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GRE Root Words

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1. CED - CESS
False
Yield - Go
Erase
All

2. AQUA - AQUE
Water
In - On
True
Right Hand - Right Side

3. CUMB - CUB
All
Flesh
Sweet
Lie Down

4. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
One
Against
Back
Self

5. FUM
With - Together
Taste - Think
Smoke
Write

6. SUA
Please
Speech - Thought
Against
Order - Universe - World

7. UN
Color
Command - Order
Not
Nothing

8. TACIT
Silent
Green
Salt
Through - Across

9. AMIN
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Soft
Whole
Grieve

10. ABLE - IBLE
Heat
Burn - Shine
Not
Capable Of - Worth Of

11. LING - LANG
Loose
Light
Half
Tongue

12. HETERO
Inside - Within
First
Other
Stone

13. NASC - NAT - GNA
True
Almost
Middle
Birth

14. PYR
Fire
Joke
Straight - Right
Rise

15. SOMN
Money
New
Sleep
Great - Long

16. CULP
Know
Hundred - Hundreth
Fault - Blame
Fill - Full

17. THERM
Beautiful
Joke
Look - See
Heat

18. PLAC
New
Please
Light
City

19. STRICT - STRING - STRAN
Tie - Bind
Old
Tight
Beautiful

20. PERI
Around
Flock
Day
Salt

21. JUV
Young
Speak
Back
Fear

22. SANG
Blood
Equal
New
Four

23.
Nothing
Image - Idol
Not
Sharp - Sour

24. VOL
Fly
Faith
One
Trust - Believe

25. LUX - LUC
Wave
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Light
Earth

26. ACOU
Harm
Hearing
Money
Hand

27. QUINT - QUIN
Birth
Flesh
Five
Erase

28. CO - COM - CON
With - Together
Dog
Great - Long
Child - Education

29. LAV - LAU - LU
Burn - Shine
Erase
Wash
Sweet

30. MOT - MOV - MOM - MOB
Blood
Back
Command - Order
Move

31. HOL
Together
Whole
Bend - Turn
False

32. PRIM - PRI
First
In - On
Stiff - Numb
Across - Beyond

33. MAL
Law
All
Bad
Hard - Lasting

34. PSUEDO - PSEUD
False
Earth
War
Call - Word

35. SURG - SOURC - SURRECT
Healthy
Rise
Half
New

36. BURS
Flock
Capable Of - Worth Of
Purse - Money
Join

37. TEST
New
Earth
Hard - Lasting
Bear Witness

38. POLY
Great
To
Many
City

39. VER
True
Fire
Wisdom
Water

40. LAX - LAK - LEASE - LES
Death
Loose
Judge
Against

41. CARN
Flesh
Fill - Full
Burden
Way - Journey

42. PEL
Backward
Fault - Blame
Word
Drive - Push

43. SAL
Out
Salt
Image - Idol
Day

44. E - EX - EC
Fear
Tie - Bind
Out
Four

45. POT
Seed - Sow
Drink
Water
Lead

46. FERN
Boil
Sleep
Hard - Lasting
Fire

47. INTRA
Inside - Within
Not
Earth
Liable To Err To Deceive

48. TORQ - TORT - TOR
Twist
Breath
Sharp - Sour
Order - Universe - World

49. SAT
Loose
Judge
Law
Enough

50. CENT
Not - Without
Loose
Name
Hundred - Hundreth