50 Common Word Roots Flashcards
root ‘ab’
away
Related SAT words include abrogate, abstain.
root ‘ambi’
both
Related SAT words include ambidextrous, ambivalent.
root ‘ambul’
move or walk
Related SAT words include ambulate, somnambulate.
root ‘ami’
love
Related SAT words include amiable, amicable, amity.
root ‘contra’
against
Related SAT words include contradict, contraposition.
root ‘cred’
believe
Related SAT words include credible, credulous, incredulous.
root ‘crypt’
hidden
Related SAT words include cryptic, decrypt, encrypt.
root ‘cycl’
circle or ring
Related SAT words include cycloid, cyclone, cyclotron.
root ‘dem’
people
Related SAT words include demagogue, democracy, demography.
root ‘derm’
skin
Related SAT words include dermatology, hypodermic, intradermal.
root ‘dict’
speak
Related SAT words include edict, indict, malediction.
root ‘domin’
master
Related SAT words include dominant, domineering, dominion.
root ‘dur’
hard
Related SAT words include durable, endurance, obdurate.
root ‘ego’
I, self
Related SAT words include alter ego, egomaniacal, egotistical.
root ‘esth’
feeling
Related SAT words include aesthetic, anesthetic.
root ‘extra’
outside
Related SAT words include extralegal, extraneous, extrapolate.
root ‘fid’
faith
Related SAT words include confidant, fidelity, perfidy.
root ‘flect’
bend
Related SAT words include deflect, genuflect, inflection.
root ‘flor’
flower
Related SAT words include efflorescence, florid.
root ‘fract/frag’
break
Related SAT words include fracture, fragile, refract.
root ‘fug’
run away
Related SAT words include fleeting, refugee, subterfuge.
root ‘gen’
birth, production
Related SAT words include genesis, genteel, progeny.
root ‘gram’
something written
Related SAT words include epigram, monogram, phonogram.
root ‘graph’
to write
Related SAT words include bibliography, cosmography, typography.
root ‘grat’
pleasing
Related SAT words include gratify, gratuitous, ingratiate.
root ‘gress’
to step, to go
Related SAT words include digress, egress, transgress.
root ‘hetero’
different
Related SAT words include heterodox, heterogeneous, heteromorphic.
root ‘homo’
same
Related SAT words include homogeneous, homologous, homophone.
root ‘idio’
peculiar, distinct
Related SAT words include idiom, idiosyncrasy.
root ‘judi’
judge, lawyer
Related SAT words include adjudicate, judicial, judicious.
root ‘ling’
language
Related SAT words include linguist, linguistics.
root ‘loqu’
speak
Related SAT words include colloquial, eloquent, loquacious.
root ‘magn’
large, great
Related SAT words include magnanimous, magnate, magnitude.
root ‘mal’
bad
Related SAT words include malcontent, malevolent, malign.
root ‘mut’
change
Related SAT words include immutable, permutation, transmute.
root ‘ob’
against
Related SAT words include obdurate, obtrusive.
root ‘phil’
love
Related SAT words include philanthropist, philosophy, technophile.
root ‘plac’
calm
Related SAT words include complacent, placate, placid.
root ‘re’
back, again
Related SAT words include relegate, remunerate, renege.
root ‘sagac’
wise
Related SAT words include sagacious, sagacity.
root ‘sang’
having to do with blood
Related SAT words include sanguinary, sanguine.
root ‘sequ’
follow
Related SAT words include consequently, obsequious, subsequent.
root ‘somn’
sleep
Related SAT words include insomnia, somnambulate, somnolent.
root ‘tac/tic’
be silent
Related SAT words include reticent, tacit, taciturn.
root ‘troph’
feed, grow
Related SAT words include autotroph, heterotroph.
root ‘ultim’
last
Related SAT words include penultimate, ultimate, ultimatum.
root ‘vener’
respectful
Related SAT words include venerable, venerate, veneration.
root ‘vit’
life
Related SAT words include vitality.
root ‘voc’
voice
Related SAT words include advocate, invocation, vociferous.
root ‘vol’
fly, wish
Related SAT words include benevolent, volition, voluntary.
