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GRE Root List
Kaplan Root List
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A/AN | Not, Without |
| AB | off, away, from, apart, down |
| Able/Ible | capable of, worthy of |
| Ac/Acr | sharp, bitter, sour |
| ACT/AG | to do, drive, to force, to lead |
| Acou | hearing |
| AD | to, toward, near |
| AL/ALI/ALTER | other, another |
| AM | love |
| AMBI/AMPHI | both, on both sides, around |
| Ambl/ambul | to go to walk |
| anim | of the life, mind, soul, breath |
| annui/enni | year |
| ant/ante | before |
| antrho/andr | man, human |
| anti | against, opposite |
| apo | away |
| aqua/aque | water |
| arch/archi/archy | chief, principal, ruler |
| ard | to burn |
| auto | self |
| be | about, to make, to surround, to affect, often used to transform words into transitive verb |
| bel/bell | beautiful |
| bell | war |
| ben/bene | good |
| bi/bin | two |
| bon/boun | good, generous |
| brev/brid | short small |
| cad/cid | to fal, to happen by chance |
| can,cent,chant | to sing |
| cap/capit/cipit | head/headlong |
| cap/cip/cept | to take to get |
| card/cord/cour | heart |
| carn | flesh |
| cast/chast | to cut |
| caus/caut | to burn |
| ced/ceed/cess | to go, to yield, to stop |
| celer | speed |
| cent | hundred/hundredth |
| centr | cent |
| cern/cert/cret/crim/crit | to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide |
| chrom | color |
| chron | time |
| circu/circum | around |
| cis | to cut |
| cla/clo/clu | to shut to close |
| claim/clam | to shout to cry out |
| cli | to learn toward |
| co/col/com/con | with, together |
| cogn/conn | to know |
| contra/contro/counter | against |
| corp/cors | body |
| cosm | order, universe, world |
| cour/cur | running a course |
| cre/cresc/cret | to grow |
| cred | to believe to trust |
| crypt | hidden |
| cub/cumb | to lie down |
| dac/doc | to teach |
| de | away, off, down, completely, reversal |
| dele | to erase |
| dem | people |
| dext | right hand, right side, deft |