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GRE roots
GRE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| ab/abs | off, away from, apart, down |
| ac/acr | sharp, bitter |
| act/ag | to do; to drive; to force; to lead |
| ad/al | to, toward, nea |
| al/ali/alter | other, another |
| am | love |
| amb | to go; to walk |
| ambi/amph | both, more than one, around |
| anim | of the life, mind, soul, spirit |
| annui/enni | year |
| ante | before |
| anthro/andr | man, human |
| anti | against |
| apo | away |
| arch/archi/archy | chief, principal, ruler |
| auto | self |
| be | to be; to have a particular quality; to exist |
| bel/bell | war |
| ben/bon | good |
| bi | twice, double |
| cad/cid | to fall; to happen by chance |
| cant/cent/chant | to sing |
| cap/cip/cept | to take; to get |
| cap/capit/cipit | head, headlong |
| card/cord/cour | heart |
| carn | flesh |
| cast/chast | cut |
| ced/ceed/cess | to go; to yield; to stop |
| centr | center |
| cern/cert/cret/crim/crit | to separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide |
| chron | time |
| circu | around, on all sides |
| cis | to cut |
| cla/clo/clu | shut, close |
| claim/clam | to shout, to cry out |
| cli | to learn towards |
| co/col/com/con | with, together |
| cour/cur | running, a course |
| cre/cresc/cret | to grow |
| cred | to believe; to trust |
| cryp | hidden |
| cub/cumb | to lie down |
| culp | blame |
| dac/doc | to teach |
| de | away, off, down, completely, reversal |
| dem | people |
| di/dia | apart, through |
| dic/dict/dit | to say; to tell; to use words |
| dign | words |
| dis/dif | away from, apart, reversal, not |
| dog/dox | opinion |
| dol | suffer, pain |
| don/dot/dow | to give |
| dub | doubt |
| duc/duct | to lead |
| dur | hard |
| dys | faulty, abnormal |
| e/ef/ex | out, out of, from, former, completley |
| epi | upon |
| equ | equal, even |
| err | wander |
| esce | becoming |
| eu | good, well |
| extra | outside, beyond |
| fab/fam | speak |
| fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy | to do; to make |
| fer | to bring, carry, bear |
| ferv | to boil; to bubble |
| fid | faith, trust |
| fin | end |
| flag/flam | to burn |
| flect/flex | to bend |
| flu/flux | to flow |
| fore | before |
| fort | strength |
| fort | chance |
| fra/frac/frag/fring | to break |
| fus | to pour |
| gen | birth, creation, race, kind |
| gn/gno | know |
| grad/gress | to stop |
| grat | pleasing |
| her/hes | to stick |
| hetero | different |
| hom | same |
| hyper | over, excessive |
| hypo | under, beneath, less than |
| idio | one's own |
| im/in/em/en | in, into |
| im/in | not, without |
| inter | between, among |
| ject | to throw; to throw down |
| join/junct | to meet; to join |
| jur | to swear |
| lav/lut/luv | to wash |
| lect/leg | to select, to choose |
| lev | lift, light, rise |
| loc/log/loqu | word, speech |
| luc/lum/lus | light |
| lud/lus | to play |
| mag/maj/max | big |
| mal/male | bad, ill, evil, wrong |
| man | hand |
| min | small |
| min | to protect, to hang over |
| mis/mit | to send |
| misc | mixed |
| mon/monit | to remind; to warn |
| morph | shape |
| mort | death |
| mut | change |
| nat/nas/nai | to be born |
| mic/noc/nox | harm |
| nom | rule, order |
| nom/nym/noun/nown | name |
| nounc/nunc | to announce |
| nov/neo/nou | new |
| ob/oc/of/op | toward, to, against, over |
| omni | all |
| pac/peac | peace |
| pan | all, everyone |
| par | equal |
| para | next to, beside |
| pas/pat/path | feeling, suffering, disease |
| pau/po/pov/pu | few, little, poor |
| ped | child, education |
| ped/pod | foot |
| pen/pun | to pay, to compensate |
| pend/pens | to hang; to weight; to pay |
| per | completely |
| peri | around |
| pet/pit | to go; to seek; to strive |
| phil | love |
| plac | to please |
| ple | to fill |
| plex/plic/ply | to fold, twist, tangle or bend |
| pon/pos/pound | to put; to place |
| port | to carry |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| prehend/prise | to take; to get; to seize |
| pro | much, for, a lot |
| prob | to prove, to test |
| pug | to fight |
| punc/pung/poign | to point; to prick |
| que/ques | to seek |
| qui | quiet |
| rid/ris | to laugh |
| rog | to ask |
| sacr/sanct/secr | sacred |
| sal/sil/sault/sult | to leap, to jump |
| sci | to know |
| scribe/scrip | to write |
| se | apart |
| sec/sequ | to follow |
| sed/sess/sid | to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot |
| sens/sent | to feel; to be aware |
| sol | to loosen; to free |
| spec/spic/spit | to look; to see |
| sta/sti | to stand, to be in place |
| sua | smooth |
| sub/sup | below |
| super/sur | above |
| tac/tic | to be silent |
| tain/ten/tent/tin | to hold |
| tend/tens/tent/tenu | to stretch; to thin |
| theo | god |
| tract | to drag, draw, pull |
| trans | across |
| us/ut | to use |
| ven/vent | to come or to move toward |
| ver | truth |
| verd | green |
| vers/vert | to turn |
| vi | life |
| vid/vis | to see |
| vil | base, mean |
| voc/vok | to call |
| vol | to wish |
| vor | to eat |