SAT Words VIII Flashcards
neg-
- deny.
- negation: denial.
nomen-
- name.
- cognomen: surname, distinguishing nickname.
nov-
- new.
- novelty: newness.
omni-
- all.
- omnivorous: eating everything.
oper-
- to work.
- operate: work.
pac-
- peace.
- pacify: make peaceful.
pass-
- feel.
- impassive: showing no feeling.
pater, patr-
- father.
- paternity: fatherhood.
path-
- disease, feeling.
- pathology: study of diseased tissue.
ped, pod-
- foot.
- impediment: stumbling-block, hindrance.
ped-
- child.
- pediatrician: children’s doctor.
pel, puls-
- to drive.
- repel: drive back.
pet, petit-
- to seek.
- petition: request.
phil-
- love.
- philanderer: one involved in brief love affairs.
pon, posit-
- to place.
- postpone: place after.
port, portat-
- to carry.
- portable: able to be carried.
poten-
- able, powerful.
- impotent: powerless.
psych-
- mind.
- psychopath: mentally ill person.
put, putat-
- to trim, to calculate.
- computation: calculation.
quer, ques, quir, quis-
- to ask.
- inquiry: investigation.
reg, rect-
- rule.
- regent: ruler.
rid, ris-
- to laugh.
- ridiculous: deserving to be laughed at.
rog, rogat-
- to ask.
- interrogate: question.
rupt-
- to break.
- rupture: a break.
sacr-
- holy.
- sacred: holy.
sci-
- to know.
- science: knowledge.
scop-
- watch, see.
- microscope: device for seeing small objects.
scrub, script-
- to write.
- script: written text.
sect-
- cut.
- bisect: cut into two pieces.
