Word Root

What It Means

SAT Vocab Words

ante

before

antebellum, antediluvian

anti

against

antithesis, antipathy, antiseptic

auto

self

autocratic

bene

good, well

benefactor, benevolent, benediction

chron

time

anachronism, asynchronous

circum

around

circumnavigate, circumference, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe

con, com

with, together

convene, concatenate, conjoin, companionable

contra, counter

against

contradict, counteract, contravene

cred

to believe

credo, credible, credence, credulity, incredulous

dict

to speak

verdict, malediction, dictate, dictum, indict

dis

not

disperse, dissuade, distemper, disarray, disjointed

equi

equal

equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equitable, equanimity

ex, e

out, away

emit, enervate, excise, extirpate, expunge, exonerate, exacerbate

flu, flux

flow

effluence, effluvium, fluctuate, confluence

hyper

above, over

hyperbolic

in, im

not

inviolate, innocuous, intractable, impregnable, impermeable, impervious

inter

between

intermittent, introvert, interdict, interrogate

mal

bad

malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady, malcontent, malfeasance

multi

many

multitude, multivalent

neo

new

neologism, neophyte

omni

all

omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient

per

through

persuade, impervious, persistent, persecute

sanct

holy

sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct

scrib, script

to write

inscription, prescribe, proscribe, ascribe, conscript, scribble, scribe

spect

to look

circumspect, retrospect, prospect, spectacle, aspect

tract

to drag, to draw

protract, detract, intractable

trans

across

transduce, intransigent

vert

to turn

extrovert, introvert