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English Roots (For the SAT)

Terms in this set (35)

a, ac, ad, af, ag,
to, toward, near, in addition to, by

Ex: aside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate, annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverb
al, an, ap, as, at
to, toward, near, in addition to, by

Ex: allocate, annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverb
a-, an-
not or without

Ex: athiest
ab-, abs-
away from or without

Ex: abstinence
-able, -ible
ability of

Ex: capable
acer
bitter

Ex: acerb
act
to do or the drive of

Ex: action
acu
sharp

Ex: acute
-acy, -cy
state of

Ex: supremacy
-ade
product

Ex: blockade
aer, aero
air

Ex: aerodynamics
-age
activity or result of activity

Ex: suffrage
agri-, agro-
soil

Ex: agriculture
alb, albo
white

Ex: albino
ali, allo, alter
other

Ex: alias, alter-ego
ambi
both

Ex: ambiguous
anti-
old

Ex: antique
Note: can also mean "not"
arch
chief

Ex: archétype
belli
war

Ex: antibellium
bene
good

Ex: benevolent
breve
short

Ex: abbreviate
capit, capt
head

Ex: capital, decapitate
carn
flesh

Ex: carnage
caus, caut
burn, heat

Ex: cauldron
cide, ci, cise
to kill; cut down

Ex: homicide
circum
around

Ex: circumstance
cit
call, start

Ex: recite
civ
htdw citizens

Ex: civilization
clam, claim
to speak

Ex: clamor, acclaim
clin
lean or bend

Ex: inclination
clud, clus claus
to shut or close

Ex: recluse
cogn-, -gnos
to know

Ex: cognizant
com, con
fully

Ex: compel, confess
contr
opposite

Ex: contradiction
corp
body

Ex: corporation
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