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Roots based Learning of GRE Words http://www.freegregmatclass.com/

By Satyadhar Joshi. Roots based Learning of GRE Words http://www.freegregmatclass.com/. Content. Examples of some roots From Nova & Barrons. Greek & Latin . Mythologies Gods, heroes, Demi Gods. Prefix Be. be : through Example Be daub

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Roots based Learning of GRE Words http://www.freegregmatclass.com/

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  1. By Satyadhar Joshi Roots based Learning of GRE Wordshttp://www.freegregmatclass.com/

  2. Content • Examples of some roots • From Nova & Barrons

  3. Greek & Latin • Mythologies • Gods, heroes, Demi Gods

  4. Prefix Be • be : through • Example • Bedaub • smear with something that spoils: to smear a surface thickly or carelessly with something that spoils it or makes it dirty (literary)

  5. Prefix Per • Per through, completely • Permeable • Pervade: • 1. (esp. of a smell) Spread through and be perceived in every part of. • 2. (of an influence, feeling, or quality) Be present and apparent throughout.

  6. Prefix Prim • Prim means first • Primordial: [14th century. < late Latin primordialis < Latin primordium "origin" < primus "first" +ordiri "begin"] • Primogeniture: [Early 17th century. < medieval Latin primogenitura < Latin primus "first" +genitura "birth“]

  7. Prefix Se • Se means away, aside • Secede means withdraw • Seclude means shun away

  8. Prefix Suc • Suc succumb means yield • succumb: [15th century. Directly or via French < Latin succumbere "lie under" <cumbere "lie“]

  9. Sacr Root • Sacr means holy • Sacrilegious: [14th century. Via French < Latin sacrilegium "temple robbery" <sacrilegus "collector of sacred things" <sacr- "sacred" +legere "collect“] • Sacrament: [12th century. Via French < Latin sacramentum "soldier's oath, solemn obligation," later "rite, mystery, revelation" <sacr- "sacred"]

  10. Soph means wisdom • Philosophy: [Late 17th century. < Sanskrit, past participle ofbudh- "wake up, be enlightened"]

  11. Ten means hold • Tenable: [Late 16th century. < French tenir "to hold"] • Retentive

  12. Vol means wish • Malevolent: [Early 16th century. Directly or via Old French < Latin malevolent- < male "badly" +volent-, present participle ofvelle "wish"] • Voluntary: [14th century. < Latin voluntarius <voluntas "will, choice" <vol-, stem ofvelle "to wish“]

  13. Crat means power • Plutocrat : Ruled by Rich

  14. Gnosi means to know • Prognosis: [Mid-17th century. Via late Latin < Greek prognōsis "knowledge beforehand" <gignōskein "know“]

  15. Nat means born • Nascent

  16. Err, er, or • Mutineer is a person who rebels • Lecher is a person who lusts • Censor person who deletes improper remarks

  17. Oid means resembling / like • Ovoid means like a egg • Anthropoid resembling a human being • Spheroid resembling resembling a sphere

  18. Neg means to deny • Renege means deny, go back on one’s word • Renegade turncoat, traiter

  19. Mort means to die • Mortuary means funeral parlor • Immortal • Moribund

  20. Helio means sun • Heliotrope is a flower that faces the sun • Heliograph instrument that uses sun’s rays to send signals

  21. Mon means warn • Premonition foreboding • Admonish warn

  22. Agog means leader • Demagogue means false leader • Pedagogue means leader of kids

  23. Inter means between • Interloper • [Late 16th century. After archaic landloper "vagabond" < Middle Dutch landlooper "land-runner" <loopen "to run"] • 1. intruder: an intruder into a place, gathering, or situation 2. interferer: somebody who interferes in other people's affairs, especially for selfish reasons • [Late 16th century. After archaic landloper "vagabond" < Middle Dutch landlooper "land-runner" <loopen "to run"]

  24. Vest means clothe • Travesty: charade, parody, mockery, sham, pretense, farce, caricature • [Mid-17th century. < French travesti "dressed in disguise" <travestir "disguise, ridicule" < Italian travestire < Latin trans- "across" +vestire "clothe, dress" (see vest)]

  25. Charades (Game series) • guessing game: a game in which somebody provides a visual or acted clue for a word or phrase, often the title of a book, play, or movie, for others to guess (takes a singular verb)

  26. Reference Books • Barron’s • Nova

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