SAT roots and prefixes (from blue book practice tests and question bank)

a/ac/ad/af/ag/ap (prefix)

toward, near

rupt (root)

break, burst

cept (root)

to take, to seize

cess/ced (root)

go, yield

cid (root)

fall, happen

clam/claim (root)

call, shout

ple, plet (root)

fill, complete

sci/know (root)

know

quire (root)

seek, get

here (root)

to stick or cling

just (root)

right, fair

advantage/melior (root)

benefit

vise (root)

see

fin (root)

end, boundary, limit

grav (root)

heavy

gress (root)

step, go

ambi (prefix)

both, around

val (root)

strength, worth

mount (root)

mountain, rise up

ana (prefix)

up, back, again

log (root)

word, reason, speech

anim (root)

mind, spirit

a/an (prefix)

not, without

not (root)

mark, note

ant (prefix)

against, opposite

agon (root)

struggle, conflict

ante (prefix)

before, in front of

preci (root)

price, cherish

propri/prop (root)

one’s own

proxim (root)

nearest

(Root) sert

to join

(Root:) argu

to make clear, prove

(Root:) rive

splitting or tearing, (or relating to a river)

(Root:) scribe

to write

(Root:) typic

type, model, or impression

(Prefix:) bene

good

(Root:) fic/fici

to make, do

(Root:) vol

will, wish

(Root:) blem

stain, flaw

(Root:) capit/capital

head, chief

(Prefix:) cata

down, against, completely, intensive

(Root:) stroph/vers/vert

turning, twist

(Prefix:) circum

around

(Root:) vent

come

(Root:) coat

cover

(Root:) labor

work

(Prefix:) col/com/con

with, together, jointly

(Root) lect

gather, choose

(Root:) merci

trade, goods

(Root:) mon

warn

(Root:) par

equal, be visible

pli (root)

to fold, bend

pose (root)

put, place

plic

to fold

cern (root)

to distinguish, separate

fid (root)

faith, trust

form (root)

shape

sist (root)

to stand, remain

spic/spec (root)

to see

strict (root)

to draw tight, bind

struct (root)

to build, form

ten (form)

hold, stretch

ting (root)

to touch, reach

tract (root)

to draw, pull

dict (root)

to say

triv (root)

to find

op (root)

to work, produce, abundance