GRE Suffixs, Prefixs, Roots

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-able, -ible* -acious, cious -age -al -ance, -ence* -ary, -eer, -er -ate, -ent, ant, -ante* -cy* -dom -ence* -er, -or -escent* -fy* -hood -ic, -id -il, -ile* -ion* -ious* -ish* -ism -ist -ive* -mony -ness* -ory -ous, ose* -ship -some* -tude -ward -y* a-, ab-, abs-* ad-*

able; as "pliable", "returnable", "comestible" having the quality of; as "capacious", "meretricious" act, condition; as "courage", "foliage"

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ag, act* agr alt alter am* ambi-, amphianim ann, annu, enni ante-, anti-* anthrop anti-* aper apt aqu arch archaster, astr aud aur autobas* bell ben benbi-* bibl bio brev cad, cas, cid cand cap, capt, cept, ceive* capit carn ced, cess* celer

do, act; as "agent", "counteract" field; as "agriculture", "agoraphobia" high; as "altitude", "altar" other; as "altercation", "alternative" friend, love; as "amity", "amorous" around, both; as "ambidextrous", "amphibious" mind, life spirit; as "animate", "animal", "animosity" year; as "annuity", "annual", "anniversary", "perennial" before; as "antedate", "anticipate" man; as "philanthropy", "anthropoid" against; as "antidote", "antislavery" open; as "aperture", "aperient" fit; as "adapt", "aptitude" water; as "aqueous", "aquacade" rule, govern; as "anarchy", "matriarch" first, chief; as "archangel", "archenemy" star; as "asteroid", "disaster", "astronomy" hear; as "audible", "audition" gold; as "auriferous" self; as "autobiography", "automatic" low; as "debase", "basement" war; as "bellicose", "antebellum" good, well; as "benevolent", "benefactor" good, well; as "benediction", "benefactor" two; as "bilateral", "bisect" book; as "biblical", "bibliography" life; as "biology", "biopsy" short; as "brevity", "abbreviation" fall; as "cadence", "casualty", "incident" white, shining; as "candid", "candidate" take, hold; as "capable", "captive", "intercept", "receive" head; as "capital", "decapitate" flesh; as "carnal", "carnivorous" yield, go; as "cede", "procession" swift; as "celerity", "accelerate"

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belonging to; as "legal", "regal"

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state of; as "abundance", "indulgence"

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one who, concerning; as "secretary", "engineer", "mariner" one who; as "candidate", "advocate", "resident", "tenant", "debutante" state, position of; as "adequacy", "presidency" state of; as "freedom", "serfdom" state of; as "presence", "credence" one who; as "player", "actor", "monitor", "employer" becoming; as "adolescent", "putrescent"

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make; as "beautify", "sanctify"

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state of; as "knighthood", "childhood"

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of, like; as "bucolic", "acrid"

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capable of being; as "evil", "servile"

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act of; as "desperation", "perspiration"

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characterized by; as "spacious", "illustrious"

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like; as "boyish", "foolish"

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belief in or practice of; as "idealism", "capitalism" one who practices or is devoted to; as "anarchist", "harpist" relating to; as "abusive", "plaintive" state of; as "harmony", "matrimony" quality of; as "willingness", "shrewdness" a place for; as "factory", "depository" full of; as ponderous, verbose state of, skill; as "friendship", "gamesmanship" characteristic of; as "loathsome", "fearsome" state of; as "lassitude", "rectitude" in the direction of; as "windward", "backward" full of; as "unruly", "showy" from, away; as "avert", "abjure", "absent" to; as "adhere"

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cent chrom chron cid, cis circum-* clin clud, clus cogn com-, con-, col-, cor-, co-* contra-, contro, counter-* cord corp cosm cred* curr, curs, cours* de-* dec dem demiderm di diadic, dict* dign dis-, di-, dif-* domin dorm duc, duct* ego equ equi-* ex-, e-, ef-* extrafac, fect, fic, fy*

hundred; as "century", "centipede" color; as "chromium", "chromatic" time; as "chronology", "chronic" cut, kill; as "suicide", "precision" around; as "circumnavigate", "circumvent" lean, bend; as "inclination", "recline" close, shut; as "conclude", "recluse" know; as "incognito", "cognizant" together; as "commit", "concord", "collect", "correct", "co-worker" against; as "contradict", "controvert", "counteract" heart; as "cordial", "accord" body; as "corpulent", "corpse" world; as "cosmic", "cosmopolitan" believe; as "incredible", "credentials" run; as "current", "cursory", "recourse" down, away from, about; as "descend", "depart", "describe" ten; as "decimal", "decade" people; as "democracy", "demographic" half; as "demigod", "demitasse" skin; as "epidermis", "dermatologist" day; as "diary", "sundial" across, through; as "diameter", "diastole" speak, say; as "indicate", "contradict" worthy; as "dignity", "indignant" apart, not; as "dissension", "division", "diffident" lord, master; as "dominate", "indomitable" sleep; as "dormant", "dormitory" lead; as "induce", "ductile" I; as "egotism", "egomaniac" equal; as "equity", "equanimity" equal; as "equinox", "equivalent" out of, from; as "extract", "eject", "efface"

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fer* fid fin flect, flex form fort* frag, fract fug fus gen* gest grad, gress graph grat hydr hyper-* hypoin-, il-, im-, irin-, il-, im-, ir-* integr inter-, intro-* ject* junct lat leg, lig, lect liber loc* log loqu, locut luc, lum magn mal-, mis-*

bear, carry; as "fertile", "confer" faith, trust; as "confide", "infidelity" end; as "infinite", "final" bend; as "reflect", "flexible" shape; as "conform", "reformation" strong; as "fortitude", "fortify" break; as "fragile", "fracture" flee; as "fugitive", "refugee" pour; as "confuse", "fusion" kind, race, birth; as "generate", "generic", "generation" carry, bring; as "congestion", "gestation" step, go; as "graduate", "digress" write; as "autograph", "graphic" pleasing; as "gratitude", "congratulate" water; as "dehydrated", "hydrant" too much; as "hypercritical", "hypersensitive" too little, under; as "hypochondriac", "hypodermic" (two types of meanings) into, in, on; as "invade", "illustrate", "immerse", "irritate" not; as "indistinct", "illegal", "impossible", "irresponsible" entire, whole; as "integrate", "integral" between, among; as "interpose", "introduce" throw; as "inject", "projection" join; as "conjunction", "juncture" carry; as "translation", "dilate" choose, gather; as "legible", "eligible", "collect" free; as "liberate", "libertine" place; as "dislocate", "local" word, study; as "catalogue", "psychology" speak, talk; as "loquacious", "circumlocution" light; as "translucent", "illuminate" great; as "magnitude", "magnificent" bad; as "malevolent", "mistreat"

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out of, beyond; as "extraordinary", "extraterrestrial" make, do; as "facile", "factory", "infection", "fiction", "satisfy", "affect"

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man* mar mater mega ment merg meter micro migr mir mit, miss* mon monomort* mot, mov mult* mut* nat* nav neg neonomen non-* nov ob-, of-, op* ocul omni-* oper orthopanpater, patri ped ped, pod pel, puls pend, pens peri-*

hand; as "manufacture", "manual" sea; as "marine", "maritime" mother; as "maternal", "matrimony" large; as "megaton", "megaphone" mind; as "mentality", "mentally" plunge, sink; as "submerge", "merger" measure; as "chronometer", "symmetry" small; as "microscope", "microfilm" wander; as "migrate", "immigration" look; as "admire", "mirror" send; as "admit", "submission" advise, remind; as "admonish", "monument" one, single; as "monotone", "monorail" death; as "immortality", "mortal" move; as "motor", "motility", "movable" many; as "multitude", "multifarious" change; as "mutation", "transmute", "immutable" born; as "natal", "innate" ship; as "naval", "navigate" deny; as "negate", "renege" new; as "neoplasm", "neophyte" name; as "nominee", "nomenclature", "cognomen" not; as "nonentity", "nonconformist" new; as "novelty", "novice", "innovation" against; as "obviate", "offend", "oppose" eye; as "oculist", "binocular" all; as "omniscient", "omnipresent" work; as "cooperation", "operate" straight; as "orthodox", "orthopedic" all; as "pantheism", "Pan-American" father; as "paternal", "patriot" child; as "pediatrics", "pedagogue" foot; as "impede", "biped", "tripod" drive; as "compel", "expulsion" hang; as "pendant", "pension" around; as "perimeter", "periscope"

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pet petr phil phob phon plic* poly-* pon, pos* port* post-* pot poten pre-* prehend, prehens pro-* prot psych quer, quir, quis, ques re-* reg, rig, rect retrorid, ris rupt sacr sanct sci, scio scop scrib, script* sesec, sect sed, sid, sess semisent, sens sequ, secut* serv

seek; as "impetus", "petition" stone, rock; as "petrify" loving; as "philosophy" fear; as "claustrophobia" sound; as "phonic", "phonetics" fold, bend; as "complicate", "implicate" many; as "polygon", "polygamy" place, put; as "component", "compose" carry, bring; as "porter", "import" after; as "postpone", "postmortem" drink; as "potion", "potable" powerful; as "potentate", "impotent" before; as "predict", "precursory" take, grasp; as "apprehend", "comprehension" forward, before; as "proceed", "provide" first; as "protagonist", "prototype" mind; as "psychological", "psychic" ask, seek; as "query", "inquiry", "inquisition", "quest" back, again; as "recur", "recede" rule, govern; as "regent", "rigid", "corrective" backward; as "retrogress", "retrospect" laugh; as "ridiculous", "risible" break; as "rupture", "erupt", "interruption" holy; as "sacred", "sacrificial" holy; as "sanction", "sanctify" know; as "science", "conscious", "omniscient" watch; as "periscope", "horoscope" write; as "describe", "prescription" apart, away; as "seduce", "sedition" cut; as "secant", "bisect" sit, seat; as "sedate", "reside", "session" half; as "semicircle", "semiconscious" feel, think; as "sentiment", "sensible" follow; as "sequel", "consecutive" keep; as "reserve", "conservation"

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sist solv, solu somn soph spec, spect, spic* spir stat, stab* string, strict stru, struct sub-* sum, sumpt super-* syn-, symtang, ting, tact, tig teg, tect tele tempor ten, tain* ter, terr term therm tort, tors tract* trans-* trit trud, trus ultraumbra un-* uni-* urb vac vad, vas val, vail ven, vent* ver*

place, stand; as "assist", "resistance" loosen; as "dissolve", "absolution" sleep; as "somnambulist", "insomnia" wisdom; as "sophisticated", "philosphy" look, appear; as "specimen", "prospect", "conspicuous" breathe; as "conspire", "respirate"

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verb vert, vers* vicevid, vis vinc, vict viv, vit voc, vok volv, volut

word; as "verbose", "verbatim" turn; as "convert", "reverse" instead of; as "vice-chancellor", "viceroy" see; as "evident", "visible" conquer; as "invincible", "evict" live; as "vivacity", "vital" call; as in "vocation", "evoke" roll, turn; as in "involve", "revolution"

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stand; as "status", "stability"

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bind; as "stringent", "stricture" build; as "construe", "descrtuctive" under; as "submarine", "subversive" take; as "assume", "presumption" above, beyond; as "superpose", "supernatural" with, at the same time; as "synonymous", "sympathetic" tough; as "tangent", "contingency", "contact", "contiguous" cover; as "tegument", "detect" distance; as "telescope", "teletype" time; as "temporary", "extemporaneous" hold, reach; as "tenant", "tension", "retain" land, earth; as "inter", "terrace" end; as "terminal", "terminate" heat; as "thermometer", "thermos" twist; as "contort", "torsion" draw; as "attract", "extract" across; as "transcontinental", "transmit" rub; as "trite", "attrition" thrust; as "intrude", "abstruse" beyond; as "ultraliberal", "ultramodern" shade; as "umbrella", "umbrage" not; as "unaware", "uninformed" one; as "unanimous", "uniform" city; as "suburban", "urban" empty; as "vacate", "evacuation" go; as "evade", "evasive" be strong; as "valid", "prevail" come; as "convene", "prevention" true; as "veracity", "aver"

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