GRE Roots Flashcards
a / an
not, without
ab
off, away from, apart, down
able / ible
capable of, worthy of
ac / acr
sharp, bitter, sour
acou
hearing
act / ag
to do, to drive, to force, to lead
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
anthro / 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 (also used to transform words into transitive verbs)
bel / bell
beautiful
bell
war
ben / bene
good
bi / bin
two
bon / boun
good, generous
brev / brid
short, small
burs
purse, money
cad / cid
to fall, to happen by chance
cant / cent / chant
to sing
cap / cip / cept
to take, to get
cap / capit / cipit
head, headlong
card / cord / cour
heart
carn
flesh
cast / chast
to cut
caus / caut
to burn
ard is also to burn
ced / ceed / cess
to go, to yield, to stop
celler
speed
cent
hundred, hundredth
centr
center
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 lean forward
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
culp
fault, blame
dac / doc
to teach
de
away, off, down, completely, reversal
dele
to erase
dem
people
dext
right hand, right side, deft (skillful)
di
day
di / dia
in two, through, across
di / dif / dis
away from, apart, reversal, not
dic / dict / dit
to say, to tell, to use words
dign
worth
dog / dox
opinion
dol
to suffer, to pain, to grieve
don / dot / dow
to give
dorm
sleep
dors
back
dub
doubt
duc / duct
to lead
dulc
sweet
dur
hard, lasting
dys
faulty, abnormal
e / ex
out, out of, from, former, completely
ego
self
em / en
in, into
epi
upon
equ
equal, even
err
to wander
esce
becoming
eu
good, well
extra
outside, beyond
fab / fam
to speak
fac / fic / fig / fait / feit / fy
to do, to make
fal
to err (make a mistake), to deceive
fatu
foolish
fer
to bring, to carry, to bear
ferv
to boil, to bubble
fi / fid
faith, trust
fin
end
flagr / flam
to burn
flect / flex
to bend, to turn
flu / flux
to flow
fore
before
fort
chance or strength
fra / frac / frag / fring
to break
fug
to flee, to fly
fulg
to shine
fum
smoke
fus
to pour
gen
birth, creation, race, kind
gni / gno
to know
grad / gress
to step
gram / graph
to write, to draw
grat
pleasing
greg
flock
hap
by chance
hemi
half
her / hes
to stick
(h)etero
different, other
hol
whole
(h)om
same
hum
earth
hyper
over, excessive
hypo
under, beneath, less than
icon
image, idol
idio
one’s own
in / im
in, into or not, without
inter
between, among
intra
inside, within
it / iter
way, journey
ject
to throw, to throw down
joc
joke
join / jug / junct
to meet, to join
jour
day
jud
to judge
jur
law, to swear
juv
young
lang / ling
tongue
laud
praise, honor
lav / lau / lu
to wash
lax / leas / les
loose
lec / leg / lex
to read, to speak
lect / leg
to select, to choose
lev
to lift, to rise, light (weight)
li / lig
to tie, to bind
liber
free
lith
stone
loc / log / loqu
word, speech, thought
luc / lum / lus
light (brightness)
lud / lus
to play
macro
great, long
mag / maj / max
big, great
mal / male
bad, ill, evil, wrong
man / manu
hand
mand / mend
to command, to order, to entrust
medi
middle
mega
large, great
micro
very small
min
small or to project, to hang over
mis
bad, wrong, to hate
mis / mit
to send
misc
mixed
mob / mom / mot / mov
to move
moll
soft
mon / monit
to remind, to warn
mon / mono
one
mor / mort
death
morph
shape
mult
many
mut
to change
nat / nas / nai / gna
birth
nau / nav
ship, sailor
nihil
nothing, none
noc / nox
harm
noct / nox
night
nom
rule, order
nom / nym / noun / nown
name
non
not
nounc / nunc
to announce
nov / neo / nou
new
null
nothing
ob
toward, to, against, over
omni
all
oner
burden
oss / oste
bone
pac / peac
peace
palp
to feel
pan / pant
all, everyone
par
equal
para
next to, beside
pas / pat / path
feeling, suffering, disease
pau / po / pov / pu
few, little, poor
pec
money
ped
child, education
ped / pod
foot
pel
to drive, to push
pen / pene
almost
pen / pun
to pay, to compensate
pend / pens
to hang, to weight, to pay
per
completely
peri
around
pet / pit
to go, to seek, to strive
phil
love
phob
fear
phon
sound
photo
light
plac
to please
ple / plen
to fill, full
plex / plic / ply
to fold, twist, tangle, or bend
poly
many
pon / pos / pound
to put, to place
port
to carry
post
behind, after
pot
to drink
pre
before, in front
prehend / prise
to take, to get, to seize
pri / prim
first
pro
in front, before, much, for
prob
to prove, to test
prop / prox
near
prot / proto
first
pseud / pseudo
false
pug
to fight
punc / pung / poign
to point, to prick, to pierce
pyr
fire
quad / quar / quat
four
que / quis
to seek
quie / quit
quiet, rest
quin / quint
five
raci / radi
root
rami
branch
re
back, again
rect
straight, right
reg
king, rule
retro
backward
rid / ris
to laugh
rog
to ask
rub / rud
red
rud
crude (in a raw, not refined state)
sacr / sanct
holy
sag / sap / sav
taste, thinking, discerning (discriminating; having or showing good judgement)
sal
salt
sal / sil / sault / sult
to leap, to jump
salu
health
salv
to save
san
healthy
sang
blood
sat
enough
sci
to know
scribe / script
to write
se
apart, away
sec / sequ / sue / sui
to follow
sed / sess / sid
to sit, to settle
sem
seed, to sow (plant, scatter)
semi
half
sen
old
sens / sent
to feel, to be aware
sin / sinu
bend, fold, curve
sol
alone or to loosen, to free or sun
somn
sleep
soph
wisdom
sourc / surg / surrect
to rise
spec / spic
to look, to see
spir
breath
sta / sti
to stand, to be in place
strict / string / stran
to tighten, to bind
sua
sweet, pleasing, to urge
sub / sup
below, under
summ
highest, total
super, sur
over, above
sym / syn
together
tac / tic
to be silent
tact / tag / tam / tang
to touch
tain / ten / tent / tin
to hold
tend / tens / tent / tenu
to stretch, to thin
test
to bear witness
theo
god
therm
heat
tim
fear
tor / torq / tort
to twist
torp
stiff, numb
tox
poisen
tract
to drag, to pull, to draw
trans
across, beyond
ult
last, beyond
umber
shadow
un
not
und
wave
uni / un
one
urb
city
us / ut
to use
vail / val
strength, use, worth
ven / vent
to come or to move toward
ver
truth
verb
word
verd
green
vers / vert
to turn
vi
life
vid / vis
to see
vil
base, mean
viru
poison
voc / vok
call, word
vol
wish
volu / volv
to roll, to turn
vor
to eat
