Important SAT Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes (SAT Prep)

Vocabulary flashcards covering all SAT roots, prefixes, and suffixes from the notes.

a

prefix meaning 'without'

ab

prefix meaning 'away'

-cious, -uous

suffix meaning 'abounding in'

acu

root meaning 'sharp'

agri

root meaning 'farming'

alb

root meaning 'white'

amb

prefix meaning 'both'

ambul

root meaning 'walk, move'

amic

root meaning 'friendly'

ana

prefix meaning 'back'

anti (ant)

prefix meaning 'against, opposite'

arche (archi)

root meaning 'primitive, origin'

auto

root meaning 'self'

bel

root meaning 'war, fight'

bene

root meaning 'good'

bi

prefix meaning 'two'

cata

root meaning 'intensive, according to'

cede (cess, ced)

root meaning 'go, withdraw'

ceive

suffix meaning 'take'

cent

root meaning 'hundred'

cerebr

root meaning 'brain'

cert

root meaning 'sure'

chron

root meaning 'time'

cide

root meaning 'kill'

circum

root meaning 'around'

clam (claim)

root meaning 'shout, speak'

clar

root meaning 'clear'

clud (clus)

root meaning 'close'

clin (cline)

root meaning 'lean'

co

prefix meaning 'with, together, joint'

cog

root meaning 'know'

con

prefix meaning 'together, common'

contra

prefix meaning 'against'

corp

root meaning 'body'

counter

prefix meaning 'opposing, contrary'

cracy (crat)

suffix meaning 'rule'

cred

root meaning 'believe'

crypt

root meaning 'hidden, secret'

culp

root meaning 'blame, fault'

cumul

root meaning 'mass, heap'

dem

root meaning 'people'

di

prefix meaning 'twice, two'

dia

prefix meaning 'across, through'

domin

root meaning 'master'

don

root meaning 'give'

dorm

root meaning 'sleep'

dur

root meaning 'harden, long lasting'

dyn

root meaning 'power, energy'

ence (ance)

suffix meaning 'state, condition'

esth (aesth)

root meaning 'beauty, feeling'

ethn

root meaning 'nation, race'

eu

prefix meaning 'good, well'

ex

prefix meaning 'out, former'

extra

prefix meaning 'beyond'

fer

suffix meaning 'carry, bring'

fid

root meaning 'trust'

flect (flex)

root meaning 'bend'

fore

root meaning 'in front of, previous'

fusc

root meaning 'dark'

ger

root meaning 'old age'

grad (gress)

root meaning 'to step, to go'

gyn

root meaning 'woman'

homo (homeo)

prefix meaning 'same, alike'

hyper

prefix meaning 'over, beyond'

hypo

prefix meaning 'under'

ian

suffix meaning 'related to'

idio

root meaning 'peculiar, distinct'

in/im

prefix meaning 'not'

infra

prefix meaning 'beneath'

inter

prefix meaning 'between'

ir

prefix meaning 'not'

iso

prefix meaning 'equal'

lab

root meaning 'work'

lat

root meaning 'broad, wide'

laud

root meaning 'praise'

lex

root meaning 'word, law'

loq

root meaning 'speech'

luc

root meaning 'light'

macro

prefix meaning 'large, great'

mal

root meaning 'bad, evil'

medi

root meaning 'middle'

melan

root meaning 'black, dark'

meta

prefix meaning 'change, beyond, after'

micro

prefix meaning 'small'

migr

root meaning 'move'

min

prefix meaning 'small'

mis

prefix meaning 'wrong, bad'

miss (mit)

root meaning 'send, cast'

mono

prefix meaning 'one'

mort

root meaning 'death'

nat

root meaning 'born'

neg

root meaning 'no'

neo

prefix meaning 'new'

nov

root meaning 'new'

null

root meaning 'none'

ob (op)

prefix meaning 'in the way, against'

omni

prefix meaning 'all'

opt

root meaning 'best'

ous

suffix meaning 'having'

oxy

root meaning 'sharp'