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Word Roots: G

G gamma 矛, 

工具: go, get, gib, gig, gun, good, groom, garage, garnish, guide, gel, gain, gird, geek, gear

生长:grow, grass, green, gene, genius, gender, genital, generate, generation, gradual, graduate

大: God, good, ground, grand, galaxy, great, glow, gang, glad, gate, grain, giant, general, global, German, gallon, garlic (leek, onion), geo, geode, geology, geometry, geography

  • gib gig
  • gubern (steer a ship): govern, gubernatorial
  • glut (swallow, gulp down): glut, glutton
  • gorg (throat): gorge, disgorge, engorge, regurgitate
  • gram (line, stroke of a pen, letter): epigram, monogram, hologram
  • graph (write): epigraph, orthography, cinematography, graphite
  • gloss (tongue, language) gloss, glossary
  • gest (bear, carry): digest, congest, gestation, gesture, gesticulate, ingest, suggest
  • gel (freeze): gel, congeal, gelatin, gelatinous, jelly, gelid
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  • gran (grain): granule, ingrained, garner, granulate, granary, pomegranate, filigree
  • gent (family): gent, gentry, genteel, gingerly, gentility, gentleman, jaunty
  • germ (bud, embryo): germ, germanium, germane, germicide, germinal, germinate, wheatgerm
  •  
  • pathogen = path (disease) + o + gen = bacteria or virus
  • carcinogen = something that causes cancer
  • progenitor = ancestor or originator
  • indigenous
  • congenial
  • endogenous: having internal cause
  • miscegenation = misc (mix) + gen + a + tion
  • ===
  • gene
  • generic
  • genetic
  • genealogy
  • gender
  • generation
  • generate
  • genesis
  • genus: a general kind of something, a category below family and above speicies
  • genocide = gen + o + cid (kill) + e
  • generous 
  • progeny
  • genre
  • genus
  • general
  • generality
  • generalization
  • generic: not specific
  • homogeneous
  • homogeneity
  • heterogeneity
  • genotype
  • degenerate
  • engender = en + gen + der
    cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
    “the issue engendered continuing controversy”
  • congenital
    (of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth.
    “a congenital malformation of the heart”
  • genius
  • genie
  • ingenious
  • congenial
    (of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own.
    “his need for some congenial company”
  • congeniality
  • genial
    friendly and cheerful.
    “waved to them in genial greeting”
  • geniality
  • grad (step): grad, gradate, degrade, centigrade, gradient, gradation, retrograde
  • gress (step): egress, ingress, digress, transgress, regress, congress
  • gravestone
  • graveyard
  • grieve

  • God, good, great, grand, ground, global, galaxy, 
  • ge (earth) apogee, perigee, geo, geode, geology, geometry, geography
  • gigant: gigabyte, gigahertz, gigaton, gigawatt,
  • giganotosaurus, gigantesque
  • glomerate: agglomerate, conglomerate
  • glori (praise): glorify, vainglorious, inglorious
  • gnost (know): diagnosis, agnostic, prognosticate
  • grand (great, lofty, powerful): grandiose, aggrandize, grandiloquent, grandeur
  • greg (flock): aggregate, gregarious, egregious, congregate, desegregate
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  • poltergeist = polter (create disturbance) + geist
  • zeitgeist = zeit (time) + geist
  • gratitude
  • gratis: costing nothing
  • grateful
  • gratify
  • gratification
  • gratuity: tip
  • gratuitous: freely giving, usually unnecessary and can be harmful or upsetting
  • gratuitousness
  • congratulate
  • congratulations
  • congratulatory
  • ingrate
  • ingratitude
  • ingratiate:
    bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them.
    “a social climber who had tried to ingratiate herself with the city gentry”
  • ingratiating

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