Word Roots O-Q

Key Become familiar with the roots Become familiar with the roots Use them to make connections to the definitions of words Use them to make connections to the definitions of words Its not a fool-proof system Its not a fool-proof system If you cant figure out the word based on the root, then look up the word If you cant figure out the word based on the root, then look up the word This will greatly expand your vocabulary This will greatly expand your vocabulary It will help you for the PSAT, the SAT, the GRE, and life! It will help you for the PSAT, the SAT, the GRE, and life!

Ob/oc/of/op: toward, to, against, completely, over obese obese obstinate obstinate obscure obscure oblique oblique opprobrium opprobrium

Omni: all omnipresent omnipresent omniscient omniscient omnipotent omnipotent

Pac/peac: peace Pacify Pacify Pacifist Pacifist Pacifier Pacifier Appease Appease pact pact

Pan: all, everywhere Panorama Panorama Panacea Panacea pantheon pantheon

Par: equal par par parity parity disparity disparity disparage disparage

Para: next, beside parallel parallel parasite parasite parody parody paralegal paralegal paramilitary paramilitary

Pas/pat/path: feeling, suffering, disease Apathy Apathy Empathy Empathy Antipathy Antipathy Pathos (important to argumentation) Pathos (important to argumentation) Psychopath Psychopath

Pater/patr: father, support paternal paternal expatriate expatriate patron patron patriarch patriarch

Po/pov/pau: few, little, poor Pauper Pauper Poverty Poverty Paucity Paucity impoverish impoverish

Ped: child, education Pediatrician Pediatrician Encyclopedia Encyclopedia pedagogue pedagogue

ped/pod: foot podiatrist podiatrist pedestrian pedestrian podium podium ifmpediment ifmpediment

Pen/pun: to pay, to compensate penalty penalty punitive punitive penance penance repent repent penitentiary: prison penitentiary: prison

Peri: around perimeter perimeter periscope periscope peripheral peripheral

Phil: love Philosophy Philosophy Philanthropy Philanthropy bibliophile bibliophile

phone (sound) symphony symphony megaphone megaphone euphony (like euphonious diction) euphony (like euphonious diction) cacophony… cacophony…

plac (to please) placate placate implacable implacable complacent complacent

port: to carry import import portable portable porter porter deport deport export export portly portly

post: after posthumous posthumous posterior posterior posterity posterity

pre: before premonition premonition presume presume

prob (to prove, to test) probe probe probation probation reprobate: degenerate reprobate: degenerate

pug: to fight pugilism pugilism pugnacious: aggressive pugnacious: aggressive repugnant: disgusting repugnant: disgusting

que/quis: to seek acquire acquire conquest conquest inquire inquire query query

qui (quiet) quiet quiet tranquil tranquil quiescent: quiet, dormant quiescent: quiet, dormant acquiesce acquiesce