From the Gruber's Complete SAT Guide 2012
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| 837817482 | *ag, act | do, act i.e.: agent, counteract | |
| 837817483 | agr | field i.e.: agriculture, agoraphobia | |
| 837817484 | alt | high i.e.: altitude, altar | |
| 837817485 | alter | other i.e.: altercation, alternative | |
| 837817486 | *am | friend, love i.e.: amity, amorous | |
| 837817487 | anim | mind, life, spirit i.e.: animate, animal, animosity | |
| 837817488 | ann, annu, enni | year i.e.: annuity, annual, anniversary, perennial | |
| 837817489 | anthrop | man i.e.: philanthropy, anthropology | |
| 837817490 | aper | open i.e.: aperture, aperient | |
| 837817491 | apt | fit i.e.: adapt, aptitude, apt | |
| 837817492 | aqu | water i.e.: aqueous, aquacade | |
| 837817493 | arch | rule, govern i.e.: anarchy, matriarch | |
| 837817494 | aster, astr | star i.e.: asteroid, disaster, astronomy | |
| 837817495 | aud | hear i.e.: audible, audition | |
| 837817496 | aur | gold i.e.: auriferous | |
| 837817497 | *bas | low i.e.: debase, basement | |
| 837817498 | bell | war i.e.: bellicose, belligerent, antebellum | |
| 837817499 | ben | good, well i.e.: benevolent, benefactor | |
| 837817500 | bibl | book i.e.: biblical, bibliography | |
| 837817501 | bio | life i.e.: biology, biopsy | |
| 837817502 | brev | short i.e.: brevity, abbreviation | |
| 837817503 | cad, cas, cid | fall i.e.: cadence, casualty, incident | |
| 837817504 | cand | white, shining i.e.: candid, candidate | |
| 837817505 | *cap, capt, cept | take, hold i.e.: capable, captive, intercept | |
| 837817506 | capit | head i.e.: capital, decapitate | |
| 837817507 | carn | flesh i.e.: carnal, carnivorous | |
| 837817508 | *ced, cess | yield, go i.e.: cede, procession | |
| 837817509 | celer | swift i.e.: celerity, accelerate | |
| 837817510 | cent | hundred i.e.: century, centipede | |
| 837817511 | chrom | color i.e.: chromium, chromatic | |
| 837817512 | chron | time i.e.: chronology, chronic | |
| 837817513 | cid, cis | cut, kill i.e.: suicide, precision | |
| 837817514 | clin | lean, bend i.e.: inclination, recline | |
| 837817515 | clud, clus | close, shut i.e.: conclude, recluse | |
| 837817516 | cogn | know i.e.: incognito, cognizant | |
| 837817517 | cord | heart i.e.: cordial, accord | |
| 837817518 | corp | body i.e.: corpulent, corpse | |
| 837817519 | cosm | world i.e.: cosmic, cosmopolitan | |
| 837817520 | *cred | believe i.e.: incredible, credentials | |
| 837817521 | *curr, curs | run i.e.: current, cursory | |
| 837817522 | dec | ten i.e.: decimal, decade | |
| 837817523 | dem | people i.e.: democracy, demographic | |
| 837817524 | derm | skin i.e.: epidermis, dermatologist | |
| 837817525 | di | day i.e.: diary, sundial | |
| 837817526 | *dic, dict | speak, say i.e.: indicate, contradict | |
| 837817527 | dign | worthy i.e.: dignity, indignant | |
| 837817528 | domin | lord, master i.e.: dominate, indomitable | |
| 837817529 | dorm | sleep i.e.: dormant, dormitory | |
| 837817530 | *duc, duct | lead i.e.: induce, ductile | |
| 837817531 | ego | I i.e.: egotism, egomaniac | |
| 837817532 | equ | equal i.e.: equity, equanimity | |
| 837817533 | *fac, fact, fect, fic | make, do i.e.: facile, factory, infection, fiction | |
| 837817534 | *fer | bear, carry i.e.: fertile, confer | |
| 837817535 | fid | faith, trust i.e.: confide, infidelity | |
| 837817536 | fin | end i.e.: infinite, final | |
| 837817537 | flect, flex | bend i.e.: reflect, flexible | |
| 837817538 | form | shape i.e.: conform, reformation | |
| 837817539 | *fort | strong i.e.: fortitude, fortify | |
| 837817540 | frag, fract | break i.e.: fragile, fracture | |
| 837817541 | fug | flee i.e.: fugitive, refugee | |
| 837817542 | fus | pour i.e.: confuse, fusion | |
| 837817543 | *gen | kind, race, birth i.e.: generate, generic, generation | |
| 837817544 | gest | carry, bring i.e.: congestion, gestation | |
| 837817545 | grad, gress | step, go i.e.: graduate, digress | |
| 837817546 | graph | write i.e.: autograph, graphic | |
| 837817547 | grat | pleasing i.e.: gratitude, congratulate | |
| 837817548 | hydr | water i.e.: dehydrated, hydrant | |
| 837817549 | integr | entire, whole i.e.: integrate, integral | |
| 837817550 | *ject | throw i.e.: inject, projection | |
| 837817551 | junct | join i.e.: conjunction, juncture | |
| 837817552 | lat | carry i.e.: translation, dilate | |
| 837817553 | leg, lig, lect | choose, gather i.e.: legible, eligible, collect | |
| 837817554 | liber | free i.e.: liberate, libertine | |
| 837817555 | *loc | place i.e.: dislocate, local | |
| 837817556 | log | word, study i.e.: catalog, psychology | |
| 837817557 | loqu, locut | speak, talk i.e.: loquacious, eloquent, circumlocution | |
| 837817558 | luc, lum | light i.e.: translucent, illuminate | |
| 837817559 | magn | great i.e.: magnitude, magnificent | |
| 837817560 | *man | hand i.e.: mnufacture, manual | |
| 837817561 | mar | sea i.e.: marine, maritime, marina :) | |
| 837817562 | mater | mother i.e.: maternal, matrimony | |
| 837817563 | mega | large i.e.: megaton, megaphone | |
| 837817564 | ment | mind i.e.: mentality, mentally | |
| 837817565 | merg | plunge, sink i.e.: submerge, merger | |
| 837817566 | meter | measure i.e.: chronometer, symmetry | |
| 837817567 | micro | small i.e.: microscope, microfilm | |
| 837817568 | migr | wander i.e.: migrate, immigration | |
| 837817569 | mir | look i.e.: admire, mirror | |
| 837817570 | *mit, miss | send i.e.: admit, submission | |
| 837817571 | mon | advise, remind i.e.: admonish, monument | |
| 837817572 | *mort | death i.e.: immortality, mortal | |
| 837817573 | mot, mov | move i.e.: motor, motility, movable | |
| 837817574 | *mult | many i.e.: multitude, multifarious | |
| 837817575 | *mut | change i.e.: mutation, transmute, immutable | |
| 837817576 | *nat | born i.e.:natal, innate | |
| 837817577 | nav | ship i.e.: naval, navigate | |
| 837817578 | neg | deny i.e.: negate, renege | |
| 837817579 | nomen | name i.e.: nominee, nomenclature, cognomen | |
| 837817580 | nov | new i.e.: novelty, novice, innovation | |
| 837817581 | ocul | eye i.e.: oculist, binocular | |
| 837817582 | oper | work i.e.: cooperation, operate | |
| 837817583 | pater, patri | father i.e.: paternal, patriot | |
| 837817584 | ped, pod | foot i.e.: impede, biped, tripod | |
| 837817585 | ped | child i.e.: pediatrics, pedagogue | |
| 837817586 | pel, puls | drive i.e.: compel, expulsion | |
| 837817587 | pend, pens | hang, pendant, pension | |
| 837817588 | pet | seek i.e.: impetus, petition | |
| 837817589 | petr | stone, rock i.e.: petrify | |
| 837817590 | phil | loving i.e.: philosophy | |
| 837817591 | phob | fear i.e.: claustrophobia, triskaidekaphobia | |
| 837817592 | phon | sound i.e.: phonic, phonetics | |
| 837817593 | *plic | fold, bend i.e.: complicate, implicate | |
| 837817594 | *pon, pos | place, put i.e.: component, compose | |
| 837817595 | *port | carry, bring i.e.: porter, import | |
| 837817596 | pot | drink i.e.: potion, potable | |
| 837817597 | poten | powerful i.e.: potentate, impotent | |
| 837817598 | prehend, prehens | take, grasp i.e.: apprehend, comprehension | |
| 837817599 | prot | first i.e.: protagonist, prototype | |
| 837817600 | psych | mind i.e.: psychological, psychic | |
| 837817601 | quer, quir | ask, seek i.e.: query, inquiry, inquisition | |
| 837817602 | quis, ques | quest i.e.: quest, request, inquest | |
| 837817603 | reg, rig, rect | rule, govern i.e.: regent, rigid, corrective | |
| 837817604 | rid, ris | laugh i.e.: ridiculous, ridicule, risible, derisive | |
| 837817605 | rupt | break i.e.: rupture, erupt, interruption | |
| 837817606 | sacr | holy i.e.: sacred, sacrificial | |
| 837817607 | sanct | holy i.e.: sanction, sanctify | |
| 837817608 | sci, scio | know i.e.: science, conscious, omniscient | |
| 837817609 | scop | watch i.e.: periscope, horoscope | |
| 837817610 | *scrib, script | write i.e.: describe, prescription | |
| 837817611 | sec, sect | cut i.e.: secant, bisect | |
| 837817612 | sed, sid, sess | sit, seat i.e.: sedate, reside, session | |
| 837817613 | sent, sens | feel, think i.e.: sentiment, sensible | |
| 837817614 | *sequ, secut | follow i.e.: sequel, consecutive | |
| 837817615 | serv | keep i.e.: reserve, conservation | |
| 837817616 | sist | place, stand i.e.: assist, resistance | |
| 837817617 | solv, solu | loosen i.e.: dissolve, absolution | |
| 837817618 | somn | sleep i.e.: somnambulist, insomnia | |
| 837817619 | soph | wisdom i.e.: sophisticated, philosophy | |
| 837817620 | *spec, spect, spic | look, appear i.e.: specimen, prospect, conspicuous | |
| 837817621 | spir | breathe i.e.: conspire, respiration | |
| 837817622 | *stat, stab | stand i.e.: status, stability | |
| 837817623 | string, strict | bind i.e.: stringent, stricture | |
| 837817624 | stru, struct | build i.e.: construe, destructive | |
| 837817625 | sum, sumpt | take i.e.: assume, presumption | |
| 837817626 | tang, ting, tact, tig | touch i.e.: tangent, contingency, contact, contiguous | |
| 837817627 | teg, tect | cover i.e.: tegument, detect | |
| 837817628 | tele | distance i.e.: telescope, teletype | |
| 837817629 | tempor | time i.e.: temporary, extemporaneous | |
| 837817630 | *ten, tain | hold, reach i.e.: tenant, tension, retain | |
| 837817631 | term | end i.e.: terminal, terminate | |
| 837817632 | ter, terr | land, earth i.e.: inter, terrace | |
| 837817633 | therm | heat i.e.: thermometer, thermos | |
| 837817634 | tort, tors | twist i.e.: contort, torsion | |
| 837817635 | *tract | draw i.e.: attract, extract | |
| 837817636 | trit | rub i.e.: trite, attrition | |
| 837817637 | trud, trus | thrust i.e.: intrude, abstruse | |
| 837817638 | umbra | shade i.e.: umbrella, umbrage | |
| 837817639 | urb | city i.e.: suburb, urban | |
| 837817640 | vac | empty i.e.: vacate, evacuation | |
| 837817641 | vad, vas | go i.e.: evade, evasive | |
| 837817642 | val, vail | be strong i.e.: valid, prevail | |
| 837817643 | *ven, vent | come i.e.: convene, prevention | |
| 837817644 | *ver | true i.e.: veracity, aver | |
| 837817645 | verb | word i.e.: verbose, verbatim | |
| 837817646 | *vert, vers | turn i.e.: convert, reverse | |
| 837817647 | vid, vis | see i.e.: evident, visible | |
| 837817648 | vinc, vict | conquer i.e.: invincible, evict | |
| 837817649 | viv, vit | live i.e.: vivacity, vital | |
| 837817650 | voc, vok | call i.e.: vocation, revoke | |
| 837817651 | volv, volut | roll, turn i.e.: involve, revolution | |
| 837817652 | *a-, ab-, abs- | from, away i.e.: avert, abjure, absent | |
| 837817653 | *ad- | to i.e.: adhere By assimilation, ad takes the forms of a, ac, af, al, an, ap, as, at i.e.: aspire, accord, affect, allude, annex, appeal, assume, attract | |
| 837817654 | ambi-, amphi- | around, both i.e.: ambidextrous, amphibious | |
| 837817655 | *ante-, anti- | before i.e.: antedate, anticipate | |
| 837817656 | *anti- | against i.e.: antidote, antislavery | |
| 837817657 | arch- | first, chief i.e.: archangel, archenemy | |
| 837817658 | auto- | self i.e.: autobiography, automatic | |
| 837817659 | ben- | good, well i.e.: benediction, benefactor | |
| 837817660 | *bi- | two i.e.: bilateral, bisect | |
| 837817661 | *circum- | around i.e.: circumnavigate, circumvent | |
| 837817662 | *com-, con-, col-, cor-, co- | together i.e.: commit, concord, collect, correct, co-worker | |
| 837817663 | *contra-, contro-, counter- | against i.e.: contradict, controvert, counteract | |
| 837817664 | *de- | down, away from, about i.e.: descend, depart, describe | |
| 837817665 | demi- | half i.e.: demigod, demitasse | |
| 837817666 | dia- | across, through i.e.: diameter, diastole | |
| 837817667 | *dis-, di-, dif- | apart, not i.e.: dissension, division, diffident | |
| 837817668 | *equi- | equal i.e.: equinox, equivalent | |
| 837817669 | *ex-, e-, ef- | out of, from i.e.: extract, eject, efface | |
| 837817670 | extra- | out of, beyond i.e.: extraordinary, extraterrestrial | |
| 837817671 | *hyper- | too much i.e.: hypercritical, hypersensitive | |
| 837817672 | hypo- | too little, under i.e.: hypochondriac, hypodermic | |
| 837817673 | *in-, il-, im-, ir- | into, in on i.e.: invade, illustrate, immerse, irritate | |
| 837817674 | inter-, intro- | between, among i.e.: interpose, introduce | |
| 837817675 | *mal-, mis- | bad i.e.: malevolent, mistreat | |
| 837817676 | mono- | one, single i.e.: monotone, monorail | |
| 837817677 | neo- | new i.e.: neoplasm, neophyte | |
| 837817678 | *non- | not i.e.: nonentity, nonconformist | |
| 837817679 | *ob-, of-, op- | against i.e.: obviate, offend, oppose | |
| 837817680 | *omni- | all i.e.: omniscient, omnipresent | |
| 837817681 | ortho- | straight i.e.: orthodox, orthopedic | |
| 837817682 | pan- | all i.e.: pantheism, Pan-American | |
| 837817683 | *peri- | around i.e.: perimeter, periscope | |
| 837817684 | *poly- | many i.e.: polygon, polygamy | |
| 837817685 | *post- | after i.e.: postpone, postmortem | |
| 837817686 | *pre- | before i.e.: predict, precursory | |
| 837817687 | *pro- | forward, before i.e.: proceed, provide | |
| 837817688 | *re- | back, again i.e.: recur, recede | |
| 837817689 | retro- | backward i.e.: retrogress, retrospect | |
| 837817690 | se- | apart, away i.e.: seduce, sedition | |
| 837817691 | semi- | half, i.e.: semicircle, semiconscious | |
| 837817692 | *sub- | under i.e.: submarine, subversive | |
| 837817693 | *super- | above, beyond i.e.: superpose, supernatural | |
| 837817694 | syn-, sym- | with, at the same time i.e.: synonymous, sympathetic | |
| 837817695 | *trans- | across i.e.: transcontinental, transmit | |
| 837817696 | ultra- | beyond i.e.: ultraliberal, ultramodern | |
| 837817697 | *un- | not i.e.: unaware, uninformed | |
| 837817698 | *uni- | one i.e.: unanimous, uniform, unicycle | |
| 837817699 | vice- | instead of i.e.: vice-chancellor, viceroy | |
| 837817700 | *-able | able i.e.: pliable, returnable | |
| 837817701 | -acious, -cious | having the quality of i.e.: capacious, meretricious | |
| 837817702 | -age | act, condition i.e.: courage, foliage | |
| 837817703 | -al | belonging to i.e.: legal, regal | |
| 837817704 | *-ance, -ence | state of i.e.: abundance, indulgence | |
| 837817705 | *-ate | one who i.e.: candidate, advocate | |
| 837817706 | -ary, -eer, -er | one who, concerning i.e.: secretary, engineer, mariner | |
| 837817707 | *-cy | state, position of i.e.: adequacy, presidency, clemency | |
| 837817708 | -dom | state of i.e.: freedom, serfdom | |
| 837817709 | *ence | state of i.e.: presence, credence | |
| 837817710 | -er, -or | one who i.e.: player, actor, monitor, employer | |
| 837817711 | *-escent | becoming i.e.: adolescent, putrescent | |
| 837817712 | *-fy | make i.e.: beautify, sanctify | |
| 837817713 | -hood | state of i.e.: knighthood, childhood | |
| 837817714 | -ic, -id | of, like i.e.: bucolic, acrid | |
| 837817715 | *-il, ile | capable of being i.e.: evil, servile | |
| 837817716 | *-ion | sact of i.e.: desperation, perspiration | |
| 837817717 | *-ious | characterized by i.e.: spacious, illustrious | |
| 837817718 | *-ish | like i.e.: boyish, foolish | |
| 837817719 | -ism | belief in or practice of i.e.: idealism, capitalism | |
| 837817720 | -ist | one who practices or is devoted to i.e.: anarchist, harpist | |
| 837817721 | *-ive | relating to i.e.: abusive, plaintive | |
| 837817722 | -mony | state of i.e.: harmony, matrimony | |
| 837817723 | *-ness | quality of i.e.: willingness, shrewdness | |
| 837817724 | -ory | a place for i.e.: factory, depository | |
| 837817725 | *-ous, -ose | full of i.e.: ponderous, verbose, bellicose | |
| 837817726 | -ship | state of, skill i.e.: friendship, relationship, gamesmanship | |
| 837817727 | *-some | characteristic of i.e.: loathsome, fearsome | |
| 837817728 | -tude | state of i.e.: lassitude, rectitude | |
| 837817729 | -ward | in the direction of i.e.: windward, backward | |
| 837817730 | *-y | full of i.e.: unruly, showy |
