Quirk of the Day

1. Quirk of the Day

2. SAT Prefixes

4. SAT Suffixes

5. More

6. SAT Root words

9. Dissect the words

10. luminous • Root: • lum • “light” • Suffix: • ous • “full of” • Meaning: • Full of light

11. fragile • Root: • frag • “break” • Suffix: • ile • “tending to” • Meaning: • Tending to break

12. gnosticism • Root: • gnos • “knowledge” • Suffix: • ism • “belief” • Meaning: • Belief that salvation comes through knowledge

13. terminate • Root: • term • “end” • Suffix: • ate • “make” • Meaning: • Make the end of

14. insomniac • Root: • somn • “sleep” • Prefix: • in • “not” • Suffix: • ac • “person” • Meaning: • A person who is not able to sleep

15. claustrophobic • Root 1: • claus • “close” • Root 2: • phob • “fear” • Suffix: • ic • “person, having characteristics” • Meaning: • Having characteristics of being afraid of proximity

16. subterraneous • Root: • terr • “earth” • prefix: • sub • “under” • Suffix: • ous • “possessing qualities of” • Meaning: • Possessing qualities of being under the earth

17. autobiography • Root: • bio • “life” • Prefix: • auto • “self” • Suffix: • graphy • “writing” • Meaning: • A writing about your own life

18. sentiment • Root: • sent • “feeling” • Suffix: • ment • “action or process” • Meaning: • The action or process of feeling

19. philosophy • Root 1: • phil • “love” • Root 2: • soph • “knowledge” • Suffix: • y • “characterized by” • Meaning: • Characterized by the love of knowledge

20. omniscient • Root 1: • omni • “all” • Root 2: • scien • “knowledge” • Suffix: • ent • “full of” • Meaning: • Full of all knowledge

21. metamorphosis • Root 1: • meta • “change” • Root 2: • morph • “shape” • Suffix: • sis • “full of” • Meaning: • Full of all knowledge

22. homophone • Root: • phone • “sound” • Suffix: • homo • “one” • Meaning: • Words with the one (the same) sound

23. placate/pacify • Root: • plac / pac • “calm” • Suffix: • ate • “make” • Meaning: • To make calm

24. supercede/supersede • prefix: • super • “above” • Suffix: • cede • “to go” • Meaning: • To go above, as in above one’s authority

25. polytheism • Root: • theo • “god” • prefix: • poly • “many” • Suffix: • Ism • “belief” • Meaning: • Belief in many gods

26. Dissect the words EASY ONES NOW!

27. Disappear • Prefix: • Dis • “opposite of” • Meaning: • Opposite of appear

28. Transcribe • Prefix: • trans • “across, over” • Meaning: • Write over

29. anticlimactic • Prefix: • anti • “against” • Meaning: • Having the characteristics of going against a climax

30. hyperextension • Prefix: • hyper • “extreme” • Meaning: • An extreme extension

31. pseudonym • Prefix: • pseudo • “false” • Meaning: • False name

32. monosyllabic • Prefix: • mono • “one” • Meaning: • Having the characteristics of one syllable

33. infinite • Prefix: • in • “not, without” • Meaning: • Without bounds, limits, or end

34. disclose • Prefix: • dis • “opposite of” • Meaning: • Opposite of close; open; reveal

35. devalue • Prefix: • de • “do the opposite of” • Meaning: • Do the opposite of value; not appreciate

36. misjudge • Prefix: • mis • “wrongly” • Meaning: • Judge wrongly

37. subconscious • Prefix: • sub • “under” • Meaning: • Under your conscious

38. unconscious • Prefix: • un • “not” • Meaning: • Not conscious

39. aforementioned • Prefix: • fore • “before” • Meaning: • Mention before

40. semipermeable • Prefix: • semi • “half, partial” • Meaning: • Partially able to be passed through

41. superfluous • Prefix: • super • “above” • Meaning: • Above what is required or sufficient

42. earthen • Suffix: • en • “made of” • Meaning: • Made of earth

43. acidic • Suffix: • ic • “having characteristics of” • Meaning: • having characteristics of an acid

44. trinity • Suffix: • ity • “state of” • Meaning: • State of three

45. shameless • Suffix: • less • “without” • Meaning: • Without shame

46. courageous • Suffix: • ous • “possessing the qualities of” • Meaning: • possessing the qualities of courage