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Quirk of the Day

Quirk of the Day. SAT Prefixes a–, an– = not, withoutcircum– = aroundperi– = around ab– = away fromco–, con–, col–, cor– = withpoly– = many ad– = toward,

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Quirk of the Day Slide 2 SAT Prefixes Slide 3 a, an = not, withoutcircum = aroundperi = around ab = away fromco, con, col, cor = withpoly = many ad = toward, additioncontra, counter = againstpost = after anim = life, spiritde, ex = out of, away frompre = before ante = beforeextra = beyond, outsidepro = big, much anti = oppositehetero = otherre, retro = back, again auc, aug = increasehomo = samese = apart aud, aur = hearhyper = abovesub, suc, suf = below auto = selfhypo = undersuper, sur = over, above ben, bon, eu = goodil, im, in, ir, non = notsyn, sym = together, with brev = shortinter = betweentrans = across, beyond caco, dys = bad, abnormalintra = withinultra, outr = beyond ceiv, cept, capt = takemal, mis, ne = badvice = in place of Slide 4 SAT Suffixes Slide 5 More able, ible = capable of ette, illo = littlelogy, ology = study ate, ify,efy, ize, ise = make -graph: written or drawn -ment: action or process cess, cede = to go, yield - ile: tending to ous, ant, ose = full of, possessing the qualities of cide = to kill- ism: belief-sis: process, state, action cis = cutist, -ic, -ac = a person, having characteristics of - tude: condition of Slide 6 SAT Root words Slide 7 ambu = walk, move cred = trust, belief fort = strength andro = man demo = people fract, frag, frai = break anthro = human dog, dox = thought, idea gnos = knowledge bellu, belli = war, fight duc, duct = to lead, pull grad, gress = to go carn = flesh ev = time, age greg = group, herd clam, claim = shout fac = to do, make gyn = woman clin = lean, bend fiss = break, part her, hes = to stick clud, clus, claus = close flict = strike jac, ject = to throw Slide 8 loq, log, loc, lix = talk phon = sound spec = look luc, lum, lus = light, clear pug = war, fight term = end, boundary meta, mut = change rupt = break terr = earth morph = shape sanct = holy theo = God narco = sleep scien = knowledge ven = come omni = all senti = feeling vid, vis = to see oper = work somn, sop = sleep voc, voke = call pac, plac = peace, calm son = sound vol = roll, turn path = feeling soph = wise xen = stranger Slide 9 Dissect the words Slide 10 luminous O Root: O lum O light O Suffix: O ous O full of O Meaning: O Full of light Slide 11 fragile O Root: O frag O break O Suffix: O ile O tending to O Meaning: O Tending to break Slide 12 gnosticism O Root: O gnos O knowledge O Suffix: O ism O belief O Meaning: O Belief that salvation comes through knowledge Slide 13 terminate O Root: O term O end O Suffix: O ate O make O Meaning: O Make the end of Slide 14 insomniac O Root: O somn O sleep O Prefix: O in O not O Suffix: O ac O person O Meaning: O A person who is not able to sleep Slide 15 claustrophobic O Root 1: O claus O close O Root 2: O phob O fear O Suffix: O ic O person, having characteristics O Meaning: O Having characteristics of being afraid of proximity Slide 16 subterraneous O Root: O terr O earth O prefix: O sub O under O Suffix: O ous O possessing qualities of O Meaning: O Possessing qualities of being under the earth Slide 17 autobiography O Root: O bio O life O Prefix: O auto O self O Suffix: O graphy O writing O Meaning: O A writing about your own life Slide 18 sentiment O Root: O sent O feeling O Suffix: O ment O action or process O Meaning: O The action or process of feeling Slide 19 philosophy O Root 1: O phil O love O Root 2: O soph O knowledge O Suffix: OyOy O characterized by O Meaning: O Characterized by the love of knowledge Slide 20 omniscient O Root 1: O omni O all O Root 2: O scien O knowledge O Suffix: O ent O full of O Meaning: O Full of all knowledge Slide 21 metamorphosis O Root 1: O meta O change O Root 2: O morph O shape O Suffix: O sis O full of O Meaning: O Full of all knowledge Slide 22 homophone O Root: O phone O sound O Suffix: O homo O one O Meaning: O Words with the one (the same) sound Slide 23 placate/pacify O Root: O plac / pac O calm O Suffix: O ate O make O Meaning: O To make calm Slide 24 supercede/supersede O prefix: O super O above O Suffix: O cede O to go O Meaning: O To go above, as in above ones authority Slide 25 polytheism O Root: O theo O god O prefix: O poly O many O Suffix: O Ism O belief O Meaning: O Belief in many gods Slide 26 Dissect the words EASY ONES NOW! Slide 27 Disappear O Prefix: O Dis O opposite of O Meaning: O Opposite of appear Slide 28 Transcribe O Prefix: O trans O across, over O Meaning: O Write over Slide 29 anticlimactic O Prefix: O anti O against O Meaning: O Having the characteristics of going against a climax Slide 30 hyperextension O Prefix: O hyper O extreme O Meaning: O An extreme extension Slide 31 pseudonym O Prefix: O pseudo O false O Meaning: O False name Slide 32 monosyllabic O Prefix: O mono O one O Meaning: O Having the characteristics of one syllable Slide 33 infinite O Prefix: O in O not, without O Meaning: O Without bounds, limits, or end Slide 34 disclose O Prefix: O dis O opposite of O Meaning: O Opposite of close; open; reveal Slide 35 devalue O Prefix: O de O do the opposite of O Meaning: O Do the opposite of value; not appreciate Slide 36 misjudge O Prefix: O mis O wrongly O Meaning: O Judge wrongly Slide 37 subconscious O Prefix: O sub O under O Meaning: O Under your conscious Slide 38 unconscious O Prefix: O un O not O Meaning: O Not conscious Slide 39 aforementioned O Prefix: O fore O before O Meaning: O Mention before Slide 40 semipermeable O Prefix: O semi O half, partial O Meaning: O Partially able to be passed through Slide 41 superfluous O Prefix: O super O above O Meaning: O Above what is required or sufficient Slide 42 earthen O Suffix: O en O made of O Meaning: O Made of earth Slide 43 acidic O Suffix: O ic O having characteristics of O Meaning: O having characteristics of an acid Slide 44 trinity O Suffix: O ity O state of O Meaning: O State of three Slide 45 shameless O Suffix: O less O without O Meaning: O Without shame Slide 46 courageous O Suffix: O ous O possessing the qualities of O Meaning: O possessing the qualities of courage