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GRE Root Words

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1. DI - DIS
Hundred - Hundreth
Away - Apart
Day
Five

2. DEXT
Salt
Fire
Right Hand - Right Side
Highest

3. CARN
Roll - Turn
All
Flesh
Sleep

4. SAG - SAP - SAV
Inside - Within
Enough
Mind - Spirit - Breath
Taste - Think

5. VOC - VOU
Call - Word
Death
Purse - Money
Great

6. POLY
Many
Day
Poison
Life

7. MOLL
Young
Walk
Four
Soft

8. MAND - MEND
Silent
Hit - Prick
Command - Order
Four

9. POST
Fell
Sleep
Together
Behind - After

10. VIT - VIV
Water
Life
Fault - Blame
Half

11. SCRIB - SCRIV - SCRIPT
Child - Education
All
Please
Write

12. PERI
War
Yield - Go
Color
Around

13. PEC
Hide
Breath
Money
Health - Save

14. VERD
Green
Half
Free
Order - Universe - World

15. OMNI
All
Fire
Young
Against - Opposite

16. SEM
By Chance
Seed - Sow
Praise
Name

17. NOV
Above
New
Speak
Very Small

18. SUMM
Right Hand - Right Side
Bend - Fold
Backward
Highest

19. SYM - SYN
Green
Right Hand - Right Side
Beautiful
Together

20. DOL
Tight
Boil
Grieve
Stone

21. INTER
Move
Night
Between - Among
Order - Universe - World

22. VIRU
New
Wisdom
In Front - Before
Poison

23. EU
Flesh
Well - Good
Foot
Please

24. RECT
Backward
Loose
Four
Straight - Right

25. JOC
Red
King - Rule
One
Joke

26. SAN
Judge
Burn
Healthy
Poison

27. GEN
Birth - Class - Kin
Twist
Death
Sharp - Sour

28. TORQ - TORT - TOR
Well - Good
Twist
Whole
Know

29. SEQU - SECU - SUE - SUI
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Follow
In - On
Heart

30. BREW - BRID
Taste - Think
With - Together
Between - Among
Short - Small

31. MAN - MANU
Two
Before - In Front
One
Hand

32. CELER
Write - Draw
Near
Speed
Other

33. JUD
Suffer - Feel
Judge
Back
Word

34. THERM
Wisdom
Heat
Fault - Blame
Money

35. E - EX - EC
Out
Well - Good
Half
True

36. PATH
Nothing
Base - Mean
Birth - Class - Kin
Suffer - Feel

37. SPIR
In - On
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Breath
Poison

38. BEN
Red
Ship - Sailor
Well - Good
Foolish

39. JUNCT - JUG
Both - On Both Sides - Around
Join
Suffer - Feel
Speed

40. NASC - NAT - GNA
Birth
Mant
Know
Nothing - None

41. LAV - LAU - LU
Wander
Green
Dog
Wash

42. FLAGR - FULG - FULM
Short - Small
Burn - Shine
Strength - Use - Worth
Silent

43. LAX - LAK - LEASE - LES
Suffer - Feel
Loose
Four
Dog

44. NOM - NYM - NEC
Please
Dog
Name
First

45. PAN - PANT
Love
Fill - Full
Breath
All

46. URB
Follow
Grieve
Hide
City

47. CUMB - CUB
Lead
Sweet
Lie Down
Back

48. BON - BOUN
Green
Write - Draw
Breath
Good - Generous

49. RADI - RACI - RAMI
Love
Root - Branch
Bad
Short - Small

50. FLECT - FLEX
New
Down - Out - Away - Apart
Bad - Wrong Hate
Bend - Turn