SAT vocabulary 4/3/13

Question 1

neg

Answer 1

deny

negation: denial
renege: deny, go back on one’s word
renegade: turncoat, traitor

Question 2

nomen

Answer 2

name

nomenclature: act of naming, terminology
nominal: in name only (As opposed to actual)
cognomen: surname, distinguishing nickname

Question 3

nov

Answer 3

new

novice: beginner
renovate: make new again
novelty: newneness

Question 4

omni

Answer 4

all

omniscient: all knowing
omnipotent: all powerful
omnivorous: eating everything

Question 5

oper

Answer 5

to work

operate: work
cooperation: working together

Question 6

pac

Answer 6

peace

pacify: make peaceful
pacific: peaceful
pacifist: person opposed to war

Question 7

pass

Answer 7

feel

dispassionate: free of emotion
impassioned: emotion-filled
impassive: showing no feeling

Question 8

pater, patr

Answer 8

father

patriotism: love of one’s country (fatherland)
patriarch: male ruler of a family, group, or state
paternity: fatherhood

Question 9

path

Answer 9

disease, feeling

pathology: study of diseased tissue
apathetic: lacking feeling; indifferent
antipathy: hostile feeling

Question 10

ped, pod

Answer 10

foot

impediment: stumbling-block; hindrance
tripod: three-footed stand
quadruped: four-footed animal

Question 11

ped

Answer 11

child

pedagogue: teacher or children
pediatrician: children’s doctor

Question 12

pel, puls

Answer 12

to drive

compulsion: a forcing to do
repel: drive back
expel: drive out, banish

Question 13

pet, petit

Answer 13

to seek

petition: request
appetite: craving, desire
compete: vie with others

Question 14

phil

Answer 14

love
philanthropist: benefactor, lover of humanity
Anglophile: lover of everything English
philanderer: one involved in brief love affairs

Question 15

pon,posit

Answer 15

to place

postpone: place, after
positive: definite, unquestioned (definitely placed)

Question 16

port, porat

Answer 16

to carry

portable: able to be carried
transport: carry across
export: carry out (of country)

Question 17

poten

Answer 17

able, powerful

omnipotent: all-powerful
potentate: powerful person
impotent: powerless

Question 18

psych

Answer 18

mind

psychology: study of the mind
psychosis: mental disorder
psychopath: mentally ill person

Question 19

put, putat

Answer 19

to trim, to calculate

putative: supposed (calculated)
computation: calculation
amputate: cut off

Question 20

quer, ques, quir, quis

Answer 20

to ask

inquiry: investigation
inquisitive: questioning
query: question

Question 21

reg, rect

Answer 21

rule

regicide: murder of a ruler
regent: ruler
insurrection: rebellion; overthrow of a ruler

Question 22

rid, ris

Answer 22

to laugh

derision: scorn
risibility: inclination to laughter
ridiculous: deserving to be laughed at

Question 23

rog, rogat

Answer 23

to ask

interrogate: question
prerogative: privilege

Question 24

rupt

Answer 24

to break

interrupt: break into
bankrupt: insolvent
rupture: a break

Question 25

sacr

Answer 25

holy

sacred: holy
sacrilegious: impious, violating something holy
sacrament: religious act

Question 26

sci

Answer 26

to know

science: knowledge
omniscient: knowing all
conscious: aware

Question 27

scop

Answer 27

watch, see

periscope: device for seeing around corners
microscope: device for seeing small objects

Question 28

scrib, script

Answer 28

to write

transcribe: make a written copy
script: written text
circumscribe: write around, limit

Question 29

sect

Answer 29

cut

dissect: cut apart
bisect: cut into two pieces