SSAT roots and prefixes

ag / act

to do / drive (Examples: agent / enact / transact / agile)

am / amic

love / friend (Examples: amiable / amicable / amorous)

anim

mind / life / spirit (Examples: equanimity / magnanimous / animate)

ann / enn

year (Examples: perennial / annuity / millennium)

aud / audit

to hear (Examples: audible / auditory / audit)

bell

war (Examples: belligerent / bellicose / antebellum)

ben / bene

good / well (Examples: benevolent / benefactor / benign)

brev

short (Examples: brevity / abbreviate)

cand

white / glowing (Examples: candid / incandescent / candle)

cap / capt / cept

to take / hold / seize (Examples: capable / intercept / captivate)

capit

head (Examples: capital / decapitate / capitulate)

carn

flesh (Examples: carnivorous / incarnate / carnage)

ced / cess

to go / yield (Examples: precede / excessive / recede)

cid / cis

to cut / kill (Examples: incision / homicide / concise)

clam / claim

to shout (Examples: clamor / proclaim / declaim)

clud / clus

to close / shut (Examples: exclude / recluse / seclude)

cogn

to know (Examples: cognizant / incognito / recognize)

cord

heart (Examples: cordial / discord / accord)

corp

body (Examples: corpulent / corpse / incorporate)

cred

to believe / trust (Examples: credulous / incredible / credence)

curr / curs

to run (Examples: concurrent / cursory / precursor)

dic / dict

to say / speak (Examples: verdict / indict / dictate)

doc / doct

to teach / prove (Examples: docile / doctrine / document)

domin

to rule (Examples: domineering / dominion / predominant)

duc / duct

to lead (Examples: induce / conduct / viaduct)

equ

equal (Examples: equitable / equity / equivocate)

fac / fic / fect

to make / do (Examples: factory / efficient / defect)

fer

to bear / carry (Examples: refer / infer / fertile)

fid

faith / trust (Examples: fidelity / perfidy / diffident)

fin

end / limit (Examples: finite / confine / definitive)

flect / flex

to bend (Examples: deflect / flexible / inflection)

flu / flux

to flow (Examples: fluid / influx / superfluous)

fort

strong (Examples: fortify / fortitude / fortress)

fract / frag

to break (Examples: fracture / fragile / infraction)

gen

birth / race / kind (Examples: progeny / genetics / engender)

grad / gress

to step / go (Examples: gradual / digress / transgress)

grat

pleasing / thankful (Examples: gratitude / ingratiate / gratuitous)

greg

flock / herd (Examples: gregarious / congregate / egregious)

her / hes

to stick (Examples: adhere / cohesive / inherent)

jac / ject

to throw (Examples: trajectory / reject / conjecture)

junct

to join (Examples: junction / adjunct / conjunction)

jur

to swear / law (Examples: perjury / abjure / jurisprudence)

leg / lect

to choose / read (Examples: legible / select / electorate)

loc / loq

to speak / talk (Examples: loquacious / eloquent / circumlocution)

luc / lum

light (Examples: lucid / illuminate / translucent)

mag / maj / max

big / great (Examples: magnify / majesty / maximum)

mal

bad / evil (Examples: malevolent / malady / malign)

man / manu

hand (Examples: manual / manufacture / emancipate)

mater / matr

mother (Examples: maternal / matriarch)

mit / miss

to send (Examples: transmit / emissary / intermittent)

mob / mot / mov

to move (Examples: mobile / demote / motivate)

mor / mort

death (Examples: mortal / moribund / mortuary)

mut

to change (Examples: immutable / mutation / commute)

nat / nasc

to be born (Examples: innate / nascent / native)

nom / nym

name (Examples: nominate / acronym / pseudonym)

nov

new (Examples: novice / novel / innovate)

omn

all (Examples: omnipotent / omniscient / omnivorous)

pac

peace (Examples: pacify / pacifist / pact)

pater / patr

father (Examples: paternal / patriarch / expatriate)

path / pass

feeling / suffering (Examples: apathy / sympathy / impassioned)

pel / puls

to drive / push (Examples: compel / impulsive / repel)

pend / pens

to hang / weigh (Examples: pendulum / pensive / impending)

plac

to please (Examples: placate / complacent / placebo)

pon / pos

to place / put (Examples: postpone / impose / proponent)

port

to carry (Examples: portable / deportment / import)

pot

power (Examples: potent / omnipotent / despot)

prob

to prove / test (Examples: probity / approbation / reprobate)

pug

to fight (Examples: pugnacious / repugnant / pugilist)

reg / rect

to rule / right (Examples: regime / rectify / regal)

rupt

to break (Examples: rupture / interrupt / abrupt)

sacr / sanct

holy (Examples: sacred / sanctify / sacrosanct)

sci

to know (Examples: omniscient / conscience / prescient)

scrib / script

to write (Examples: inscribe / prescribe / script)

sed / sid / sess

to sit / settle (Examples: sedentary / insidious / session)

sent / sens

to feel (Examples: sentiment / dissent / resent)

seq / sec

to follow (Examples: sequel / prosecute / consecutive)

sol

alone (Examples: solitary / desolate / isolate)

spec / spic

to look / see (Examples: spectator / conspicuous / retrospective)

stat / stit

to stand (Examples: statue / destitute / obstinate)

tact / tang

to touch (Examples: tactile / tangible / intact)

ten / tain / tin

to hold (Examples: tenacious / retain / pertinent)

tend / tens

to stretch (Examples: tension / extend / contentious)

term

end / limit (Examples: terminal / exterminate / determine)

terr

earth / land (Examples: terrain / terrestrial / extraterrestrial)

tort

to twist (Examples: contort / distort / tortuous)

tract

to pull / drag (Examples: tractor / extract / intractable)

turb

to confusion (Examples: turbulent / disturb / perturb)

urb

city (Examples: urban / suburban / urbane)

vac

empty (Examples: vacant / evacuate / vacuous)

ven / vent

to come (Examples: intervene / convention / advent)

ver

truth (Examples: verify / veracity / aver)

verb

word (Examples: verbose / proverb / verbatim)

vers / vert

to turn (Examples: convert / versatile / introvert)

vid / vis

to see (Examples: evident / vision / revise)

vinc / vict

to conquer (Examples: invincible / victory / evict)

viv / vit

life (Examples: vivid / vital / convivial)

voc / vok

to call / voice (Examples: vocal / advocate / provoke)

vol

to wish / will (Examples: voluntary / benevolent / volition)

a / an

not / without (Examples: apathy / anarchy / amorphous)

acr

sharp / top (Examples: acrobat / acrimonious / acropolis)