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SAT Root Words 3
SAT root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GRAV,GRIEV | heavy (grave,gravity,aggravate,grievous) |
| GREG | crowd,flock (segregate,congregate,aggregate) |
| HABIT,HIBIT | have,hold (habit,cohabit,habitat,inhibit) |
| HAP | by chance (happen,haphazard,mishap) |
| HELIO,HELI | sun (heliocentric,heliotrope,helium) |
| HETERO | other (heterogeneous,heterodox) |
| HOL | whole (holocaust,catholic,holistic) |
| HOMO | same (homogenize,homogeneous,homonym) |
| HOMO | man (homo sapiens,homicide,bonhomie) |
| HYDRA | water (hydrant,hydrate,dehydration) |
| HYPER | too much,excess (hyperactive,hyperbole,hyperventilate) |
| HYPO | too little,under (hypodermic,hypothermia,hypothesis) |
| IN,IG,IL,IM,IR | not (ignorant,inert,insolvent,interminable,intractable, impeccable,irregular,impotent) |
| IN,IL,IM,IR | in,on,into (invade,induct,infer,inter,illustrate,immerse) |
| INTER | between,among (intercept,interject,intervene,interrogate) |
| INTRA,INTR | within (intraste,intravenous,intramural) |
| IT,ITER | between,among (transit,transitory,reiterate) |
| JECT,JET | throw (eject,interject,trajectory,abject) |
| JOUR | day (journal,adjourn,sojourn) |
| JUD | judge (judge,judicious,prejudice) |
| JUNCT,JUG | join (junction,subjugate,adjunct) |
| JUR | swear,law (jury,abjure,conjure,adjure,perjure) |
| LAT | side (lateral,collateral,quadrilateral) |
| LAV,LAU,LU | wash (lavatory,laundry,ablution) |
| LEG,LEC,LEX | read,speak (legible,lecture,lexicon) |
| LEV | light (elevate,levitate,alleviate) |
| LIBER | free (liberty,liberal,libertarian,libertine) |
| LIG,LECT | choose,gather (eligible,elect,select) |
| LIG,LI,LY | bind (ligament,oblige,religion,liable,ally) |
| LING,LANG | tongue (lingo,language,linguistics,bilingual) |
| LITER | letter (literate,alliteration,literal) |
| LITH | stone (monolith,lithograph,megalith) |
| LOQU,LOC,LOG | speech,thought (eloquent,loquacious,colloquial,circumlocution,monologue,dialogue,eulogy) |
| LUC,LUM | light (lucid,translucent,illuminate) |