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GRE Test Prep - Greek and Latin Roots
GRE Test Prep - Latin and Greek Roots
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Grammar
Undergraduate 4
02/17/2013

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PLAC
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Means to "please" placate, implacable, placid, placebo, complacent
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CIRCUM
Definition
Around
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NAV
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Ship, sail
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PAN
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All
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OPTIC
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To see
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FIN
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End
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DEM
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People; democracy, government of the people
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VEN/VENT
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to come, or to move forward; adventure, convene, event, avenue, circumvent
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A
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without: atypical, not typical
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AB/ABS
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off, away from, apart, down: abduct, to take by force
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AC/ACR
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sharp, bitter: acid, something that is sharp, sour, or ill natured
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ACT/AG
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to do; to drive; to force; to lead: agitate, to move or force into violent, irregular action
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AD/AL
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to, toward, near: adapt, adjust or modify fittingly
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AL/ALI/ALTER
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other, another: alternative, a possible choice
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AM
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love: amorous, inclined to love
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AMB
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to go, to walk: ambient, moving freely, ciculating
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AMBI/AMPH
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both, more than one, around: ambigious, open to various interpretations
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ANIM
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of the life, mind, soul, spirit: animosity, a feeling of ill will or enmiity
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ANNUI
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year: annual, pertaining to a year
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ANTE
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before: anterior. placed before
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ANTHRO/ANDR
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man human: anthropology, the science that deals with the origins of humankind
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ANTI
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against: antiseptic, free from germs
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APO
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away: apology, an expression of one's regret or sorrow for having wronged another
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ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY
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chief, principal, ruler: archenemy, chief enemy
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AUTO
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self: automatic, self-moving of self acting
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BE
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to be, to have a particular quality, to exist: belittle, to regard something less impressive than it apparently is
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BEL/BEL
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war: rebel, a person who resists authority, control or tradition
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BEN/BON
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good: antebellum, before war
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BI
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twice, double: binocular, involving two eyes
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CAD/CID
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to fall; to happen by chance: accident, happening by chance; unexpected
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CANT/CENT/CHANT
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to sing: chant, a song
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CAP/CIP/CEPT
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to take, to get: capture, to take by force or strategem
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CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT
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head, headlong: capital, the city or town that is the official seat of the government
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CARD/CORD/COUR
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heart: cardiac, pertaining to the heart
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CARN
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flesh: carnivorous, eating flesh
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CAST/CHAST
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cut: cast, to throw or hurl
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CED/CEED/CESS
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to go, to yield, to stop: incessant, without stop
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CENTR
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center: concentrate, to bring
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CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT
Definition
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide: discrete, detached from others
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CHRON
Definition
time: chronology, the sequential order in which past events happen
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CIRCU
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around, on all sides: circumference, the outer boundary of a circular area
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CIS
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to cut: scissors, cutting instrument for paper
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CLA/CLO/CLU
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shut, close: conclude, to bring to an end
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CLAIM/CLAM
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to shout, to cry out: exclaim, to cry out or speak suddenly and vehemently
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CLI
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to lean forward: decline, to cause to slope or incline downward
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CO/COL/COM/CON
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with, together: connect, to bind or fasten together
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COUR/CUR
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running; a course: recur to happen again
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CRE/CRESC/CRET
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accrue: to be added as a matter of periodic again
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CRED
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to believe to trust: incredible, unbelievable
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CRYP
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hidden: crypt, a subterranean chamber or vault
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