SAT Root List

English 9 H

Roots #1

  1. A, AN–not, without : amoral, atrophy, asymmetrical, anarchy, anesthetic, anonymity, anomaly
  2. BELLI, BELL - war: belligerent, bellicose, antebellum, rebellion
  3. CAD, CAS, CID – happen, fall: accident, cadence, cascade, deciduous
  4. DE- down, out, apart: depart, debase, defunct, delegate, demur, deplete, deplore, deprecate, deride, detest
  5. EGO- self: ego, egoist, egocentric
  6. FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA- make, do: factory, facility, fiction, beneficent affect, refectory, unify, magnify, rectify, vilify, feasible
  7. GEN-birth, class, kin: generation, congenital, homogeneous, heterogeneous, engender, progeny
  8. HABIT, HIBIT- have, hold: habit, cohabit, habitat, inhibit
  9. IN, IG, IL, IM, IR- not: incorrigible, indelible, inept, inert, inexorable, insatiable, insomnia, ignoble, illicit, irregular, inoperable
  10. JECT, JET- throw: eject, interject, abject, trajectory, jettison
  11. LAT- side: lateral, collateral, unilateral, bilateral, quadrilateral
  12. MACRO- great: macrocosm, macrobiotics
  13. NAT, NASC- born: native, nativity, natal, neonate, innate, cognate, renascent, renaissance
  14. OB- against: obstruct, obdurate, obfuscate, obnoxious, obsequious, obstinate, obstreperous, obtrusive
  15. PAC- peace: pacify, pacifist, pacific
  16. QUAD, AUAR, QUAT- four: quadrilateral, quadrant, quadruped, quarter, quarantine, quaternary
  17. RADI, RAMI- branch: radius, radiate, radiant, eradicate, ramification
  18. SACR, SANCT- holy: sacred, sacrilege, consecrate, sanctify, sanction, sacrosanct
  19. TACIT, TIC- silent: tacit, taciturn, reticent
  20. UMBR- shadow: umbrella, umbrage, adumbrate, penumbra
  21. VAC-empty: vacant, evacuate, vacuous

Roots #2

  1. AB, A – from, away, apart: abnormal, abhor, abject, abjure, ablution, abortive, abscond, absolve, abstruse, annul, avert, aversion
  2. BENE, BEN- good: benevolent, benefactor, beneficent, benign
  3. CAP, CIP- head: captain, decapitate, capitulate, precipitous, precipitate, recapitulate
  4. DEC- ten, tenth: decade, decimal, decathlon, decimate
  5. EN, EM- in, into: enter, entice, encumber, endemic, ensconce, entreat, embellish, embroil, empathy
  6. FAL, FALS- deceive: infallible, fallacious, false
  7. GRAD, GRESS- step: graduate, gradual, retrograde, centigrade, degrade, gradation, progress, congress, digress, transgress
  8. HAP- by chance: happen, haphazard, hapless, mishap
  9. IN, IL, IM, IR- in, on, into: invade, inaugurate, incarcerate, incense, introvert, illustrate, immerse, implicate, irrigate, irritate
  10. JOUR- day: journal, adjourn, sojourn
  11. LAV, LAU, LU- wash: lavatory, laundry ablution, antediluvian
  12. MAG, MAJ, MAS, MAX- great: magnify, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude, majesty, master, maximum
  13. NAU, NAV- ship sailor: nautical, nauseous, navy, circumnavigate
  14. OMNI- all: omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, omnivorous
  15. PALP- feel: palpable, palpitation
  16. QUES, QUER, QUIS, QUIR- question: quest, inquest, query, querulous, inquisitive, inquiry
  17. RECT, REG- straight, rule: rectangle, rectitude, rectify, regular
  18. SCRIB, SCRIPT, SCRIV- write: scribe, ascribe, circumscribe, inscribe, proscribe, script, manuscript, scrivener
  19. TACT, TAG, TANG- touch: tact, tactile, contagious, tangent, tangential, tangible
  20. UNI, UN- one: unify, unilateral, unanimous
  21. VAL, VAIL- value, strength: valid, valor; ambivalent, convalescence, avail, prevail, countervail

Roots #3

  1. AC, ACR – Sharp, Sour: acid, acerbic, exacerbate, acute, acuity, acumen, acrid, acrimony
  2. BI- two: bicycle, bisect, bilateral, bilingual, biped
  3. CARN- flesh: carnal, carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnate
  4. DEMO, DEM- people: democrat, demographics, demagogue, epidemic, pandemic, endemic
  5. ERR- wander: erratic: aberration, errant
  6. FERV- boil: fervent, fervid, effervescent
  7. GRAPH, GRAM- writing: biography, bibliography, epigraph, grammar, epigram
  8. HELIO, HELI- sun: heliocentric, heliotrope, aphelion, helium
  9. JUD-judge: judge, judicious, prejudice, adjudicate
  10. LEG, LEC, LEX- read, speak: legible, lecture, lexicon
  11. MAL- bad: malady, maladroit, malevolent, malodorous
  12. NEG- not, deny: negative, abnegate, renege
  13. ONER- burden: onerous, exonerate
  14. PAN- all: panorama, panacea, panegyric, pandemic, panoply
  15. QUIE- quiet: disquiet, acquiesce, quiescent, requiem
  16. REG- king, rule: regal, regent, interregnum
  17. SE- apart, away: separate, segregate, secede, sedition
  18. TEN, TIN, TAIN- hold, twist: detention, tenable, tenacious, pertinacious, retinue, retain
  19. URB- city: urban, suburban, urbane
  20. VEN, VENT- come: convene, contravene, intervene, venue, convention, circumvent, advent, adventitious

Roots #4

  1. AD, A – to, towards: adhere, adjacent, advent, adroit, accede, accretion, allude, allure, aspire, assail, assonance, attest
  2. BIBLIO- book: Bible, bibliography, bibliophile
  3. CAP, CAPT, CEPT, CIP- take, hold, seize: capable, capacious, captivate deception, intercept, precept, inception, anticipate, emancipation
  4. DI, DIURN- day: diary, quotidian, diurnal
  5. EU- well, good: eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, euthanasia
  6. FID- faith, trust: confident, diffidence, perfidious, fidelity
  7. GRAT- pleasing: grateful, gratitude, gratis, ingrate, congratulate, gratuitous, gratuity
  8. HETERO- other: heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox
  9. LEV- light: elevate, levitate, levity, alleviate
  10. MAN- hand: manual, manuscript, emancipate, manifest, manumission
  11. NEO- new: neoclassical, neophyte, neologism, neonate
  12. OPER- work: operate, cooperate, inoperable
  13. PATER, PART- father: paternal, paternity, patriot, compatriot, expatriate, patrimony, patrician
  14. QUINT, QUIN- five: quintuplets, quintessence
  15. RETRO- backward: retrospective, retroactive, retrograde
  16. SEC, SECT, SEG- cut: sector, dissect, bisect, intersect, segment, secant
  17. TEND, TENS, TENT- stretch: intend, distend, tension, tensile, ostensible, contentious
  18. VER- true: verify, verity, verisimilitude, veracious, aver, verdict

Roots #5

  1. ALI, ALTR – another: alias, alienate, inalienable, altruism
  2. BIO- life: biography, biology, amphibious, symbiotic, macrobiotics
  3. CED, CESS- yield, go: cease, cessation, incessant, cede, precede, recede, antecedent, intercede, cession
  4. CHROM –color: chrome, chromatic, monochrome
  5. CHRON – time: chronology, chronic, anachronism
  6. CIDE – murder: suicide, homicide, regicide, patricide
  7. DIA- across: diagonal, diatribe, diaphanous
  8. EX, E- out, out of: exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, exonerate, evoke, evict, elicit, egress
  9. FLU, FLUX- flow: fluent, affluent, confluence, effluvia, superfluous, flux
  10. GRAV, GRIEV- heavy: grave, gravity, aggravate, grieve, aggrieve, grievous
  11. HOL- whole: holocaust, catholic, holistic
  12. IT, ITER- between, among: transit, itinerant, transitory, reiterate
  13. JUR- swear, law: jury, abjure, adjure, conjure, perjure, jurisprudence
  14. LIBER- free: liberty, liberal, libertarian, libertine
  15. MAR- sea: submarine, marine, maritime
  16. NIHIL- none, nothing: annihilation, nihilism
  17. PATH, PASS- feel suffer: sympathy, antipathy, empathy, apathy, pathos, impassioned
  18. RID, RIS- laugh: ridiculous, deride, derision
  19. SED, SID- sit: sedate, sedentary, supersede, reside, residence, assiduous, insidious
  20. TERM- end: terminal, terminus, terminate, interminable
  21. VERB- word: verbal, verbose, verbiage, verbatim

Roots #6

  1. AM, AMI- love: amorous, amicable, amiable, amity
  2. BURS–money, purse: reimburse, disburse, bursar
  3. CIRCUM- around: circumference, circumlocution, circumscribe, circumspect
  4. DIC, DICT- speak: abdicate, diction, interdict, predict, indict, verdict
  5. FORE- before: forecast, foreboding, forestall
  6. GREG- crowd, flock: segregate, gregarious, egregious, congregate, aggregate
  7. HOMO- same: homosexual, homogenize, homogeneous, homonym
  8. HOMO- man: homo sapiens, homicide, bonhomie
  9. LIG, LECT- choose, gather: eligible, elect, select
  10. MATER, MATR- mother: maternal, matron, matrilineal
  11. NOM, NYM- name: nominate, nomenclature, nominal, misnomer, antonym, homonym, pseudonym, synonym, anonymity
  12. PEC- money: pecuniary, impecunious, peculation
  13. ROG- ask: interrogate, derogatory, abrogate, arrogate, arrogant
  14. SEM- seed, sow: seminar, seminal, disseminate
  15. TERR- earth, land: terrain, terrestrial, extraterrestrial, subterranean
  16. VERT, VERS: turn: avert, convert, pervert, revert, incontrovertible, divert, subvert, versatile, aversion

Roots #7

  1. AMBI, AMPHI- both: ambiguous, ambivalent, ambidextrous, amphibious
  2. CLIN, CLIV- slope: incline, declivity, proclivity
  3. DIS, DIF, DI- not, apart, away: disaffected, disband, disbar, disburse, disparate, dispassionate, dispirit, differentiate, diffuse, digress, divert
  4. FRAG, FRAC- break: fragment, fracture, diffract, fractious, refract
  5. HYDR- water: hydrant, hydrate, dehydration
  6. HYPER- too much, excess: hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperventilate
  7. HYPO- too little, under: hypodermic, hypothermia, hypochondria, hypothesis, hypothetical
  8. LIG, LI, LY- bind: ligament, oblige, religion, liable, liaison, lien, ally
  9. MEDI- middle: intermediary, medieval, meditate
  10. NOX, NIC, NEC, NOC- harm: obnoxious, noxious, pernicious, internecine, innocuous
  11. POD, PED- foot: pedestrian, pediment, expedient, biped, quadruped, tripod
  12. RUD- rough, crude: rude, erudite, rudimentary
  13. SEN- old: senior, senile, senescent
  14. TEST- witness: testify, attest, testimonial, testament, detest, protestation
  15. VICT, VINC- conquer: victory, conviction, evict, evince, invincible

Roots #8

  1. AMBL, AMBUL – walk: amble, ambulatory, perambulator, somnambulist
  2. CLUD, CLUS, CLAUS, CLOIS- shut, close: conclude, reclusive, claustrophobia, cloister, preclude, occlude
  3. FUS- pour: profuse, infusion, effusive, diffuse
  4. LING, LANG- tongue: lingo, language, linguistics, bilingual
  5. LITER-letter: literate, alliteration, literal
  6. LITH- stone: monolith, lithograph, megalith
  7. MEGA- great: megaphone, megalomania, megaton, megalith
  8. MEM, MEN- remember: memory, memento, memorabilia, reminisce
  9. NOV- new: novelty, innovation, novitiate
  10. PEL, PULS- drive: compel, compelling, expel, propel, compulsion
  11. RUPT- break: disrupt, interrupt, rupture
  12. SENT, SENS- feel, think: sentiment, nonsense, assent, sentient, consensus, sensual
  13. THE- god: atheist, theology, apotheosis, theocracy
  14. VID, VIS- see: evident, vision, visage, supervise
  15. VIL: base, mean: vile, vilify, revile

Roots #9

  1. ANIM – mind, spirit, breath: animal, animosity, unanimous, magnanimous
  2. CO, COM, CON- with, together: coeducation, coerce, cognate, collateral, complacent, compassion, compliant, contrite, convene, congress
  3. COGN, GNO- know: recognize, cognition, cognizance, incognito, diagnosis, agnostic, prognosis, Gnostic, ignorant
  4. DOC, DOCT- teach: docile, doctrine, doctrinaire
  5. DOL- pain: condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent
  6. DUC, DUCT- lead: seduce, induce, conduct, viaduct, induct
  7. LOQU, LOC, LOG- speech, thought: eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, colloquy, soliloquy, circumlocution, dialogue, monologue, eulogy
  8. LUC, LUM- light: lucid, elucidate, pellucid, translucent, illuminate
  9. LUD, LUS- play: ludicrous, allude, delusion, allusion, illusory
  10. METER, METR, MENS- measure: meter, thermometer, perimeter, metronome, commensurate
  11. MICRO- small: microscope, microorganism, microcosm, microbe
  12. MIS- wrong, bad, hate: misunderstand, misanthrope, misapprehension, misconstrue, misnomer, mishap
  13. PEN- almost: peninsula, penultimate, penumbra
  14. PEND, PENS- hang: pendant, pendulous, compendium, suspense, propensity
  15. SEQU, SECU- follow: sequence, sequel, subsequent, obsequious, obsequy, non sequitur, consecutive
  16. SIM, SEM- similar, same: similar, verisimilitude, semblance, dissemble
  17. THERM- heat: thermometer, thermal, thermonuclear, hypothermia
  18. TIM- fear, frightened: timid, intimidate, timorous
  19. VIV, VIT- life: vivid, vital, convivial, vivacious
  20. VOC, VAK, VOW- call, voice: vocal, equivocate, vociferous, convoke, evoke, invoke, avow
  21. VOL- wish: voluntary, malevolent, benevolent, violation

Roots #10

  1. ANN, ENN – year: annual, annuity, superannuated, biennial, perennial
  2. ANTE, ANT- before: antecedent, antebellum, antepenultimate, anterior, antiquity, anticipate
  3. ANTHROP- human: anthropology, anthropomorphic, misanthrope, philanthropy
  4. CONTRA- against: controversy, incontrovertible, contravene
  5. CORP- body: corpse, corporeal, corpulence
  6. MIT, MISS- send: transmit, emit, missive
  7. MOLL- soft: mollify, emollient, mollusk
  8. MON, MONIT- warn: admonish, monitor, premonition
  9. NUMER- number: numeral, numerous, innumerable, enumerate
  10. PER- through by, for, throughout: perambulator, percipient, perfunctory, permeable, perusal, perennial
  11. PER- against, destruction: perfidious, pernicious, perjure
  12. PERI- around: perimeter, periphery, perihelion, peripatetic
  13. SIGN- mark, sign: signal, designation, assignation
  14. SIN- curve: sine curve, sinuous, insinuate
  15. SOL- sun: solar, parasol, solarium, solstice
  16. SOL- alone: solo, solitude, soliloquy, solipsism
  17. TOP- place: topic, topography, utopia
  18. TORT- twist: distort, extort, tortuous
  19. VOLV, VOLUT- turn, roll: revolve, evolve, convoluted
  20. VOR- eat: devour, carnivore, omnivorous, voracious

Roots #11

  1. ANTI, ANT- against, opposite: antidote, antipathy, antithesis, antacid, antagonist, antonym
  2. AUD- hear: audio, audience, audition, auditory, audible
  3. AUTO- self: autobiography, autocrat, autonomous
  4. COSMO, COSM- world: cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm, macrocosm
  5. CRAC, CRAT- rule, power: democracy, bureaucracy, theocracy, autocrat, aristocrat, technocrat
  6. CRED- trust, believe: incredible, credulous, credence
  7. MONO- one: monologue, monotonous, monogamy, monolith, monochrome
  8. MOR- custom, manner: moral, mores, morose
  9. MOR, MORT- dead: morbid moribund, mortal, amortize
  10. PET – seek, go towards: petition, impetus, impetuous, petulant, centripetal
  11. PHIL- love: philosopher, philanderer, philanthropy, bibliophile, philology
  12. PHOB- fear: phobia, claustrophobia, xenophobia
  13. PHON- sound: phonograph, megaphone, euphony, phonetics, phonics
  14. SOMN- sleep: insomnia, somnolent, somnambulist
  15. SON- sound: sonic, consonance, dissonance, assonance, sonorous, resonate
  16. SOPH-wisdom: philosopher, sophistry, sophisticated, sophomoric
  17. SPEC, SPIC-see, look: spectator, circumspect, retrospective, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous
  18. TOX- poison: toxic, toxin, intoxication
  19. TRACT- draw: tractor, intractable, protract
  20. TORP- stiff, numb: torpedo, torpid, torpor

Roots #12

  1. CREC, CRET- grow: crescent, crescendo, accretion
  2. CULP- blame, fault: culprit, culpable, inculpate, exculpate
  3. CURR, CURS- run: current, concur, cursory, precursor, incursion
  4. MORPH- shape: amorphous, anthropomorphic, metamorphosis, morphology
  5. MOV, MOT, MOB, MOM- move: remove, motion, mobile, momentum, momentous
  6. MUT- change: mutate, mutability, immutable, commute
  7. PLAC- calm, please: placate, implacable, placid, complacent
  8. PON, POS- put, place: postpone, proponent, exponent, preposition, interpose, juxtaposition
  9. PORT- carry: portable, deportment, rapport
  10. POT- drink: potion, potable
  11. POT- power: potential, potent, impotent, potentate, omnipotence
  12. PRE- before: precede, precipitate, preclude, precocious, precursor, predisposition, prepossessing, presage, prescient, prejudice, predict
  13. PRIM, PRI- first: prime, primary, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine
  14. SPER- hope: prosper, prosperous, despair, desperate
  15. SPERS, SPAR- scatter: disperse, sparse, aspersion disparate
  16. SPIR- breathe: respire, inspire, spiritual, aspire, transpire
  17. STRICT, STRING- bind: strict, stricture, constrict, stringent, astringent
  18. TRANS- across, over, through, beyond: transport, transgress, transient, transitory, translucent, transmutation
  19. TREM, TREP- shake: tremble, tremor, tremulous, trepidation, intrepid
  20. TURB- shake: disturb, turbulent, perturbation

Roots #13

  1. PRO- ahead: forth: proceed, proclivity, procrastinator, profane, profuse, prognosis, prologue, propel, propose, provoke
  2. PROTO- first: prototype, protagonist, protocol
  3. PROX, PROP- near: approximate, propinquity, proximity
  4. PSEUDO- false: pseudoscientific, pseudonym
  5. PYR- fire: pyre, pyrotechnics, pyromania
  6. STRUCT, STRU- build: structure, obstruct, construe
  7. SUB- under: subconscious, subjugate, subliminal, subpoena, subsequent, subterranean, subvert
  8. SUMM- highest: summit, summary, consummate
  9. SUPER, SUR- above: supervise, supercilious, supersede, superannuated, superfluous, insurmountable, surfeit
  10. SURGE, SURRECT- rise: surge, resurgent, insurgent, insurrection
  11. SYN, SYM- together: synthesis, sympathy, synonym, syncopation, synopsis, symposium, symbiosis