GRE Words with Root "per/pars" (17 words)

About this Root

Understanding the "per/pars" root helps you decode unfamiliar words on the GRE. Words sharing this root often have related meanings.

urgent; imperative; unchallenged; ending debate

lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.

faithless

(of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.

wandering

A peripheral device.

willful FALSE statement unlawful act

penetrable

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action).

make (something) continue indefinitely.

shrewd

holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.

relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.

to disturb

(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

stubbornly contrary