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Slide1
Quirk of the Day
Slide2SAT
Prefixes
Slide3a–, an–
= not, without
circum
–
= around
peri
–
= around
ab
–
= away from
co–, con–, col–, cor–
= with
poly
–
= many
ad
–
= toward, addition
contra–, counter–
= against
post
–
= after
anim
–
= life, spirit
de–, ex–
= out of, away from
pre
–
= before
ante
–
= before
extra–
= beyond, outside
pro
–
= big, much
anti
–
= opposite
hetero–
= other
re–, retro–
= back, again
auc
–,
aug
–
= increase
homo–
= same
se
–
= apart
aud
–,
aur
–
= hear
hyper–
= above
sub–,
suc
–,
suf
–
= below
auto
–
= self
hypo
–
= under
super–,
sur
–
= over, above
ben–, bon–,
eu
–
= good
il–, im–, in–, ir–, non–
= not
syn
–,
sym
–
= together, with
brev
–
= short
inter
–
= between
trans
–
= across, beyond
caco
–,
dys
–
= bad, abnormal
intra
–
= within
ultra–,
outr
–
= beyond
ceiv
–,
cept
–,
capt
–
= take
mal–,
mis
–, ne–
= bad
vice
–
= in place of
Slide4SAT
Suffixes
Slide5More
–able, –
ible
= capable of
–
ette
, –
illo
= little
–logy, –ology
= study
–
ate, –
ify
,–
efy
, –
ize
, –
ise
= make
-graph
: written or drawn
-
ment
: action or process
–
cess
, –cede
= to go, yield
-
ile
: tending to
–
ous
, –
ant ,
–
ose
=
full
of, possessing the qualities of
–
cide
= to kill
-
ism
: belief
-
sis
: process,
state, action
–
cis
= cut
–
ist
, -
ic
, -ac
= a person, having characteristics of
-
tude
: condition of
Slide6SAT
Root words
Slide7ambu
= walk, move
cred
= trust, belief
fort
= strength
andro
= man
demo
– = people
fract
, frag,
frai
= break
anthro
= human
dog,
dox
= thought, idea
gnos
= knowledge
bellu
, belli
= war, fight
duc
, duct
= to lead, pull
grad,
gress
= to go
carn
= flesh
ev
= time, age
greg
= group, herd
clam, claim
= shout
fac
= to do, make
gyn
= woman
clin
= lean, bend
fiss
= break, part
her,
hes
= to stick
clud
,
clus
,
claus
= close
flict
= strike
jac
,
ject
= to throw
Slide8loq
, log,
loc
, lix
= talk
phon
= sound
spec
= look
luc
,
lum
,
lus
= light, clear
pug
= war, fight
term
= end, boundary
meta,
mut
= change
rupt
= break
terr
= earth
morph
= shape
sanct
= holy
theo
= God
narco
= sleep
scien
= knowledge
ven
= come
omni
= all
senti
= feeling
vid,
vis
= to see
oper
= work
somn
, sop
= sleep
voc
,
voke
= call
pac
,
plac
= peace, calm
son
= sound
vol
= roll, turn
path
= feeling
soph
= wise
xen
= stranger
Slide9Dissect the words
Slide10luminous
Root:
lum
“light”
Suffix:
ous
“full of”
Meaning:
Full of light
Slide11fragile
Root:
frag
“break”
Suffix:
ile
“tending to”
Meaning:
Tending to break
Slide12gnosticism
Root:
gnos
“knowledge”
Suffix:
ism
“belief”
Meaning:
Belief that salvation comes through knowledge
Slide13terminate
Root:
term
“end”
Suffix:
ate
“make”
Meaning:
Make the end of
Slide14insomniac
Root:
somn
“sleep”
Prefix:
in
“not”
Suffix:
ac
“person”
Meaning:
A person who is not able to sleep
Slide15claustrophobic
Root 1:
claus
“close”
Root 2:
phob
“fear”
Suffix:
ic
“person, having characteristics”
Meaning:
Having characteristics of being afraid of proximity
Slide16subterraneous
Root:
terr
“earth”
prefix:
sub
“under”
Suffix:
ous
“possessing qualities of”
Meaning:
Possessing qualities of being under the earth
Slide17autobiography
Root:
bio
“life”
Prefix:
auto
“self”
Suffix:
graphy
“writing”
Meaning:
A writing about your own life
Slide18sentiment
Root:
sent
“feeling”
Suffix:
ment
“action or process”
Meaning:
The action or process of feeling
Slide19philosophy
Root 1:
phil
“love”
Root 2:
soph
“knowledge”
Suffix:
y
“characterized by”
Meaning:
Characterized by the love of knowledge
Slide20omniscient
Root 1:
omni
“all”
Root 2:
scien
“knowledge”
Suffix:
ent
“full of”
Meaning:
Full of all knowledge
Slide21metamorphosis
Root 1:
meta
“change”
Root 2:
morph
“shape”
Suffix:
sis
“full of”
Meaning:
Full of all knowledge
Slide22homophone
Root:
phone
“sound”
Suffix:
homo
“one”
Meaning:
Words with the one (the same) sound
Slide23p
lacate/pacify
Root:
p
lac
/
pac
“calm”
Suffix:
ate
“make”
Meaning:
To make calm
Slide24s
upercede
/supersede
prefix:
super
“above”
Suffix:
cede
“to go”
Meaning:
To go above, as in above one’s authority
Slide25polytheism
Root:
theo
“god”
prefix:
poly
“many”
Suffix:
Ism
“belief”
Meaning:
Belief in many gods
Slide26Dissect the words
EASY ONES NOW!
Slide27Disappear
Prefix:
Dis
“opposite of”
Meaning:
Opposite of appear
Slide28Transcribe
Prefix:
trans
“across, over”
Meaning:
Write over
Slide29anticlimactic
Prefix:
anti
“against”
Meaning:
Having the characteristics of going against a climax
Slide30hyperextension
Prefix:
hyper
“extreme”
Meaning:
An extreme extension
Slide31pseudonym
Prefix:
pseudo
“false”
Meaning:
False name
Slide32monosyllabic
Prefix:
mono
“one”
Meaning:
Having the characteristics of one syllable
Slide33infinite
Prefix:
in
“not, without”
Meaning:
Without bounds, limits, or end
Slide34disclose
Prefix:
dis
“opposite of”
Meaning:
Opposite of close; open; reveal
Slide35devalue
Prefix:
de
“do the opposite of”
Meaning:
Do the opposite of value; not appreciate
Slide36misjudge
Prefix:
mis
“wrongly”
Meaning:
Judge wrongly
Slide37subconscious
Prefix:
sub
“under”
Meaning:
Under your conscious
Slide38unconscious
Prefix:
un
“not”
Meaning:
Not conscious
Slide39aforementioned
Prefix:
fore
“before”
Meaning:
Mention before
Slide40semipermeable
Prefix:
semi
“half, partial”
Meaning:
Partially able to be passed through
Slide41superfluous
Prefix:
super
“above”
Meaning:
Above what is required or sufficient
Slide42earthen
Suffix:
en
“made of”
Meaning:
Made of earth
Slide43acidic
Suffix:
ic
“having characteristics of”
Meaning:
having characteristics
of an acid
Slide44trinity
Suffix:
ity
“state of”
Meaning:
State of three
Slide45shameless
Suffix:
less
“without”
Meaning:
Without shame
Slide46courageous
Suffix:
ous
“possessing the qualities of”
Meaning:
possessing the qualities
of courage