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GRE Root Words

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1. QUINT - QUIN
Five
Lie Down
Seed - Sow
Heat

2. DELE
Blood
Wave
Erase
Loose

3. SUMM
Highest
Middle
Beautiful
Away - Apart

4. VIT - VIV
Color
Earth
Hit - Prick
Life

5. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Taste - Think
Bone
Near
Against

6. PROTO - PROT
Speech - Thought
Color
First
Life

7. MIS
Against
Bad - Wrong Hate
Call - Word
King - Rule

8. LIG - LI
Flesh
Five
Tie - Bind
Salt

9. BELL - BELLI
Birth
Harm
Very Small
War

10. CAUS - CAUT
Hard - Lasting
Burn
Join
Through - Across

11. VOL
Fly
Please
Bend - Turn
Name

12. SOMN
Child - Education
Large - Great
Sleep
Bad

13. OB
Near
Tie - Bind
Against
Mant

14. CENT
Almost
Hundred - Hundreth
False
Death

15. BEN
Root - Branch
Trust - Believe
Tight
Well - Good

16. DOL
Across - Beyond
Drive - Push
Very Small
Grieve

17. EGO
Self
Not
Quiet - Test
Flock

18. ERR
Wander
Stone
Great - Long
Away - Apart

19. NEO
New
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Silent
Poison

20. LING - LANG
Life
Around
Join
Tongue

21. NOV
Against
New
Night
Liable To Err To Deceive

22. DUC - DUCT
Move
Together
Behind - After
Lead

23. PHON
Through - Across
Sound
Equal
Look - See

24. HETERO
Above
Green
Other
Child - Education

25. MAN - MANU
Nothing
Middle
Hand
Night

26. SALU - SALV
Child - Education
Quiet - Test
Middle
Health - Save

27. PRO
Fear
By Chance
In Front - Before
Equal

28. LAV - LAU - LU
Sharp - Sour
Wash
Law
Behind - After

29. AB
From - Away - Apart
Write
Burden
Middle

30. AD - A
To
Breath
Know
Salt

31. LOG - LOQU
Speech - Thought
Young
Sleep
Fly

32. PSUEDO - PSEUD
False
Quiet - Test
Sleep
Wave

33. GRAM - GRAPH
Burn
First
Write - Draw
Hand

34. SPEC - SPIC
Self
Look - See
Wash
In Front - Before

35. PLAC
Death
Half
Highest
Please

36. SED - SID
In Front - Before
Fill - Full
Sit
Write

37. COSM
Call - Word
Way - Journey
Against
Order - Universe - World

38. LEV
Hearing
Joke
Word
Light

39. AMBL - AMBUL
Before
Name
Walk
From - Away - Apart

40. TIM
Stiff - Numb
Fear
Not
Write

41. BURS
Purse - Money
Praise
Equal
Half

42. CELER
Command - Order
Speed
Sun
Many

43. BI - BIN
Two
In - On
Silent
Please

44. MON - MONO
Inside - Within
One
Sun
Read - Speak

45. JOUR
Hearing
Half
Fear
Day

46. DORM
Day
Through - Across
Sleep
Image - Idol

47. ONER
Above
Free
Not - Without
Burden

48. IM - IN
Light
Love
Light
Not

49. DULC
Burn - Shine
Middle
Root - Branch
Sweet

50. POST
Image - Idol
Behind - After
Together
Erase