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MAT word roots
Word Roots to Study for the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
Term | Definition |
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act | do (react) |
alter | other (alterego--other self) |
am | love (amative--loving) |
anim | mind, spirit (animism--belief in the soul) |
annu | year (annual) |
arch | rule (archangel) |
auto | self (autograph |
bell | war (belligerent) |
ben | good (benefactor) |
cad | fall or die (cadaver) |
capit | head (capitol) |
ceed | go (exceed--go past expectations) |
chrono | time (chronograph--stopwatch) |
cis | cut (incise) |
claim | shout (proclaim, exclaim) |
cred | believe (credence) |
cur | run (curator) |
dem | people (demagogue--crowd-pleasing speaker) |
dic | say (diction) |
doc | teach (document) |
duc | lead (viaduct, conductor0 |
eu | well (euphoria) |
fac | to make (factotum--someone who does different jobs) |
fer | carry (ferry) |
fin | end |
flect | bend (reflect--bend light; genuflect) |
fort | strong |
frag | break |
gen | race (genocide) |
gress | step (progress) |
ject | throw (eject, inject) |
leg | law |
log | speech (epilogue) |
lum | light (luminescence) |
mag | big |
mal | bad |
mit | send (transmit) |
morph | shape (metamorphic, morphology) |
mut | change (mutate) |
nat | born (natal) |
nom | name |
nov | new |
omni | all |
path | feel (empathic) |
ped | foot |
phil | love |
port | carry |
rid | laugh (ridicule) |
sci | know (conscious) |
scrib | write (inscribe0 |
sens | feel (sensation) |
sol | sun OR alone (desolate, dissolve) |
spec | look |
tain | hold |
tract | pull (tractor) |
ven | come |
ver | truth (see) (veracity) |
vis | see (visor) |
viv | life |
voc | call (vociferate) |
vol | wish (volition) |