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GRE Root Words

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1. MOR - MORT
Dog
Bend - Turn
Death
Tight

2. CONTRA - CONTRO - COUNTER
Hearing
Bad
Birth - Class - Kin
Against

3. GREG
Back
Flock
Bad - Wrong Hate
Bear Witness

4. TORP
Stiff - Numb
Joke
Short - Small
Sound

5. NOM - NYM - NEC
Half
Name
Seed - Sow
Across - Beyond

6. SPIR
Breath
Money
Drive - Push
Purse - Money

7. VIL
Base - Mean
Through - Across
Please
New

8. PEL
Liable To Err To Deceive
Drive - Push
Foot
Roll - Turn

9. HEMI
Speak
Money
Half
War

10. MAN - MANU
Red
All
Hand
Strength - Use - Worth

11. SEM
Change
Trust - Believe
Seed - Sow
Four

12. VAL - VAIL
Strength - Use - Worth
Fell
Smoke
Highest

13. VIRU
Money
Poison
Through - Across
Many

14. FAL
Touch
Against - Opposite
Liable To Err To Deceive
Flesh

15. ARD
Hundred - Hundreth
Before - In Front
With - Together
Burn

16. AQUA - AQUE
Purse - Money
Water
Bad - Wrong Hate
Sharp - Sour

17. FID - FI
Sit
Faith
Child - Education
Law

18. DE
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Earth
Same
Image - Idol

19. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Very Small
Erase
Write
Straight - Right

20. POLY
Carry
Dog
Many
Stiff - Numb

21. CED - CESS
Yield - Go
Out
Against
Near

22. ANTI - ANT
Lie Down
Boil
Back
Against - Opposite

23. ABLE - IBLE
Seed - Sow
Capable Of - Worth Of
Self
First

24. SE
Carry
Nothing - None
Fear
Down - Out - Away - Apart

25. NEO
War
All
New
Half

26. SUPER - SUR
Birth
Smoke
Above
Hard - Lasting

27. AUTO - AUT
Many
Wave
Self
Hard - Lasting

28. MAND - MEND
Blood
Night
Together
Command - Order

29. ANT - ANTE
Move
Touch
Before
In Front - Before

30. LITH
Stone
Through - Across
Tight
Very Small

31. LING - LANG
Day
Under
Sound
Tongue

32. SUMM
Speak
Liable To Err To Deceive
Night
Highest

33. PHON
Color
Sound
Before
Hard - Lasting

34. CENT
Hundred - Hundreth
Near
Behind - After
True

35. EQU
Dog
Equal
Not - Without
Almost

36. SURG - SOURC - SURRECT
Foolish
Rise
By Chance
Many

37. PROTO - PROT
Day
First
Together
Foot

38. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
War
Stiff - Numb
Equal
Burn - Shine

39. PRIM - PRI
All
Good - Generous
First
Purse - Money

40. SUB
Fire
Boil
Under
Sound

41. RETRO
Back
Fell
Law
Backward

42. MEGA
Not
Flock
Way - Journey
Large - Great

43. HOMO
Same
Write
Not
Flock

44. FATU
Joke
Bad
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Foolish

45. NON
Health - Save
Not
Speech - Thought
Please

46. PED - POD
Flee
Walk
Foot
Same

47. REG
All
King - Rule
Five
Not - Without

48. VIT - VIV
False
Life
Bear Witness
Stone

49. AB
From - Away - Apart
Name
Sleep
Well - Good

50. RUB - RUD
Old
Red
War
Flock