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Common Roots
Root Words for the ACT/SAT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ag,act | do action, activity, agent |
| ambul | walk, move ambulance, ambulatory, amble |
| ami, amo | love amiable, amorous |
| anim | mind, soul, spirit animal, animate, unanimous |
| anthro | human anthropology, philanthropy |
| aud, audit | hear audible, auditorium, audience |
| auto | self automobile, autobiography, autograph |
| beli | war belligerent, rebellious, bellicose |
| ben | good benefactor, beneficial, benevolence |
| biblio | book bibliography, Bible |
| bio | life biography, biology |
| carn | flesh, meat carnivore, carnal, incarnate |
| chron | time chronic, chronology, synchronize |
| cid, cis | cut, kill incision, homicide, insecticide |
| civi | citizen civilization, civilian, civil |
| corp | body corporation, corporeal, corpse |
| dem | people democracy, demographic |
| dic, dict | speak dictate, contradict, prediction, verdict |
| domin | master dominant, domain, domineering |
| err | wander error, erratic, errand |
| eu | good, beautiful eulogize, euphoria, euphemism |
| fall, fals | deceive fallacious, infallible, falsify |
| fid | faith fidelity, confide, confidence |
| graph, gram | writing grammar, telegraph, graphite |
| loqu, locut | talk soliloquy, loquacious, elocution |
| luc | light elucidate, lucid, translucent |
| magn | great magnify, magnate, magnanimous |
| mal | bad malevolent, malediction, malicious |
| mori, mort | die mortuary, immortal, moribund |
| morph | shape, form amorphous, metamorphosis |
| nat | born innate, natal, nativity |
| nom | name misnomer, nominal |
| omni | all omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous |
| pac, pas, pax | peace pacify, pacific, pacifist, passive |
| path, pass | disease, feeling pathology, sympathetic, apathy, antipathy |
| phil | love philanthropist, philosophy, philanderer |
| port | carry portable, porter, transport, export |
| poten | able, powerful potential, omnipotent, potentate, impotent |
| psych | mind psyche, psychology, psychosis, psychopath |
| reg, rect | rule regicide, regime, regent, insurrection |
| sacr, secr | holy sacred, sacrilegious, sacrament, consecrate |
| scribe, script | write scribe, describe, script |
| somn | sleep insomnia, somnolent, somnambulist |
| spec, spic | see, look spectators, spectacles, retrospect, conspicuous |
| tang, tact, ting | touch tactile, tangent, contact, contingent |
| terr | land terrain, terrestrial, subterranean |
| urb | city urban, urbane, suburban |
| vac | empty vacation, vacuous, evacuate, vacant |
| ver | truth veracity, verify, veracious |
| verb | word verbose, verbatim, proverb |
| viv, vit | alive revival, vivacious, vitality |