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English Roots (for the SAT) #3
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Roots of English words to help on the SAT, instead of remembering 1848209849018418474-jillion individual words. From grad- to per- on the PrefixSuffix.com list.
Terms in this set (35)
grad-, -gress, -gree
to gather or bring together
Ex: grade, degree
-grate
pleasing
Ex: gratitude
grav-
heavy, weighty
Ex: gravity, aggravate
greg-
herd
Ex: congregation
-hale, heal-
to make whole
ExL inhale
-her, -here, -hes
to stick (to)
Ex: adhere, cohesion, hesitate
hypn-
sleep
Ex: hypnosis,
infra-
below
Ex: infrared light, infrastructure
in-, im-
into, to, near, towards
Ex: instead, import
inter-
between, among
Ex: international, intermission
intra-
within, during, within, layers, underneath
Ex: intramural, intranatal
intro
into, within, inwards
Ex: introvert
leg-
law
Ex: legislate,
levi
light
Ex: alleviate, levity
liber, liver
free
Ex: liberty, deliverance
-lide
strike
Ex: collide
loqu-, locut-
to talk or speak
Ex: eloquent, colloquial, circumlocution
magn-
great
Ex: magnify, magnate
mem
recall, to remember
Ex: memoir, memorable
meso
middle
Ex: mesomorph
-mitt, -miss
to send
Ex: dismiss, emit
nasc, nat, gnat, nai
to be born
Ex: nascent, native, pregnant, naive
neur
nerve
Ex: neuron, neurotic
-nom, -nym
name
Ex: synonym
nov-
new
Ex: novel, renovate
numisma
coin
Ex: numismatics
ob, oc, of, op
toward, against, in the way
Ex: oppose, occur, offer, obtain
oligo
few, little
Ex: oligarchy
omni-
all
Ex: omnipresent
oper-
work
Ex: operate, cooperate, opus
ortho
straight, correct
Ex: orthodox, orthodontist
pac-
peace
Ex: pacifist
para
beside
ExL paradox, paramedic
pater, patr-
father
Ex: paternalism
per
through, intensive
Ex: permit, perspire
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