1. Greek and Latin Word Parts 9
cred, gastr, mit/miss, poli, ri/ridi/risi

2. CRED (Latin) believe SAT Focus Word: credence (n.)
Meaning: belief that something is true or valid
Context: Danforth should not have lent any credence to the girls’ accusations of witchcraft.
credulous—believing things too easily, gullible
incredible—unbelievable
Other examples: credo, creed, credit, incredulous, credibility

3. GASTR (Greek) stomach SAT Focus Word: gastric (adj.)
Meaning: pertaining to the stomach
Context: His weight loss can be credited to the gastric bypass he had earlier this year.
gastronomy—the art or science of good eating
gastritis—inflammation of the stomach
Other examples: gastropod, gastroenteritis
Gastropod (literally: stomach foot)—snails, slugs
Gastroenteritis—inflammation or irritation of stomach and intestinal lining

4. MIT, MISS (Latin) send, let go SAT Focus Word: intermittent (adj.)
Meaning: alternately stopping and starting
Context: The intermittent beeping indicating a dying smoke detector battery was very annoying.
dismiss—to send someone away
missile—a weapon sent into the air
emit—to send something out
Other examples: admittance, transmit, transmission, permit, permission, emission

5. POLI (Greek) city SAT Focus Word: metropolis (n.)
Meaning: a large city
Context: Metropolis is the fictional home of Superman.
police—people employed by the government to maintain order in a city
politics—the art or science of governing
Other examples: megalopolis, political, politician, metropolitan
A metropolis was originally a mother state or city in Greece.
A megalopolis is a chain of adjacent metropolises.

6. RI, RIDI, RISI (Latin) laugh SAT Focus Word: derision (n.)
Meaning: mockery, ridicule
Context: My mishearing of the lyrics was a source of derision by my family for years.
deride—to make fun of someone
ridicule—to make fun or mock
Another example: ridiculous, risible
risible—laughable (provoking laughter)

7. Review cred = believe gastr = stomach mit, miss = send, let go
poli = city
ri, ridi, risi = laugh