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  1. A
    Without
  2. Ab/Abs
    off, away from, apart, down
  3. Ac/Acr
    sharp, bitter
  4. Act/ag
    to do, to drive, to force, to lead
  5. Ad/Al
    to, toward, near
  6. Al/Ali/Alter
    other, another
  7. Am
    love
  8. Amb
    to go, to walk
  9. Ambi, amph
    both, more than one, around
  10. anim
    of the life, mind, soul, spirit
  11. annui/enni
    year
  12. ante
    before
  13. anthro/andr
    man, human
  14. anti
    against
  15. apo
    away
  16. arch/archi/archy
    chief, principal, ruler
  17. auto
    self
  18. be
    to be, to have a particular quality, to exist
  19. bel
    war
  20. Ben/bon
    good
  21. Bi
    twice, double
  22. cad/cid
    to fall, to happen by chance
  23. cant/cent/chant
    to sing
  24. cap/cip/cept
    to take, to get
  25. cap/capit/cipit
    head, headlong
  26. card/cord/cour
    heart
  27. carn
    flesh
  28. cast/chast
    cut
  29. ced/ceed/cess
    to go, to yield, to stop
  30. centr
    center
  31. cern/cert/cret/crim/crit
    to separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide
  32. chron
    time
  33. circu
    around, on all sides
  34. cis
    to cut
  35. cla/clo/clu
    shut, close
  36. claim/clam
    to shout; to cry out
  37. cli
    to lean toward
  38. co/col/com/con
    with, together
  39. cour/cur
    running; a course
  40. cre/cresc/cret
    to grow
  41. cred
    to believe; to trust
  42. cryp
    hidden
  43. cub/cumb
    to lie down
  44. culp
    blame
  45. dac/doc
    to teach
  46. de
    away, off, down, completely, reversal
  47. dem
    people
  48. di/dia
    apart, through
  49. dic/dict/dit
    to say, to tell, to use words
  50. dign
    worth
  51. dis/dif
    away from, apart, reversal, not
  52. dog/dox
    opinion
  53. dol
    suffer, pain
  54. don/dot/dow
    to give
  55. dub
    doubt
  56. duc/duct
    to lead
  57. dur
    hard
  58. dys
    faulty, abnormal
  59. e/ef/ex
    out, out of, from, former, completely
  60. epi
    upon
  61. equ
    equal, even
  62. err
    to wander
  63. esce
    becoming
  64. eu
    good, well
  65. extra
    outside, beyond
  66. fab/fam
    speak
  67. fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
    to do to make
  68. fer
    to bring, to carry, to bear
  69. ferv
    to boil, to bubble
  70. fid
    faith, trust
  71. fin
    end
  72. flag/flam
    to burn
  73. flect/flex
    to bend
  74. flu/flux
    to flow
  75. fore
    before
  76. fort
    chance
  77. fort
    strenght
  78. fra/frac/frag/fring
    to break
  79. fus
    to pour
  80. gen
    birth, creation, race, kind
  81. gn/gno
    know
  82. grad/gress
    to step
  83. grat
    pleasing
  84. her/hes
    to stick
  85. (h)etero
    different
  86. (h)om
    same
  87. hyper
    over, excessive
  88. hypo
    under, beneath, less than
  89. idio
    one's own
  90. im/in/em/en
    in, into
  91. im/in
    not, without
  92. inter
    between, among
  93. ject
    to throw, to throw down
  94. join/junct
    to meet, to join
  95. jur
    to swear
  96. lav/lut/luv
    to wash
  97. lect/leg
    to select, to choose
  98. lev
    lift. light. rise
  99. loc/log/loqu
    word, speech
  100. luc/lum/lus
    light
  101. lud/lus
    to play
  102. mag/maj/max
    big
  103. mal/male
    bad, ill, evil, wrong
  104. man
    hand
  105. min
    small
  106. min
    to project, to hang over
  107. mis/mit
    to send
  108. misc
    mixed
  109. mon/monit
    to remind, to warn
  110. morph
    shape
  111. mort
    death
  112. mut
    change
  113. mat/nas/nai
    to be born
  114. nic/noc/nox
    harm
  115. nom
    rule, order
  116. nom/nym/noun/nown
    name
  117. nounc/nunc
    to announce
  118. nov/neo/nou
    new
  119. ob/oc/of/op
    toward, to, against, over
  120. omni
    all
  121. pac/peac
    peace
  122. pan
    all, everyone
  123. par
    equal
  124. para
    next to, beside
  125. pas/pat/path
    feeling, suffering, disease
  126. pau/po/pov/pu
    few, little, poor
  127. ped
    child, education
  128. ped/pod
    foot
  129. pen/pun
    to pay, to compensate
  130. pend/pens
    to hang, to weight, to pay
  131. per
    completely
  132. peri
    around
  133. pet/pit
    to go, to seek, to strive
  134. phil
    love
  135. plac
    please
  136. ple
    to fill
  137. plex/plic/ply
    to fold, twist, tangle, or bend
  138. pon/pos/pound
    to put, to place
  139. port
    to carry
  140. post
    after
  141. pre
    before
  142. prehend/prise
    to take, to get, to seize
  143. pro
    much, for, a lot
  144. prob
    to prove. to test
  145. pug
    to fight
  146. punc/pung/poign
    to point, to prick
  147. que/quis
    to seek
  148. gui
    quiet
  149. rid/ris
    to laugh
  150. rog
    to ask
  151. sacr/sanct/secr
    sacred
  152. sal/sil/sault/sult
    to leap, to jump
  153. sci
    to know
  154. scribe/scrip
    to write
  155. se
    apart
  156. sec/sequ
    to follow
  157. sed/sess/sid
    to sit, to be still, to plan, to plot
  158. sens/sent
    to feel, to be aware
  159. sol
    to loosen, to free
  160. spec/spic/spit
    to look, to see
  161. sta/sti
    to stand, to be in place
  162. sua
    smooth
  163. sub/sup
    below
  164. super/sur
    above
  165. tac/tic
    to be silent
  166. tain/ten/tent/tin
    to hold
  167. tend/tens/tent/tenu
    to stretch, to thin
  168. theo
    god
  169. tract
    to drag; to pull; to draw
  170. trans
    across
  171. us/ut
    to use
  172. ven/vent
    to come or to move toward
  173. ver
    truth
  174. verd
    green
  175. vers/vert
    to turn
  176. vi
    life
  177. vid/vis
    to see
  178. vil
    base, mean
  179. voc/vok
    to call
  180. vol
    to wish
  181. vor
    to eat
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GRE Root List
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common word roots found on the gre
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