Greek Latin SAT Roots Flashcards
Acr/acu/acer
sharp
Altr/alie
others
Ami/amor
love, friend
Ambl
to walk
Anim
spirit
Ann/ enn
year
Anthro
humanity
Arch
chief, first, top, arched
Aud
sound
Belli
war
Biblio
books
Bio
life
Burs
money
Cad/cas/cis
event, fall
Cap/cip
head
Carn
flesh
Ced/cess
to go
Chrom
color
Chron
time
Clud/clust/clois/claus
close
Cogn/gno
to know
Corp
body
Cosm
world
Crac/crat
government, rule
Cred
belief
Cresc
growing
Culp
blame
Curr/curs
running
Dec
ten
Dem
people
Di/diurn
day
Dict
to speak
Doct/dox
to teach
Duc/duct
to lead
Dol
sad
Ego
I, self
Err
wander
Fid
trust
Flux/flu
flow
Frag/frac
break
Fus
to pour
Gen
birth; kind; type
Grad/gress
step up or forward
Graph/gram
to write
Grat
pleasing
Grav/griev
heavy
Greg
group
Hap
occur
Homo
human
Hydr
water
Jet/ject
throw
Jour
day
Junc/jug
connect
Jur
law/legal
Leg/lec/lex
speech
Lev
light (as in weight, not illumination)
Loq/log
to speak/logic
Lus/lud
play/trick
Lum/luc
light (illumination, not weight.)
Mag/max/maj/mas
big
Matr/mater
mother
Mem/min
memory
Moll
soothe
Morb/mort
death
Mod
amount/measure
Morph
shape
Nat/nasc
new
Nau/nav
sea, ship
Nom/nym
name
Nox/noc/nic
harm
Oner
burden
Pac/plac
place
Pater/part
father
Path/pass
feeling
Ped/pod
foot or child
Pel/puls
drive
Poten
power
Prim/pri
first
Pyr
fire
Ques/quer/quis
to ask, lead
Quie
quiet
Rect/reg
straight
Rid/ris
laugh
Rud
rough
Rupt
break
Sacr/sanct
holy
Scrib/script
write
Sect
cut
Sed/sid
sit
Sent/sens
feel
Sequ/secu
follow
Sim
same
Sol
lone or sun
Somn
sleep
Soph
wisdom
Spec/spic
see
Spir
breath
Stru/struct
build
Sum
summit
Surge/surrect
push/rise
Tact/tag/ting
touch
Tun/tain
hold
Term
end
Terra
earth
Theo
god
Therm
heat
Tim
fear
Tort
twist
Tract
drag/pull
Trem/trep
shake
Urb
city
Vac
empty
Val/vail
strength
Ver
truth
Verb
words
Vers/vert
turn
Vin/vict
win
Vid/vis
sight
Vil
base
Viv/vit
life
Voc/vok/vow
call
Vol
wish
Volv/volut
turn
Vor/vour
eat