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500 SAT Roots
Popular Latin & Greek roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |