GRE | List of words to enhance your vocabulary with alphabet ‘P’ Last Updated : 02 Jun, 2020 Improve Improve Like Article Like Save Share Report Set-6 : The list of 10 most common root words with alphabet ‘P’ with their meaning and examples is as follows: No Root Meaning Examples Meaning 1 pater/patri father paternal characteristics of a father patriot nationalist expatriate a person who lives outside their native country 2 ped/pod foot impede hinder/obstruct biped having two feet expedite to speed up/free from entanglement 3 path/pathy emotion/suffering/feeling sympathy feeling of pity pathetic able to arouse feeling of compassion or arouse pathology study of essential nature of diseases 4 phil loving philosophy love of wisdom philanderer a male flirt 5 phob fear hydrophobia fear of water acrophobia fear of heights theophobia fear of religion 6 psych mind psychology study of nature / development of mind psychic a person having paranormal powers psychopath mentally & emotionally unstable 7 prot first protagonist main character in drama / movie prototype a first or preliminary version of 8 poten powerful impotent powerless omnipotent all powerful potentate monarch state 9 pel drive/force compel to force someone to act expel to drive someone out of place repel to force back 10 pan all pantheism worship that tolerates all gods pan-america involving all the countries of north & south america panacea cure-all Like Article Suggest improvement Next GRE | List of words to enhance your vocabulary with alphabet 'S' Share your thoughts in the comments Add Your Comment Please Login to comment...