NCEE/SAT Vocabulary Weeks 1 and 2

Roots of the Day: AB vs. AD AB- [also seen as A- or ABS-] = away, from AD- [also seen as AC-, AF-, AG-, AL-, AN-, AM-, AP-, AR-, AS-] = to, towards; near; very

Examples: abnormal = away from normal avert = to turn away (from the Latin vertere = to turn) amoral = not normal (literally, “away from the custom” from the Latin mos = custom) absent = to be away from (a place) (from the Latin esse = to be) abductor = muscle that moves a body-part away from the middle (literally, “lead away” from ducere = to lead)   admit = to allow into (literally, “to send to” from the Latin mittere = to send) adductor = muscle that moves a body-part towards the middle (literally, “lead to” from ducere = to lead) aggregate = to gather together (literally, “to bring to the flock” from the Latin grex = flock) annex = to add as an extra or subordinate part (literally, “to bind to” from the Latin nectere = to tie, bind)

Root of the Day: IN IN- [also seen as IL-, IM-, IR-, EN-, EM-] = in, within, into, on, not; very

inflammable = very flammable (from the Latin flamma = flame) Examples: invertebrate = lacking a spinal column (literally, “not jointed” from Latin vertebra = joint) inundate = to flood (literally, “to flow into” from the Latin undāre = to flow) inflammable = very flammable (from the Latin flamma = flame) induct = to ceremonially bring in (literally, “to lead in” from the Latin ducere = to lead) illuminate = to light (literally, “to cast light on” from the Latin lumen = light) encumbrance = a hindrance (literally, “to carry in together” from com+*boros [proto-Latin] = to carry together) employ = to hire (literally, “to fold in” from the Latin plicāre = to fold)  

Root of the Day: EX EX- [also seen as E-] = out of, from, very

exit = to leave (literally, “to go out” from the Latin īre = to go) Examples: exit = to leave (literally, “to go out” from the Latin īre = to go) expand = to increase in size or width (literally, “to stretch out” from the Latin pandēre = to spread, stretch) educate = to teach (literally, “to lead out” from the Latin ducere = to lead)  

Roots of the Day: INTER vs. INTRA INTER- [INTEL-] = among, between INTRA- = within

Examples: intercept = to catch something or somebody (literally, “to take between” from Latin capere = to take, seize) intermission = a pause (literally, “sent between” from Latin mittere = to send) intelligent = smart (literally, “between reading” from Latin legere = to pick, choose, read)   intramural = within a school (literally, “within walls” from Latin murus = wall) intravenous = within veins (literally, “within blood vessels” from Latin vena = blood vessel)

Roots of the Day: ANTE / PRE vs. POST ANTE- [rarely ANTI-] = before PRE- = before POST - = after, behind

Examples: anterior = situated in the front antecedent = prior event or condition (literally, “move before” from Latin cedere = to move) anticipate = consider in advance (literally, “to take before” from Latin capere = to take)   precedent = prior example (literally, “to move before” from Latin cedere = to move) premeditate = with forethought (literally, “to think beforehand” from Latin meditārī = to think) predict/predicament = declare beforehand (literally, “to say before” from Latin dicere = to say) posterior = situated in the back, behind postscript = addendum to a message (literally, “written after” from Latin scribere = to write) post-natal = after a birth (from Latin natus = born)