Mastering “Word Roots” for SAT Success

SACR, SANCT – holy

 

sacred

sacrilege

consecrate

sanctify

 

sanction

sacrosanct

 

 

SCRIB, SCRIPT, SCRIV – write

 

scribe

ascribe

circumscribe

inscribe

 

proscribe

script

manuscript

scrivener

SE – apart, away

 

separate

segregate

secede

sedition

SEC, SECT, SEG – cut

 

sector

dissect

bisect

Intersect

 

segment

secant

 

 

SED, SID -sit

 

sedate

sedentary

supersede

reside

 

residence

assiduous

insidious

 

SEM – seed, sow

 

seminar

seminal

disseminate

 

SEN – old

 

senior

senile

senescent

 

SENT, SENS – feel, think

 

sentiment

nonsense

assent

sentient

 

consensus

sensual

 

 

SEQU, SECU – follow

 

sequence

sequel

subsequent

obsequious

 

obsequy

non sequitur

consecutive

 

SIM, SEM – similar, same

 

similar

verisimilitude

semblance

dissemble

SIGN – mark, sign

 

signal

designation

assignation

 

SIN – curve

 

sine

curve

sinuous

insinuate

SOL – sun

 

solar

parasol

solarium

solstice

SOL – alone

 

solo

solitude

soliloquy

solipsism

SOMN – sleep

 

 

insomnia

somnolent

somnambulist

 

SON – sound

 

sonic

consonance

dissonance

assonance

 

sonorous

resonate

 

 

SOPH – wisdom

 

philosopher

sophistry

sophisticated

sophomoric

SPEC, SPIC – see, look

 

spectator

circumspect

retrospective

perspective

 

perspicacious

perspicuous

 

 

SPER – hope

 

prosper

prosperous

despair

desperate

SPERS, SPAR – scatter

 

disperse

sparse

aspersion

disparate

SPIR -breathe

 

respire

inspire

spiritual

aspire

 

transpire

 

 

 

STRICT, STRING – bind

 

strict

stricture

constrict

stringent

 

astringent

 

 

 

STRUCT, STRU – build

 

structure

obstruct

construe

 

SUB – under

 

subconscious

subjugate

subliminal

subpoena

 

subsequent

subterranean

subvert

 

SUMM – highest

 

summit

summary

consummate

 

SUPER, SUR – above

 

supervise

supercilious

supersede

superannuated

 

superfluous

insurmountable

surfeit

 

SURGE, SURRECT – rise

 

surge

resurgent

insurgent

insurrection

SYN, SYM – together

 

synthesis

sympathy

synonym

syncopation

 

synopsis

symposium

symbiosis