SAT Latin Roots

ante

before (antebellum, antediluvian)

anti

against (antithesis, antipathy, antiseptic)

auto

self (autocratic)

bene

good, well (benefactor, benevolent, benediction)

chron

time (anachronism, asynchronous)

circum

around (circumnavigate, circumference, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe)

con, com

with, together (convene, concatenate, conjoin, companionable)

contra, counter

against (contradict, counteract, contravene)

cred

to believe (credo, credible, credence, credulity, incredulous)

dict

to speak (verdict, malediction, dictate, dictum, indict)

dis

not (disperse, dissuade, distemper, disarray, disjointed)

equi

equal (equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equitable, equanimity)

ex, e

out, away (emit, enervate, excise, extirpate, expunge, exonerate, exacerbate)

flu, flux

flow (effluence, effluvium, fluctuate, confluence)

hyper

above, over (hyperbolic)

in, im

not (inviolate, innocuous, intractable, impregnable, impermeable, impervious)

inter

between (intermittent, introvert, interdict, interrogate)

mal

bad (malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady, malcontent, malfeasance)

multi

many (multitude, multivalent)

neo

new (neologism, neophyte)

omni

all (omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient)

per

through (persuade, impervious, persistent, persecute)

sanct

holy (sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct)

scrib, script

to write (inscription, prescribe, proscribe, ascribe, conscript, scribble, script)

spect

to look (circumspect, retrospect, prospect, spectacle, aspect)

tract

to drag, draw (protract, detract, intractable)

trans

across (transduce, intransigent)

vert

to turn (extrovert, introvert)

acer, acid, acri

bitter, sour, sharp (acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony)

acu

sharp (acute, acupuncture, accurate)

ag, agi, ig, act

do, move, go (agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, action)

ali, allo, alter

other (alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter ego, altruism)

alt(us)

high, deep (altimeter, altitude)

am, amor

love, liking (amiable, amorous, enamored)

anni, annu, enni

year (anniversary, annually, centennial)

anthrop

man (anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy)

anti(co)

old (antique, antiquated, antiquity)

arch

chief, first, rule (archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era)

aster, astr

star (aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut)

aud, aus

hear, listen (audiology, auditorium, audio, audition, ausculate)

aug, auc

increase (augur, augment, auction)

auto, aut

self (automobile, autograph, automatic)

belli

war (rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose)

bibl

book (Bible, bibliography, bibliomania)

bio

life (biology, biometrics, biome, biosphere)

brev

short (abbreviate, brief)

cad, cas

to fall (cadaver, cadence, cascade)

calor

heat (calorie, caloric, calorimeter)

cap, cip, cept

take (capable, intercept, forceps, capture, except, reciprocate)

capit, capt

head (decapitate, capital, captain, caption)

carn

flesh (carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal)

caus, caut

burn, heat (caustic, cauldron, cauterize)

cause, cuse, cus

cause, motive (because, excuse, accusation)

ced, ceed, cede, cess

move, yield, go, surrender (procedure, proceed, cede, concede, recede, precede, accede, success)

cenetri

center (concentric, centrifugal, centripetal, eccentric)

chrom

color (chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic)

cide, cise

cut down, kill (homicide, exorcise, germicide, incision, scissors)

cit

call, start (incite, citation, cite)

civ

citizen (civic, civil, civilian, civilization)

clam, claim

cry out (exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim)

clud, clus, claus

shut (include, conclude, recluse, clause, occlusion, occult)

cognoac, gnosi

know (recognize, prognosis, cognoscenti, incognito, agnostic)

cord, cor, cardi

heart (cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage)

corp

body (corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent, corpus luteum)

cosm

universe, world (cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut)

crat, cracy

rule (autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy)

crea

create (creature, recreation, creation)

cur, curs

run (current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, courier, precursor, cursive)

cura

care (curator, curative, manicure)

cycl, cyclo

wheel, circular (Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic)

deca

ten (decade, decalogue, decathlon, decahedron)

dem

people (democracy, demography, epidemic)

dent, dont

tooth (dental, denture, orthodontist, peridontal)

derm

skin (hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy)

don

give (donate, condone)

dorm

sleep (dormant, dormitory)

dox

opinion, praise (orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology)

drome

run, step (syndrome ((run together)), hippodrome ((place where horses run)))

duc, duct

lead (induce, seduce ((lead aside)))

dura

hard, lasting (durable, duration, endure)

dynam

power (dynamo, dynamic, dynamite)

endo

within (endorse, endocardial, endoskeleton, endoskeletal, endosperm)

erg

work (energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergophobia)

fac, fact, fic, fect

work (factory, fact, manufacture, amplification, confection)

fall, fals

deceive (fallacy, falsify, fallacious)

fer

bear, carry (ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, transfer)

fid, fide, feder(is)

faith, trust (confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity, infidel, federal, confederacy, semper fi)

fila, fili

thread (filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster)

fin

end, ended, finished (final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, finale)

fix

fix (fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix)

flex, flect

bend (flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility, reflect, deflect)

flu, fluc, fluv

flowing (influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate)

form

form, shape (form, uniform, conform, formulary, perform, formal, formula)

fort, forc

strong (fort, fortress, fortify, forte, fortitude)

fract, frag

break (fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract)

gam

marriage (bigamy, monogamy, polygamy)

gastr(o)

stomach (gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod)

gen

birth, race, produce (genesis, genetics, eugenics, geneology, generate, genetic, antigen, pathogen)

geo

earth (geometry, geography, geocentric, geology)

germ

vital part (germination, germ, germane)