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SSAT_roots
SSAT roots
Question | Answer |
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Aqua, aque | water |
auto | self |
biblio | book |
bio | life |
cap | take |
ible/able | changes words into adjectives |
chron | time |
cide, cis | cut |
ize | changes words into verbs |
cog, cogn | knowledge of |
visualize | make a mental picture |
duce, duct | lead |
fact, fect, fict | make, do |
affectation | something made up; a pretense |
flect, flex | bend, turn |
fring, fract | break |
graph, gram | picture or writing |
greg | group, gather |
gress, grad | move (2) |
hydr | water |
Ject | throw |
junct | join |
juris | law, justice |
logue | speaking, speech |
loq, loc | talk, speak |
mand | order, command |
manu | hand |
mem, ment: | Mind, memory |
commemorate | to remember with |
demented | out of one's mind |
reminisce | to call back memories |
mis, miss, mit | send |
emit | to send out |
remission | state of being sent back |
transmit | to send across |
ped, pod, | foot |
pel, pulse | drive, push |
pend, pense | hang, weigh |
plac | please |
biped | animal that walks on two feet |
pedestrian | person who is walking |
podiatrist | foot doctor |
tripod | an object with three feet |
dispel | to drive away |
propel | to push forward |
repel | to push back |
appendix | part that hangs, portion of book in the back |
impending | hanging over something |
suspend | to hang from |
implacable | not able to be pleased or appeased |
placate | to please |
fictictious | made up, not true |
vers/vert | turning |
contra | against |
contrary | turn back |
contrary | stubbornly against |
versus | against |
vertigo | spinning, turning sensation |
avert | turn sideways or away, ward off |
introvert | a person who is turned inward, not social |
cosmopolitan | representative of many countries |
poli | belonging to city or government |
gen | belonging to family or race |
nat | belonging to birthplace or nation |
metropolitan | having to do with city |
policy | plan of action or governing principle |
spir | breath, alive |
photo | light |
flam | fire |
flammable | able to catch fire |
photosynthesis | Using sunlight |
spirited | very alive, lively |
respiration | act of breathing |
deplorable | aweful, terrible |