GRE root word

Question 1

a

Answer 1

without, amoral or asexual

Question 2

ambi

Answer 2

on both sides, ambidextrous, ambivalent

Question 3

ante

Answer 3

before or in front, antecedent, antedate

Question 4

anti

Answer 4

against, antipathy, antisocial

Question 5

bene

Answer 5

good, benefit, benediction, benevolent

Question 6

bi

Answer 6

two, bifurcate, biannual,

Question 7

bio

Answer 7

life, biology, biography, biome

Question 8

cede/ceed

Answer 8

go or yield, precede, exceed, recede

Question 9

circum

Answer 9

around, circumscribe, circumnavigate, circumvent

Question 10

contra

Answer 10

against or opposite, contradiction, contraception, controversy

Question 11

cycl

Answer 11

circle, bicycle, cyclical

Question 12

de

Answer 12

reduce or remove, deescalate, defenestrate, decelerate

Question 13

di,dis

Answer 13

apart or away. digress, disappear, diverge

Question 14

dict

Answer 14

speak or say. edict, dictation, dictator, prediction, contradiction

Question 15

dox

Answer 15

belief. orthodox, paradox, heterodox

Question 16

du, duo

Answer 16

two. dual, duo-logy, duo-chrome

Question 17

em, en

Answer 17

into or in. embrace, enclose, encircle

Question 18

esce

Answer 18

becoming. coalesce, adolescence, obsolescent, tumescent

Question 19

ex

Answer 19

out or away. exit, exhale, extirpate, exile

Question 20

extra, extro

Answer 20

beyond or outside. extraordinary, extraterrestrial

Question 21

fid/e

Answer 21

faith. bonafide, fidelity, confide

Question 22

fore

Answer 22

before or previously or earlier. forestall, before, forebear, forebode, forecast

Question 23

gram

Answer 23

writing, letter. diagram, grammar, epigram, telegram

Question 24

graph

Answer 24

writing or recording. stenography, autography, graphics

Question 25

hetero

Answer 25

different. heterosexual, heterozygous, heterodox

Question 26

homo

Answer 26

same. homogenous, homosexual, homologous

Question 27

hyper

Answer 27

excessive. hyperactive, hyperbole

Question 28

hypo

Answer 28

under, below. hypothermia, hypocrite, hypoglycaemic

Question 29

inter

Answer 29

between. intercede, interlude

Question 30

intra/ intro

Answer 30

inside or within. introvert, intramural, intravenous

Question 31

junct

Answer 31

joining. juncture, conjunction, disjunct

Question 32

less

Answer 32

without. listless, aimless, heartless

Question 33

logy

Answer 33

the study of. biology, geology, psychology

Question 34

mal, male

Answer 34

bad or evil. malediction, malice

Question 35

mis

Answer 35

bad or incorrect. misprint, misbehave

Question 36

ness

Answer 36

state of being. likeness, greatness

Question 37

non

Answer 37

not or without. nonfiction, nonresident

Question 38

ob

Answer 38

against or before. obdurate, obfuscate

Question 39

omni

Answer 39

all, everything

Question 40

pedo, pede

Answer 40

foot

Question 41

phil

Answer 41

love or affinity.

Question 42

pre

Answer 42

before or early

Question 43

pro

Answer 43

before or forward

Question 44

re

Answer 44

again, backwards

Question 45

sub

Answer 45

under or lower

Question 46

temp

Answer 46

time

Question 47

tort

Answer 47

twist

Question 48

trams

Answer 48

across or beyond

Question 49

un

Answer 49

not or opposite