Gary Gruber's List of SAT Roots
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- ag, act
- do, act; as agent, counteract
- agr
- field; as agriculture, agoraphobia
- alt
- high; as altitude, altar
- alter
- other; as altercation, alternative
- am
- friend, love; as amity, amorous
- anim
- year; as annuity, annual
- anthrop
- man; as philanthropy, anthropoid
- aper
- open; as aperture, aperient
- apt
- fit; as adapt, aptitude
- aqu
- water; as aqueous, aquacade
- arch
- rule, govern; as anarchy, matriarch
- aster, astr
- star; as asteroid, disaster, astronomy
- aud
- hear; as audible, audition
- aur
- gold; as auriferous
- bas
- low; as debase, basement
- bell
- war; as bellicose, antebellum
- ben
- good, well; as benevolent, benefactor
- bibl
- book; as biblical, bibliography
- bio
- life; as biology, biopsy
- brev
- short; as brevity, abbreviation
- cad, cas, cid
- fall; as cadence, casualty, incident
- cand
- white, shining; as candid, candidate
- cap, capt, cept
- take, hold; as capable, captive, intercept
- capit
- head; as capital, decapitate
- carn
- flesh; as carnal, carnivorous
- ced, cess
- yield, go; as cede, procession
- celer
- swift; as celerity, accelerate
- cent
- hundred; as century, centipede
- chrom
- color; as chromium, chromatic
- chron
- time; as chronology, chronic
- cid, cis
- cut, kill; as suicide, precision
- clin
- lean, bend; as inclination, recline
- clud, clus
- close, shut; as conclude, recluse
- cogn
- know; as incognito, cognizant
- cord
- heart; as cordial, accord
- corp
- body; as corpulent, corpse
- cosm
- world; as cosmic, cosmopolitan
- cred
- believe; as incredible, credentials
- curr, curs
- run; as current, cursory
- dec
- ten; as decimal, decade
- dem
- people; as democracy, demographic
- derm
- skin; as epidermis, dermatologist
- di
- day; as diary, sundial
- dic, dict
- speak, say; as indicate, contradict
- dign
- worthy; as dignity, indignant
- domin
- lord, master; as dominate, indomitable
- dorm
- sleep; as dormant, dormitory
- duc, duct
- lead; as induce, ductile
- ego
- I; as egotism, egomaniac
- equ
- equal; as equity, equanimity
- fac, fact, fect, fic
- make, do; as facile, factory, infection, fiction
- fer
- bear, carry; as fertile, confer
- fid
- faith, trust; as confide, infidelity
- fin
- end; as infinite, final
- flect, flex
- bend; as reflect, flexible
- form
- shape; as conform, reformation
- fort
- strong; as fortitude, fortify
- frag, fract
- break; as fragile, fracture
- fug
- flee; as fugitive, refugee
- fus
- pour; as confuse, fusion
- gen
- kind, race, birth; as generate, generic, generation
- gest
- carry, bring; as congestion, gestation
- grad, gress
- step, go; as graduate, digress
- graph
- write, as autograph, graphic
- grat
- pleasing; as gratitude, congratulate
- hydr
- water; as dehydrated, hydrant
- integr
- entire, whole; as integrate, integral
- ject
- throw; as inject, projection
- junct
- join; as conjunction, juncture
- lat
- carry; as translation, dilate
- leg, lig, lect
- choose, gather; as legible, eligible, collect
- liber
- free; as liberate, libertine
- loc
- place; as dislocate, local
- log
- word, study; as catalogue, psychology
- loqu, locut
- speak, talk; as loquacious, circumlocution
- luc, lum
- light; as translucent, illuminate
- magn
- great; as magnitude, magnificent
- man
- hand; as manufacture, manual
- mar
- sea; as marine, maritime
- mater
- mother; as maternal, matrimony
- mega
- large; as megaton, megaphone
- ment
- mind; as mentality, mentally
- merg
- plunge, sink; as submerge, merger
- meter
- measure; as chronometer, symmetry
- micro
- small; as microscope, microfilm
- migr
- wander; as migrate, immigration
- mir
- look; as admire, mirror
- mit, miss
- send; as admit, submission
- mon
- advise, remind; as admonish, monument
- mort
- death; as immortality, mortal
- mot, mov
- move; as motor, motility, movable
- mult
- many; as multitude, multifarious
- mut
- change; as mutation, transmute, immutable
- nat
- born; as natal, innate
- nav
- ship; as naval, navigate
- neg
- deny; as negate, renege
- nomen
- name; as nominee, nomenclature, cognomen
- nov
- new; as novelty, novice, innovation
- ocul
- eye; as oculist, binocular
- oper
- work; as cooperation, operate
- pater, patri
- father; as paternal, patriot
- ped, pod
- child; as pediatrics, pedagogue
- pel, puls
- drive; as compel, expulsion
- pend, pens
- hang; as pendant, pension
- pet
- seek; as impetus, petition
- petr
- stone, rock; as petrify
- phil
- loving; as philosophy
- phob
- fear; as claustrophobia
- phon
- sound; as phonic, phonetics
- plic
- fold, bend; as complicate, implicate
- pon, pos
- place, put; as component, compose
- port
- carry, bring; as porter, import
- pot
- drink; as potion, potable
- poten
- powerful; as potentate, impotent
- prehend, prehens
- take, grasp; as apprehend, comprehension
- prot
- first; as protagonist, prototype
- psych
- mind; as psychological, psychic
- quer, quir, quis, ques
- ask, seek; as query, inquiry, inquisition, quest
- reg, rig, rect
- rule, govern; as regent, rigid, corrective
- rid, ris
- laugh; as ridiculous, risible
- rupt
- break; as rupture, erupt, interruption
- sacr
- holy; as sacred, sacrificial
- sanct
- holy; as sanction, sanctify
- sci, scio
- know; as science, conscious, omniscient
- scop
- watch; as periscope, horoscope
- scrib, script
- write; as describe, prescription
- sec, sect
- cut; as secant, bisect
- sed, sid, sess
- sit, seat; as sedate, reside, session
- sent, sens
- feel, think; as sentiment, sensible
- sequ, secut
- follow; as sequel, consecutive
- serv
- keep; as reserve, conservation
- sist
- place, stand; as assist, ressistance
- solv, solu
- loosen; as dissolve, absolution
- somn
- sleep; as somnambulist, insomnia
- soph
- wisdom; as sophisticated, philosophy
- spec, spect, spic
- look, appear; as specimen, prospect, conspicuous
- spir
- breathe; as conspire, respiration
- stat, stab
- stand; as status, stability
- string, strict
- bind; as stringent, stricture
- stru, struct
- build; as construe, destructive
- sum, sumpt
- take; as assume, presumption
- tang, ting, tact, tig
- touch; as tangent, contingency, contact, contiguous
- teg, tect
- cover; as tegument, detect
- tele
- distance; as telescope, teletype
- tempor
- time; as temporary, extemporaneous
- ten, tain
- hold, reach; as tenant, tension, retain
- term
- end; as terminal, terminate
- ter, terr
- land, earth; as inter, terrace
- therm
- heat; as thermometer, thermos
- tract
- draw; as attract, extract
- trit
- rub; as trite, attrition
- trud, trus
- thrust; as intrude, abstruse
- umbra
- shade; as umbrella, umbrage
- urb
- city; as suburb, urban
- vac
- empty; as vacate, evacuation
- vad, vas
- go; as evade, evasive
- val, vail
- be strong; as valid, prevail
- ven, vent
- come; as convene, prevention
- ver
- true; as veracity, aver
- verb
- word; as verbose, verbatim
- vert, vers
- turn; as convert, reverse
- vid, vis
- see; as evident, visible
- vinc, vict
- conquer; as invincible, evict
- viv, vit
- live; as vivacity, vital
- voc, vok
- call; as invocation, revoke
- volv, volut
- roll, turn; as in involve, revolution
- tort, tors
- twist; as contort, torsion