Gamify SAT - Most and Less Frequent SAT Vocab Roots

ab

away (abrogate, abstain)

ambi

both (ambidextrous, ambivalent)

ambul

move or walk (ambulate, somnambulate)

ami

love (amicable, amity)

contra

against (contradict, contraposition)

cred

believe (credible, incredulous)

crypt

hidden (cryptic, decrypt, encrypt)

cycl

circle or ring (cycloid, cyclone, cyclotron)

dem

people (demagogue, democracy, demography)

derm

skin (dermatology, hypodermic)

dict

speak (edict, indict)

domin

master (dominant, domineering)

dur

hard (durable, endurance)

ego

self (alter-ego, egomaniacal)

esth

feeling (aesthetic, anesthetic)

extra

outside (extralegal, extraneous)

fid

faith (confident, fidelity)

flect

bend (deflect, genuflect)

flor

flower (efflorescence, florid)

fract/frag

break (fracture, fragile)

fug

run away (refugee, subterfuge)

gen

birth, production (general, genteel)

gram

something written (epigram, monogram)

graph

to write (bibliography, cosmography)

gress

to step, to go (digress, egress)

hetero

different (heterodox, heterogeneous)

homo

same (homogeneous, homologous)

idio

peculiar, distinct (idiom, idiosyncrasy)

judi

judge, lawyer (adjudicate, judicial)

ling

language (linguist, linguistics)

loqu

speak (colloquial, eloquent)

magn

large, great (magnanimous, magnitude)

mal

bad (malcontent, malevolent)

mut

change (immutable, permutation)

ob

against (obdurate, obtrusive)

phil

love (philanthropist, philosophy)

plac

calm (complacent, placate)

re

back, again (relegate, renege)

sagac

wise (sagacious, sagacity)

sang

blood (sanguinary, sanguine)

sequ

follow (consequently, obsequious)

somn

sleep (insomnia, somnambulate)

tac/tic

be silent (reticent, tacit)

troph

feed/grow (autotroph, heterotroph)

ultim

last (penultimate, ultimate)

vener

respectful (venerable, venerate)

vit

life (vitality)

voc

voice (advocate, invocation)

vol

fly, wish (benevolent, volition)

aqua/aque

water (aquatic, aquarium)

bell

war (bellicose, antebellum)

bene/bon

good (benefactor, bonus)

chron

time (chronology, anachronism)

clud/clus/claus

shut, close (conclude, seclusion)

corp/corpor

body (corporation, corporeal)

doc/doct

teach (doctrine, docile)

luc/lum/lus

light (translucent, illuminate)

man/manu

hand (manual, manipulate)

mit/mis

send (transmit, dismiss)

mob/mot/mov

move (mobile, motion)

pater/patr

father (patriarch, patriot)

port

carry (transport, portable)

scop/spec/spic

to examine (telescope, spectator)

vid/vis

see, look (vision, envision)

struct/stru

build (structure, construct)

tang/tact/tig

touch (tactile, contract)

terra/terr

earth (terrain, terrestrial)

tract

pull, drag (tractor, detract)

a-/an-

not, without (atypical, amoral)

anti-

against, opposed to (antibiotic, antisocial)

auto-

self (autograph, autobiography)

bi-

two (bicycle, bilingual)

circum-

around (circumvent, circumference)

co-/com-/con-

with, together (cooperate, connect)

counter-/contra-

against, opposite (contradict, counterproductive)

de-

remove, reverse (deactivate, decompose)

dia-

through, across (diameter, dialogue)

dis-

not, apart (disagree, disconnect)

en-/em-

cause to, put into (encircle, empower)

epi-

on, upon, above (epicenter, epidermis)

ex-

out of, former (export, ex-president)

fore-

before, in front of (forecast, forewarn)

hyper-

over, excessive (hyperactive, hypersensitive)

hypo-

under, below, less (hypothermia, hypoglycemia)

il-/im-/in-/ir-

not (illegal, impossible)

inter-

between (international, interconnect)

intra-

within (intramural, intravenous)

macro-

large (macroeconomics, macrocosm)

micro-

small (microscope, microbe)

mis-

wrong, badly (misinterpret, miscalculate)

mono-/uni-

one (monologue, uniform)

multi-

many (multitask, multicultural)

non-

not (nonfiction, nonverbal)

post-

after (postwar, postscript)

pre-

before (preview, prehistory)

pro-

for, in favor of (proactive, promote)

semi-

half/partly (semicircle, semiconscious)

sub-

under/below (submarine, subordinate)

super-

above, beyond (superhuman, supervise)

trans-

across, through, change (transport, transform)