GRE Vocabulary Root Words: To improve your test scores fast

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The English language has its roots in several languages, including Greek, Latin, and older forms of English, German, and French.

Here is a list of the some of the most common root words and their meaning used in GRE tests. Learning root words will improvde your chance to learn GRE vocabulary fast.

Root	Meaning
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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