SAT VOCAB 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

plac

calm

phon

sound

senti

emotion

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

Ante-

before

Anti-

opposite of

Auc-

increase

Aug-

increase

Aud-

hear

Aur-

hear

Auto-

self

Ben-

good

Bon-

good

Circum-

around

Co-

together

Con-

with

Contra-

against/opposite

De-

seperation/negation

Hyper-

over/excess

Hypo-

below/beneth

Inter-

between/among

Intra-

within/inside

Ir-

not

Mal-

bad

Post-

behind/after

Pre-

before

Pro-

forward movement/advancement

Se-

apart

Sub-

below/secondary/part of

Super-

above/excess

Syn-

with/together

Trans-

across/through

Ultra-

beyond/on the far side of

Vice-

in place of

-able

capable of

-ate

make/function

-cess

move/yield

-cede

move/yield

-cide

to kill

-cis

shorten

-ette

feminine form/smaller role

-ist

a person related to something

-logy

the study of something

-ology

the study of something

-ous

full of