GRE Root List 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- JECT
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to throw; to throw down
inject
dejected: sad, depressed
eject
conjecture
abject: utterly hopeless - JOIN/JUNCT
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to meet; to join
junction: the act of joining; combining
adjoin: to be next to and joined w/
subjugate
rejoinder: to reply, retort
junta: (usu. military) clique taking power after a coup d'etat - JUR
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to swear
perjury: willful lying while on oath
abjure: to renounce an oath
adjure: to beg or command - LECT/LEG
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to select, to choose
collect
elect
select: to choose w/ care
eclectic: selecting ideas, etc. from various sources
predilection: preference, liking - LEV
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lift, light, rise
relieve
alleviate
relevant
levee
levitate
levity: humor, frivolity, gaiety - LOC/LOG/LOQU
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word, speech
dialogue
elocution: art of clear and expressive speaking
prologue
eulogy
colloquial
grandiloquent: pompous or inflated language
loquacious: talkative - LUM/LUM/LUS
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light
illustrate
illuminate
illustrious
translucent: permitting light to pass through
lackluster
lucid
luminous - LUD/LUS
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to play
allude
illusion
ludicrous
delude
elude
prelude - LAV/LUT/LUV
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to wash
lavatory
dilute
pollute
deluge
antediluvian
ablution: act of cleansing - MAG/MAJ/MAX
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big
magnify
magnitude
maximum
magnate: a powerful or influential person
magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury
maxim - MAL/MALE
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bad, ill, evil, wrong
malfunction
malicious
malign: to speak harmful untruths about; to slander
malady
maladroit: clumsy, tactless
malapropism: humorous misuse of a word
malfeasance: misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official
malediction: a curse - MAN
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hand
manual: operated by hand
manufacture: to make by hand or machinery
emancipate
manifest: readily perceived by the eye or the understanding
mandate - MIN
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to project, to hang over
eminent: towering above others; projecting
imminent
prominent: projecting outward
preeminent: superior to or notable above all others
minatory: menancing, threatening - MIS/MIT
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to send
transmit
emissary
intermittent: stopping and starting at intervals
remit: to send money
remission: a lessening of intensity or degree - MISC
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mixed
miscellaneous
miscegenation: the interbreeding of races, esp. marriage between white and nonwhites
promiscuous - MON/MONIT
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to remind; to warn
monument
monitor
summon
admonish
remonstrate: to say or plead in protect, objection, or reproof
premonition - MORPH
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shape
amorphous
metamorphosis
anthropomorphism: attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals or natural phenomena - MORT
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death
immortal
morbid: preoccupied with unwholesome matters
moribund: dying, decaying - MUT
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change
commute: to substitute; exchange; interchange
mutation
transmutation: the act of changing from one form into another
permutation: a complete change
immutable - NAT/NAS/NAI
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to be born
natural
native
cognate: related by blood; having a common ancestor
renaissance: rebirth, esp. referring to culture
nascent - NIC/NOC/NOX
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harm
innocent
noxious
obnoxious
innocuous - NOM
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rule, order
astronomy
economy
gastronomy: the art or science of good eating
taxonomy
autonomy - NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN
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name
synonym
anonymous
nominal: existing in name only; negligible
nominate
nomenclature
acronym - NOV/NEO/NOU
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new
novice
renovate
innovate
neologism: a newly coined word, phrase, or expression
neophyte
nouveau riche - NOUNC/NUNC
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to announce
announce
pronounce: to articulate
renounce: to give up, esp. by formal announcement - OB/OC/OF/OP
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toward, to against, over
obese
obstinate
obstruct
oblique: having a slanting or sloping direction
obstreperous: noisily defiant, unruly
obtuse
obfuscate: to render indistinct or dim; darken
obsequious: overly submissive - OMNI
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all
omnibus: an anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects
omnipresent
omnipotent
omniscient - PAC/PEAC
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peace
appease
pacify
pacifier
pact - PAN
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all, everyone
panorama
panegyric: formal or elborate praise at an assembly
panoply: a wide-ranging and impressive array or display
pantheon: a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation
pandemic: widespread, general, universal - PAR
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equal
par: an quality in value or standing
parity: equally, as in amount, status, or charcter
apartheid
disparage
disparate: essentially different - PARA
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next to, beside
parallel
parasite
parody
parable: short, allegorical story designed tillustrate a moral lesson or religious principle
paragon: a model of excellence
paranoid - PAS/PAT/PATH
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feeling, suffering, disease
sympathy
empathy
compassion
dispassionate
impassive: showing or feeling no emotion
sociopath
pathogenic: causing disease - PAU/PO/POV/PU
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few, little, poor
poverty
paucity
pauper
impoverish
pusillanimous: lacking courage or resolution
puerile: childish, immature - PED
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child, education
pedagogue: a teacher
pediatrician
pedant: on e who displays learning ostentatiously
encyclopedia - PED/POD
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foot
pedal
pedestrian: a person who travels on foot
expedite
impede
podium
antipodes: places diametrically opposite each other on the globe - PEN/PUN
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to pay; to compensate
penal
penalty
punitive
penance: a punishment undergone to express regret for a sin
penitent: contrite - PEND/PENS
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to hang; to weight; to pay
depend
stipend
compensate
indispensable
appendix
appendage - PER
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completely
persistent
perforate: to make a way through or into something
perplex
peruse
perfunctory: performed merely as routine duty
pertinacious: resolute
perspicacious: shrewd, astute - PERI
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around
perimeter
periscope
peripatetic: walking or traveling about; itinerant - PET/PIT
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to go; to seek; to strive
appetite
compete
petition
centripetal: moving toward the center
impetuous
petulant: showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance - PHIL
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love
philosophy
philatelist: one who loves or collects postage stamps
philology
bibliophile: one who loves or collects books - PLAC
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to please
placid: pleasantly calm or peaceful
placebo
implacable
complacent
complaisant: inclined or disposed to please - PLE
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to fill
complete
deplete
supplement
implement
replete: abundantly supplied
plethora - PLEX/PLIC/PLY
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to fold, twist, tangle, or bend
complex
replica
implicit
implicate
duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct
supplicate: to make humble and earnest - PON/POS/POUND
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to put; to place
component
expose
expound
juxtapose
repository - PORT
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to carry
import
export
portable
deportment: conduct, behavior
disport: to divert or amuse oneself
importune: to urge or press with excessive persistence - POST
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after
posthumous
posterior
posterity
post facto - PRE
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before
precarious: dependent on circumstances beyond one's control
precocious
premonition
presentiment
precedent
precept - PREHEND/PRISE
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to take; to get; to seize
surprise
enterprise
reprehensible: deserving rebuke or censure
comprise
reprisals
apprehend - PRO
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much, for, a lot
prolific
profuse
prodigal
prodigious: extraordinary in size, amount, or extent
proselytize: to convert or attempt to recruit
propound: to set forth for consideration
provident: having or showing foresight - PROB
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to prove; to test
probe
approbation: praise, consideration
opprobrium: the disgrace incurred by shameful conduct
reprobate: a depraved or wicked person
problematic
probity: honesty, high-mindedness - PUG
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to fight
pugnacious: to quarrel or fight readily
impugn: to challenge as false
repugnant
pugilist: a fighter or boxer - PUNC/PUNG/POIGN
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to point; to prick
point
puncture
pungent: caustic or sharply expressive
compunction: a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong
punctilious: strict or exact in the observance of formalities
expunge: to erase, eliminate completely - QUE/QUIS
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to seek
acquire
exquisite
conquest
inquisitive
query
querulous: full of complaints
perquisite: a gratuity, tip - QUI
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quiet
quiet
disquiet: lack of calm or peace
tranquil
acquiesce
quiescence: the condition of being at rest, still, inactive - RID/RIS
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to laugh
riddle
derision
risible: causing laughter - ROG
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to ask
interrogate
arrogant
abrogate: to abolish by formal means
surrogate
derogatory
arrogate: to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously - SAL/SIL/SAULT/SULT
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to leap, to jump
insult
assault
somersault
salient: prominent or conspicuous
resilient
insolent
exult: to show or feel triumphant joy
desultory - SACR/SANCT/SECR
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sacred
sacred
sacrifice
sanctify: to make holy
sanction
execrable
sacrament: something regarded as possessing sacred character
sacrilege - SCI
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to know
conscious
conscience
unconscionable
omniscient
prescient: having knowledge of things before they happen - SCRIBE/SCRIP
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to write
scribble
describe
script
postscript
proscribe: to condemn as harmful or odious
ascribe: to credit or assign, as to a cause or course conscription: draft
transcript
circumscribe - SE
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apart
select
separate
seduce: to lead astry
segregate
secede
sequester: to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement
sedition: incitement of discontent or rebellion against a gov't - SEC/SEQU
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to follow
second
prosecute
sequence
obsequious: fawning
non sequitur - SED/SESS/SID
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to sit, to be still; to plan; to plot
preside
resident
sediment
dissident
residual
subsidiary: serving to assist or supplement
insidious: intended to entrap or beguile
assiduous - SENS/SENT
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to feel; to be aware
sense
sensory
sentiment
presentiment: a feeling that something is about to happen
dissent
resent
sentinel
insensate: w/o feeling or sensitivity - SOL
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to loosen; to free
dissolve
soluble
resolution
dissolution
dissolute: indifferent to moral restraints
absolution: forgiveness for wrongdoing - SPEC/SPIC/SPIT
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to look; to see
perspective
speculation
suspicious
spectrum
retrospective
circumspect: watchful and discreet, cautious
perspicacious: having keen mental perception and understanding
conspicuous
specious: deceptively attractive - STA/STI
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to stand; to be in place
static
destitute: w/o means of subsistence
obstinate
constitute
stasis
apostasy: renunciation of an object of one's previous loyalty - SUA
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smooth
suave
persuade
dissuade
assuage - SUB/SUP
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below
submissive
subsidiary
subliminal: existing or operating below the threshold of confidence
subtle
subterfuge: an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule
supposition - SUPER/SUR
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above
surpass
superlative
supersede
supercilious: arrogant, haughty, condescending
superfluous
surmount: to get over or across, to prevail
surveillance - TAC/TIC
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to be silent
reticent: disposed to be silent or not to speek freely
tacit
taciturn - TAIN/TEN/TENT/TIN
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to hold
detain
pertain
tenacious: holding fast
abstentation
tenure
tenable
sustenance
pertinacious: persistent, stubborn - TEND/TENS/TENT/TENU
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to stretch; to thin
tension
tentative
tendentious: having a predisposition towards a point of view
distend: to expand by stretching
attenuate: to weaken or reduce in force
extenuating: making less serious by offering excuses
contentious - THEO
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god
atheist
theocracy
theology
apotheosis: glorification, glorified ideal - TRACT
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to drag; to pull; to draw
tractor
attract
contract
detract
abstract
tractable: easily managed or controlled
intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise - TRANS
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across
transaction
transparent
transition
transgress: to violate a law, command, or moral code
transcendent
intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise - US/UT
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to use
abuse
usage
usurp: to seize and hold
utilitarian - VEN/VENT
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to come or to move toward
convene
venturesome: showing a disposition to undertake risks
intervene
contravene: to come into conflict with
adventitious: accidental - VER
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truth
verdict
veracious: habitually truthful
verity
verisimilitude: the appearance or semblance of truth
aver: to affirm, to declare to be true - VERD
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green
verdant: green with vegetation; inexperienced
verdure: fresh, rich vegetation - VERS/VERT
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to turn
controversy
revert
diverse
aversion
introvert
extrovert
inadvertent
covert
avertlife - VI
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vivid: strikingly bright or intense
vicarious
viable
vivacity: the quality of being lively, animated, spirited
joie de vivre: joy of life
convivial: sociable - VID/VIS
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to see
evident
video
adviser
survey
vista: a view or prospect - VIL
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base, mean
vilify
revile: to criticize with harsh language
vile: loathsome; unpleasant - VOC/VOK
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to call
vocabulary
advocate
equivocate
vocation
avocation: something one does in addition to a principle occupation
vociferous: crying out noisily
convoke: to call together
invoke: to call on a diety - VOL
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to wish
voluntary
malevolent
benevolent
volition - VOR
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to eat
voracious: having great appetite
carnivorous: meat-eating
omnivorous: eating or absorbing everything