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SAT Roots

a set of roots common to words on the SAT

TermDefinition
ambu walk, move ex: ambulatory/ somnambulist
andro man ex: android/androgynous
anthro human, mankind ex: anthropology/misanthrope
bellu, belli war, fight ex: belligerent/postbellum
carn flesh ex: carnivore/ incarnation/ carnal
clam, claim shout ex: clamor/acclaim
clin lean, bend ex: inclination/ decline
clud, clus, claus to close, shut ex: recluse/exclude/claustrophobia
cred trust, belief ex: credulous(naive)/ credible
demo people ex: demogague/democracy
dog,dox thought, idea ex: orthodox/paradox/ dogma/dogmatic
duc, duct to lead,pull ex: viaduct/aqueduct
ev time,age ex: medieval/ primeval/coeval
fac to do or make ex: facile/ facilitate/ manufacture
fiss break, part ex: fissure/ fission
flict strike ex: inflict/ affliction
fort strength ex: fortify/fortitude/forte
fract,frag, frai break ex: fragment/frail/refractory
gnos knowledge ex: diagnosis/prognosis/agnostic(doesn't know god exists)
grad,gress to go ex: progress/regress/digresses/retrograde
greg group,herd ex: gregarious/ segregate/egregious
gyn woman ex: gynecologist/misogynist
her,hes to stick ex: adhesive/coherent/cohesion/ hesitate
jac, ject to throw ex: ejector/project/ trajectory/dejected
loq,log,loc,lix speech, talk ex: loquacious/dialogue/prolix/ elocution/eloquent
luc,lum,lus light,clear ex: luminous/ elucidate/lustrous
meta change,transformation ex: metamorphosis/ metastasis
morph shape ex: amorphous/ morphology
mut change ex: mutated/immutable
narco sleep ex: narcotic/ narcolepsy
omni all ex: omnipotent/omniscient/omnivorous
oper work ex: inoperable/opus/opera
pac peace, calm ex: pacifier
path feeling ex: pathetic/antipathy/sympathize
phon sound ex: cacophony/euphony/antiphony
plac peace, calm, soothe ex: placate/implacable
pug war, fight ex: pugnacious/pugilist
rupt break ex: ruptures/erupts/corrupts
sanct holy ex: sanctify/ sanctuary/sanctimonious/sacrosanct
scien knowlege ex: prescient/prognosticator
senti feeling ex: sentimental/insentient/sentinel
somn sleep ex: insomnia
son sound ex: sonic/dissonance
sop sleep ex: soporific
soph wise ex: philosophy/ sophisticated
spec look ex: circumspect
term limit, boundary, end ex: terminate. exterminate, interminable
terr earth ex: terrarium/extraterrestrial/interred/interment
theo god ex: theology/atheist/polytheist/theonomous
ven come ex: convention/conventional/intervene
vid,vis to see ex: visage/ visor/videophone
voc, voke call ex: vocalize/ provoke/equivocates
volv, volt, vol roll, turn ex: evolution
xen stranger, foreigner ex:xenophobic/ xenophile
Created by: christinay
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