GRE vocab roots

πŸ“˜ MOST IMPORTANT ROOT WORDS

πŸ”Ή Common GRE Roots (Core Meaning Builders)

bene – good

β†’ benevolent, benefit

mal – bad

β†’ malicious, malfunction

dict – say/speak

β†’ dictate, contradict

cred – believe

β†’ credible, incredulous

vid/vis – see

β†’ visible, evidence

aud – hear

β†’ audible, audience

scrib/script – write

β†’ describe, manuscript

port – carry

β†’ transport, portable

tract – pull/drag

β†’ attract, distract

ject – throw

β†’ reject, inject

πŸ”Ή Thinking / Knowledge Roots

cog/cogn – think/know

β†’ cognition, recognize

sci – know

β†’ science, conscious

spec – look

β†’ inspect, spectacle

luc/lum – light

β†’ lucid, illuminate

doc – teach

β†’ doctor, doctrine

log/logue – word/study

β†’ logic, dialogue

πŸ”Ή Movement / Action Roots

mot/mov – move

β†’ motion, promote

grad/gress – step/go

β†’ progress, regress

ven/vent – come

β†’ convene, invent

cede/ceed/cess – go/yield

β†’ proceed, concede

πŸ”Ή Time / Order / Structure

chron – time

β†’ chronology

prim – first

β†’ primary

sequ/sec – follow

β†’ sequence, consequence

ord – order

β†’ ordinary, coordinate

πŸ”Ή Size / Amount

magn – large

β†’ magnify, magnificent

micro – small

β†’ microscope

multi – many

β†’ multiple

uni – one

β†’ unify

πŸ”Ή Power / Control

reg – rule

β†’ regulate, reign

arch – chief

β†’ monarch

dom – power

β†’ dominate

potent – powerful

β†’ potential

πŸ”Ή Good vs Bad / Emotion

am – love

β†’ amiable

od – hate

β†’ odious

path – feeling

β†’ sympathy, apathy

πŸ”Ή Form / Shape

form – shape

β†’ transform

struct – build

β†’ construct

fac/fact – make/do

β†’ factory, manufacture

πŸ”Ή Breaking / Destruction

rupt – break

β†’ rupture, disrupt

cid/cis – cut

β†’ incision, precise

πŸ”Ή IMPORTANT PREFIXES (SUPER HIGH-YIELD)

anti- – against

pro- – for

sub- – under

super- – above

inter- – between

intra- – within

pre- – before

post- – after

re- – again

trans- – across

πŸ”Ή NEGATIVE PREFIXES (VERY IMPORTANT)

un- – not

in-/im-/il-/ir- – not

non- – not

a- – without

πŸ”Ή COMMON SUFFIXES

-ology – study of

-phobia – fear

-philia – love

-ist – person

-ism – belief

-ous – full of

-ive – having quality

-ity – state of