SAT: 238 Root Words
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dtpho65 on September 15, 2012
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This is a set of 238 different root words and there meanings. Knowing roots of words can help you in two ways. First, instead of learning one word at a time, you can learn a whole group of words that contain a certain root. They'll be realted in meaning so if you remember one, it'll be eas (see more)
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238 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a/an | not, without |
| ab/a | from, away, apart |
| ac/acr | sharp, sour |
| ad/a | to, towards |
| ali/altr | another |
| am/ami | love |
| ambi/amphi | both |
| ambl/ambul | walk |
| anim | mind, spirit, breath |
| ann/enn | year |
| ante/ant | before |
| anthrop | human |
| anti/ant | against, opposite |
| aud | hear |
| auto | self |
| belli/bell | war |
| bene/ben | good |
| bi | two |
| biblio | book |
| bio | life |
| burs | money, purse |
| cad/cas/cid | happen, fall |
| cap/cip | head |
| carn | flesh |
| cap/capt/cept/cip | take, hold, seize |
| ced/cess | yield, go |
| chrom | color |
| chron | time |
| cide | murder |
| circum | around |
| clin/cliv | slope |
| clud/clus/claus/clois | shut, close |
| co/com/con | with, together |
| cogn/gno | know |
| contra | aginst |
| corp | body |
| cosmo/cosm | world |
| crac/crat | rule, power |
| cred | trust, believe |
| cresc/cret | grow |
| culp | blame, fault |
| curr/curs | run |
| de | down, out, apart |
| dec | ten, tenth |
| demo, dem | people |
| di/diurn | day |
| dia | across |
| dic/dict | speak |
| dis/dif/di | not, apart, away |
| doc/doct | teach |
| dol | pain |
| duc/duct | lead |
| ego | self |
| en/em | in, into |
| err | wander |
| eu | well, good |
| ex/e | out, out of |
| fac/fit/fect/fy/fea | make, do |
| fal/fals | deceive |
| ferb | boil |
| fid | faith, trust |
| flu/flux | flow |
| fore | before |
| frac/frac | break |
| fus | pour |
| gen | birth, class, kin |
| grad/gress | step |
| graph/gram | writing |
| grat | pleasing |
| grav/griev | heavy |
| greg | crowd, flow |
| habit/hibit | have, hold |
| hap | by chance |
| helio/heli | sun |
| hetero | other |
| hol | whole |
| homo | same or man |
| hydr | water |
| hyper | too much, excess |
| hypo | too little, under |
| in/ig/il/im/ir | not |
| in/il/im/ir | in, on, into |
| inter | between, among |
| intra/intr | within |
| it/iter | between, among |
| ject/jet | throw |
| jour | day |
| jud | judge |
| junct/jug | join |
| jur | swear, law |
| lat | side |
| lav/lau/lu | wash |
| leg/lec/lex | read, speak |
| lev | light |
| liber | free |
| lig/lect | choose, gather |
| lig/li/ly | bind |
| ling/lang | tongue |
| liter | letter |
| lith | stone |
| loqu/loc/log | speech, thought |
| luc/lum | light |
| lud/lus | play |
| macro | great |
| mac/maj/mas/max | great |
| mal | bad |
| man | hand |
| mar | sea |
| mater/matr | nitger |
| medi | middle |
| mega | great |
| mem/men | remember |
| meter/metr/mens | measure |
| micro | small |
| mis | wrong, bad, hate |
| mit/miss | send |
| moll | soft |
| mon/monit | warn |
| mono | one |
| mor | custom, manner |
| mor/mort | dead |
| morph | shape |
| mov/mot/mob/mom | move |
| mut | charge |
| nat/nasc | born |
| nau/nav | ship, sailor |
| neg | not, deny |
| neo | new |
| nihil | none, nothing |
| nom/nym | name |
| nox/nic/nec/noc | harm |
| nov | new |
| numer | number |
| ob | against |
| omni | all |
| oner | burden |
| oper | work |
| pac | peace |
| palp | feel |
| pan | all |
| pater/patr | father |
| path/pass | feel, suffer |
| pec | money |
| ped/pod | foot |
| pel/puls | drive |
| pen | almost |
| pend/pens | hang |
| per | through, by, for, throughout or against, destruction |
| peri | around |
| pet | seek, go twoards |
| phil | love |
| phob | fear |
| phon | sound |
| plac | calm, please |
| pon/pos | put, place |
| port | carry |
| pot | drink or power |
| pre | before |
| prim/pri | first |
| pro | ahead, forth |
| proto | first |
| prox/prop | near |
| pseudo | false |
| pyr | fire |
| quad/quar/quat | four |
| ques/quer/quis/quir | question |
| quie | quiet |
| quint/quin | five |
| radi/rami | branch |
| rect/reg | straight, rule |
| reg | king, rule |
| retro | backward |
| rid/ris | laugh |
| rog | ask |
| rud | rough, crude |
| rupt | break |
| sacr/sanct | holy |
| scrib/script/scriv | write |
| se | apart, away |
| sec/sect/seg | cut |
| sed/sid | sit |
| sem | seed, sow |
| sen | old |
| sent/sens | feel, think |
| sequ/secu | follow |
| sim/sem | similar, same |
| sign | mark, sign |
| sin | curve |
| sol | sun or alone |
| somn | sleep |
| son | sound |
| soph | wisdom |
| spec/spic | see, look |
| sper | hope |
| spers/spar | scatter |
| spir | breathe |
| strict/string | bind |
| stuict/stru | build |
| sub | under |
| summ | highest |
| super/sur | above |
| surge/surrect | rise |
| syn/sym | together |
| tacit/tic | silent |
| tact/tag/tang | touch |
| ten/tin/tain | hold, twist |
| tend/tens/tent | stretch |
| term | end |
| terr | earth, land |
| test | witness |
| the | god |
| therm | heat |
| tim | fear, frigtened |
| top | place |
| tort | twist |
| torp | stiff, numb |
| tox | poison |
| tract | draw |
| trans | across, over, through, beyond |
| trem/trep | shake |
| turb | shake |
| umbr | shadow |
| uni/un | one |
| urb | city |
| vac | empty |
| val/vail | value, strength |
| ven/vent | come |
| ver | true |
| verb | word |
| vert/vers | turn |
| vict/vinc | conquer |
| vid/vis | see |
| vil | base, mean |
| viv/vit | life |
| voc/vok/vow | call, voice |
| vol | wish |
| volv/volut | turn, rol |
| vor | eat |
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