LOG - LOQU
Self
Speech - Thought
Before - In Front
First

23. PRIM - PRI
First
Hard - Lasting
Burden
Know

24. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Taste - Think
Five
Against
Sweet

25. PRE
Walk
Free
Before - In Front
Stone

26. PORT
Red
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Stone
Carry

27. FUM
Smoke
Speak
All
Fire

28. IT - ITER
Seed - Sow
In - On
Please
Way - Journey

29. QUIE - QUIT
Against
Roll - Turn
Quiet - Test
Many

30. TIM
Salt
Fear
Drink
Mind - Spirit - Breath

31. COSM
Light
Trust - Believe
Fly
Order - Universe - World

32. FUG
Flee
Grieve
Well - Good
Four

33. PSUEDO - PSEUD
Hundred - Hundreth
False
Write
Order - Universe - World

34. TOX
Poison
Not
Write
Self

35. UNI - UN
To
New
One
Lead

36. LAV - LAU - LU
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Wash
Mant
Stone

37. PHOB
Joke
Fear
Liable To Err To Deceive
City

38. SOPH
False
Back
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Wisdom

39. POST
Behind - After
King - Rule
Good - Generous
Flesh

40. JUD
Judge
Quiet - Test
Hard - Lasting
Body

41. UMBR
Between - Among
Shadow
Word
Tie - Bind

42. LUX - LUC
Not - Without
Not
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Light

43. TORP
Stiff - Numb
Fault - Blame
Tie - Bind
Flesh

44. RUB - RUD
Middle
Day
Change
Red

45. BON - BOUN
Praise
Good - Generous
Taste - Think
Write

46. ARD
Capable Of - Worth Of
Poison
Speed
Burn

47. SUA
Flock
Fear
Tight
Please

48. INTRA
Before - In Front
King - Rule
Inside - Within
Yield - Go

49. ANT - ANTE
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Sun
Before
Health - Save

50. MEGA
Beautiful
One
Day
Large - Great