SAT Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes Review

Flashcards listing common SAT roots, prefixes, and suffixes with their core meanings.

a- (prefix)

without, lacking

ab- (prefix)

away, from

-cious / -uous (suffix)

abounding in; full of

acu (root)

sharp

agri (root)

farming

alb (root)

white

amb- (prefix)

both

ambul (root)

walk, move

amic (root)

friendly

ana- (prefix)

back; again; upward

anti- / ant- (prefix)

against; opposite

arche / archi (root)

primitive; origin

auto (root)

self

bel (root)

war; fight

bene (root)

good; well

bi- (prefix)

two; twice

cata- (root/prefix)

down; intensive; according to

cede / cess / ced (root)

go; withdraw

-ceive (suffix/root)

take; seize

cent (root)

hundred

cerebr (root)

brain

cert (root)

sure

chron (root)

time

cide (root)

kill

circum- (root/prefix)

around

clam / claim (root)

shout; speak

clar (root)

clear

clud / clus (root)

close; shut

clin / cline (root)

lean; slope

co- (prefix)

with; together; joint

cog (root)

know

con- (prefix)

together; with; common

contra- (prefix)

against; opposite

corp (root)

body

counter- (prefix)

opposing; contrary

-cracy / -crat (suffix)

rule; government

cred (root)

believe

crypt (root)

hidden; secret

culp (root)

blame; fault

cumul (root)

mass; heap

dem (root)

people

di- (prefix)

twice; two

dia- (prefix)

across; through

domin (root)

master; control

don (root)

give

dorm (root)

sleep

dur (root)

hard; lasting

dyn (root)

power; energy

-ence / -ance (suffix)

state; condition

esth / aesth (root)

feeling; beauty

ethn (root)

nation; race

eu- (prefix)

good; well

ex- (prefix)

out; former

extra- (prefix)

beyond; outside

fer (root)

carry; bring

fid (root)

trust; faith

flect / flex (root)

bend

fore (root/prefix)

before; in front of

fusc (root)

dark

ger (root)

old age

grad / gress (root)

step; go

gyn (root)

woman

homo / homeo- (prefix)

same; alike

hyper- (prefix)

over; beyond; excessive

hypo- (prefix)

under; below; deficient

-ian (suffix)

related to; specialist

idio (root)

peculiar; distinct

in- / im- (prefix)

not; opposite of

infra- (prefix)

beneath; below

inter- (prefix)

between; among

ir- (prefix)

not

iso- (prefix)

equal; same

lab (root)

work

lat (root)

broad; wide

laud (root)

praise

lex (root)

word; law

loq (root)

speech; talk

luc (root)

light; shine

macro- (prefix)

large; great

mal (root)

bad; evil

medi (root)

middle

melan (root)

black; dark

meta- (prefix)

change; beyond; after

micro- (prefix)

small

migr (root)

move; wander

min- (prefix)

small; less

mis- (prefix)

wrong; bad

miss / mit (root)

send; cast

mono- (prefix)

one; single

mort (root)

death

nat (root)

born

neg (root)

no; deny

neo- (prefix)

new; recent

nov (root)

new

null (root)

none; nothing

ob- / op- (prefix)

against; in the way

omni- (prefix)

all; every

opt (root)

best; choose

-ous (suffix)

having; full of

oxy (root)

sharp; acid