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NCEE/SAT Words

This resource explores various Latin roots, explaining how prefixes like CON, DIS, SUPER, and others influence the meanings of English words. Each root is analyzed, providing examples such as "convocation" (calling together) and "transfer" (to carry across). Understanding these roots can enhance vocabulary and comprehension skills, allowing students to decipher complex terms more easily. Dive into the nuances of language with this examination of roots and improve your linguistic prowess.

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NCEE/SAT Words

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  1. NCEE/SAT Words

  2. Roots of the Day: CON vs. DIS CON- [CO-, COL-, COM-, COR-] = together, with, very DIS- [DIF-, DI-] = apart, in different directions, not, very

  3. Examples: convocation = an assembly, meeting (literally, “a calling together” from Latin vocāre = to call) cooperation = to work together (from Latin opus = a work) collaborate = to work together (from Latin laborāre = to work) commerce = exchange of ideas or goods (literally, “merchandise together” from Latin merx = merchandise) corroborate = make more certain (literally, “strengthen with” from Latin robur = strength) converge = to move towards a point (literally, “bend together” from Latin vergere = to bend) dissonance = different sounding (from Latin sonāre = to sound, resound) diffuse = to pour out (from Latin fundere = to pour) digress = to turn aside (literally, “to step in a different direction” from Latin gredī = to step) distrust = not to trust diffident = lacking confidence (literally, “not trusting” from fidere = to trust)

  4. Roots of the Day: SUPER vs. SUB SUPER- = above, over, more than SUB- [SUC-, SUF-, SUG-, SUM, SUP-, SUR-, SUS-] = under, below, up from below

  5. Examples: superb = splendid, special superable = capable of being overcome (from Latin superāre = to overcome) superior = situated above superlative = surpassing all others (literally, “carry over” from Latin fero, ferre, tuli, latus = to bring, carry) superconfident = overly confident subterranean = below the earth (from Latin terra = land) suffice = to be enough (literally, “to under do” from Latin facere = to do, make) suggest = to bring up, prompt (literally, “to carry up from below) from Latin gerere = to carry)

  6. Roots of the Day: CONTRA vs. TRANS CONTRA- = against TRANS- = across, through

  7. Examples contrarian = a person who always take the opposite or unpopular opinion contradict = to deny the truth of (literally, “to speak against” from Latin dicere = to say, speak) contraband = forbidden goods (literally, “against a decree” from Latin banum = ban, decree) transfer = = to change from one form to another (literally, “to carry across” from Latin fero, ferre, tuli, latus = to carry) transcribe = to make a written copy (literally, “to write across” from Latin scribere = to write) transact = to carry through (literally, “to drive through” from Latin agere = to do, drive, act, etc.) transept = the shorter part of a cross-shaped church (literally, “across the partition” from Latin saeptum = fence, partition)

  8. Roots of the Day: DE vs. PRO DE- = from, down from PRO- = forth, before, instead

  9. Examples: dejected = to depressed (literally, “thrown down” from Latin iacere = to throw) despise = to hate, loath (literally, “to look down (at)” from Latin spectare = to look (at)) desist = to cease (literally, “to stop from” from Latin sistere = to stop) despair = to lose hope from Latin (de)sperāre = to (lose) hope project = to put forth (literally, “to throw forth” from Latin iacere = to throw) pronoun = a word used to rename a noun (literally, “in place of a noun” from Latin nomen = name, noun) protect = to defend (literally, “to cover before” from Latin tegere = to cover)

  10. Root of the Day: RE vs. PER vs. OB RE- = again, back; anew PER- through, bad; very OB- [O-, OC-, OF-, OP-] = against, towards, to; very

  11. Examples: reticent = reluctant to speak (literally, “silent again” from Latin tacēre = to be silent) refract = to bend from a straight course (literally, “to bend back” from Latin frangere = to break) remit = to send money (literally, “to send back” from Latin mittere = to send) regress = to return (literally, “to step back” from Latin gredī = to step, move) recapitulate = to go over again (literally, “main part again” from Latin caput = head) perfidy = wickedness (literally, “bad faith” from Latin fidus = trust) perennial = through the year (from Latin annus = year) obviate = to remove (literally, “to be against the way of” from Latin via = road, way) obverse = the principal side of something (literally, “turned toward” from Latin vertere = to turn) occur = to be found or met with (literally, “to run against” from Latin currere = to run) oppose = to be against (literally, “to put against” from Latin ponere = road, way) offend = to do wrong (literally, “to strike against” from Latin fendere = to strike)

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