Important SAT Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes

Vocabulary flashcards based on SAT root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Each card contains a vocabulary term and its definition or meaning as provided in the lecture notes.

a-

without

ab-

away

-cious, -uous

full of

acu

sharp

agri

farming

alb

white

amb-

both

ambul

walk, move

amic

friendly

ana-

back

anti- (ant-)

against, opposite

arche (archi)

primitive, origin

auto

self

bel

war, fight

bene

good

bi-

two

cata-

intensive, according to

cede (cess, ced)

go, withdraw

ceive

take

cent

hundred

cerebr

brain

cert

sure

chron

time

cide

kill

circum-

around

clam (claim)

shout, speak

clar

clear

clud (clus)

close

clin (cline)

lean

co-

with, together, joint

cog

know

con-

together, common

contra-

against

corp

body

counter-

opposing, contrary

cracy (crat)

rule

cred

believe

crypt

hidden, secret

culp

blame, fault

cumul

mass, heap

dem

people

di-

twice, two

dia-

across, through

domin

master

don

give

dorm

sleep

dur

harden, long lasting

dyn

power, energy

ence (ance)

state, condition

esth (aesth)

beauty, feeling

ethn

nation, race

eu-

good, well

ex-

out, former

extra-

beyond

fer

carry, bring

fid

trust

flect (flex)

bend

fore-

in front of, previous

fusc

dark

ger

old age

grad (gress)

to step, to go

gyn

woman

homo (homeo)

same, alike

hyper-

over, beyond

hypo-

under

ian

related to

idio

peculiar, distinct

in/im-

not

infra-

beneath

inter-

between

ir-

not

iso-

equal

lab

work

lat

broad, wide

laud

praise

lex

word, law

loq

speech

luc

light

macro-

large, great

mal

bad, evil

medi

middle

melan

black, dark

meta-

change, beyond, after

micro-

small

migr

move

min-

small

mis-

wrong, bad

miss (mit)

send, cast

mono-

one

mort

death

nat

born

neg

no

neo-

new

nov

new

null

none

ob (op)

in the way, against

omni-

all

opt

best

ous

having

oxy

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