前缀 ^ Flashcards
pre
before (hence pre-fix is a word that comes before)
super
very or over (super-impose means to impose over)
dis
not (dismembered means not membered or not together)
uni
one (unicameral means one house)
a
not (atypical means not typical)
ex
out (exhale means breathe out)
in
(inhale means breathe in)
neo
new (neoconservative means new conservative)
post
after (postmodernism means after modernism)
circum
around (circumvent the world means travel around the world)
ben
good (benevolent;beneficial;benefactor; etc all carry positive charge)
mal
bad (malevolent;malnutrition;malice)
re
again (to review is to view again)
gen
birth (genealogy is study of family history)
chron
time (chronology is study of time sequence)
poly
many (polyunsaturated means many not saturated)
intra
within (intraspecies means within one species)
inter
between (interspecies means between different species)
ante
before (antebellum means before a war)
hypo
too little (hypothermia means too low of body temperature)
hyper
too much (hyperactive means too active)
