Prefixes and Suffixes

Many prefixes and suffixes I found on this website that I felt might be important for SAT (fill in the word). Check out the website for all of them. https://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html

a/n

not, without
abyss - without a bottom
amnesia - not able to remember
asocial - not social

a

on (ashore)

a/c/d

to, toward, near (accelerate)

acro

height (acrobat)

aer/o

air (aerodynamics)

agr/i/o

farming (agriculture)

ambi / amphi

both (sides)
ambidextrous - can use both hands
ambiguous - having more than one meaning
ambivalence - conflicting/opposite feelings

ami/o

love
amiable - friendly, pleasent
Amigo - friend in Spanish

ana

again, throughout
analysis
anatomy

anim

life / spirit
animal

ann/enn

year (anniversary)

ante

before, in front
antecede - to come before something in time

apo, apho

away, off, separate
apology
aphorism - short expression of truth

astro

stars, outer space
astronaut
astronomer
asterisk or *

aud/i/io

hear

auto

self, same, one
autograph
automatic
autobiography

bene

good, well
benefactor
beneficial
benevolent
benefit

bi/n

twice, once in every two
biannual
binoculars

bio

life, living matter

com

together, common
commune
commemorate
composition

con

with, jointly
concur - agree with someone
contemporary - same time period as others
convention - a gathering of people

contra

against, opposite
contradict

cred

believe
credence - belief that something is true or valid
incredible - unbelievable
credulous - believing things too easily / gullible

crypto

hidden, secret
cryptic
encrypt

de

reduce, down, remove
decelerate
dethrone
debug

dict

speak
contradict - to express the opposite of
dictate - to speak out loud
prediction

don/at

give
donation
donor
pardon - give forgiveness

duc/t

lead
conduct
educate - to lead to knowledge

dys

abnormal, bad
dystopia
dyslexia

dyn/a/am

power, energy, strength
dynamo - a generator of energy
dynamic - having physical energy/power

erg/o

work
ergonomics - study of the working environment
energy - the power to accomplish work

esth/aesth

feeling, sensation, beauty
aesthetic
kinesthesia
esthetician

eu

good, well
euphemism - replacing offensive word with inoffensive one
euphoria

ex

from, out
excavate
exhale
extract

grat

pleasing
gratify
grateful
gratuity

gress, grad/e/i

to step, to go
digression
progress
gradual

hyper

too much, excessive, beyond
hyperactive
hypercritical
hypertension

hyp/o

under
hypothermia
hypothesis - theory that is unproven but used under the assumption that it is true

iso

equal
isometric - having equality of measure
isothermal

mand

to order
command
demand
mandate

medi

middle
medieval - middle ages
medium
mediocre

meso

middle
Mesoamerica - middle America

mort

death
immortal
mortal
mortician

neo

new, recent
neoclassic - revival of classic form
neonatal - newborn child

non

no, not, without
nonfiction
nonsense

not

mark
notable
annotate
notarize

noun, nunc

declare
announce
denounce

nov

new
innovate
novice
renovate

ob, op

in the way, against
object - to be against something
obscure
opposition

pan

all, any, everyone
panacea - cure for all diseases or problems
panorama - an all-around view
pandemic - affecting all

para

beside, beyond, abnormal, assistant
parasite
parallel
paragraph
parathyroid - gland beside thyroid

protection from
parachute
parasol

path

feeling, emotion
antipathy
empathy

pseudo/o

wrong, false
pseudonym - a fictitious name
pseudoscience - theories presumed without proof of a scientific nature
psuedopregnacny

rupt

break, burst
bankrupt
interrupt
rupture

san

health
sane - mentally healthy
sanitary
sanitation

sci

know
conscience - the sense of knowing right from wrong
conscious - know what is happening
omniscient

se

apart
secede
seclude
serum - a liquid isolated out of another

sol

alone
solo
solitary
desolate

sun
solar
parasol
solarium

soph

wise
philosopher
sophisticated
sophism - a clever but misleading argument

spec/t, spic

see, look
circumspect - cautious, looking all around
retrospective - looking back at past things
spectator

struct

build
construct
destruction
infrastructure

sub

under, lower than, inferior to
submarine
submerge
substandard

term/ina

end, limit
determine - to find something out at the end of an investigation
terminate
exterminate

un

not, opposite of, lacking
unabridged
unfair
unfriendly

vac

empty
evacuate
vacant
vacation - a time without work

ven/t

come
circumvent
convention
intervene

ver/i

truth
veracious
veracity
verify

viv/i, vit

life, live
vivacious
revival
vital

vol/i/u

wish, will
benevolent - showing goodwill and kindness
volition - the act of making a choice or decision
voluntary