Word Part Analysis_ Highest Sat Frequency

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, Intercept

_ spec, spect, spic look, appear; as specimen, pros _ 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, ac, af, al, an, ap, as, at; as aspire, accord, affect, allude, annex, appeal, assume, attract _ ante, anti before; as antedate, anticipate _ anti against; as antidote, antislavery

_ uni one; as unanimous, uniform

Suffixes A SUFFIX IS PART OF A WORD THAT MAY FOLLOW THE BASIC ELEMENT (ROOT) OF A WORD

_ bi two; as bilateral, bisect _ circum around; as circumnavigate, circumvent _ com, con, col, cor, co together; as commit, concord, collect, correct, co-worker _ contra, contro, counter against; as contradict, controvert, counteract

_ able able; as pliable, returnable _ ance, ence state of; as abundance, indulgence _ ate one who; as candidate, advocate _ 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, irritate

_ ious characterized by; as spacious, illustrious

_ in, il, im, ir not; as indistinct, illegal, impossible, irresponsible

_ ish like; as boyish, foolish _ 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