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GRE Root Words

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1. CRED
To
Before
Trust - Believe
Burn

2. PYR
Wisdom
Near
Sleep
Fire

3. VOL
Hard - Lasting
Light
Fly
Short - Small

4. DEXT
Hard - Lasting
Right Hand - Right Side
Boil
Please

5. SUPER - SUR
Mant
Erase
Hearing
Above

6. DIA
Through - Across
Fear
Green
Boil

7. COSM
Order - Universe - World
Near
Free
Child - Education

8. SALU - SALV
One
Color
Health - Save
Sun

9. NIHIL
Nothing - None
Other
Backward
True

10. OB
Fault - Blame
Mant
Against
Joke

11. GNO - GNI - COGN - CONN
Touch
Know
Tongue
Self

12. PED - POD
Child - Education
Hit - Prick
Foot
Walk

13. CORP - CORS
Two
False
Wisdom
Body

14. HUM
Harm
Bad - Wrong Hate
Earth
Great

15. DOL
Grieve
Hand
Touch
Seed - Sow

16. GREG
Almost
Flesh
Sweet
Flock

17. SUMM
Taste - Think
Highest
Speed
Healthy

18. JUR
Law
Before - In Front
First
With - Together

19. FUM
Loose
Smoke
Rise
Law

20. OSS - OSTE
Tie - Bind
Sun
Bone
Write

21. AMBL - AMBUL
Bear Witness
False
Right Hand - Right Side
Walk

22. SEM
Fault - Blame
Water
Very Small
Seed - Sow

23. INTER
Between - Among
Heart
Large - Great
Nothing - None

24. CARN
Dog
Flesh
Before - In Front
Follow

25. MACRO
Move
Suffer - Feel
Two
Great - Long

26. LITH
Hit - Prick
Stone
With - Together
Light

27. CED - CESS
Flesh
Fear
Earth
Yield - Go

28. BREW - BRID
Drive - Push
Short - Small
In - On
Old

29. STRICT - STRING - STRAN
Backward
From - Away - Apart
Tight
Join

30. PHOB
Hundred - Hundreth
Child - Education
Fear
Two

31. NON
Bone
Not
Life
Young

32. LEG - LEC - LEX
Two
Read - Speak
Harm
Down - Out - Away From - Apart

33. VOLU - VOLV
Foolish
Order - Universe - World
Read - Speak
Roll - Turn

34. JOUR
Move
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Lead
Day

35. QUIE - QUIT
Quiet - Test
Birth
Enough
Tongue

36. MON - MONO
Many
Yield - Go
One
Water

37. CHROM
Color
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Under
Same

38. TORP
Stiff - Numb
Nothing
Death
Two

39. VAL - VAIL
Strength - Use - Worth
Word
Erase
Lead

40. E - EX - EC
Out
Sun
Fault - Blame
Please

41. DELE
Erase
From - Away - Apart
Salt
Write - Draw

42. QUINT - QUIN
Law
Bad - Wrong Hate
Five
Burden

43. OMNI
Together
All
Hit - Prick
Touch

44. JUD
One
Judge
Erase
Fear

45. REG
Holy
All
King - Rule
Not - Without

46. TEST
Not
Fault - Blame
Bear Witness
Holy

47. QUAD - QUAR - QUAT
Good - Generous
Liable To Err To Deceive
Four
Bend - Turn

48. GRAM - GRAPH
Very Small
Hard - Lasting
Write - Draw
Well - Good

49. CELER
New
Near
Green
Speed

50. PUG - PUN
Not
Last - Beyond
Child - Education
Hit - Prick