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MAT word roots
Word Roots to Study for the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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) |