SAT Words VIII

Question 1

neg-

Answer 1

• deny.

- negation: denial.

Question 2

nomen-

Answer 2

• name.

- cognomen: surname, distinguishing nickname.

Question 3

nov-

Answer 3

• new.

- novelty: newness.

Question 4

omni-

Answer 4

• all.

- omnivorous: eating everything.

Question 5

oper-

Answer 5

• to work.

- operate: work.

Question 6

pac-

Answer 6

• peace.

- pacify: make peaceful.

Question 7

pass-

Answer 7

• feel.

- impassive: showing no feeling.

Question 8

pater, patr-

Answer 8

• father.

- paternity: fatherhood.

Question 9

path-

Answer 9

• disease, feeling.

- pathology: study of diseased tissue.

Question 10

ped, pod-

Answer 10

• foot.

- impediment: stumbling-block, hindrance.

Question 11

ped-

Answer 11

• child.

- pediatrician: children’s doctor.

Question 12

pel, puls-

Answer 12

• to drive.

- repel: drive back.

Question 13

pet, petit-

Answer 13

• to seek.

- petition: request.

Question 14

phil-

Answer 14

• love.

- philanderer: one involved in brief love affairs.

Question 15

pon, posit-

Answer 15

• to place.

- postpone: place after.

Question 16

port, portat-

Answer 16

• to carry.

- portable: able to be carried.

Question 17

poten-

Answer 17

• able, powerful.

- impotent: powerless.

Question 18

psych-

Answer 18

• mind.

- psychopath: mentally ill person.

Question 19

put, putat-

Answer 19

• to trim, to calculate.

- computation: calculation.

Question 20

quer, ques, quir, quis-

Answer 20

• to ask.

- inquiry: investigation.

Question 21

reg, rect-

Answer 21

• rule.

- regent: ruler.

Question 22

rid, ris-

Answer 22

• to laugh.

- ridiculous: deserving to be laughed at.

Question 23

rog, rogat-

Answer 23

• to ask.

- interrogate: question.

Question 24

rupt-

Answer 24

• to break.

- rupture: a break.

Question 25

sacr-

Answer 25

• holy.

- sacred: holy.

Question 26

sci-

Answer 26

• to know.

- science: knowledge.

Question 27

scop-

Answer 27

• watch, see.

- microscope: device for seeing small objects.

Question 28

scrub, script-

Answer 28

• to write.

- script: written text.

Question 29

sect-

Answer 29

• cut.

- bisect: cut into two pieces.