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SSAT Vocab Quiz #1
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8th Grade
09/14/2010

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COGN, GNO
Definition

know

recognize, cognition, cognizance, incognito, diagnosis, agnostic, prognosis, gnostic, ignorant

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CONTRA
Definition

against

contraversy, incontrovertible, contravene, contradict

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CORP
Definition

body

corpse, corporeal, corpulence

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COSMO, COSM
Definition

world

cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm, macrocosm

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CRAC, CRAT

 

Definition

rule, power

democracy, bueraucracy, theocracy, autocrat, aristocrat, technocrat

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CRED
Definition

trust, believe

incredible, credulous, credence

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CRESC, CRET
Definition

grow

crescent, crescendo, accretion

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CULP
Definition

blame, fault

culprit, culpable, inculpate, exculpate

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CURR, CURS
Definition

run

current, concur, cursory, precursor, incursion

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DE
Definition

down, out, apart

depart, debase, debilitate, declivity, decry, deface, defamatory, defunct, delegate, demarcation, demean, demur, deplete, deplore, depravity, deprecate, deride, derivative, desist, detest

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DEC
Definition

ten, tenth

decade, decimal, decathlon, decimate

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DEMO, DEM
Definition

people

democrat, demographics, demagogue, epidemic, pandemic, endemic

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DI, DIURN
Definition

day

diary, diurnal, quotidian

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DIA
Definition

across

diagonal, diatribe, diaphanous

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DIC, DICT
Definition

speak

diction, interdict, predict, abdicate, indict, verdict, dictum

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DIS, DIF, DI
Definition

not, apart, away

disaffected, disband, disbar, disburse, discern, discordant, discredit, discursive, disheveled, disparage, disparate, dispassionate, dispirit, dissemble, disseminate, dissension, dissipate, dissonant, dissuade, distend, differentiate, diffidence, diffuse, digress, divert

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DOC, DOCT
Definition

teach

doctrine, docile, doctrinaire

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DOL
Definition

pain

condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent

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DUC, DUCT
Definition

lead

seduce, induce, conduct, viaduct, induct

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EGO
Definition

self

ego, egoist, egocentric

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EN, EM
Definition

in, into

enter, entice, encumber, endemic, ensconce, enthrall, entreat, embellish, embezzle, embroil, empathy

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ERR
Definition

wander

erratic, aberration, errant

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EU
Definition

well, good

eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, eurythmics, euthanasia 

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EX, E
Definition

out, out of

exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, exculpate, execrable, exhume, exonerate, exorbitant, exorcise, expatriate, expedient, expiate, expunge, expurgate, extenuate, extort, extremity, extricate, extrinsic, exult, evoke, evict, evince, elicit, egress, egregious 

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FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA
Definition

make, do

factory, facility, benefactor, malefactor, fiction, fictive, beneficent, affect, confection, refectory, magnify, unify, rectify, vilify, feasible

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FAL, FALS
Definition

deceive

false, infallible, fallacious

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FERV
Definition

boil

fervent, fervid, effervescent

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FID
Definition

faith, trust

confident, diffidence, perfidious, fidelity

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FLU, FLUX
Definition

flow

fluent, flux, affluent, confluence, effluvia, superfluous

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FORE
Definition

before

forecast, foreboding, forestall

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FRAG, FRAC
Definition

break

fragment, fracture, diffract, fractious, refract

Term
FUS
Definition

pour

profuse, infusion, effusive, diffuse

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GEN
Definition

birth, class, kin

generation, congenital, homogenous, heterogenous, ingenious, engender, progenitor, progeny

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GRAD, GRESS
Definition

step

graduate, gradual, retrograde, centigrade, degrade, gradation, gradient, progress, congress, digress, transgress, ingress, egress

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GRAPH, GRAM
Definition

writing

biography, bibliography, epigraph, grammar, epigram

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GRAT
Definition

pleasing

grateful, gratitude, gratis, ingrate, congratulate, gratuitous, gratituity

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GRAV, GRIEV
Definition

heavy

grave, gravity, aggravate, grieve, aggrieve, grievous

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GREG
Definition

crowd, flock

segregate, gregarious, egregious, congregate, aggregate

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HABIT, HIBIT
Definition

have, hold

habit, inhibit, cohabit, habitat

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HAP
Definition

by chance

happen, haphazard, hapless, mishap

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HELIO, HELI
Definition

sun

heliocentric, helium, heliotrope, aphelion, perihelion

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HETERO
Definition

other

heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox

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HOL
Definition

whole

holocaust, catholic, holistic

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