GRE roots, prefixes, suffixes
Terms
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-ette, -illo
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little
- dinette
- peccadillo
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-ify, -efy, -ize, -ate
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to make
- beautify
- immunize
- duplicate
- -ist
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a person
- biologist
- -ity
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turns a word into a noun
- -ous
-
very full of
- joyous
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a-, an-
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not or without
- amoral
- anerobic
- ambu
-
walk, move
- ambulatory (to walk or move about)
- andro
- man
- ante-
-
before
- ante meridian (am)
- anthro
-
human or mankind
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bellu, belli
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war, fight
- belligerent
- antebellum (created before...)
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caco-, ne-, mal-
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bad
- cacophony
- negetive
- malicious
- cred
-
trust or belief
- incredible
- de
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down from, away from (to put down)
- descend
- depart
- eu-, ben-, bon-
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good
- eulogy
- beneficial
- bon voyage
- ex
-
out of, away from
- exit
- extricate
- gnos
-
knowledge
- prognosis
- greg
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group, herd
- congregation
- segregate
- gyn
- woman
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im-, in-
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not
- immappropriate
- impossible
- log, loq, loc, lix
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speech or talk
- dialogue
- loquacious
- elocation (proper speech)
- prolix
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luc, lum, lus
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light, clear
- elucidate (to make clear)
- luminous
- lustrous (sleek, glossy)
- meta
-
beyond, after
- metamorphosis
- mut
-
change
- mutant
- pac
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peace, calm
- pacifier
- path
-
feeling
- pathetic
- plac
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peace, calm
- placate
- implacable
- post-
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after
- post meridian
- pro
-
big, much
- profuse
- pug
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war, fight
- pugnacious
- pugalist
- scien
-
knowledge
- scientist
- som, sop
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sleep
- sominex
- soporific
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son, phon
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sound
- sonic
- phonics