SAT Vocabulary Roots Prefix and Suffix
Root: aud
Def: hear Ex: audible, auditorium, audience
Root: anthro
Def: human Ex: anthropology philanthropy
Root: ami, amo
Def: love Ex: amiable, amorous
Root: anim
Def: mind, soul, spirit Ex: animal, animate, and unanimous
Root: auto
Def: self Ex: automobile, autobiography, autograph
Root: belli
Def: war Ex: belligerent, rebellious, antebellum
Root: ambul
Definition: to walk, move Examples: ambulance, ambulatory, and amble
Root: ag, act
This root means do. Common examples are action, activity, and agent.
root poten
able powerful potential omnipotent potentate impotent
prefix dys
abnormal bad ex: dysfunction dyslexia dystopia
prefix trans
across ex: transfer transport transpose
suffix: able ible
adj capable of ex: edible presentable legible
suffix acious icious
adj full of ex: malicious audacious
suffix ac ic ical
adj like related ex: cardiac mythic dramatic musical
suffix ant ent
adj/n full of ex: eloquent verdant
prefix post
after ex: postpone posterity postscript posthumous
prefix re retro
again back ex: reiterate reimburse react retrogress
prefix anti
against ex: antibody antipathy antisocial
prefix contra contro
against ex: contradict contravene controversy
root viv vit
alive ex: revival vivacious vitality
root omni
all omniscient omnipotent omnivorous
prefix pan
all every ex: panacea panorama pandemic
prefix circum
around ex: circumnavigate circumspect circumscribe
prefix peri
around near ex: perimeter periphery periscope
root mal
bad malevolent malediction malicious
prefix mis
bad hatred ex: misdemeanor mischance misanthrope
prefix pre
before ex: preamble prefix premonition prediction
prefix inter
between among ex: intervene international interjection intercept
root corp
body corporation corporeal corpse
root biblio
book bibliography bible
root nat
born innate natal nativity
prefix ambi amphi
both ex: ambidextrous ambiguous ambivalent
root port
carry portable porter transport export
root civi
citizen civilization civilian civil
root urb
city ex: urban urbane suburban
root cid cis
cut kill incision homicide insecticide
root fall fals
deceive fallacious infallible falsify
root mori mort
die mortuary immortal moribund
root path pass
disease feeling pathology sympathetic apathy antipathy
root vac
empty ex: vacation vacuous evacuate vacant
root fid
faith fidelity confide confidence
root carn
flesh meat canimover carnal incarnate
prefix: pro
forward for before propulsive proponent prologue prophet
Root: ben
good benefactor beneficial and benevolence
root eu
good beautiful eulogize euphoria euphemism
root magn
great magnify magnate magnanimous
root sacr secr
holy sacred sacrilegious sacrament consecrate
root terr
land ex: terrain terrestrial subterranean
root bio
life biography biology
root luc
light elucidate lucid translucent
root phil
love philanthropist philosophy philanderer
prefix poly
many ex: polygon polygamist polyglot
root domin
master dominant domain domineering
root psych
mind psyche psychology psychosis psychopath
root nom
name misnomer nominal
root nov
new novice innovate renovate novelty
prefix un
not ex: unabridged unkempt unwitting
prefix in il im ir
not or in upon ex: inefficient inarticulate illegible irrepressible invite incite impression illuminate
prefix di dif dis
not, apart ex: digress discord differ disparity
prefix mono
one ex: monarchy monologue monotheism
prefix e ex extra extro
out beyond ex: expel excavate eject extrovert
prefix super sur
over above ex: superior supernatural supervise surtax
root pac pas pax
peace pacify pacific pacifist passive
root dem
people democracy demographic
root reg rect
rule regicide regime regent insurrection
root spec spic
see look ex: spectators spectacles retrospect conspicuous
root morph
shape form amorphous metamorphosis
root somn
sleep ex: insomnia somnolent somnambulist
root dic dict
speak dictate contradict prediction verdict
root loqu locut
talk soliloquy loquacious elocution
prefix dia
through across ex: diagonal diameter dialogue
root chron
time chronic chronology synchronize
root tang tact ting
touch ex: tactile tangent contract contingent
root ver
truth ex: veracity verify veracious
prefix sub suc sup sus
under less ex: subway subjugate suppress
suffix ate en
v make become ex: consecrate awaken strengthen eradicate
root err
wander error erratic errand
prefix co col com con
with together ex: coauthor collaborate composition commerce
prefix syn sym syl sys
with together ex: symmetry synchronize synthesize sympathize
prefix intra
within ex: intramural introvert intravenous
prefix an a
without ex: anarchy anemia amoral
root verb
word ex: verbose verbatim proverb
root scribe script
write
root graph gram
writing grammar telegram graphic
