GRE Roots Flashcards
A
without;
amoral, atheist, atypical, anonymous, apathy, atrophy (wasting away or body tissue), anomaly, agnostic
AB/ABS
off, away from, apart, down;
abduct, abhor, abolish, abstract, abnormal, abdicate, abstinence, abstruse
ACT/AG
to do, to drive, to force, to lead;
agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, pedagogue, synagogue
AD/AL
to, toward, near;
adapt, adjacent, addict, admire, address, adhere, adjoin, advocate
AL/ALI/ALTER
other, another;
alternative, alias, alibi, alien, alter ego, altruist, allegory
AM
love;
amateur (pleasure rather than financial gain), amatory, amenity, amorous, enamored, amity, inamorata, amiable, amicable
AMB
to go, to walk;
ambient, ambitious, preamble, ambassador, ambulance, ambulatory, ambush, perambulator
AMBI/AMPH
both, more than one, around;
ambiguous, amphibian, ambidextrous
ANIM
of the life, mind, soul, spirit;
unanimous, animosity, animus (hostile feeling or attitude), equanimity (stability under tension), magnanimous (generous in forgiving)
ANNUIT/ENNI
year;
annual, anniversary, annuity, perennial, annals
ANTE
before;
anterior, antecedent, antedate, antebellum (before the war), antediluvian (before the biblical flood)
ANTHRO/ANDR
man, human;
anthropology, android, misanthrope (one who hates humans), philanderer, androgynous, androgen, anthropocentric
ANTI
against;
antibody, antidote, antiseptic, antipathy (aversion), antipodal (opposite side of the globe)
APO
away;
apology, apostle, apocalypse, apogee (highest or most distant point), apocryphal, apostasy (total desertion of ones religion or principles)
ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY
chief, principal, ruler;
architect, archenemy, monarchy, anarchy, oligarchy (state or society ruled by a select group)
AUTO
self;
automatic, autocrat, autonomy
BE
to be, to have a particular quality, to exist;
belittle, bemoan (to express pity for), bewilder, belie (to misrepresent, to contradict)
BEL/BELL
war;
antebellum, rebel, belligerent (warlike, given to waging war)
BEN/BON
good;
benefit, benign (having a kindly disposition), benediction (uttering a blessing), benevolent, bonus, bona fide
BI
twice, double;
binocular, biennial, bilateral, bilingual, bipartisan
CAN/CID
to fall, to happen by chance;
accident, coincidence, decadent, cascade, recidivist (one who repeatedly relapses)
CANT/CENT/CHANT
to sing;
accent, chant, enchant, recant (withdraw a statement), incantation, incentive
CAP/CIP/CEPT
to take, to get;
capture, anticipate, susceptible, emancipate, percipient (having perception, discerning), precept (rule of conduct)
CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT
head, headlong;
capital, disciple, precipitate (hasten occurrence, bring about prematurely), precipice, capitulate (surrender), caption
CARD/CORD/COUR
heart;
cardiac, encourage, concord, discord (lack of harmony), concordance (agreement)
CARN
flesh;
carnivorous, carnage, carnival, reincarnation, incarnation
CAST/CHAST
cut;
cast, caste, castigate, chastise, chaste (free from obscenity, decent)
CED/CEED/CESS
to go, to yield, to stop;
antecedent, concede, predecessor, cessation, incessant
CENTR
center;
concentrate, eccentric (off-center), concentric (common center), centrifuge, centrist
CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide;
discrete (detached from others), ascertain, certitude, discreet, hypocrite, criterion (standard of judgement or criticism)
CHRON
time;
synchronize, chronology, anachronism, chronic, chronometer
CIRCU
around, on all sides;
circumference, circumstances, circuit, circumambulate, circuitous
CIS
to cut;
scissors, precise, exorcise, incision, incisive
CLA/CLO/CLU
shut, close;
conclude, claustrophobia, disclose, exclusive, cloister, preclude
CLAIM/CLAM
to shout, to cry out;
exclaim, proclaim, clamor, disclaim, reclaim
CLI
to lean toward;
decline, recline, climax, proclivity (inclination, bias), disinclination
CO/COL/COM/CON
with, together;
connect, coerce, compatible, collide, collaborate, conciliate, commensurate
COUR/CUR
running, a course;
recur, curriculum, courier, excursion, cursive, concur, incursion (hostile entrance into a place), cursory (going rapidly over something, hasty)
CRE/CRESC/CRET
to grow;
accrue, creation, increase, increment, accretion
CRED
to believe, to trust;
incredible, credentials, credo, credulity (willingness to believe or trust), credit
CRYP
hidden;
crypt, apocryphal, cryptology, cryptography (making and using secret writing)
CUB/CUMB
to lie down;
cubicle, succumb, incubate, incumbent (holding an indicated position), recumbent (reclining)
CULP
blame;
culprit, culpable, inculpate, mea culpa
DAC/DOC
to teach;
doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate, docile, didactic (intended for instruction)
DE
away, off, down, completely, reversal;
descend, decipher, defile, defame, deferential, delineate
DEM
people;
democracy, epidemic, endemic (peculiar to a particular people or locality), pandemic (general, universal), demographics
DI/DIA
apart, through;
dialogue, diagnose, dilate (to make wider or larger), dilatory (inclined to delay or procrastinate), dichotomy
DIC/DICT/DIT
to say, to tell, to use words;
dictionary, predict, verdict, interdict (to forbid, prohibit)
DIGN
worth;
dignity, dignitary, deign, condign (well deserved, fitting), disdain
E/EF/EX
out, out of, from, former, completely;
evade, exclude, extricate, exonerate, expire, efface
EPI
upon;
epidemic, epilogue, epidermis, epigram (witty or pointed saying tersely expressed), epithet
EQU
equal, even;
equation, adequate, equidistant, iniquity (gross injustice)
ERR
to wander;
err, error, erratic, arrant
ESCE
becoming;
adolescent, obsolescent, incandescent, convalescent (recovering from illness), reminiscent
EU
good, well;
euphemism, eulogy, eugenics, euthanasia (killing painlessly), euphony
EXTRA
outside, beyond;
extraordinary, extract, extradite (to hand over, a criminal), extrasensory, extrapolate
FAB/FAM
speak;
fable, affable, ineffable (too great for description in words), famous, defame
FAC/FIC/FIG/FAIT/FEIT/FY
to do, to make;
factory, faction, deficient, prolific, configuration, ratify, effigy, counterfeit
FER
to bring, to carry, to bear;
offer, confer, referendum, proffer, proliferate
FERV
to boil, to bubble;
fervor, fervid, effervescent
FID
faith, trust;
confide, affidavit, fidelity, fiduciary, infidel
FIN
end;
final, confine, definitive, infinite, infinitesimal
FLAG/FLAM
to burn;
flammable, flambeau, flagrant, conflagration
FLECT/FLEX
to bend;
deflect, flexible, inflect, reflect, genuflect (bend knee in worship)
FLU/FLUX
to flow;
fluid, fluctuation, effluence, confluence, mellifluous
FORE
before;
foresight, foreshadow, forestall, forthright
FORT
chance;
fortune, fortunate, fortuitous
FORT
strength;
fortify, fortissimo, forte