300 High Frequency Root Words for GRE

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300 High Frequency Root Words for GRE
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a/an

without, absence of, not

ab/abs

from, away, off

acer/acid/acri

harsh, bitter, sour

act/ag

drive, do, lead, act, move

acu

sharp

ad, ac, af, ag, al, an (before
consonants)

to, toward

aev/ev

age, era

agog

leader

agr

field

ap, ar, as, at (before consonants)

to, toward

amb, ambul

to go, to walk

am

love, liking

aler

other

alt

high, deep

alim

support, nourish, cherish

ambi

around, on both sides

amph,amphi

around, double, on both sides

anthrop

mankind, human being

antiqu

old, ancient

appell

name, call upon

apt,ept

skill, ability

ant, anti

against, opposite

ant, ante

before

annu, anni, enni

yearly

anim

life, breath, spirit

aqu, aqua

water

arch

first, chief, rule, superior

arm, arma

weapons

art

art

astr, aster

star

bel, bell

war

ben, bon

well, good, favorable

bi

two, twice, double

bio

life

aud, audi, aus

bold, daring, listen, hear

aug, aux

increase

auto

self

be

thorougly, over

carn

flesh, body

cata

down, downward

ced, ceed, cess

yield, surrender, move, go

celer

swift

cap, capit

head

card,cord

heart

brev

short

cap, capt, cept, cip

hold, seize, take

centr

center

cent

hundred

cern

perceive

cert

certain

cli, clin, cliv

leaning, inclined, sloped

claud, claus, clos, clud, clus

shut, close

clemen

mild, kind, merciful

clam, claim

call out, shout

circu, circum

around

cit, citat

to call, start

civi

citizen

cid, cis

cut, kill

chron

time, a long time

corp

body

cosm

universe

cracy, crat

government, rule, strength

crea

bring forth, create

contra, contro

against, opposite

cogni, gno

learn, know

cod

book

co, col, com, con, cor

together, with

cour, cur

run, course

crit

seperate, judge

cre, cresc, cret, cru

rise, grow

cred

believe, trust

dec, deca

ten

de

from, down, away, against, thoroughly, intensive,
prefix

cycl, cyclo

circle, wheel, cycle

cur, cura

care

dei, div

god

demi

partly

dem

common people

derm

skin

doc, doct

teach, prove

don

give

dif, dis

apart, away, negative, not

dia

across, through, between

dic, dict

say, speak, pronounce

di

two, double

dupl

double, two

dur

hard, lasting

dyn, dynam

power, energy

dys

bad, impaired, abnormal

dorm

sleep

drom, drome

run, step, arena

duc, duct

lead, pull

dom, domin

master, lord

dog, dox

opinion, belief, praise

equ

equal

epi

upon, over, near

endo

within, inside

ecto

outside, external

e/ex

apart, above, away, beyond, from, out, intensive

ego

I, self

erg

work

err

wander, mistake

eth, ethos

character

eu

good, well

extra, extro

besides, beyond, outside of, more

fin

end

fid

faith, trust

flex, flect

bend

flu, fluct, flux

flow

fed

league, pact

fer

bear, carry

fall, fals

deceptive, false, erroneous

fac, fic, fec

do, make

gam

marriage

geo

earth

gen

birth, class, descent, race, generate

frac, frag

break

fort

brave, strong, chance

frat

brother

func

perform, discharge

gloss, glot

language, tongue

grav, griev

serious, heavy, hamful

grat

pleasing

graph, gram

write, draw, record

grad, gress

step

homo

same, alike

hom, homo, human

man, humanity

hydr, hydra, hydro

water

getero

different, mixed, unlike

herb

vegetation

hemo

blood

helio

sun

gyn

woman

greg

flock, herd

jac, jact, ject

throw, fling

jur, jus, jud

swear, law, judge, just

inter

among, between, within, mutual

intra, intro

into, inward, within

ig, il, im, in, ir

not, without, causative prefix

in

in, on, upon, not, intensive prefix

hypo

beneath, lower, under

hyper

above, excessive, over

lect, leg, lig

read, choose

leg

law

lev

light

liber

free

library, libr

book

liter

letter

loc, log, loqu

word, speak, talk

lex

word

luc, lum, lus

light

lud

play, game

mcro

large, long

magn

great

mal

bad

mater, matr

mother

mega

great, large

meta

change, at a later time, beyond

meter, metr

measure

mar, mari

sea

mania

obsession

mand

order

man

hand

mon, monit

warn

mono

one, single

mob, mot, mov

move

mis

hatred, bad, improper, wrong

miss, mit

move, send

micro

small

min

small

mori, mort

death

morph

form, shape

multi

many

mut

change

nas, nat

birth, be from, spring forth

nav

ship

nec, nic, noc, nox

kill, death, harm

necro

dead corpse

neg

no

neo

new, recent

neur

nerve

neut, neutr

not either

noct, nox

night

nom, nomen, nym

name

non

not

nov

new

num

number

ob, oc, of, op

against

oper

work

opti, opto

eye, vision

omni

all, every

olig

few, little

pan

all, every

par

equal

para

beyond, related, alongside

pas, path

feeling, disease, suffering

pac

peace

os, oss, ost, osteo

bone

pal, paleo

ancient

ortho

straight, correct

pater, patr

father

ped

child

ped, pod

foot

pel, puls

drive, urge

per

through, completely

phon

sound, voice

phose, phot

light

phys, physio

nature

pict

panit

phobos

fear

pet

seek, request, assail

phil

love, fondness, preference

peri

around, near

popul

the people

port

carry, gate

post

after, behind

pre

before, earlier

poly

many

pon, pos

put, place

poli

city, state, citizen

plac

please

prehend, prehens

seize, grasp

prim

before, first

pro

in favor of

proto

first, earliest

quer, ques, quir, quis

ask, seek

re

back again, repeat

rect

straight

rect, reg, regn

rule, govern

pub

the public

punct

point, prick

put, putat

think, calculate

psych

mind

pseudo

false

scrib, script

write

se

away, apart

scop

examine, observe, watch

sci

know

rid, ris

laugh

rog, rogat

ask

sacr, sanct

sacred, holy

retro

backward

sec, sect, segm

cut

secu, sequ

follow

semi

half, partly

sens, sent

feel, be aware

somn

sleep

soph

wise, skillful, shrewd

solv, solu

free, loosen, dissolve

sol

sun

spec, spect, spic

see, look at

spir

breath, energy, animation

stas, stat

stand, being in a place, position

strict, string

tight, drawn together

struct

build

tele

distance, far

tempor

time

ten, tain

hold

tend, tens, tent

stretch, strive

tact, tang

touch

syl, sym, syn, sys

together, with

super, sur

over, above

sub, suc, suf, sug, sup, sus

below, under, less

term

end, limit

terr

land, the earth

terti

third

the, thei, theo

god

tom, tome, tomy

cut, section

therm, thermo

warm, hot

therap

attend, treat

top, topo

place, region

tors, tort, torqu

twist, turn

tract

drag, pull

tran, trans

across, throught

trem, tremu

tremble, shake

turb

spinning, confusion, disturbance

typ, type

type

ultra

beyond, excessive, on the other side of

un

not, reverse, undo, remove, intensive prefix

uni

one

urb

city

us, ut

use, useful

vac, vaca, vacu

empty

veh, vect

carry

ven, vent

come

ver, verc, veri

true

verb

word

vers, vert

turn, change

via

way, road

vict, vinc, vanq

conquer

vid, vis

see, look

vir

man

vit

life

viv, viva

alive, lively, animated

voc, voke

call

vol, voli

wish, choice

volv, volu

roll, turn

vor, vorac

devour, greedy

xen, xeno

stranger, foreigner

zo, zoo

animal

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