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GRE Root List
Components of many typical GRE words
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General Vocab
Graduate
11/14/2012

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Term
A
Definition

without

ex: amoral, atheist, atypical, apathy, agnostic, atrophy

(not, doesn't,unsure, unknown)

Term
AB/ABS
Definition
off, away from, apart, down
ex: abduct, abhor, abolish, abstract, abnormal, abdicate, abstinance, abtruse
(take, detest, do away, renounce, secret/hidden)
Term
AC/ACR
Definition
sharp, bitter
ex: acid, acute, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, exacerbate
Term
ACT/AG
Definition
to do; to drive; to force; to lead
ex: agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, pedagogue, synagogue
(active, to make, to teach)
Term
AD/AL
Definition
to, toward, near
ex: adapt, adjacent, addict, admire, address, adhere, adjoin, advocate
(adjust fittingly, close, adjoining, give onseself over, directto, cling, be in contact with, plead in favor of)
Term
AL/ALI/ALTER
Definition
other, another
ex: alternative, alias, alibi, alien, alter ego, altruist, allegory
(substitute, option/choice)
Term
AM
Definition
love
ex: amateur, amatory, amenity, amorous, enamored, amity, inamorata, amiable, amicable
(agreeable, friendship, good)
Term
AMB
Definition
to go; to walk
ex: ambient, ambitious, preamble, ambassador, ambulance, ambulatory, ambush, perambulator
(moving, circulating, obtaining, rep/messenger, walking)
Term
AMBI/AMPH
Definition
both, more than one, around
ex: ambiguous, anphibian, ambidextrous
(open/various, twofold, both, etc)
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