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From Staff Reports Oklahoman 0 Published: November 7, 2010 A solid understanding of vocabulary is essential to boosting your score in both the Critical Reading and the Writing sections of the SAT. At the core of many words are roots, and many of the roots that make up the myriad of words in the English language come from Latin. Caroline Taggart, author of "The Classics: Everything You Need to Know, From Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome,” says that even without an official course in Latin, there's a core list of roots every test taker should have at her fingertips. Here's the essential list: //1. Lux: //Lux and its genitive form lucis both mean "light,” so words containing luc often have to do with making things clearer ("shedding light” on them). Examples: lucid, elucidate.   //2. Vertere: //Vertere means "to turn” and is the root of many words about turning, in either a literal or a figurative sense. Examples: vertigo, subvert, advertisement. //3. Intra // ///Inter:// Intra means "within” and inter means "between,” which explains the difference between the Internet, which is a link between various networks, and an intranet, which is confined to an individual company. Examples: intravenous, intramural; interagency, interactive. //4. Pre // ///Post//: Anything beginning with pre- has a good chance of meaning "before”; post- is likely to mean "after.” Examples: prefix, precaution, precede, preadolescent; postscript, post mortem, posterity. //5. Super // //:// Super means above or beyond. Examples: superior, supernatural, supersonic. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. Contra //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //:// Contra means against, so many words beginning with this suggest conflict or disagreement. Examples: contrary, contradict, contravene, contraflow. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. Anti //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //:// Anti also means against and often is used in scientific terms to mean "acting against” or "the opposite of.” Examples: antihistamine, antidepressant, anticyclone. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. Ante: //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The words in the previous entry are not to be confused with ante, with an e, which means before. Examples: antecedent, antediluvian (before the flood = very old indeed), ante meridiem (a.m. = before noon, in the morning). //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. Multi //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //:// Multi means much or many. Examples: multiple, multifarious, multilingual, multimillionaire, multitude //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10. Mono //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //:// Mono means one. Examples: monopoly, monogamy, monotheism, monoxide. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">It also can be useful to know that bi- and di- both mean two. Examples: bigamy, bilateral, dimorphous, dioxide. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And that hemi-, demi- and semi- all mean a half. Examples: hemisphere, demigod, semicircle. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11. Cent //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //:// Cent means one hundred. Examples: percent (ten percent equals ten in every hundred), century, centurion. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12. -v //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //ore:// In Latin, vore means "to eat greedily.” In many words that contain –vore, for example herbivore and carnivore, the -vore is concerned with eating. Examples: herbivore, carnivore, omnivorous.  //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">13. –c //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //racy:// meaning "rule,” often to do with government. So when you encounter a word containing –cracy, you simply need to find out what the first part of the word means to know who's in charge. Examples: democracy, plutocracy, meritocracy, aristocracy , theocracy. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">14. Bio //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //-:// Bio means "of or relating to life”. Examples: biology, biohazard, bioterrorism, biography.  //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">15. Pan //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //-:// The prefix pan- means "all.” Examples: panorama, pandemic, pandemonium. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">16. Mater //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ///pater:// Mater and pater mean "mother” and "father,” so that's a clue to the meaning of anything beginning with matri- or patri-. Examples: patricide, patrimony, matriarch, matrimony, matrilineal. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">17. Logia //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //:// Logia literally means study. So words ending in –ology mean the study of. Examples: geology, astrology, sociology, theology, etc. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">18. Geo //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //:// Geo means the earth. Examples: geology, geography, geothermal, geophysics. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">19. Demo //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //-:// Demos was the Greek word for people, so words beginning with demo- or dema- often are to do with the people, as opposed to the aristocracy or the government. Examples: democracy, demagog, demography. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">20. Anthro: //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Anthropos was the Greek word for a human. Examples: anthropoid, anthropomorphic, misanthropy, anthropology. More specifically, gynos was a woman: Examples: misogynist, gynecology.

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