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English Roots (for the SAT) #3

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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