Roots & Prefixes

1) Root: Ab

Definition: away

SAT Words:

● Abdicate (to give up a position, right, or power)

● Abhor (to regard with disgust and hatred)

Your Additional Words:

1. Absent

2. Abort

3. Abnormal

2) Root: Ambi

Definition: both

SAT Words:

● Ambiguous (open to more than one interpretation)

● Ambivalence (having mixed feelings; being uncertain)

Your Additional Words:

1. Ambidextrous

3.

3) Root: Ambul

Definition: move or walk

SAT Words:

● Perambulate (to walk through or around)

● Ambulance (vehicle for transporting the sick or injured)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

4) Root: Ami

Definition: love

SAT Words:

● Amorous (showing or expressing love)

● Enamored (filled with love or admiration)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

5) Root: Contra

Definition: against

SAT Words:

● Contravene (to violate or go against)

● Contrary (opposite in nature or meaning)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

6) Root: Cred

Definition: believe

SAT Words:

● Credence (belief in or acceptance of something as true)

● Incredible (impossible to believe)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

7) Root: Crypt

Definition: hidden

SAT Words:

● Cryptogram (a text written in code)

● Cryptic (having a meaning that is mysterious)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

8) Root: Cycl

Definition: circle or ring

SAT Words:

● Bicycle (a vehicle with two wheels)

● Cyclic (occurring in cycles; regularly repeated)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

9) Root: Dem

Definition: people

SAT Words:

● Demographic (relating to the structure of populations)

● Epidemic (a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

10) Root: Derm

Definition: skin

SAT Words:

● Epidermis (outer layer of skin)

● Dermatitis (inflammation of the skin)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

11) Root: Dict

Definition: speak

SAT Words:

● Predict (to say what will happen in the future)

● Verdict (a decision made in a trial)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

12) Root: Domin

Definition: master

SAT Words:

● Dominate (to have control over)

● Predominant (being the strongest element)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

13) Root: Dur

Definition: hard

SAT Words:

● Endure (to suffer patiently)

● Duration (the time during which something continues)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

14) Root: Ego

Definition: I, self

SAT Words:

● Egotistical (excessively self-centered)

● Alter ego (a second self)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

15) Root: Esth

Definition: feeling

SAT Words:

● Anesthetic (a substance that induces insensitivity to pain)

● Aesthete (a person who has a special appreciation of art and beauty)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

16) Root: Extra

Definition: outside

SAT Words:

● Extraneous (irrelevant or unrelated)

● Extraterrestrial (from outside the Earth)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

17) Root: Fid

Definition: faith

SAT Words:

● Confide (to trust someone with a secret)

● Infidel (a person who does not believe in a particular religion)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

18) Root: Flect

Definition: bend

SAT Words:

● Reflect (to throw back without absorbing)

● Deflect (to cause something to change direction)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

19) Root: Flor

Definition: flower

SAT Words:

● Floral (made of flowers)

● Florist (a person who sells flowers)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

20) Root: Frac/Frag

Definition: break

SAT Words:

● Fragment (a small part broken off)

● Refract (to make light change direction)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

21) Root: Fug

Definition: run away

SAT Words:

● Fugitive (a person who has escaped)

● Refuge (a condition of being safe)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

22) Root: Gen

Definition: birth, production

SAT Words:

● Generate (to produce or create)

● Progeny (descendants)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

23) Root: Gram

Definition: something written

SAT Words:

● Telegram (a message sent by telegraph)

● Grammar (the system of a language)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

24) Root: Graph

Definition: to write

SAT Words:

● Autograph (a person's own signature)

● Biography (an account of someone's life)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

25) Root: Grat

Definition: pleasing

SAT Words:

● Gratitude (the quality of being thankful)

● Gratuity (a tip given to service workers)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

26) Root: Gress

Definition: to step, to go

SAT Words:

● Progress (forward movement)

● Regress (to return to a former state)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

27) Root: Hetero

Definition: different

SAT Words:

● Heterogeneous (diverse in character)

● Heterodox (not conforming to accepted beliefs)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

28) Root: Homo

Definition: same

SAT Words:

● Homonym (a word spelled like another but with different meaning)

● Homogeneous (of the same kind)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

29) Root: Idio

Definition: peculiar, distinct

SAT Words:

● Idiosyncrasy (a peculiar behavior)

● Idiopathic (of unknown cause)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

30) Root: Judi

Definition: judge, lawyer

SAT Words:

● Judicial (relating to courts)

● Adjudicate (to make a formal judgment)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

31) Root: Ling

Definition: language

SAT Words:

● Linguist (a language specialist)

● Bilingual (speaking two languages)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

32) Root: Loqu

Definition: speak

SAT Words:

● Loquacious (talkative)

● Soliloquy (speaking one's thoughts aloud)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

33) Root: Magn

Definition: large, great

SAT Words:

● Magnify (to make larger)

● Magnitude (great size)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

34) Root: Mal

Definition: bad

SAT Words:

● Malfunction (fail to function normally)

● Malady (a disease)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

35) Root: Mut

Definition: change

SAT Words:

● Mutation (change in form)

● Commute (to reduce a sentence)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

36) Root: Ob

Definition: against

SAT Words:

● Obstruct (to block)

● Obstacle (something that blocks progress)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

37) Root: Phil

Definition: love

SAT Words:

● Philosophy (love of wisdom)

● Bibliophile (book lover)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

38) Root: Plac

Definition: calm

SAT Words:

● Implacable (unable to be calmed)

● Placebo (a harmless pill)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

39) Root: Re

Definition: back, again

SAT Words:

● Reiterate (to say again)

● Revive (to bring back to life)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

40) Root: Sagac

Definition: wise

SAT Words:

● Sagacity (wisdom)

● Sage (a wise person)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

41) Root: Sang

Definition: having to do with blood

SAT Words:

● Sanguine (optimistic)

● Consanguinity (blood relationship)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

42) Root: Sequ

Definition: follow

SAT Words:

● Sequence (order of events)

● Consequence (result)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

43) Root: Somn

Definition: sleep

SAT Words:

● Insomnia (inability to sleep)

● Somnolent (sleepy)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

44) Root: Tacit/Tic

Definition: be silent

SAT Words:

● Tacit (understood without being stated)

● Taciturn (not inclined to talk)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

45) Root: Troph

Definition: feed, grow

SAT Words:

● Atrophy (to waste away)

● Hypertrophy (excessive growth)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

46) Root: Ultim

Definition: last

SAT Words:

● Ultimate (final)

● Penultimate (second to last)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

47) Root: Vener

Definition: respectful

SAT Words:

● Veneration (great respect)

● Venerable (worthy of respect)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

48) Root: Vit

Definition: life

SAT Words:

● Vitality (energy; life force)

● Revitalize (to bring new life)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

49) Root: Voc

Definition: voice

SAT Words:

● Advocate (to support publicly)

● Vocalize (to express with words)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.

50) Root: Vol

Definition: fly, wish

SAT Words:

● Volition (the power of using one's will)

● Voluntary (done by free will)

Your Additional Words:

1.

2.

3.