Digital SAT Common Word Roots

ambu

move

andro

man

anthro

human

bellu

fight

clam

shout

clin

bend

cred

trust

fract

break

gnos

knowledge

grad

to go

greg

group

gyn

female

her

to stick

jac

to throw

ject

to throw

lum

light

meta

change

morph

shape

narco

sleep

oper

work

pac

calm

phon

sound

senti

emotion or feeling

somn

sleep

son

sound

soph

wise

spec

look

term

end

theo

god

ven

come

vid

to see

voc

call

vol

will

A-/An-

without

Ab-

away

Ad-

toward

Anim-

mind or spirit

Ante-

before

Anti-

against or opposite of

Auc-

increase

Aug-

increase

Aud-

hear

Aur-

hear

Auto-

self

Ben-

good

Bon-

good

Circum-

around

Co-

joint or together

Con-

with

Contra-

against or opposite

De-

separation or negation

Hyper-

over or excess

Hypo-

beneath or below

Inter-

between or among

Intra-

within or inside

Ir-

not

Mal-

bad or wrongful

Post-

behind or after

Pre-

before

Pro-

forward movement or advancement

Se-

apart

Sub-

below, secondary, or part of

Super-

above or excess

Syn-

with or together

Trans-

across or through

Ultra-

beyond or on the far side of

Vice-

in place of

-able

capable of

-ate

make or function

-cess

move or yield

-cede

move or yield

-cide

to kill

-cis

shorten

-ette

feminine role or smaller form

-ist

a person related to something

-logy

the study of something

-ology“the study of something”

the study of something

-ous

full of