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500 SAT Roots
Popular Latin & Greek roots
Term | Definition |
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a/an (anomaly/anion) | not, without |
ab/a (abdicate, abnormal) | from, away, apart |
ac/acr (acrid/acerbic) | sharp, sour |
ad/a (advantage, adventure) | to, towards |
ali/altr (alias, alibi) | another |
am/ami (amity, amiable) | love |
ambi/amphi (amphibian, ambidextrous) | both |
ambl/ambul (perambulate, amble) | walk |
anim (animate, animal) | mind, spirit, breath |
ann/enn (annual, anniversary) | year |
ante/ant (antecedent, antebellum) | before |
anthrop (anthropology, anthropomorphic) | human |
anti/ant (antibiotic, antonym) | against, opposite |
aud (audio, audible) | hear, sound |
auto (autobiography, automatic) | self |
belli/bell (belligerent, bellicose) | war |
bene/ben (benefit, benediction) | good |
bi (bicycle, bimonthly) | two |
biblio (bibliography, bibliophile) | book |
bio (biology, antibiotic) | life |
burs (reimburse, bursar) | money, purse |
cad/cas/cid (accident, cascade) | happen, fall |
cap/cip (captain, decapitate) | head |
carn (carnage, carnivore) | flesh |
cap/capt/cept/cip (capable, capture) | take, hold, seize |
ced/cess (precede, recess) | yield, go |
chrom (chromatic, monochrome) | color |
chron (chronic, chronological) | time |
cide (suicide, homicide) | cut, kill |
circum (circumstance, circumference) | around |
clin/cliv (incline, proclivity) | slope |
clud/clus/claus/clois (conclude, reclusive) | shut, close |
co/com/con (compassion, concur) | with, together |
cogn/gno (recognize, ignorant) | know |
contra (contravene, controversy) | against |
corp (corpse, corporeal) | body |
cosmo/cosm (microcosm, cosmopolitan) | world |
crac/crat (democracy, aristocrat) | rule, power |
cred (incredible, credulous) | trust, believe |
cresc/cret (crescent, crescendo) | grow |
culp (culpable, exculpate) | blame, fault |