ssat roots Flashcards
a,an
Ex. amoral, asymmetrical, anarchy, anonymity, atrophy
not, without
AB, A
Ex. Abnegate, abortive, abrogate, abscond, absolve, aberration
from, away, apart
AC, ACR
ex. acid, acerbic, acute, exacerbate
sharp, sour
AD, A
Ex. adhere, adjacent, affluent, alleviate, aspire
to, toward
ALI, ALTR
ex. alias, alienate, inalienable
another
AM, AMI
ex. amorous, amiable, amity
love
AMBI, AMPHI
ex. ambiguous, ambidextrous, amphibious
both
AMBL, AMBUL
ex. amble, ambulatory, perambulator
walk
ANIM
ex. animal, animosity, unanimous, magnanimous
mind, spirit, breath
ANN, ENN
ex. annual, annuity, superannuated, biennial, perennial
year
ANTE, ANT
ex. antecedent, antediluvian, anticipate, anterior,
before
ANTHROP
ex. anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy
human
ANTI, ANT
ex. Antidote, antipathy, antagonist, antonym
against, opposite
AUD
ex. audio, audience, audition, audible
Hear
AUTO
ex. autobiography, autocrat, autonomous
self
BELLI, BELL
ex. belligerent, bellicose, rebellion, antebellum,
war
BENE, BEN
ex. benevolent, benefactor, beneficent, benign
good
BI
Ex. bicycle, bisect, bilateral, bisexual, bilingual
two
BIBLIO
ex. bible, bibliography, bibliophile
book
BIO
ex. biography, biology, symbiotic, macrobiotics
life
BURS
ex. reimburse, disburse, bursar
money, purse
CAD, CAS, CID
ex. accident, cadence cascade, deciduous
Happen, fall
CAP, CIP
ex. Captain, decapitate, precipitous, recipitate
Head
CAP, CAPT, CEPT, CIP
Ex. Capable, capacious, captivate, deception, intercept, precept, anticipate
Take, hold, seize
CARN
ex. carnal, carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnate,
flesh
CED, CESS
ex. cede, precede, accede, antecedent, cession, incessant, cease
yield, go
CHROM
Ex. Chrome, chromatic, monochrome
color
CHRON
EX. Chronology, chronic, anachronism
Time
CIDE
Ex. suicide, homicide, regicide, patricide
murder
CIRCUM
EX. circumference, circumscribe, circumvent, circumlocutions
around
CLIN, CLIV
ex. incline, declivity, proclivity
slope
CLUD, CLUS, CLAUS, CLOIS
ex. conclude, reclusive, claustrophobia, cloister, preclude, occlude
shut, close
CO, COM, CON
Ex. coeducation, coagulate, coalesce, coerce, cogent, collateral, colloquial, congress, concord, concur
with, together
COGN, GNO
Ex. recognize, cognition, ignorant, gnostic, prognosis, gnostic, diagnosis
know
CONTRA
ex. controversy, incontrovertible, contradict,
against
CORP
ex. Corpse, corporeal, corpulence,
body
COSMO, COSM
ex. cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm, macrocosm
World
ARCH
ex. monarch, matriarch
rule
CRAC, CRAT
ex. democracy, bureaucracy, theocracy, autocrat, aristocrat, technocrat
rule, power
CRED
ex. incredible, credulous, credence,
Trust, believe
CRESC, CRET
ex. crescent, crescendo, accretion
grow
CULP
ex. culprit, culpable, inculpate, exculpate
blame, fault
CURR, CURS
ex. current, concur, cursory, precursor, incursion
run
DE
ex. depart, debase, debilitate, declivity, decry, deface, defamatory, defunct, delegate, deplore, desist, deprecat
Down, out, apart
DEC
ex. decade, decathlon, decimal, decimate
ten, tenth
DEMO, DEM
Ex. democrat, demographics, demagogue, epidemic, pandemic, endemic
people
DI, DIURN
ex. diary, diurnal, quotidian
day
DIA
ex. diagonal, diatribe, diaphanous
across
DIC, DICT
ex. diction, interdict, predict, abdicate, indict, verdict, dicate
speak
DIS, DIF, DI
ex. disaffected, disband, disbar, disburse, discern, discredit, discordant, dispassionate, diverte, diffuse
not, apart, away
DOC, DOCT
Ex Doctrine, docile, doctrinaire
teach
DOL
ex. condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent
pain
DUC, DUCT
ex. seduce, induce, conduct, induct
lead
EGO
ex. Ego, egoist, egocentric
self
EN, EM
ex. enter, entice, encumber, empathy, embezzle
in, into
ERR
ex. erratic, aberration, errant
wander
EU
ex. eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, eurythmics,
well, good
EX, E
ex. Exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, exorcise, extort, evoke,
out, out of
FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA
ex. factory, facility, unify, fiction, confection, benficent
make, do
FAL, FALS
ex. false, infallible, fallacious,
deceive,
FERV
ex. fervent, fervid, effervescent
boil
FID
ex. confident, diffidence, perfidious, fidelity
faith, trust
FLU, FLUX
ex. Fluent, flux, affluent, confluence, superflous,
flow
FORE
forecast, foreboding, forestall
before
FRAG, FRAC
ex. fragment, fracture, diffract, refract
break
FUS
ex. profuse, infusion, diffuse
pour
GEN
ex. generation, congenital, homogeneous, ingenious, engender, progeny
birth, class, kin
GRAD, GRESS
ex. Graduate, Gradual, retrograde, transgress, progress, gradient
step
GRAPH, GRAM
ex. biography, bibliography, epigraph, grammar
writing
GRAT
ex. grateful, gratitude, ingrate, congratulate
pleasing
GRAV, GRIEV
ex. grave, gravity, aggravate, aggrieve, grievous
heavy
GREG
ex. segregate, gregarious, congregate, aggregate
crowd, flock
HABIT, HIBIT
ex. habit, inhibit, cohabit, habitat
have, hold
HAP
ex. happen, haphazard, hapless, mishap
by chance
HELIO, HELI
ex. heliocentric, helium, aphelion
sun
HETERO
ex. heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox
other
HOL
Ex. holocaust, catholic, holistic
Whole
HOMO (1 of 2)
ex. homosexual, homogenize, homonym
same
HOMO (1 of 2)
ex. homo sapiens, homicide, bonhomie
man
HYDR
ex. hydrant, hydrate, dehydration
water
HYPER
ex. hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperventilate
too much, excess
HYPO
ex. hypodermic, hypothermia, hypochondria, hypothesis, hypothetic
Too little, under
IN, IG, IL, IM, IR
ex. incorrigible, indefatigable, improvident, impassioned, implacable, ignorant, insipid, innumerable
not
IN, IL, IM, IR
ex. invade, inaugurate, incandescent, irritate, insinuate, illustrate
in, on, into
INTER
ex. interloper, intercept, interpose, intersect, intervene
between, among
INTRA, INTR
ex. intrastate, intravenous, intramural, intrinsic
within
IT, ITER
ex. transit, reiterate, transitory
between, among
JECT, JET
ex. eject, interject, abject, trajectory
throw
JOUR
ex. journal, adjourn, sojourn
day
JUD
ex. judge, judicious, prejudice, adjudicate
judge
JUNCT, JUG
ex. junction, adjunct, conjugal, subjugate
join
JUR
ex. jury, adjure, conjure, perjure, jurisprudence
swear, law
PEN
ex. peninsula, penultimate, penumbra
almost
PEND, PENS
ex. pendant, pendulous, compendium, suspense, propensity
almost
PER (1 of 2)
ex. perambulator, percipient, perfunctory, permeable, perspicacious, pertinacious, perturbation, perusal, perennial,
through, by, for, throughout
PER (2 of 2)
ex. perfidious, pernicious, perjure
against, destruction
PERI
ex. perimeter, periphery, peripatetic
around
PET
ex. petition, impetus, petulant, centripetal
Seek, go toward
PHIL
ex. philosopher, bibliophile, philology, philanderer
love
PHOB
ex. phobia, claustrophobia, xenophobia
fear
PHON
ex. phonograph, megaphone, euphony, phonetics, phonics
sound
PLAC
Ex. placate, implacable, placid, complacent
Calm, please
PON, POS
ex. postpone, proponent, exponent, preposition, posit, interpose, juxtaposition
put, place
PORT
ex. portable, deportment, rapport
carry
POT ( 1 of 2)
ex. potion, potable,
drink
POT (2 of 2)
ex. potential, potent, impotent, omnipotence
power
PRE
ex. precede, precipitate, Preclude, precocious, precursor, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, prescient
before
PRIM, PRI
ex. prime, primary, primeval, pristine
first
PRO
ex. proceed procrastinator, provoke, propose, prologue
ahead, forth
PROTO
ex. prototype, protagonist, protocol
first
PROX, PROP
ex. approximate, proximity, propinquity
near
PSEUDO
ex. pseudoscientific, pseudonym
false
PYR
ex. pyre, pyrotechnics, pyromania
fire
QUAD, QUAR, QUAT
ex. Quadrilateral, quadrant, quadruped, quarter, quarantine, quaternary
four
QUES, QUER, QUIS, QUIR
ex. quest, inquest, query querulous, inquisitive, inquiry
question
QUIE
ex. disquiet, acquiesce, squiescent, requiem
quiet
QUINT, QUIN
ex. quintuplets, quintessence
five
RADI, RAMI
ex. radius, radiate, radiant, eradicate, ramification
branch
RECT, REG
ex. rectangle, rectitude, rectify, regular
Straight, rule
REG
ex. regal, regent, interregnum
king, rule
RETRO
ex. Retrospective, retroactive, retrograde
backward
RID, RIS
ex. ridiculous, deride, derision
laugh
ROG
ex. interrogate, derogatory, abrogate, arrogate, arrogant
ask
RUD
Ex. Rude, rudimentary
rough, crude
RUPT
ex. disrupt, interrupt, rupture, erupt
break
SACR, SANCT
ex. sacred, acreage, consecrate, sanctify, sanction, sacrosanct
holy
SCRIB, SRIPT, SCRIV
ex. scribe, ascribe, circumscribe, script, manuscript, scrivener
write
SE
ex. separate, segregate, secede, sedition
apart, away
SEC, SECT, SEG
ex. sector, dissect, bisect, intersect, segment, secant
cut
SED, SID
ex. sedate, sedentary, supersede, reside, residence
sit
SEM
ex. seminar, seminal, disseminate
seed, sow
SEN
ex. senior, senile, senescent
old
SENT, SENS
ex. sentiment, sentient, nonsense, assent, sensual
feel, think
SEQU, SECU
ex. sequence, sequel, consecutive,
follow
SIM, SEM
ex. similar, verisimilitude, semblance, dissemble
similar, same
SIGN
ex. signal, designation, assignation
mark, sign
SIN
ex. sine curve, sinuous, insinuate
curve
SOL (1 of 2)
ex. solar, parasol, solarium, solstice
sun
SOL (2 of 2)
ex. solo, solitude, solipsism
alone
SOMN
ex. insomnia, somnolent, somnambulist
sleep
SON
ex. sonic, consonance, dissonance, resonate,
Sound
SOPH
ex. philosopher sophistry sophisticated, sophomoric
wisdom
SPEC, SPIC
ex. secreter, circumspect, retrospective, perspective
see, look
SPER
ex. prosper, prosperous, despair, desperate
hope
SPERS, SPAR
ex. disperse, aspersion, sparse, disparate
scatter
SPIR
ex. respire, inspire, spiritual, aspire, transpire
breathe
STRICT, STRING
ex. strict, stricture, constrict, singent, astringent
bind
STRUCT, STRU
ex. structure, obstruct, construe
build
SUB
ex. subconscious, subjugate, subliminal, subpoena, subsequent, subterranean, subvert
under
SUMM
ex. summit, summary, consummate
highest
SUPER, SUR
ex. supervise, supercilious, supersede, superannuated, superfluous, insurmountable, surfeit
above
SURGE, SURRECT
ex. surge, resurgent, insurrection, insurgent
rise
SYN, SYM
ex. synthesis, sympathy, synonym, synopsis
together
TACIT, TIC
ex. tacit, taciturn, reticent
silent
TACT, TAG, TANG
ex. tact, tactile, contagious, tangent, tangential, tangible
touch
TEN, TIN, TAIN
ex. detention, tenable, tenacious, pertinacious, retinue, retain
hold, twist
TEND, TENS, TENT
ex. intend, distend, tension, tensile, ostensible, contentious
stretch
TERM
ex. terminal, terminus, terminate, interminable
end
TERR
ex. terrain, terrestrial, subterranean
earth, land
TEST
ex. testify, attest, testimonial, testament, protestation
witness
THE
ex. atheist, theology, apotheosis, theocracy
god
THERM
ex. thermometer, thermal, thermonuclear, hypothermia
Heat
TIM
ex. timid, intimidate, timorous
fear, frightened
TOP
ex. topic, topography, utopia
place
TORP
ex. torpedo, torpid, torpor
stiff, numb
TORT
ex. Distort, extort, tortuous
twist
TOX
ex. toxic, toxin, intoxication
poison
TRACT
ex. tractor, protract, intractable
draw
TRANS
ex. transport, transgress, transient, translucent, transpire
across, over, through, beyond
TREM, TREP
ex. tremble, tremor, tremulous, trepidation, intrepid
shake
TURB
ex. disturb, turbulent, perturbation
shake
UMBR
ex. umbrella, umbrage, adumbrate, penumbra
shadow
UNI, UN
ex. unify, unilateral, unanimous
one
URB
ex. urban, suburban, urbane
city
VAC
ex. vacant, evacuate, vacuous
empty
VAL, VAIL
ex. valid, valor, ambivalent, convalescence, avail, prevail, countervail
value, strength
VEN, VENT
ex. convene, contravene, intervene, venue, advent
come
VER
ex. verify, verity, verisimilitude, veracious, aver, verdict
true
VERB
ex. verbal, verbose, verbiage, verbatim
word
VERT, VERS
ex. avert, convert, revert, divert, subvert, versatile, aversion
turn
VICT, VINC
ex. victory, conviction, evict, evince, invincible
conquer
VID, VIS
ex. evident, vision, visage, supervise
see
VIL
ex. vile, vilify, revile
base, mean
VIV, VIT
ex. vivid, convivial, vivacious, vital
life
VOC, VOK, VOW
ex. vocal, equivocate, convoke, evoke, invoke, avow
call, voice
VOL
ex. voluntary, malevolent, volition
wish
VOLV, VOLUT
ex. revolve, evolve, convoluted
turn, roll
VOR
ex. devour, carnivorous, omnivorous, voracious
eat
