The Root currere: to run

Latin root

The root currere means to run, and it comes from Latin. It shows up across the GRE, hidden inside words that look unrelated at first glance. Once you recognize it, you can decode the meaning of an unfamiliar word on sight instead of guessing. Below are 3 GRE words built from this one root. Learn the root, and you unlock the whole family.

Words from the root currere

concurverb

To be of the same opinion; agree

cursoryadjective

Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

precursornoun

A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner

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