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    According to some linguistic studies, approximately 60 percent of our English words are derived from Latin and Greek. One reliable study has shown that a selected list of 20 prefixes and 14 root elements pertain to more than 100,000 words in an unabridged dictionary. Here we have done even better—we’ve given you a list of prefixes and roots which will give you meanings of over 150,000 words! The following entries of Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes frequently show up in some of the words in the SAT Verbal areas, Sentence Completions, and Reading Comprehension. Learn these Latin and Greek word parts to increase your vocabulary immensely—and thus score well in the Verbal part of your SA

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    According to some linguistic studies, approximately 60 percent of our English words are derived from Latin and Greek. One reliable study has shown that a selected list of 20 prefixes and 14 root elements pertain to more than 100,000 words in an unabridged dictionary. Here we have done even better—we’ve given you a list of prefixes and roots which will give you meanings of over 150,000 words! The following entries of Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes frequently show up in some of the words in the SAT Verbal areas, Sentence Completions, and Reading Comprehension. Learn these Latin and Greek word parts to increase your vocabulary immensely—and thus score well in the Verbal part of your SA

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    Word Part Analysis - Highest Sat Frequency

    Încărcat de

    Ammar ElMerhbi
    According to some linguistic studies, approximately 60 percent of our English words are derived from Latin and Greek. One reliable study has shown that a selected list of 20 prefixes and 14 root elements pertain to more than 100,000 words in an unabridged dictionary. Here we have done even better—we’ve given you a list of prefixes and roots which will give you meanings of over 150,000 words! The following entries of Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes frequently show up in some of the words in the SAT Verbal areas, Sentence Completions, and Reading Comprehension. Learn these Latin and Greek word parts to increase your vocabulary immensely—and thus score well in the Verbal part of your SA

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    Word Building with Roots, Prefixes,

    and Suffixes
    Highest SAT Frequency

    Roots
    A ROOT IS THE BASIC ELEMENT—FUNDAMENTAL OR ESSENTIAL PART—OF A WORD

    _ ag, act do, act; as agent, counteract


    _ port carry, bring; as porter, import
    _ am friend, love; as amity, amorous
    _ man hand; as manufacture, manual
    _ cred believe; as incredible, credentials
    _ mit, miss send; as admit, submission
    _ curr, curs run; as current, cursory
    _ mort death; as immortality, mortal
    _ bas low; as debase, basement
    _ mult many; as multitude, multifarious
    _ dic, dict speak, say; as indicate, contradict
    _ scrib, script write; as describe, prescription
    _ duc, duct lead; as induce, ductile
    _ mut change; as mutation, transmute, immutable
    _ fac, fact, fect, fic make, do; as facile, factory,
    infection, fiction _ nat born; as natal, innate

    _ fer bear, carry; as fertile, confer _ sequ, secut follow; as sequel, consecutive

    _cap, capt, cept take, hold; as capable, captive, _ spec, spect, spic look, appear; as specimen, pros
    Intercept
    _ tract draw; as attract, extract
    _ fort strong; as fortitude, fortify
    _ stat, stab stand; as status, stability
    _ ced, cess yield, go; as cede, procession
    _ ven, vent come; as convene, prevention
    _ gen kind, race, birth; as generate, generic, generation
    _ ver true; as veracity, aver
    _ ject throw; as inject, projection
    _ vert, vers turn; as convert, reverse
    _ loc place; as dislocate, local
    _ ten, tain hold, reach; as tenant, tension, retain
    _ plic fold, bend; as complicate, implicate

    _ pon, pos place, put; as component, compose


    Prefixes
    A PREFIX IS PART OF A WORD THAT MAY BE PLACED
    BEFORE THE BASIC ELEMENT (ROOT) OF A WORD

    _ a, ab, abs from, away; as avert, abjure, absent


    _ad to; as adhere. By assimilation, ad takes the forms of a, _ uni one; as unanimous, uniform
    ac, af, al, an, ap, as, at; as aspire, accord, affect, allude,
    annex, appeal, assume, attract

    _ ante, anti before; as antedate, anticipate Suffixes


    A SUFFIX IS PART OF A WORD THAT MAY FOLLOW
    _ anti against; as antidote, antislavery
    THE BASIC ELEMENT (ROOT) OF A WORD
    _ bi two; as bilateral, bisect

    _ circum around; as circumnavigate, circumvent


    _ able able; as pliable, returnable
    _ com, con, col, cor, co together; as commit, concord,
    _ ance, ence state of; as abundance, indulgence
    collect, correct, co-worker
    _ ate one who; as candidate, advocate
    _ contra, contro, counter against; as contradict, controvert,
    counteract _ cy state, position of; as adequacy, presidency
    _ de down, away from, about; as descend, depart, describe _ ence state of; as presence, credence
    _ dis, di, dif apart, not; as dissension, division, diffident _ escent becoming; as adolescent, putrescent
    _ equi equal; as equinox, equivalent _ fy make; as beautify, sanctify
    _ ex, e, ef out of, from; as extract, eject, efface _ il, ile capable of being; as evil, servile
    _ hyper too much; as hypercritical, hypersensitive _ ion act of; as desperation, perspiration
    _ in, il, im, ir into, in, on; as invade, illustrate, immerse, _ ious characterized by; as spacious, illustrious
    irritate
    _ ish like; as boyish, foolish
    _ in, il, im, ir not; as indistinct, illegal, impossible,
    irresponsible _ ive relating to; as abusive, plaintive

    _ mal, mis bad; as malevolent, mistreat _ ness quality of; as willingness, shrewdness

    _ non not; as nonentity, nonconformist _ ous, ose full of; as ponderous, verbose

    _ ob, of, op against; as obviate, offend, oppose _ some characteristic of; as loathsome, fearsome

    _ omni all; as omniscient, omnipresent _ y full of; as unruly, showy

    _ peri around; as perimeter, periscope

    _ poly many; as polygon, polygamy

    _ post after; as postpone, postmortem

    _ pre before; as predict, precursory

    _ pro forward, before; as proceed, provide

    _ re back, again; as recur, recede

    _ sub under; as submarine, subversive

    _ super above, beyond; as superpose, supernatural

    _ trans across; as transcontinental, transmit

    _ un not; as unaware, uninformed

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