All About GRE: Latin Roots

ROOT
MEANING
EXAMPLES

ac, acr memor

sour, sharp memory
acute, acrid, acumen, acrimonious memorial, remember, memorable

aero merg, mers

air dip, plunge
aerodynamics, aerodyne, aerosol submerge, emergent, immersion

ag, act meso

do, drive, move, impel middle
agile, agent, act, agenda, reaction mesomorph, mesosphere, mesozoic

agr migr
field depart
agriculture, agrarian, agronomy migratory, immigration, emigrant

alb min
white less, little
albino, albinism, albedo minus, minimize, minority

ali mit, miss

other send
alien, alibi, alias admit, omit, missile, emissary

alt mob, mo, mot, mov

high move
altitude, altimeter, alto mobile, remote, move, motor

alter mon, monit

other, change warn
alter, alternate, alternant admonish, monitor, monish

ambul monstr
walk show
ambulatory, ambulant demonstrate, remonstrate, monstrate

amic, am mont
love, friend mountain
amity, amatory, amicable mount, amount, dismount

ampli mor, mort

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large die, death

ampliation, ample, amplification moribund, mortuary, immortal

anim multi
mind, soul, spirit many
animate, animosity, magnanimity multitude, multiple, multifarious

ani, enni mur

year wall
annals, anniversary, perennial mural, immure

apt, ept mut, mutat

adjust, fit change
adapt, aptitude, inept immutable, transmute, mutation

api natur
bee nature
apiary, apian, apiarist natural, native, naturopathy

aqu nav
water ship, sail
aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct naval, navigate, circumnavigate

arm neg
arm, weapon deny
army, disarming, armory, armament negate, renege, negative

art nomen, nomin

skill, craft, art name
artisan, artful, artificial nomenclature, nominee, cognomen

aud, audit nov

hear new
audible, audience, auditorium novelty, innovate, renovate

aug nox
increase harmful
augment, augmentative noxious, obnoxious, noxiousness

aur num
gold marry
aureate, aureole, auriferious nubial, connubial, nuptials

avi ocul
bird eye

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aviary, aviatrix, aviculture ocular, oculist, binocular

bel, bell offic

war duty
bellicose, belligerent, rebel office, officious, officer

bene, ben omni

well, good all
benefit, benefactor, benediction omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient

brev onus
short, brief load, burden
brevity, abbreviate, abridge onus, onerous

bull ora
boil speak, pray
ebullient, ebullition orate, oratorio, oracular

cand ord
white, glowing order
incandescent, candle, candent disorder, ordinance, ordinary, ordain

cant orn
sing decorate
cantation, cantata, cantilate ornate, adorn, ornament

cap, capt, cept, cip pac, pax

take peace
capable, capacity, captious, reception, anticipate pacify, Pax Romana, pacific

capit par
head equal
capital, decapitate, per capita par, disparity, disparate, separate

carn par
meat, flesh make ready, shield
incarnate, carnal, carnivorous prepare, repair, pare

ced, ceed, cess pater, patr

move, yield, go father
recede, proceed, concession paternal, patrimony, patristic

cent pecuni
hundred money
century, centennial, centipede percuniary, impecunious

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cern, cert ped

perceive, separate, decide foot
discern, ascertain, certify pedal, centipede, quadruped

cid, dis pel, puls

cut, kill drive, urge
incision, homocide, fratricide repel, compulsion, impulse

cit pend, pens

summon, impel hand, weigh, pay
excite, citation, incite expensive, pension, suspend, pendant

civ pet
citizen, city seek, ask, strive for
civilian, civic, civilize, civility competitor, petulant, petition

clam, claim petr

shout, cry rock
clamor, proclaim, exclamation petrified, petrography, petroglyph

clar pisci
clear fish
clarify, clarity, clarinet, declare Pisces, piscary, pisciculture

clin plan
bend, lean level
decline, declension, inclination plane, explain, explanation

clud, clus, clau, clos plen

shut, close full
conclude, closet, occlude, exclusion, plenty, plentitude, replenish
claustrophobia
plic, pli, ply
cogn fold, bend
know, be acquainted duplicity, replica, imply
incognito, recognize, cognizant
plumb
commun lead(metal)
common plumbiferous, plumb, plumbeous
community, communion, communication
pomi
copi, op apple, fruit
abundance, wealth pomander, pomade, pommel
copious, opulent

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pon, pos
cord place, put
heart postpone, proponent, deposit
cordial, discord, accord, concord
port
corn carry
horn, point porter, export, portable, comportment
cornucopia, cornea, corniculate
popul
corp people
body popular, populous, population
corpuscle, corporation, corpulent
pot
cred power
belief, trust impotent, omnipotent, potentiality
credible, credulous, credit
prehend,prehens
cresc, cret seize
rise, grow prehensile, apprehend, comprehension
crescent, concrete, accretion
press
cruc press, force
cross press, pressure, oppress, expression
crucifixion, crucifer, cruciform
prim
culp first
fault, blame primer, primitive, primeval
culpable, culprit, exculpate
prob
cupr good
copper probation, opprobrium, prove
cupreous, cuprous, cupric
propr
cur one's own, fitting
care, care for property, probity, proper
accurate, security, curator
quir, quis
cur, curr, curs ask, seek
run, cours inquire, inquistion, requisition
curriculum, concur, recurrent
quasi
dec somewhat, seemingly
ten quaisjudical, quasi, quasipublic
decimal, decimate, decennial
radi

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dent ray
tooth radiant, radial, irradiate
dentist, denture, indent
reg
dict straighten, rule
say, speak, word regiment, regal, interregnum, regicide
diction, contradict, abdicate
rid, ris
digit laugh
finger ridiculous, deride, derision
digitate, digitigrade, digital
rog
dign ask
worth, worthy interrogate, rogation, derogative
dignify, indignity, condign
rupt
doc, doct break
teach, prove rupture, abrupt, interrrupt
docile, doctrine, indoctrinate
salv
domin safe
master salvation, salvage, salvo
dominate, domain, predominant
sanct
dorm holy
sleep sanction, sanctuary, sanctimonious
dormant, dormitory, dormer
sang
du blood
two sanguine, consanguinity, sanguinary
duel, duet, duplicate
sci
duc, duct know
lead science, conscious, prescient
adduce, seduce, abduct, education
scrib, script
dur write
hard, lasting inscribe, transcribe, scriptures
durable, objurate, duration
sed, sid, sess, sej
ego sit, seat
I, self sedentary, supersede, sejant, sessile, session,
egotist, egoist, egocentric assiduous

equi, equ seg, sect

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equal cut
equality, equity, equinox segment, sector, dissect

err semin
wander seed
errata, erratic, aberration seminal, seminiferous, disseminate

ev sen
time, age old
medieval, longevity, primeval senior, senile, senescence, senate

fabul sens, sent

story feel
fable, fabulous, fabliau sensory, sensuous, sentimental, sentient

fac, fact, fec, fic seq, secut, sue

do, make, put follow
facile, facsimile, calefacient, defect, efficacious, sequel, consequence, ensue, persecute
factotem
serv
fer keep, save, serve
bear, yield, carry conserve, preserve, service, servant
confer, defer, offer, fertile
silv
ferv forest
boil, bubble sylvan, silva, silviculture
fervor, perfervid, effervescent
simil
fid like
belief, faith similar, similitude, assimilate
fidelity, perfidious, infidel
sist
fin stand
end, limit insist, persistence, desist
final, infinite, definitive
sol, soli
firm alone
strong, steadfast solitude, solitaire, desolate
confirm, firmament, infirmary, affirm
solid
flor compact
flower solid, consolidate, solder
floral, florid, florescence, flourish
solv, solu, solut
flext, flex loosen, free

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bend, twist solvent, soluble, absolute

flexible, circumflex, genuflect
somni
flu, fluct sleep
flow somnambulate, somniferous, somnific
influence, flux, superfluous
son
foli sound
leaf unison, resonance, dissonance
foliate, foliage, foliaceous
spec, spic, spect
form look, see
form, shape specimen, despicable, circumspect
conform, uniform, reformation
spir
fort breathe
strong aspire, perspiration, spirit
fortify, fortitude, effort, force
sta
frag, fract stand, firm
break stable, establish, station, status
fragile, fragment, fraction, refract
string, strict
frat bind tight
brother stringent, restrict, stricture
fraternity, fraternize, fratricide
stru, struct
fund, fus build
pour, melt structure, construe, destruction
transfuse, suffuse, refund, foundry
suad, suas
gest, ger advise
carry, produce persuade, dissuade, suasion
gestation, gesture, ingest, gerund
sud
grad, gress sweat
take steps, step, go, walk sudorific, sudatorium, sudatory
digress, gradient, aggression, egress, degrade,
ingredient sum, sumpt
take, spend, take
grat consumption, presume, assume
please, favor, thankful
gratitude, gratuity, congratulate tang, ting, tig, tact
touch
grav tangible, tactile, contingent, contiguous, contact

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weigh, heavy
gravity, gravitation, aggravate tempor
time
grex, greg contemporary, temporal, extemporaneous
flock, herd
congregate, gregarious, egregious teg, tect
cover
her, hes integument, protect, tegular
cling, stick
adhere, coherence, adhesion ten, tin, tent
hold
herb tenure, retentive, continence
grass
herbivorous, herbalist, herbicide tend, tens, tent
stretch
horr distend, tendency, pretense
shudder at
horrendous, horror, abhorrent tenu
thin
hum tenuous, attenuate, extenuate
be moist
humidify, humidity, humidor terr, ter
land
ig terrestrial, subterranean, disinter
fire
igneous, ignite, ignescent test
witness
irid, irido testify, testimony, testament
rainbow, iris of eye
irridescence, iridic, iridectomy torp
numb
it torpid, torpor, torpedo
go, travel
exit, transit, circuit, itinerarv tort, tors
twist
jac, ject distort, contortion, torsion
throw, hurl, cast
ejaculate, eject, rejection tract, tra
draw, pull, drag
jud traction, distract, train
judge
judicious, adjudicate, prejudice trib
assign
junct attribute, distribute, contribute
join

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juncture, disjunctive, adjunct trud, trus

thrust
jur intrusion, protrude, abstruse
swear
conjure, abjure, perjury turb
agitate
labor turbid, turbulence, disturbance
work
laboratory, elaborate, laborious turg
swell
lact turgid, turgescent, turgor
milk
lactescent, lactiferous, lacteal umbr
shade
langu umbrella, adumbrate, penumbra
feel weak
languor, languish, languid und
wave
latus undulant, inundate, abundant
wide, side
latitudinarian, equilateral, latitude uni
one
laud unity, uniform, unison
praise
laudable, applaud, laudation urb
city
leg urbanity, suburban, urbane
law
legislate, illegal, illegitimate vac
empty
leg, lig, lect vacant, vacuous, evacuate
gather, choose, read
legible, eligible, lectern, college vad, vas
go
lev, leger pervade, evasion, pervasive
light, rise
levitation, elevate, levity ven, vent
come, go
lingu intervene, convene, event, prevent
tongue, language
linguist, lingulate, bilingual ver
true
liter verily, veracity, verisimilitude
letter
literal, alliterate, illiterate verb

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word
loc verbal, verbose, verbiage
place
locus, locale, allocate, location verm
worm
locu, loqu vermicular, vermiculate
talk, speech
colloquial, obloquy, location vert, vers
turn
luc aversion, inadvertent, convent
light
transluscent, lucid, elucidate vest
dress
luna vesture, divest, vestment
moon
lunar, paralun, lunate, lunatic vid, vis
see
magn visual, evident, supervisor
great, large
magnitude, magnanimous, magnate vinc, vict
conquer
mal convince, victor, invincible, evict
bad
malady, malevolent, malediction vit, viv
life, lively
man, manu vitality, vitamin, vivid
hand
manacle, manicure, manual voc, vok
call
mar vocation, invoke, advocate
sea
marine, maritime, submarine vol
wish
mater, matr volition, volunteer, malevolent
mother
maternity, matricide, matriarchy volv, volu, volut
roll, turn
medi evolve, devolve, evolution, convolution
middle
mediocre, mediate, medieval vulg
common
vulgar, vulgate, divulge

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