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1 most Common sat Vocabulary Words Test Prefix, Root, and Suffix Challenge Part Fourteen 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. 1. ABYSS: a bottomless pit, anything infinite 6. ASTRAL: pertaining to the stars 2. ACUTE: sharp, keen 7. AXIOM: true statement, established principle 3. ADONIS: a very handsome man 8. BEGUILE: to deceive, to charm 4. AMBULATORY: moving about, capable of walking 9. BORNE: carried, put up with 5. APPARITION: a ghost 10. CALLOUS: unyielding, insensitive

2 11. CAVEAT: a warning 19. DÉTENTE: a lessening of tension or hostility 12. CITADEL: a fortress 20. DILETTANTE: a dabbler in the fine arts, one who is not an expert 13. COHESIVE: tending to stick 21. DISPARAGE: to belittle, to put down 14. CONCENTRATE: to think deeply, to increase in strength or degree 22. DOUR: gloomy 15. CONTROVERSIAL: debatable, questionable 23. DUAL: consisting of two people, items, or parts 16. COVERT: hidden, secretive 24. EJECT: to throw out 17. COY: shy, modest 25. ENVOY: messenger, agent 18. DEBAUCH: to corrupt 26. EXHUME: to bring out of the earth, to reveal

3 27. EXTROVERT: 35. ILLUSTRIOUS: distinguished, bright 28. FEALTY: 36. IMBIBE: to drink, to absorb 29. FOOLHARDY: 37. IMPERATIVE: extremely necessary 30. FOREBEAR: ancestor 38. IMPETUS: a stimulus, a moving force 31. FRAY: a noisy quarrel (noun), to unravel or come apart (verb) 39. INGENIOUS: clever 32. GLITCH: a malfunction, an error 40. INSINUATE: to hint, to suggest 33. GUISE: a false appearance 41. INTER: to bury 34. HODGEPODGE: mixture 42. JETSAM: goods cast overboard to lighten a ship

4 43. LARGESS: gifts that have been given generously 51. MUNIFICENT: generous 44. LENIENT: mild, lax, permissive 52. NARCISSISTIC: conceited, vain 45. LONGEVITY: a long life 53. NUMISMATIST: coin collector 46. LUSTROUS: shining, bright 54. NURTURE: to feed, to sustain 47. MARVEL: to be amazed, to wonder 55. OASIS: a place that offers a pleasant relief 48. MAWKISH: sickeningly sweet, overly sentimental 56. OFFICIOUS: meddling, interfering 49. MISDEMEANOR: a criminal offense less serious than a felony 57. OMNIFARIOUS: of all kinds 50. MOLT: to shed, such as feathers and skin 58. OUTWIT: to trick, to get the better of

5 59. PARABLE: a simple story giving a moral or religious lesson 67. PRUDE: an overly proper person 60. PARCHED: dried up, extremely thirsty 68. PURPORT: to claim to be 61. PARITY: equality, similarity 69. QUIBBLE: petty objection or argument 62. PENDANT: anything that hangs or is suspended 70. QUIXOTIC: extremely idealistic, romantic, not practical 63. PERTINENT: relevant, to the point 71. RAPPORT: a close relationship, harmony 64. PRESTIGE: influence, importance 72. RECOIL: to retreat, to draw back 65. PRIMARY: first, chief 73. RENOVATE: to make new, to repair 66. PROGNOSTICATE: to predict, to foretell 74. REPERCUSSION: reaction, aftereffect

6 75. RETENTIVE: having a good memory, remembering 83. SOLVENT: a substance that dissolves another 76. RETRIBUTION: deserved punishment 84. STATIC: inactive, motionless 77. SACROSANCT: extremely holy 85. STINT: to be sparing, to conserve 78. SCINTILLATE: to sparkle, to twinkle 86. SUCCULENT: juicy 79. SEEDY: run-down, shabby 87. SVELTE: slender, graceful 80. SENTINEL: a guard 89. SWATHE: to wrap closely or fully 81. SEQUEL: an event or literary work that follows a previous one 88. TARRY: to linger, to delay 82. SOJOURN: a brief stay or visit 90. TITANIC: huge

7 91. TOKEN: sign or symbol (noun), slight or unimportant (adjective) 99. UTILITARIAN: useful, practical 92. TRANSPARENT: easily seen through, clear 100. UTOPIAN: perfect, ideal 93. TRIBUTE: a gift, an acknowledgment to show admiration 101. VEGETATE: to lead a dull, inactive life 94. TWAIN: two 102. VICTUALS: food 95. TYCOON: a wealthy business person 103. VISTA: a distant view 96. ULCEROUS: infected 104. VOLUPTUOUS: sensual, shapely 97. UNKEMPT: untidy, sloppy 105. WARP: to bend out of shape, to pervert 98. URSINE: like a bear 106. WINDFALL: unexpected good fortune

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