SAT Vocabulary: Prefixes and Roots

A - Not, Without  

Ama - Love

Ambi - Both  

Ante - Before  

Anti - Against

Auto - Self      
Bell - War  

Bene - Good  
Bi - Two
Chron - Time

Circum - Around
Cog - Think         
Co, Con - With
Corp - Body

Contra - Against
Culp - Guilt
Di - Two
Dia - Through
Dict - Say    

Dis - Not
Dom - Mastery      
Dur - Hard, Lasting  

Dys - Difficult 
Err - Wrong
E, Ex - From  
Fac, Far - Do  
Fall - False
Fid - Loyal
Gen - Knowledge OR Innate
Grav - Weight, Serious

Hetero - Different      

Homo - Same        

Hydro - Water          

Hyper - Over  

Im, In - Not   

Intra - Within

Inter - Between  
Lev - Light (weight)
Lib - Free OR Book
Luc, Lux - Light  (absence of dark)
Loc, Loq - Words, Speech    

Magna - Large            

Macro - Large            

Mal - Bad 

Mater - Mother
Ment - Mind        

Micro - Small  
Moll - Soft
Morph - Change
Mort - Death
Multi - Many        '

Mut - Change            

Nom - Name

Ob - Against  
Os - Bone      

Pac, Plac - Peace  
Para - Alongside, Contrary to

Pater - Father          

Ped - Foot OR Child  
Pej - Bad
Pend - Hang
Peri - Around
Port - Carry
Pot - Power
Pro - In favor of
Pug - Violent    
Scrib - Write
Sens, Sent - Feel
Seq - Follow
Spec - Look
Stat - Stand
Sub - Below  
Super - Above
Tac - Silence
Temp - Time
Ten - Hold
Terr - Earth
Tract - Move
Trans - Through
Vac - Empty OR Waver
Val - Value
Vap - Air, Steam
Ven - Come
Vener - Worship, Love
Ver - True
Vid - See
Vig - Energy 
Vit - Life

Voc, Vox - Voice
Vol - Desire, Fly (v.), Volume