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
To be of the same opinion; agree
“I concur with your assessment of the situation.”
Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
“She gave the document only a cursory glance before signing.”
A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner
“The typewriter was a precursor to the modern computer.”
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