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root ‘ab’

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away

Related SAT words include abrogate, abstain.

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root ‘ambi’

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both

Related SAT words include ambidextrous, ambivalent.

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root ‘ambul’

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move or walk

Related SAT words include ambulate, somnambulate.

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root ‘ami’

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love

Related SAT words include amiable, amicable, amity.

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root ‘contra’

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against

Related SAT words include contradict, contraposition.

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root ‘cred’

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believe

Related SAT words include credible, credulous, incredulous.

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root ‘crypt’

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hidden

Related SAT words include cryptic, decrypt, encrypt.

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root ‘cycl’

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circle or ring

Related SAT words include cycloid, cyclone, cyclotron.

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root ‘dem’

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people

Related SAT words include demagogue, democracy, demography.

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root ‘derm’

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skin

Related SAT words include dermatology, hypodermic, intradermal.

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root ‘dict’

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speak

Related SAT words include edict, indict, malediction.

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root ‘domin’

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master

Related SAT words include dominant, domineering, dominion.

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root ‘dur’

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hard

Related SAT words include durable, endurance, obdurate.

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root ‘ego’

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I, self

Related SAT words include alter ego, egomaniacal, egotistical.

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root ‘esth’

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feeling

Related SAT words include aesthetic, anesthetic.

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root ‘extra’

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outside

Related SAT words include extralegal, extraneous, extrapolate.

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root ‘fid’

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faith

Related SAT words include confidant, fidelity, perfidy.

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root ‘flect’

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bend

Related SAT words include deflect, genuflect, inflection.

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root ‘flor’

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flower

Related SAT words include efflorescence, florid.

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root ‘fract/frag’

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break

Related SAT words include fracture, fragile, refract.

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root ‘fug’

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run away

Related SAT words include fleeting, refugee, subterfuge.

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root ‘gen’

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birth, production

Related SAT words include genesis, genteel, progeny.

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root ‘gram’

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something written

Related SAT words include epigram, monogram, phonogram.

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root ‘graph’

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to write

Related SAT words include bibliography, cosmography, typography.

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root 'grat'
pleasing ## Footnote Related SAT words include gratify, gratuitous, ingratiate.
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root 'gress'
to step, to go ## Footnote Related SAT words include digress, egress, transgress.
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root 'hetero'
different ## Footnote Related SAT words include heterodox, heterogeneous, heteromorphic.
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root 'homo'
same ## Footnote Related SAT words include homogeneous, homologous, homophone.
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root 'idio'
peculiar, distinct ## Footnote Related SAT words include idiom, idiosyncrasy.
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root 'judi'
judge, lawyer ## Footnote Related SAT words include adjudicate, judicial, judicious.
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root 'ling'
language ## Footnote Related SAT words include linguist, linguistics.
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root 'loqu'
speak ## Footnote Related SAT words include colloquial, eloquent, loquacious.
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root 'magn'
large, great ## Footnote Related SAT words include magnanimous, magnate, magnitude.
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root 'mal'
bad ## Footnote Related SAT words include malcontent, malevolent, malign.
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root 'mut'
change ## Footnote Related SAT words include immutable, permutation, transmute.
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root 'ob'
against ## Footnote Related SAT words include obdurate, obtrusive.
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root 'phil'
love ## Footnote Related SAT words include philanthropist, philosophy, technophile.
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root 'plac'
calm ## Footnote Related SAT words include complacent, placate, placid.
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root 're'
back, again ## Footnote Related SAT words include relegate, remunerate, renege.
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root 'sagac'
wise ## Footnote Related SAT words include sagacious, sagacity.
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root 'sang'
having to do with blood ## Footnote Related SAT words include sanguinary, sanguine.
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root 'sequ'
follow ## Footnote Related SAT words include consequently, obsequious, subsequent.
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root 'somn'
sleep ## Footnote Related SAT words include insomnia, somnambulate, somnolent.
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root 'tac/tic'
be silent ## Footnote Related SAT words include reticent, tacit, taciturn.
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root 'troph'
feed, grow ## Footnote Related SAT words include autotroph, heterotroph.
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root 'ultim'
last ## Footnote Related SAT words include penultimate, ultimate, ultimatum.
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root 'vener'
respectful ## Footnote Related SAT words include venerable, venerate, veneration.
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root 'vit'
life ## Footnote Related SAT words include vitality.
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root 'voc'
voice ## Footnote Related SAT words include advocate, invocation, vociferous.
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root 'vol'
fly, wish ## Footnote Related SAT words include benevolent, volition, voluntary.

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