ROOT LIST-I

Learning Root words Helps to recognize the word easily, even when the word is totaly inexplicable. Its better to start with roots ,for a good score in GRE. Also the English language has its roots in several languages, including Greek, Latin, and older forms of English, German, and French. Learning to recognize common roots and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) will help you build your vocabulary and improve your ability to make educated guesses about unknown words you encounter in GRE. Good dictionaries will give you information about the origins of word. Some of the roots and affixes that appear in a large number of words. Learning these will enhance your ability to comprehend .

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A, AN - not, without
amoral, atrophy, asymmetrical, anarchy, anesthetic, anonymity, anomaly

AB, A - from, away, apart
abnormal, abdicate, aberration, abhor, abject, abjure, abortive, abrogate, abscond, absolve, abstemious, annul, avert, aversion

AC, ACR - sharp, sour
acid, acerbic, exacerbate, acute, acuity, acumen, acrid, acrimony

AD, A- to, toward
adhere, adjacent, adjunct, admonish, adroit, advent, abeyance, abet, accede, acquiesce, affluent, aggrandize, aggregate, alleviate, allude, ascribe, aspersion, aspire, assail, attest

ALl, ALTR - another
alias, alienate, inalienable, altruism

AM, AMI - love
amorous, amicable, amiable, amity

AMBI, AMPHI - both
ambiguous, ambivalent, ambidextrous, amphibious

AMBL, AMBUL - walk
amble, ambulatory, perambulator, somnambulist

ANIM- mind, spirit, breath
animal, animosity, unanimous, magnanimous

ANN, ENN - year
annual, annuity, superannuated, biennial, perennial

ANTE, ANT -before
antecedent, antediluvian, antebellum, antepenultimate, anterior, antiquity, antiquated, anticipate

ANTHROP - human
anthropology, anthropomorphic, misanthrope, philanthropy

ANTI, ANT - against, opposite
antidote, antipathy, antithesis, antacid, antagonist, antonym

AUD- hear
audio, audience, audition, auditory, audible

AUTO - self
autobiography, autocrat, autonomous

BELLI, BELL - war
belligerent, bellicose, antebellum, rebellion

BENE, BEN - good
benevolent, benefactor, beneficent, benign

BI - two
bicycle, bisect, bilateral, bilingual, biped

BIBLIO- book
Bible, bibliography, bibliophile

BIO - life
biography, biology, amphibious, symbiotic, macrobiotics

BURS - money, purse
reimburse, disburse, bursar

CAD, CAS, CID - happen, fall
accident, cadence, cascade, deciduous

CAP, CIP - head
captain, decapitate, capitulate, precipitous, precipitate

CAP, CAPT, CEPT, CIP - take, hold, seize
capable, recapitulate, captivate, deception, intercept, precept, inception, anticipate,emancipation, incipient, cede, precede, accede, recede, antecedent, intercede, secede

CARN- flesh
carnal, carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnate

CED, CESS - yield, go
cease, cessation, incessant, cede

CHROM -- color
chrome, chromatic, monochrome

CHRON - time
chronology, chronic, anachronism

CIDE - murder
suicide, homicide, regicide, patricide

CIRCUM - around
circumference, circumlocution, circumnavigate, circumscribe, circumspect, circumvent

CLIN, CLIV - slope
incline, declivity, proclivity

CLUD, CLUS, CLAUS, CLOIS - shut, close
conclude, reclusive, claustrophobia, cloister, preclude, occlude

CO, COM, CON - with, together
coeducation, coagulate, coalesce, coerce, cogent, cognate, collateral, colloquial, commensurate, compassion, compatriot, complacent, compliant, complicity, compunction, conciliatory, concord, concur, condone, conflagration, congeal, congenial, congenital, conglomerate, conjure, conjugal, conscientious, consecrate, consensus, consonant, constrained, contentious, contrite, convalescence, convene, convivial, convoke, convoluted, congress

COGN, GNO - know
recognize, cognition, cognizance, incognito, diagnosis, agnostic, prognosis, agnostic, ignorant

CONTRA- against
controversy, incontrovertible, contravene

CORP - body
corpse, corporeal, corpulence

COSMO, COSM - world
cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm, macrocosm

CRAC, CRAT - rule, power
democracy, bureaucracy, theocracy, autocrat, aristocrat, technocrat

CRED- trust, believe
incredible, credulous, credence

CRESC, CRET - grow
crescent, crescendo, accretion

CULP - blame, fault
culprit, culpable, inculpate, exculpate

CURR, CURS - run
current, concur, cursory, precursor, incursion

DE - down, out, apart
depart, debase, debilitate, decry, deface, defamatory, defunct, delegate, demarcation, demean, demur, deplete, deplore, depravity, deprecate, deride, desist, detest, devoid

DEC- ten, tenth
decade, decimal, decathlon, decimate

DEMO, DEM - people
democrat, demographics, demagogue, epidemic, pandemic, endemic

DI, DIURN - day
diary, diurnal, quotidian

DIA- across
diagonal, diatribe

DIC, DICT - speak
diction, interdict, predict, abdicate, indict, verdict

DIS, DIF, DI - not, apart, away
disaffected, disband, disbar, disburse, discern, discordant, discredit, disheveled, disparage, disparate, dispassionate, dispirit, dissemble, disseminate, dissension, dissipate, dissonant, dissuade, distend, differentiate, diffidence, diffuse, digress, divert

DOC, DOCT - teach
doctrine, docile

DOL- pain
condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent

DUC, DUCT - lead
seduce, induce, conduct, viaduct, induct

EGO- self
ego, egoist, egocentric

EN, EM - in, into
enter, entice, encumber, endemic, ensconce, enthrall, entreat, embellish, embezzle, embroil,empathy

ERR - wander
erratic, aberration, errant

EU - well, good
eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, eurhythmics, euthanasia

EX, E- out, out of
exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, exculpate, exhume, exonerate, exorbitant, exorcise, expatriate, expedient, expiate, expunge, expurgate, extenuate, extort, extremity, extricate,extrinsic, exult, evoke, evict, elicit, egress

FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA - make, do
factory, facility, benefactor, malefactor, fiction, fictive, beneficent, affect, magnify, unify, rectify, vilify, feasible

FAL, FALS - deceive
false, infallible, fallacious

FERV - boil
fervent, fervid, effervescent

FLU, FLUX - flow
fluent, flux, affluent, confluence, effluvia, superfluous

FORE - before
forecast, foreboding, forestall

FRAG, FRAC - break
fragment, fracture, diffract, fractious, refract

FUS- pour
profuse, infusion, effusive, diffuse

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