CAT / Bank PO / SSC / UPSC root words: 263 roots to know
This list is for indian competitive-exam candidates. It covers the 263 roots behind the 457 words in WordPith's CAT / Bank PO / SSC / UPSC English pack, most-used first. Learn a root once and you can work out every word it builds.
BE-
“about, thoroughly” · Old English
-OSITY
“the state of being full of” · an English suffix
ROG
“ask, propose” · Latin
-LESS
“without” · an English suffix
ANITY
“the quality of” · an English suffix
HAP
“chance, luck” · Norse
LUCR
“gain, profit” · Latin
LUDE
“play” · Latin
MONI
“a state, a condition” · an English suffix
NOBLE
“well known, high-born” · French
NUNCI
“announce” · Latin
PENT
“repent, regret” · Latin
PONDER
“weigh” · Latin
RED
“back, again” · Latin
SECUTE
“follow” · Latin
SOME
“tending to” · an English suffix
VINDIC
“claim, avenge” · Latin
ACE
“the state of” · an English suffix
ADUL
“fawn upon” · Latin
ADY
“a condition” · an English suffix
AISE
“ease” · French
ALTERC
“dispute, wrangle” · Latin
AMBLE
“walk” · Latin
AMIC
“friend” · Latin
AMOUR
“love” · French
ANCILL
“a maidservant” · Latin
ARDU
“steep, hard to climb” · Latin
ARRAY
“order, arrangement” · French
ATRY
“worship of” · an English suffix
AVID
“eager, greedy” · Latin
BALE
“evil, harm” · Old English
BIGOT
“a hypocrite, a zealot” · French
BILIT
“strength” · Latin
BLANDISH
“flatter, coax” · French
BOOR
“a peasant” · Dutch
BOUNTI
“goodness” · French
BROIL
“a quarrel” · French
BUFF
“a blow” · French
BURN
“burn” · Old English
BURSE
“a purse” · Latin
That's the first 40 of 263 roots. The full CAT / Bank PO / SSC / UPSC English pack, with all 457 words as puzzles, is in the WordPith app.
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