Mastering “Word Roots” for SAT Success

GEN – birth, class, kin

 

generation

congenital

homogeneous

heterogeneous

 

ingenious

engender

progenitor

progeny

GRAD, GRESS – step

 

graduate

gradual

retrograde

centigrade

 

degrade

gradation

gradient

progress

 

congress

digress

transgress

ingress

 

egress

 

 

 

GRAPH, GRAM – writing

 

biography

bibliography

epigraph

grammar

 

epigram

 

 

 

GRAT – pleasing

 

grateful

gratitude

gratis

ingrate

 

congratulate

gratuitous

gratuity

 

GRAV, GRIEV – heavy

 

grave

gravity

aggravate

grieve

 

aggrieve

grievous

 

 

GREG – crowd, flock

 

segregate

gregarious

egregious

congregate

 

aggregate