PSAT stem/root/suffix Prep Flashcards
ab-/abs-
from/away from
ex: abduct (lead AWAY)
ad-
To/forward
ex: adit (entrance)
ac-
to/forward
ex: accord (agreement/harmony)
af-
To/forward
ex: affliction (distress)
ag-
to/forward
ex: aggregation (collection)
an-
to/forward
ex: annexation (add to)
ap-
to/forward
ex: apparition (ghost)
as-
to/forward
ex: assumption
at-
to/forward
ex: attendance (presence)
ar-
to/forward
ex: arraignment (indictment)
ambi-
both
ex: ambivalent (having 2 conflicting emotions)
an- / a-
without
ex: amoral (without moral sense)
ante-
before
ex: antecedent (preceding event/word)
anti-
against/opposite
ex: antipathy (hatred)
arch-
chief, first
ex: archetype (original)
be-
over, thoroughly
ex: bedaub (smear over)
bi-
two
ex: bicameral (composed of 2 houses (two))
cata-
down
ex: cataract (waterfall)
circum-
around
ex: circumspect (cautious, looking around)
com-
with/together
ex: commerce (trade WITH)
co-
with/together
ex: coeditor
col-
with/together
ex: collateral (subordinate, connected)
con-
with/together
ex: conference
cor-
with/together
corroborate (confirm)
contra-
contro-
against
ex: contravene (conflict with)
de-
down/away
ex: decant (pour off)
demi-
partly, half
di-
two
ex: dichotomy (division into 2 parts)
dia-
across
ex: diagonal
dis-
not, apart
ex: disparity (condition of inequality/difference)
dif-
not, apart
ex: difference
dys-
faulty, bad
ex: dyspepsia (indigestion)
ex-
out
ex: extirpate (root out)
e-
out
ex: eject
extra-
extro-
beyond, outside
ex: extraterritorial (beyond a nation’s bounds)
hyper-
above; excessively
ex: hyperbole (exaggeration)
hypo-
beneath; lower
ex: hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
in-
Not
ex: inarticulate (not clear)
il-
not
ex: illegible