It’s not actually day 1, I registered on the 21st of this month and I’m going to take it on the 3rd of next month. I have 10 days from now to prepare (the 11th day is the test). Math should be no problem, I probably just need to do a couple more practice tests. Verbal, however, will be a bitch…

Verbal preparations by way of word roots:

1. A (without)
   1. amorphous - without form
   2. atrophy - to shrivel or shrink from disuse
   3. apartheid - racial and tribal segregation
   4. agnostic - without knowledge of a god
2. AB/ABS (off, away from, apart, down)
   1. abhor - find repugnant
   2. abdicate - give up (power)
   3. abstruse - difficult to understand
   4. abrogate - revoke formally
   5. abscond - to depart secretly
   6. abjure - formally reject, usually under pressure
   7. abstemious - marked by temperance in indulgence
   8. ablution - ritual cleansing of the body
   9. abominate - find repugnant; abhor
   10. aberrant - deviating from the accepted norm
3. AC/ACR (sharp, bitter)
   1. acerbic - sour or bitter in taste
   2. acrid - pungent; strong and sharp
   3. acrimonious - bitter or sharp in language or tone
   4. acumen - shrewdness shown by keen insight
4. ACT/AG (to do, to drive, to force, to lead)
   1. exacting - requiring precise accuracy
   2. pedagogue - someone who educates young people
   3. demagogue - an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience
   4. synagogue -Jewish house of worship
   5. cogent - powerfully persuasive
   6. exigent - requiring immediate aid or attention
5. AD/AL (to, toward, near)
6. AL/ALI/ALTER (other, another)
   1. altruist - philanthropist
   2. allegory - fable; short moral story
   3. altercation - noisy quarrel
7. AM (love)
   1. amatory - of, relating to, or expressing sexual love
   2. amity - a state of friendship and cordiality
   3. paramour - nonmarried members of a multimate relationship
   4. inamorata - a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
   5. amiable - diffusing warmth and friendliness
   6. amicable - characterized by friendship and good will
8. AMB (to go, to walk)
   1. ambulatory - able to walk
   2. perambulator - special vehicle to transport babies
   3. circumambulate - walk around something
9. AMB/AMPH (around)
   1. ambit - an area in which something operates or has control
   2. ambiance - feeling or mood of a particular setting
   3. ambient - of the surrounding area or environment
10. AMB/AMPH (both, more than one)
    1. ambivalent - uncertain of what course to follow
11. ANIM (life, mind, soul, spirit)
    1. magnanimous - greathearted; noble and generous
    2. pusillanimous - lacking in courage
    3. equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress
12. ANTE (before)
    1. anterior - toward the front
    2. antecedent - preceding in time or order
    3. antedate - predate
    4. antebellum - period before the American Civil War
    5. antediluvian - so extremely old as seeming to belong to an older period
13. ANTHRO/ANDR (man, human)
    1. misanthrope
    2. philander
    3. androgynous
14. ANNU/ENNI (year)
    1. annals - a chronological account of successive years
    2. annuity - income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
    3. perennial - lasting an indefinitely long time
    4. biennial - occurring every two years
15. ANTI (against)
    1. antipodal - the relationship of opposition along a diameter
16. APO (away)
    1. apogee - point of the moon’s orbit furthest away from the Earth
    2. apostle - ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
    3. apocryphal - being of questionable authority
    4. apotheosis - ideal; deification; raised to a divine level
    5. apostasy - the state of abandoning a party or cause
    6. apoplexy - old name for a stroke
17. APT/EPT (skill, fitness, ability)
    1. inept - tactless; revealing a lack of judgment
    2. adept - having or showing knowledge and skill
    3. apt - naturally disposed to
18. ARCH/ARCHI (chief, principal)
    1. archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
19. ARCHY (ruler)
    1. oligarchy - rule by a few or small exclusive group
20. ART (skill, craft)
    1. artifice - a deceptive maneuver (to avoid capture)
21. AUC/AUG/AUX (to increase)
    1. august - dignified
22. AUTO (self)
    1. autocrat - person in charge of an event
    2. autonomy - ability to make independent choices
23. BE (to be, to have a certain quality)
    1. belated - after the expected time
    2. bequeath - to give personal property by will
    3. belie - contradict
    4. beguile - influence by slyness
    5. beset - harass
    6. bemuse - bewilder
    7. bereft - sorrowful through loss or deprivation