American Literature SAT Vocabulary List #3

Vocabulary flashcards covering word roots, prefixes, suffixes, their meanings, and example words from American Literature SAT Vocabulary List #3.

Roots

Word parts that carry the basic meaning of a word.

Prefixes

Word parts that come before roots and alter their meaning.

Suffixes

Word parts that come after roots and alter either their meaning or their part of speech.

luc

Meaning "light"; examples include elucidate, lucid, and translucent.

magn

Meaning "great"; examples include magnify, magnum, and magnanimous.

mal

Meaning "bad"; examples include malevolent, malediction, and malicious.

mori, mort

Meaning "die"; examples include mortuary, immortal, and moribund.

morph

Meaning "shape, form"; examples include amorphous and metamorphosis.

nat

Meaning "born"; examples include innate, natal, and nativity.

nom

Meaning "name"; examples include misnomer and nominal.

nov

Meaning "new"; examples include novice, innovate, renovate, and novelty.

omni

Meaning "all"; examples include omniscient, omnipotent, and omnivorous.

pac, pas, pax

Meaning "peace"; examples include pacify, pacific, pacifist, and passive.

path, pass

Meaning "disease, feeling"; examples include pathology, sympathetic, apathy, and antipathy.