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Common Roots
Root Words for the ACT/SAT
Question | Answer |
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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 |