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English Roots (for the SAT) #2
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Roots of English words to help on the SAT, instead of remembering 1848209849018418474-jillion individual words. From cort- to glu- on the PrefixSuffix.com list.
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cort-
to correct
Ex: escort
-cour, -curr, etc.
to run or course
Ex: courier, occur,
-cre, -cresc, -cret, -crease
to grow
Ex: crescent, accretion
crea-
to create
Ex: recreation
cred-
to believe
Ex: creed, credence,
crit-
to separate or choose
Ex: criticize, hypocrite
cur-, curs-
run
Ex: current
de-
from, down, away, to do the opposite, reverse, against
Ex: detach, degenerate
dec-, -dign
suitable
Ex: decorate, dignity
-dit
to give
Ex: credit, audit
-don
to give
Ex: condone, donate
-dox
belief or thought
Ex: paradox, orthadox
-drome
run or step
Ex: aerodrome, syndrome
dura
hard, lasting
Ex: durable, endure
dys-
bad, abnormal, difficult, impaired, unfavorable
Ex: dysfunctional, dyslexia
e-
not, missing, out, fully, away
Ex: emit, eternal
ec-
out of, outside
Ex: ecstasy, eclipse
ecto-
outside, external
Ex: ectoderm, ectoplasm
end-
inside, within
Ex: endorse, endoskeleton
epi-
upon, close to, over, after, altered
Ex: epilogue, epigone
erg-
work or effort
Ex: energy, allergy
ev-, et-
htdw time
Ex: medieval, eternal
ex-
out of, away from, lacking, former
Ex: exhale, exclusive
-fess, fa-
to speak
Ex: confess, fable
fall, fals
to decieve
Ex: fallacy, fallacious
fer-
carry or bear
Ex: fertile, conferitous
fid
belief, faith, trust
Ex: confide, fidelity,
fila-. fili-
thread
Ex: filament, filter
fix
repare or attach
Ex: fixture, fixation
fract, frag, frai
to break
Ex: infraction, fragile
gen-
birth, to produce or product of
Ex: genesis, pathogen
germ
vital part
Ex: germination
gin
careful
Ex: gingerly
gloss, glot
tongue
Ex: glossary, epiglott
glu, glo
to bond
Ex: agglutinate, conglomerate
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