SAT Flashcards OCTUBER/NOVEMBER

Question 1

aqua-

Answer 1

• water

- Ex. aqueduct (passageway for conducting water),aquatic (living in water), aqua fortis (nitric acid)

Question 2

arch-

Answer 2

• ruler, first

- Ex. arhaaeology (study of first things), monarch (sole ruler), anarchy (lack of government)

Question 3

aster-

Answer 3

• star

- Ex. astronomy (study of the stars), asterick (*), disaster (catastrophe)

Question 4

aud-, audit-

Answer 4

• hear

- Ex. audible (able to be heard), auditorium (place where people may be heard), audience (hearers)

Question 5

auto-

Answer 5

• self

- Ex. autocracy (rule by one person), automobile (vehicle that moves by itself), autobiography (story of one’s own life)

Question 6

belli-

Answer 6

• war

- Ex. bellicose (inclined to fight), belligerent (inclined to wage war), rebellious (resisting authority)

Question 7

ben-, bon-

Answer 7

• good

- Ex. benefactor (one who does good deeds), benevolence (charity), bonus(something xtra above regular pay)

Question 8

biblio-

Answer 8

• book

- Ex. bibliography (list of books), bibliophile (lover of books), Bible (The Book)

Question 9

breve-

Answer 9

• short

- Ex. brevity (briefness), abbreivate (shorten), breviloquent (marked by brevity of speech)

Question 10

bio-

Answer 10

• life
• Ex. biography (writing about person’s life), biology (study of living things), biochemist (student of the chemistry of living things)

Question 11

cad-, cas-

Answer 11

• to fall

- Ex. decadent (deteriorating), cadence (intonation, musical movement), cascade (waterfall)

Question 12

cap-, capt-, cept-, cip-

Answer 12

• to take

- Ex. capture (seize), participate (take part), precept (wise saying)

Question 13

capit-, capt-

Answer 13

• head

- Ex. decapitate (remove someone’s head), captain (chief)

Question 14

carn-

Answer 14

• flesh

- carnivorous (flesh-eating), carnage (destruction of life), carnal (fleshly)

Question 15

ced-

Answer 15

• to yield, to go

- Ex. recede (go back, witdraw), antecedent (that which goes before), process (go forward)

Question 16

celer-

Answer 16

• swift

- Ex. celerity (swiftness), decelerate (reduce swiftness), accelerate (increase swiftness)

Question 17

cent-

Answer 17

• one hundred

- Ex. century (one hundred years), centennial (hundredth anniversary), centipede (many footed, wingless animal)

Question 18

chron-

Answer 18

• time

- Ex. chronology (timetable of events), anachronism (a thing out of time)