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GRE Root List
Kaplan Root List
Term | Definition |
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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 |