SAT Words IX Flashcards
sed, sess-
- to sit.
- sedentary: inactive (sitting).
sent, sens-
- to think, to feel.
- consent: agree.
sequi, secut, seque-
- to follow.
- sequence: arrangement.
solv, solut-
- to loosen.
- absolve: free from blame.
somn-
- sleep.
- insomnia: inability to sleep.
soph-
- wisdom.
- sophisticated: worldly wise.
spec, spect-
- to look at.
- spectator: observer.
spir-
- breathe.
- respiratory: pertaining to breathing.
string, strict-
- bind.
- constrict: become tight.
stru, struct-
- build.
- constructive: helping to build.
tang, tact, ting-
- to touch.
- tangent: touching.
tempor-
- time.
- contemporary: at same time.
ten, tent-
- to hold.
- tenable: able to be held.
term-
- end.
- terminate: end.
terr-
- land.
- terrestrial: pertaining to earth.
therm-
- heat.
- thermostat: instrument that regulates heat.
tors, tort-
- twist.
- distort: twist out of true shape or meaning.
tract-
- drag, pull.
- distract: pull (one’s attention) away.
trud, trus-
- push, shove.
- intrude: push one’s way in.
urb-
- city.
- urban: pertaining to a city.
vac-
- empty.
- evacuate: compel to empty an area.
vad, vas-
- go.
- invade: enter in a hostile fashion.
veni, vent, ven-
- to come.
- intervene: come between.
ver-
- true.
- verify: check the truth.
verb-
- word.
- verbatim: word for word.
vers, vert-
- turn.
- revert: turn back (to an earlier state).
via-
- way.
- viaduct: roadway (arched).
vid, vis-
- to see.
- vision: sight.
vinc, vict, vanq-
- to conquer.
- vanquish: defeat.
