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GRE vocab - prefix/suffix
Prefix/suffix/roots
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Language - English
Graduate
08/22/2009

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Term
a
Definition
not or without
(amoral, apathetic)
Term
an
Definition
not or without
(anarchy, anaerobic)
Term
eu
Definition
good
(eulogy, euphemism)
Term
ben/bon
Definition
good
(benefit, bon voyage)
Term
caco
Definition
bad
(cacophonous)
Term
ne/mal
Definition
bad
(negative, malicious)
Term
im
Definition
not
(impossible, immortal)
**may mean "inside" (immerse)**
Term
in
Definition
not
(inappropriate, inept)
**may mean "inside" or "beginning" (innate, initial)**
Term
ante
Definition
before
(antebellum, ante meridiem)
Term
post
Definition
after
(post meri-diem, postmortem)
Term
-ette
Definition
little
(cigarette, dinette)
Term
-illo
Definition
little
(peccadillo)
Term
-ous
Definition
full of - very
(joyous, amorous)
Term
-ist
Definition
a person
(pugilist, pacifist)
Term
-ify/efy
Definition
to make
(beautify, ossify)
Term
-ize
Definition
to make
(alphabetize, immunize)
Term
-ate
Definition
to make
(duplicate, placate)
Term
-ity
Definition
turns word into a noun
(jollity, serenity, timidity)
Term
ambu
Definition
walk/move
(ambulate)
Term
andro
Definition
man
(android, androgynous)
Term
anthro
Definition
human/mankind
(anthropology, misanthrope)
Term
bellu, belli
Definition
war, fight
(belligerent)
Term
cred
Definition
trust/belief
(credulous, credible)
Term
de
Definition
down/away from
(descent, depart, denounce)
Term
ex
Definition
out of/away from
(exit, extricate, exculpate)
Term
gnos
Definition
knowledge
(diagnosis, agnostic)
Term
greg
Definition
group/herd
(congregation, segregate)
Term
se
Definition
apart/away from
(segregate, separate)
Term
gyn
Definition
woman
(gynecologist,misogynist)
Term
loq, log, loc, lix
Definition
speech or talk
(loquacious, prolix)
Term
luc, lum, lus
Definition
light/clear
(luminous, elucidate)
Term
meta
Definition
beyond/after
(metamorphosis)
Term
morph
Definition
shape
(amorphous, morphology)
Term
mut
Definition
change
(mutated, immutable)
Term
pac
Definition
peace/calm
(pacify)
Term
path
Definition
feeling
(pathetic, sympathize)
Term
phon
Definition
sound
(phonics, cacophony)
Term
plac
Definition
peace/calm
(placate, implacable)
Term
pro
Definition
big,much/before/for
(prolific, prologue, proclivity)
Term
pug
Definition
war/fight
(pugnacious, pugilist)
Term
scien
Definition
knowledge
(prescient, science, omniscient)
Term
som
Definition
sleep
(insomnia)
Term
son
Definition
sound
(sonic boom, dissonance)
Term
sop
Definition
sleep
(soporific)
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