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GRE Barron's Roots/Stems Part 2

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volv, volut
to roll

revolve: roll around
convolution: coiled state
vol
wish

malevolent: wishing someone ill
voluntary: of one's one will
voc, vocat
to call

avocation: calling, minor occupation
provocation: calling or rousing the anger of
viv, vit
alive

vivacious: full of life
vitality: liveliness
vinc, vict, vanq
to conquer

invincible: unconquerable
victory: winning
vanquish: defeat
vid, vis
to see

vision: sight
evidence: things seen
via
way

deviation: departure from the way
viaduct: roadway (arched)
vers, vert
to turn

vertigo: turning dizzy
revert: turn back (to an earlier state)
diversion: something causing one to turn aside
verb
word

verbose: wordy
ver
true

veracious: truthful
verisimilitude: appearance of truth
veni, vent, ven
to come

intervene: come between
prevent: stop
convention: meeting
vad, vas
to go

invade: enter in a hostile fashion
evasive: not frank; eluding
vac
empty

vacuous: lacking content, empty-headed
evacuate: compel to empty an area
urb
city

urban
trud, trus
to push, to shove

intrude: push one's way in
protrusion: something sticking out
tract
to drag, pull

distract: pull (one's attention) away
intractable: stubborn; unable to be dragged
tors, tort
to twist

distort: twist out of true shape or meaning
torsion: act of twisting
therm
heat

thermostat: instrument that regulates heat
terr
land

terrestrial: pertaining to earth
subterranean: underground
term
end

interminable: endless
terminate: end
ten, tent
to hold

tenable: able to be held
retentive: holding; having a good memory
tempor
time

contemporary: at same time
tang, tact, ting
to touch

tangent: touching
contact: touching with, meeting
contingent: depending upon
stru, struct
to build

constructive: helping to build
construe: analyze (how something is built)
string, strict
bind

stringent: strict
stricture: limit, something that restrains
spir
to breathe

respiratory: pertaining to breathing
spirited: full of life (breathe)
spec, spect, spic
to look at

spectator: observer
circumspect: cautious (looking around)
despicable: detestable (deserving to be looked down on)
perspicacity: clearsightedness
soph
wisdom

philosopher: lover of wisdom
somn
sleep

insomnia: inability to sleep
solv, solut
to loosen

absolve: free from blame
dissolute: morally lax
sequi, secut, seque
to follow

consecutive: following in order
sequence: arrangement
sequel: that which follows
nonsequitur: something that does not follow logically
sent, sens
to think, to feel

resent: show indignation
sensitive: showing feeling
sed, sess
to sit

sedentary: inactive (sitting)
sect
cut

dissect; cut apart
bisect: cut into two pieces
scrib, script
to write

transcribe: make a written copy
script: written text
scop
to watch, to see

periscope: device for seeing around corners
microscope: device for seeing small objects
sci
to know

omniscient: knowing all
conscious: aware
sacr
holy

sacrilegious: impious, violating something holy
sacrament: religious act
rupt
to break

interrupt: break into
rupture: a break
rog, rogat
to ask

interrogate: question
rid, ris
to laugh

derision: scorn
ridiculous: deserving to be laughed at
reg, rect
to rule

regent: ruler
insurrection: rebellion; overthrow of a ruler
quer, ques, quir, quis
to ask

inquiry: investigation
inquisitive: questioning
query: question
put, putat
to trim, to calculate

computation: calculation
amputate: cut off
psych
mind

psychology: study of the mind
poten
able, powerful

omnipotent: all powerful
port, portat
to carry

portable: able to be carried
transport: carry across
pon, posit
to place

postpone: place after
positive; definite, unquestioned (definitely placed)
phil
love

philanthropist: benefactor, lover of humanity
Anglophile: lover of everything English
philanderer: one involved in brief love affairs
pet, petit
to seek

petition: request
appetite: craving, desire
compete: vie with others
pel, puls
to drive

compulsion: a forcing to do
repel: drive back
expel: drive out, banish
ped
child

pedagogue: teacher of children
pediatrician: children's doctor
ped, pod
foot

impediment: stumbling block; hindrance
tripod: three-footed stand
quadruped: four-footed animal
path
disease, feeling

pathology: study of diseased tissue
apathetic: lacking feeling; indifferent
antipathy: hostile feeling
pater, patr
father

patriotism: love of one's country (fatherland)
patriarch: male ruler of family, group, or state
paternity: fatherhood
pass
to feel

dispassionate: free of emotion
impassioned; emotion-filled
impassive: showing no feeling
pac
peace

pacify: make peaceful
pacific: peaceful
pacifist: person opposed to war
oper
to work

operate: work
cooperation: working together
omni
all

omniscient: all knowing
omnipotent: all powerful
omnivorous: eating everything
nov
new

novice: beginner
renovate: make new again
novelty: newness
nomen
name

nomenclature: act of naming; terminology
nominal: in name only (as opposed to actual)
cognomen: surname, distinguishing nickname
neg
to deny

negation: denial
renege: deny, go back no one's word
renegade: turncoat, traitor
nav
ship

navigate: sail a ship
circumnavigate; sail around the world
naval: pertaining to ships
nat
born

innate: from birth
prenatal: before birth
nativity: birth
mut
to change

immutable: not able to be changed
mutate: undergo a great change
mutability: changeableness, inconstancy
morph
shape, form

amorphous: formless, lacking shape
metamorphosis: change of shape
anthropomorphic: in human shape
mori, mort
to die

mortuary: funeral parlor
moribund: dying
immortal: not dying
mon, monit
to warn

admonish: warn
premonition: foreboding
monitor: watcher (warner)
mob, mot, mov
to move

mobilize: cause to move
motility: ability to move
immovable: not able to be moved
mit, miss
to send

missile: projectile
dismiss: send away
transmit: send across
mater, matr
mother

maternal: pertaining to motherhood
matriarch: female ruler of a family, group, or state
matrilineal: descended on the mother's side
mar
sea

maritime: connected with seafaring
submarine: undersea craft
mariner: seafarer
man
hand

manufacture: create (make by hand)
manuscript: written by hand
emancipate: free (let go from the hand)
mal
bad

malevolent: wishing evil
malediction: curse
malefactor: evil-doer
magn
great

magnify: enlarge
magnanimity: generosity, greatness of soul
magnitude: greatness, extent
luc
light

elucidate: enlighten
lucid: clear
translucent: allowing some light to pass through
loqu, locut
to talk

soliloquy: speech by one individual
loquacious: talkative
elocution: speech
log
word, study

entomology: study of insects
etymology: study of word parts and derivations
monologue: speech by one person
liber
free

liberation: the act of setting free
liberal: generous (giving freely); tolerant
liber, libr
book

library: collection of books
libretto: the "book" of a musical play
libel: slander (originally found in a little book)
leg
law

legislature: law-making body
legitimate: lawful
legal: lawful
leg, lect, lig
to choose, to read

election: choice
legible: able to be read
eligible: able to be selected
labor, laborat
to work

laboratory: place where work is done
collaborate: work together with others
laborious: difficult
jur, jurat
to swear

perjure: testify falsely
jury: group or people sworn to seek the truth
adjuration: solemn urging
jac, jact, jec
to throw

projectile: missile; something thrown forward
trajectory: path taken by thrown object
ejaculatory: casting or throwing out
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