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GRE Root Words

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1. MOLL
Stone
Soft
Highest
First

2. CUMB - CUB
Mant
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Lie Down
With - Together

3. CHROM
Flock
Color
Joke
Dog

4. OSS - OSTE
Bone
Around
Speak
Soft

5. NOX - NOC
Liable To Err To Deceive
Harm
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Fire

6. LAUD
Command - Order
Praise
Faith
Touch

7. PLAC
Please
Hundred - Hundreth
Hit - Prick
Write - Draw

8. DOL
Night
Grieve
Wave
Money

9. E - EX - EC
Fly
Base - Mean
Twist
Out

10. VERD
Speed
Green
Yield - Go
Read - Speak

11. INTER
Root - Branch
Nothing - None
False
Between - Among

12. TORP
Not
Twist
Whole
Stiff - Numb

13. SEMI
False
Suffer - Feel
Half
Please

14. DI
Bend - Fold
Day
Fell
Other

15. HOL
Love
Whole
Speech - Thought
Hearing

16. CAUS - CAUT
Death
Rise
Ship - Sailor
Burn

17. DI - DIS
Tight
Behind - After
Away - Apart
Not - Without

18. CRED
Trust - Believe
Five
Whole
Sharp - Sour

19. NOCT - NOX
Bend - Turn
Bend - Fold
Night
Two

20. NON
Middle
Other
Not
Read - Speak

21. QUINT - QUIN
Fault - Blame
Five
Roll - Turn
In Front - Before

22. LING - LANG
Lie Down
Right Hand - Right Side
Tongue
Green

23. HEMI
Under
Half
Away - Apart
Before

24. SUPER - SUR
Way - Journey
King - Rule
Yield - Go
Above

25. MIS
Faith
Not
Bad - Wrong Hate
Near

26. UMBR
Shadow
One
Nothing
Write - Draw

27. JUD
Behind - After
Judge
Burn - Shine
Please

28. PHIL
Across - Beyond
Flock
Heart
Love

29. VOL
Before - In Front
By Chance
Bad
Fly

30. UN
Not
Know
Half
Judge

31. PENE - PEN
Strength - Use - Worth
In Front - Before
Bend - Turn
Almost

32. DE
Backward
Hit - Prick
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
First

33. EGO
Drink
Image - Idol
Self
Tight

34. AMIN
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Not - Without
Bend - Turn
Not

35. PRO
Together
Great - Long
In Front - Before
Sun

36. MAND - MEND
Speech - Thought
Light
Command - Order
Foot

37. SAT
Enough
Bone
Speech - Thought
Large - Great

38. STRICT - STRING - STRAN
Poison
Tight
Base - Mean
Down - Out - Away - Apart

39. MICRO
Shadow
Other
Self
Very Small

40. SYM - SYN
Above
Together
Boil
Tie - Bind

41. AC - ACR
Capable Of - Worth Of
Smoke
Burn
Sharp - Sour

42. PRIM - PRI
Away - Apart
First
Right Hand - Right Side
One

43. VAL - VAIL
Strength - Use - Worth
Not
Heat
All

44. IN - IM - I
Taste - Think
Hit - Prick
Soft
In - On

45. DELE
Erase
Sweet
Foolish
City

46. HAP
Before
Last - Beyond
By Chance
Light

47. MACRO
False
Roll - Turn
Great - Long
Lie Down

48. GEN
Birth - Class - Kin
Touch
Through - Across
Not

49. ANTI - ANT
Against - Opposite
Back
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Last - Beyond

50. CARN
Flesh
Twist
Well - Good
One