most Common sAt Vocabulary Words Test

Prefix, Root, and Suffix Challenge• Part Sixteen •

____________________________________DIRECTIONS: Read the vocabulary words below, followed by their basic definition. Below each word, fill out any and all prefixes, roots,

or suffixes found within each vocabulary word to test your knowledge of the most commonly used words in the SAT exam.

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1. ABYSMAL: wretched, extremely bad

2. ACCORD: : agreement

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3. AFFIX: : to attach

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4. ALTERCATION: : an argument, adisagreement

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5. ANATHEMA: : a curse, a person or thing tobe avoided

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6. ANTHROPOMORPHIC: attributinghuman form to objects, gods, etc.

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7. APT: qualified, having a tendency toward

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8. ASCERTAIN: to find out, to determine

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9. AURORAL: rosy, pertaining to the dawn

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10. AWRY: twisted to one side, in thewrong direction

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11. BANTER: : teasing, good-natured joking

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19. CARP: a type of fish (noun), tocomplain (verb)

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12. BAROQUE: : overdecorated, showy

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20. CHAFE: to irritate, to annoy

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13. BEHEMOTH: : huge animal

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21. CLEFT: split, divided

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14. BLAZON: to display, to proclaim

15. BROACH: : to introduce (a subject)

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16. BURLESQUE: : a speech or action thattreats a serious subject with ridicule

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17. CALIBER: : degree of worth

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18. CANTANKEROUS: : bad-tempered,quarrelsome

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22. COMMENDATION: praise

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23. CONFLUENT: merging, flowingtogether

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24. CONTEMPTUOUS: scornful

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25. COUP: a brilliant move, a successfuland sudden attack

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26. CUISINE: style of cooking

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27. DAUNT: to discourage

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35. EERIE: weird, mysterious

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28. DEGRADE: : to lower in degree or quality

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36. EFFLORESCENT: blossoming,flowering

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29. DERISION: : ridicule

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37. EMULATE: to imitate

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30. DETRACT: to take away, to diminish

31. DIRGE: : a funeral song or hymn

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32. DISSENSION: : disagreement, opposition

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33. DROLL: amusing in an odd way

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34. DUBIOUS: : doubtful, questionable

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38. ENTICE: to attract, to tempt

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39. ERGO: therefore

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40. EVINCE: to show clearly

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41. EXPLOIT: to use for one's ownadvantage

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42. EXTORT: to obtain by force

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43. FALLOW: inactive, unproductive

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51. GHASTLY: horrible, dreadful

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44. FANFARE: : noisy or showy display

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52. GNOME: a legendary dwarf-like creature

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45. FETID: : foul-smelling

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53. GULLIBLE: easily deceived, too trusting

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46. FLINCH: to draw back, to cringe

47. FOREBODING: : a warning, an omen

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48. FRUGAL: : economical, thrifty

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49. GALAXY: : a group of stars, any large and brilliant assemblage of persons

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50. GARISH: : tastelessly gaudy

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54. GUTTURAL: pertaining to the throat

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55. HACKNEYED: trite, commonplace,overused

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56. HEDONIST: a pleasure-seeker

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57. HOMOPHONIC: sounding alike

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58. HURTLE: to dash, speed, run

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59. ILLICIT: : unlawful, illegal

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67. JUGULAR: pertaining to the throat or neck

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60. IMMUTABLE: : unchangeable

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68. KNELL: the sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or funeral

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61. IMPEL: : push into motion, urge

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69. LANGUID: sluggish, drooping from weakness

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62. INANIMATE: lifeless, dull, dead

63. INFECTIOUS: : passing on a disease with germs, likely to spread, contagious

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64. INITIATE: : to begin

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65. INTIMATE: : private or personal (adjective), to imply (verb)

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66. IRE: : anger, wrath

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70. LAVE: to wash or bathe

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71. LIMBER: easily bent, flexible

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72. LOITER: to linger, to hang around

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73. MALIGNANT: evil, deadly

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74. MEAGER: inadequate, of poor quality

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75. METEORIC: : momentarily dazzling, swift

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83. ONSLAUGHT: a furious attack

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76. MONETARY: : pertaining to money

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84. ORDINANCE: law, regulation

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77. MULL: : (over) to study or think about

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85. OSTRACIZE: to banish, to exclude

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78. MYRIAD: infinitely vast in number

79. NETHER: : lower, under

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80. NONPAREIL: : unequaled, unrivaled

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81. NUBILE: : suitable for marriage, in regard to age and physical development

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82. OBSTREPEROUS: : boisterous, unruly

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86. PALPITATE: to beat rapidly, to tremble

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87. PARAPHERNALIA: personal belongings, equipment

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88. PERILOUS: dangerous, risky

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89. PATRIARCH: biblical person regarded as one of the fathers of the human race

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90. PHOBIA: intense fear

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91. PLAINTIVE: : sorrowful, sad

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94. PROPITIOUS: favorable

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92. PRECEDE: : to be, come, or go before

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95. PUN: the humorous use of a word, or of different words sounding alike

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93. PROBITY: : honesty, integrity

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96. QUAY: a wharf

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97. QUIDNUNC: a gossip or busybody

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98. RADICAL: extreme, complete, violent

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99. RATION: : a fixed portion, a share

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102. REPLETE: well-filled

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100. RECIPROCAL: : interchangeable, mutual

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103. RETORT: a short, witty reply

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101. REITERATE: : to repeat

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104. SALIENT: significant, conspicuous

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105. SCHISM: a split or break

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106. SERRATED: having tooth-like edges

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