ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWord partsRootsapt/ept
RootLatin
apt/ept
fit or suited
Latin aptus described something fitted: an apt example fits its subject, aptitude fits someone for a task, and adapting improves the fit.
Words built from it
- apt — well suited to the situation
apt (suited) - aptitude — a natural ability or readiness to learn something
apt (suited) + -itude (state) - adapt — change to suit new conditions
ad- (to) + apt (suited) - inept — unskilled or showing poor judgment
in- (not) + ept (suited)
Looks like it, but is not
- rapture — Its apt belongs to a word descended from Latin rapere, 'seize or carry away,' not aptus, 'suited.'
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