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English Roots (for the SAT) #2

Terms in this set (35)

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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