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SAT:Prefixes/suffixes/roots
Commonly used parts of words
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Undergraduate 1
07/12/2009

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Term
-able
Definition

capable of

 

Example: readable

Term
-ar
Definition

relating to

 Example: solar

Term
-en
Definition

made of

Example: golden

Term
-er
Definition

person who

 Example: lawyer

Term
-ful
Definition

full of

Example: plentiful

Term
-fy
Definition

to make

Example: pacify

Term
-hood
Definition

condition

Example: bachelorhood

Term
-ible
Definition

capable of

 Example: edible

Term
-ize
Definition

to make

Example: sterilize

Term
-less
Definition

without

Example: penyless

Term
-logy
Definition

study of

Example: sociology

Term
-ment
Definition

state of being

Example: harrassment

Term
-or
Definition

person who

 Example: conductor

Term
-ward
Definition

direction

Example: westward

Term
Gen
Definition

birth, race, kind

example:generate

Term
a-
Definition

not, without

 

Example: atheist

Term
ab
Definition

from, away

example:abandon,

abnormal

Term
ante-
Definition

before; in front of

 

Example: anterior

Term
aqua
Definition

water

 

Example: aquatic 

Term
audi
Definition

hear

Example: audible

Term
auto
Definition

self

Example: autobiography

Term
bene
Definition

good

Example: benefactor

Term
bi-
Definition

two

Example: bilingual

Term
bio
Definition

life

Example:biography

Term

cap/cip/ceipt/

ceiv/ceit

Definition

take

example:capture

 

 

 

Term
chron
Definition

time

Example: synchronize

Term
circu-
Definition

around

Example: circumference

Term
cla/clo/clu
Definition

shut,close

example:closet,enclose

Term
co-/col-/com-/ con-
Definition
together; with Example:congregate,comply, company
Term
contra-
Definition

against

Example: contraception

Term
cred
Definition

believe

Example: credible

Term
culp
Definition

blame

Example: culprit

Term
de-
Definition

away,down,off

 Examples: deploy, denounce,deplete

Term
derm
Definition

skin

Example: dermatology

Term
dict/dic/dit
Definition

to speak

Example: diction

Term
dis-/dif-
Definition
not, apart, away Examples:disable,distain
Term
doc/duc/dac
Definition

teach, lead

example:conduct

Term
extra-
Definition

more than

Example: extraterrestrial

Term
frag/fra/frac
Definition

break

examples: fracture, fragment,fragile

Term
geo
Definition

earth

Example: geology

Term
graph
Definition

to write

Example: polygraph

Term
gress/grad
Definition

step

examples: progress, degrade, gradual

Term
hyper-
Definition

over

Example: hyperactive

Term
hypo-
Definition

under

Example: hypodermic

Term
il-
Definition

not

Example: illogical

Term
im-
Definition

not

Example: immobile

Term
in-
Definition

not

Example: inoperative

Term
inter-
Definition

between

 Example:interstate

Term
intra-
Definition

within

Example: intrastate

Term
ir-
Definition

not

Example: irrational

Term
log/loc/loqu
Definition

speech

Example: dialogue

Term
mal-
Definition

bad

Examples: malignant, malfunction

Term
micro
Definition

small

Example: microeconomics

Term
mit/mis
Definition

to send

Examples: mission

transmittal, remittance

Term
mono-
Definition

one

Example: monologue

Term
mort
Definition

death

Example: mortal

Term

nom/noun/nown/

nam/nym

Definition

name, order, rule

examples:misnomer,

economy,nominate

Term
non-
Definition

not

Example: nonprofit

Term
ob
Definition

against

examples:obfuscate,

objection

Term
path/pathy/pat
Definition

feeling

Example: sympathy

passionate, compatable

Term
ped
Definition

foot

Example: pedestrian

Term
phob
Definition

fear

Example: claustrophobia

Term
phon
Definition

sound

Example: phonics

Term
poly
Definition

many

Example: polygamy

Term
poly-
Definition

many

Example: polygon

Term
port
Definition

to carry

 

Example: transport

Term
post-
Definition

after

Example: posterior

Term
pre-
Definition

before

 Example: prejudice

Term
pro-
Definition

for, much, a lot 

Examples: proponent, prolific, propensity

Term
pseud
Definition

false

Example: pseudonym

Term
psych
Definition

mind

Example: psychology

Term
re-
Definition
back, again Example: recede
Term
retro-
Definition

backward

 Example: retroactive

Term
sacr/sanct/secr
Definition

sacred

examples:desecrate,

sanction

Term
script/scrib
Definition

to write

 

Example: scribble, inscribe

Term
sec/sequ
Definition

follow

examples: sequel, sequence, consequence

Term
semi-
Definition

half

Example: semiconscious

Term
sen
Definition

feel

examples: sensitive, consent

Term
spec/spic/spit
Definition

to look,see

Example: spectator, spectator,respite

Term
sub-
Definition

under

Example: subservient, sublime, subdue

Term
super-
Definition

over

Example: supernatural

Term
tele-
Definition

far

Example: telescope

Term

tent/tens/

tend/tenu

Definition

stretch, thin

examples:tendency,tension,

 

Term
therm
Definition

heat

Example: hyperthermia

Term
trans-
Definition

across

Example: transfer

Term
tri-
Definition

three

Example: tripod

Term
un-
Definition

not

Example: uncivil

Term
vers/vert
Definition

turn

examples: controversy,introvert

Term
vo/voc/vok/vow
Definition

call

examples:voice, advocate,vocation

Term
anti-
Definition

opposing/opposite

antiseptic, antiSemitism

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