what it means

check this out. these are called word roots. if u wanna guess your vocabs, try memorising these.
since there are many words in the SAT test that play around this kind of word roots, i insist that we try our best to remember them. hope u guys find it helpful.

1. ante : before (antebellum, antediluvian)

2. anti : against (antithesis, antipathy, antiseptic)

3. auto : self (autocratic)

4. bene : good, well (benefactor, benevolent)

5. chron : time (anachronism, asynchronous)

6. circum: around ( circumnavigate, circumference, circumlocution)

7. con, com: with, together (convene, confluence, conjoin)

8. contra, counter : against (contradict, counteract)

9. cred : to believe (credible, credulity, incredulous)

10. dict: to speak (verdict, malediction)

11. dis: not (disperse, dissuade)

12. equi: equal (equidistant, equanimity)

13. ex, e : out, away (emit, enervate)

14. flu, flux : flow (fluctuate, effluvium)

15. hyper : above, over (hyperbolic, hyperactive)

16. in, im : not (inviolate, innocuous, intractable)

17. inter: between (intermittent, introvert)

18. mal : bad (malfunction, maladjusted)

19. multi: many (multivalent, multitude)

20. neo : new (neophyte)

21. omni : all (omnipotent, omnivorous)

22. per : through (persuade, impervious)

23. sanct : holy (sanctify, sanctuary)

24. scrib, script : to write ( prescribe, inscription)

25. spect : to look (circumspect, aspect, prospect)

26. tract : to drag, to draw (protract, detract, intractable)

27. trans : across (transigent)

28. vert : to turn (extrovert, introvert)


so, see what i mean that we can guess smartly during the exam?