GRE - Kaplan Root List

A/AN

not, without

agnostic

one who believes the existence of god is not provable

amoral

neither moral nor immoral

anomaly

an irregularity

anonymous

of unknown authorship

apathy

lack of interest or emotion

atheist

one who does not believe in God

atrophy

the wasting away of tissue

atypical

not typical

AB

off, away from, apart, down

abdicate

to renounce or relinquish a throne

abduct

to take away by force

abhor

to hate or detest

abject

degraded or cast down

abnormal

deviating from a standard

abstinence

forbearance from any indulgence of appetite

abstract

conceived apart from concrete realities

abstruse

hard to understand, secret, hidden

ABLE/IBLE

capable of, worthy of

AC/ACR

sharp, bitter, sour

acrimonious

caustic, stinging or bitter in nature

acumen

mental sharpness

ACOU

hearing

ACT/AG

to do, to drive, to force, to lead

pedagogue

a teacher

AD (often d is dropped and letter next to a is doubled)

to, toward, near

accede

to yield to a demand

AL/ALI/ALTER

other, another

allegory

figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another

AM

love

amatory

of or pertaining to lover or lovemaking

AMBI/AMPHI

both, on both sides, annoyed

ambient

moving around freely

AMBL/AMBUL

to go, to walk

ambulatory

of, pertaining to or capable of walking

ANIM

of the life, mind, soul, breath

equanimity

mental or emotional stability

magnanimous

generous in forgiving an insult or injury

ANNUI/ENNI

year

ANT/ANTE

before

antecedent

existing, being, or going before

ANTHRO/ANDR

man or human

ANTI

against, opposite

APO

away

AQUA/AQUE

water

ARCH/ARCHI

chief, principal, ruler

ARD

to burn

AUTO

self

BE

about, to make, to surround, to affect