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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