1. Word Roots O-Q

2. 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!

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

4. Omni: all omnipresent omnipresent omniscient omniscient omnipotent omnipotent

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

6. Pan: all, everywhere Panorama Panorama Panacea Panacea pantheon pantheon

7. Par: equal par par parity parity disparity disparity disparage disparage

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

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

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

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

12. Ped: child, education Pediatrician Pediatrician Encyclopedia Encyclopedia pedagogue pedagogue

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

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

15. Peri: around perimeter perimeter periscope periscope peripheral peripheral

16. Phil: love Philosophy Philosophy Philanthropy Philanthropy bibliophile bibliophile

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

18. plac (to please) placate placate implacable implacable complacent complacent

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

20. post: after posthumous posthumous posterior posterior posterity posterity

21. pre: before premonition premonition presume presume

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

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

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

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