important roots to know for SAT

a

without

ab

away

-cious, -uous

abounding in

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

sharp

paleo

ancient

pan

all

para

beside, related

path

feeling

pel (puls)

drive, push

ped

foot, kid

peri

around

phil

loving

phob

fear

poly

many

pos

put, place

post

after

pre

before

psuedo

not genuine

pug

to fight

pul

urge

purg

clean

re

again

reg

guide, rules

retro

back, backward

san

health

scend

climb, go

sci

to know

scrib

write

se

apart

sect

cut

sed

sit

sol

comfort

soph

wise

sub

below, under

super

higher in quality or quantity

syn (sym)

with, together

tact

to touch

tax

arrangement

tele

far

tort

twist

trans

across, through

un

not

uni

one

vac

empty

viv/vit

life

vor (vour)

eat

xen

foreign