Barron’s SAT Vocabulary Roots

Root: Ab

Away

Root: Ambi

Both

Root: Ambul

Move or walk

Root: Ami

Love

Root: Contra

Against

Root: Cred

Believe

Root: Crypt

Hidden

Root: Cycl

Circle or ring

Root: Dem

People

Root: Derm

Skin

Root: Dict

Speak

Root: Domin

Master

Root: Dur

Hard

Root: Ego

I or self

Root: Esth

Feeling

Root: Extra

Outside

Root: Fid

Faith

Root: Flect

Bend

Root: Flor

Flower

Root: Fract/Frag

Break

Root: Fug

Run away

Root: Gen

Birth or production

Root: Gram

Something written

Root: Graph

To write

Root: Grat

Pleasing

Root: Gress

To step or to go

Root: Hetero

Different

Root: Homo

Same

Root: Idio

Peculiar or distinct

Root: Judi

Judge or lawyer

Root: Ling

Language

Root: Loqu

Speak

Root: Magn

Large or great

Root: Mal

Bad

Root: Mut

Change

Root: Ob

Against

Root: Phil

Love

Root: Plac

Calm

Root: Re

Back or again

Root: Sagac

Wise

Root: Sang

Blood

Root: Sequ

Follow

Root: Somn

Sleep

Root: Tac/Tic

Be silent

Root: Troph

Feed or grow

Root: Ultim

Last

Root: Vener

Respectful

Root: Vit

Life

Root: Voc

Voice

Root: Vol

Fly or wish