GRE | List of words to enhance your vocabulary with root alphabet ‘G’

The list of 10 most common root words with root alphabet ‘G’ with their meaning and examples is as follows : 

S.No	Root	Meaning	Examples	Meaning
1	gen	type, race, kind	gender	Belonging to one or another sex
			genre	A particular kind in literature, music or art
2	gn/gno	know	ignore	knowingly refuse to take notice of
			recognize	identify someone or something from having encountered them before; know again
3	grand	one generation more remote	grandfather	the father of one’s father or mother. (one generation more remote)
			grandnephew	a son of one’s nephew or niece. (one generation more remote)
4	grat	pleasing	grateful	feeling or showing an appreciation for something done or received.
			ingratiate	to bring oneself in favor
5	grav	heavy	grave	serious, weighty
			Gravidate	To make heavy; impregnate
6	greg	group	congregrate	to group together
			gregarious	living in flocks or loosely organized communities.
7	gest	carry/ bring	suggest	to bring an idea for consideration
			ingest	to bring into the body, as food or liquid:
8	grad/gress	to step or go	egress	going out
			progress	to step up
			degrade	to step down
9	graph	to write	epigraph	to write on building, statue
			autograph	a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer.
10	gyn	related to woman	misogyny	hatred of woman
			gynecology	the branch of physiology and medicine which deals with the functions and diseases specific to women and girls, especially those affecting the reproductive system.

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