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Princeton Review Word Smart 2nd Edition Root G

gen - birth, creation, race, kind | gn, gno - know | grand - big | grat - pleasing | grav, griev - heavy, serious | greg - herd (group) | grad, gress - to step
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  1. photogenic
    looking attractive in photographs
  2. genealogy
    the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
  3. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  4. genesis
    a coming into being
  5. carcinogenic
    causing or tending to cause cancer
  6. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  7. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  8. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  9. ingenue
    an artless innocent young girl
  10. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  11. congenital
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  12. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
  13. engender
    call forth
  14. miscegenation
    marriage or reproduction by people of different races
  15. sui generis
    constituting a class of its own; unique
  16. ignoramus
    a person who lacks intelligence or sophistication
  17. incognito
    without revealing one's identity
  18. diagnose
    subject to a medical analysis
  19. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  20. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  21. cognitive
    relating to or involving the mental process of knowing
  22. cognoscente
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  23. cognizant
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  24. grandeur
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid
  25. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  26. ingrate
    a person who shows no thankfulness or appreciation
  27. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  28. gratuity
    a small, extra gift of money for services rendered
  29. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  30. aggrieve
    cause to feel distress
  31. gravity
    the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  32. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  33. congregation
    the act of assembling
  34. segregation
    the act of keeping apart
  35. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  36. aggregation
    the act of gathering something together
  37. gradual
    proceeding in small stages
  38. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  39. regress
    go back to a previous state
  40. degrade
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  41. retrograde
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction
  42. transgress
    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
  43. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  44. egress
    the act or means of going out
Created on 九月 19, 2013 (updated 九月 19, 2013)

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