Mastering “Word Roots” for SAT Success

DE – down, out, apart

 

depart

debase

debilitate

declivity

 

decry

deface

defamatory

defunct

 

delegate

demarcation

demean

demur

 

deplete

deplore

depravity

deprecate

 

deride

Derivative

desist

detest

 

devoid

 

 

 

DEC – ten tenth

 

decade

decimal

decathlon

decimate

DEMO, DEM – people

 

democrat

demographics

demagogue

epidemic

 

pandemic

endemic

 

 

DI, DIURN – day

 

diary

quotidian

diurnal

 

DIA – across

 

diagonal

diatribe

diaphanous

 

DIC, DICT – speak

 

abdicate

diction

interdict

predict

 

indict

verdict

 

 

DIS, DIF, DI – not, apart, away

 

disaffected

disband

disbar

disburse

 

discern

discordant

discredit

discursive

 

disheveled

disparage

disparate

dispassionate

 

dispirit

dissemble

disseminate

dissension

 

dissipate

dissonant

dissuade

distend

 

differentiate

diffidence

 

 

DOC, DOCT -teach

 

docile

doctrine

doctrinaire

 

DOL – pain

 

condolence

doleful

dolorous

indolent

DUC, DUCT – lead

 

seduce

induce

conduct

viaduct

 

induct