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It comes from Latin root Grex meaning flock.
Grex is the root for words:
- Aggregate – Bring together the flock
- Congregation – Coming together
- Egregious – Outstandingly bad or out of the flock
Pronounced as Gri + Gair (emphasized) + Ee + Us {Listen to it here}
Situational Uses / Sentences:
- He is a very gregarious fellow who just loves being the center of attention.
- Words are gregarious. Understand one and the others will certainly come to you!
- Guillemots are extremely gregarious, colonial breeding is the norm and colonies can contain many tens of thousands of individuals.
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