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GRE Root Words

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1. LIG - LI
Write
Tie - Bind
Tongue
Two

2. DUR
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Read - Speak
Hard - Lasting
Bend - Turn

3. CIRCUM
Fire
Around
Read - Speak
Before - In Front

4. DOL
Sleep
Grieve
Foot
Middle

5. POLY
Many
Highest
Between - Among
Half

6. AMBL - AMBUL
Walk
Around
Move
King - Rule

7. NON
Five
Sound
Right Hand - Right Side
Not

8. PSUEDO - PSEUD
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Half
False
Sleep

9. SALU - SALV
Base - Mean
Back
Health - Save
Tie - Bind

10. MEDI
Law
With - Together
Stone
Middle

11. MIS
Hearing
Yield - Go
Bad - Wrong Hate
Many

12. SUPER - SUR
Above
Both - On Both Sides - Around
All
Sit

13. DUC - DUCT
Lead
By Chance
Judge
Fire

14. MAND - MEND
Above
Stone
Command - Order
Call - Word

15. SOMN
Sleep
Beautiful
True
Around

16. JOC
Fly
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Joke
Great - Long

17.
Image - Idol
Change
Nothing
By Chance

18. OB
Against
Wave
Faith
Down - Out - Away - Apart

19. ACOU
With - Together
Please
Hearing
Fill - Full

20. MEGA
Under
Sun
Large - Great
Birth

21. AC - ACR
Trust - Believe
Not
Sharp - Sour
Walk

22. AQUA - AQUE
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Look - See
Water
Carry

23. INTRA
Breath
Salt
Inside - Within
Fire

24. VIT - VIV
Sleep
Life
In Front - Before
Self

25. DELE
Backward
Erase
Birth - Class - Kin
Command - Order

26. TORP
Order - Universe - World
Wisdom
Fear
Stiff - Numb

27. AD - A
Foolish
To
Strength - Use - Worth
Taste - Think

28. CED - CESS
Old
All
Salt
Yield - Go

29. ANTI - ANT
Against - Opposite
Half
Fault - Blame
Write

30. SEM
Hearing
Liable To Err To Deceive
Seed - Sow
Bend - Fold

31. PHOB
Stone
Two
Fear
Bend - Fold

32. COSM
Seed - Sow
Half
Order - Universe - World
Great

33. PHON
Sound
Against - Opposite
Wave
Heart

34. OMNI
Sound
Half
Bend - Turn
All

35. RUB - RUD
Heat
Red
Old
Loose

36. CUMB - CUB
Lie Down
Self
Look - See
Flee

37. BELL - BELLI
Lead
War
Hide
Follow

38. PEC
Base - Mean
Last - Beyond
Shadow
Money

39. DE
Down - Out - Away From - Apart
Lead
Breath
Drive - Push

40. IM - IN
Holy
Capable Of - Worth Of
Image - Idol
Not

41. QUINT - QUIN
Ship - Sailor
Five
One
Follow

42. PLEN - PLET - PLE
Fill - Full
Color
False
Young

43. PHIL
Burn
Bad
Love
Old

44. MON - MONO
Sleep
One
Behind - After
Carry

45. SEN
Old
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Child - Education
Stiff - Numb

46. ANT - ANTE
Before
Taste - Think
Not
Nothing

47. CENT
Beautiful
Many
Through - Across
Hundred - Hundreth

48. NOM - NYM - NEC
Well - Good
Name
Free
Please

49. THERM
Heat
Way - Journey
Purse - Money
Day

50. LITH
Stone
Flesh
Dog
Way - Journey