GRE root words

to eat

vor

to roll, to turn

volu/volv

wish

vol

call, word

voc/vok

poison

viru/tox

base, mean

vil

to see

vid/vis

life

vi

to turn

vers/vert

green

verd

word

verb

truth

ver

to come or to move toward

ven/vent

strength, use, worth

vail/val

to use

us/ut

city

urb

one

uni/un

wave

und

not

un

shadow

umbr

last, beyond

ult

across, beyond

trans

to drag, to pull, to draw

tract

stiff, numb

torp

to twist

tor/torq/tqrt

fear

tim

heat

therm

god

theo

to bear witness

test

to stretch, to thin

tend/tens/tent/tenu

to hold

tain/ten/tent/tin

to touch

tact/tag/tam/tang

to be silent

tac/tic

together

sym/syn

over, above

super/sur

highest, total

summ

below, under

sub/sup

sweet, pleasing, to urge

sua

to tighten, to bind

strict/string/stran

to stand, to be in place

sta/sti

breath

spir

to look, to see

spec/spic

to rise

sourc/surg/surrect

wisdom

soph

sleep

somn

sun, to loosen, to free, alone

sol

bend, fold, curve

sin/sinu

to feel, to be aware

sens/sent

old

sen

half

semi

seed, to slow

sem