SAT Vocab Root
List #4
Quiz 4/23
- her, hes:
to stick
- Latin, haerere: to stick
- adhere (verb): to stick
- jac, ject, jet:
to throw
- Latin, jacere: to throw, to lie
- reject (verb): to throw out, unwilling
to accept
- jug, junct, just:
to join
- Latin, jungere: to join
- junction (noun): a place at which two
things join
- lect, leg, lig:
choose, gather, select, read
- Latin, legere: to choose
- collect (verb): to gather, to bring
together
- log: say,
speech, word, reason, study
- Greek, logos: speech, word,
reason
- logic (noun): the study of reason,
reasoning
- luc, lum, lust:
light
- Latin, lucare: shine
- Latin, lumen: light
- Latin, lustrare: light-up
- translucent (adjective): permitting some
light to come through
- mem:
recall, remember
- Latin, memor: mindful
- memory (noun): the ability to recall or
to bring to mind
- ment: mind
- Latin, mens: mind
- mental (adjective): related to the mind
- min:
little, small
- Latin, minuere: to lessen
- minor (adjective): less important,
lesser
- mit, miss: send
- Latin, mittere: put, send
- admit (verb): to accept, to allow
entry
- mob, mov, mot:
move
- Latin, movere: move
- motion (noun): act of moving, action
SAT
Vocab Root List #5
Quiz 5/23
- nasc, nat, gnant, nai:
to be born
- Latin, nasci to be born
- nascent (adjective) - just born
- pat, pass: feel,
suffer
- Latin, pati: suffer
- passion (noun): strong feeling or emotion
- pel, puls:
drive, push
- Latin, pellere: to drive,
push, beat
- repel (verb): to drive away or push
back
- phan, phas, phen, phant, fant:
show,
make visible
- Greek, phainein: show
- phantom (noun): something seen but having
no physical existence, a ghost
- phil:
love
- Greek, philos: loving
- philosopher (noun): a person who seeks
(loves) wisdom
- pon, pos: put,
place
- Latin, ponere: to lay down,
put, place
- postpone (verb): to put off to a later time
- SAT Vocab Root List #6Quiz 6/4· quir, quis, quest, quer: seek, ask
- Latin, quaerere: seek, ask
- query (verb): to ask questions
- rupt:
break
- Latin, rumpere: break
- rupture (verb): to break or
burst
- sci,
scio: to know
- Latin, scire: to know
- conscious (adjective): aware, having knowledge of oneself
- scrib,
scrip: write
- Latin, scribere: to write
- script (noun): handwriting, something written
- sequ,
secut, sue: follow
- Latin, sequi: to follow
- sequence (noun): a continuous
series
- sist: to
withstand, make up
- Latin, sistere: to make a stand
- insist (verb): to be firm about something needed, to
demand
- soci: to
join, companions
- Latin, sociare, socius: to join, a
companion
- sociable (adjective): inclined to
seek friendship, companionship
- sol:
alone
- Latin, solus: alone, single
- solitary (adjective): being alone
- solv,
solu, solut: loosen, explain
- Latin, solvere: too loosen, release
- solve (verb): to find an answer
- spec,
spi, spic, spect: look
- Latin, specere: look, look at
- spectator (noun): a person who
watches
- spir:
breath, soul
- Latin, spirare: breathe
- respiration (noun): breathing
- stab,
stat: stand
- Latin, stare: to stand
- stature (noun) - height of a
standing body, importance of position
SAT Vocab Root List #7Quiz 6/8- strain,
strict, string, stige:
bind, pull
- Latin, stringere: to bind or pull tight
- constrict (verb) - to squeeze, to make narrow
- stru,
struct, stroy:
build
- Latin, struere: to build
- destroy (verb): to ruin, to pull down
- tact,
tang, tig, ting:
touch
- Latin, tangere: to touch
- tactile (adjective): related to
the sense of touch
- tele: far away
- Greek, telos: end
- telepathy (noun): communication
from one mind to another without verbal or written communication
- tend,
tens:
stretch
- Latin, tendere: to stretch
- contend (verb): to strive or reach for, to argue
- tain,
ten, tent, tin:
hold, keep, have
- Latin, tenere: to hold
- retain (verb): to keep, to hold in place
- term: end, boundary, limit
- Latin, terminusm: limit, boundary
- exterminate (verb): to kill off, to get rid of
- tor,
tors, tort:
twist
- Latin, torquere: twist
- torsion (noun): twisting of the
body
- tract,
trai, treat:
pull, draw
- Latin, trahere: pull
- attract (verb): to draw toward, to arouse interest
- SAT Vocab Root List #8
-
Quiz 6/13
- ven,
vent:
come
- Latin, venire:
to come
- convene (verb): to assemble, to
come together
- verb,
verv:
word
- Latin, verbum:
word
- verbalize (verb):
to express in words, to put into words
- vers,
vert:
turn,change
- Latin, versare:
to turn
- versatile (adjective):
capable of changing or adapting, useful
- vid,
vie, vis:
see
- Latin, videre:
to see; Latin, videre: to separate
- visible (adjective):
able to be seen
- divide
(verb): to separate
- voc,
voke:
call
- Latin, vocare:
call, voice
- vocal (adjective):
spoken or uttered by the voice
- volv,
volt, vol:
roll, turn
- Latin, volvere:
to roll, turn
- revolve (verb): to turn around
- ven,
vent:
come
- Latin, quaerere: seek, ask
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