2 Prefixes: creating new meanings Flashcards
abdicate
If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen
abduct
to force someone to go somewhere with you, often using threats or violence
ablaze
burning very strongly
Abscond
to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere:
Adjacent to
very near, next to, or touching
Adrift
If a boat is adrift, it is moving on the water but is not controlled by anyone because of a problem
Afloat
floating on water
annotate
to add a short explanation or opinion to a text or drawing
Commiserate
to express sympathy to someone about some bad luck
Condolence
sympathy and sadness for the family or close friends of a person who has recently died, or an expression of this, especially in written form
Congeal
to change from a liquid or soft state to a thick or solid state
Contaminate
to make something less pure or make it poisonous
Converse
the opposite
to have a conversation with someone
Cross-border
between different countries, or involving people from different countries
Cross-cultural
involving two or more different cultures and their ideas and customs
Eject
to force someone to leave a particular place
Emit
to send out a beam, noise, smell, or gas
Extracurricular
An extracurricular activity or subject is not part of the usual school or college course
Extraneous
not directly connected with or related to something
Extraterrestrial
in or coming from a place outside the planet Earth
Interdepartmental
between or involving different departments of a school, university, business, etc.
Interrelated
connected in such a way that each thing has an effect on or depends on the other
Intradepartmental
being or occurring within a department
Intranet
a system of connected computers that works like the internet and allows people within an organization to communicate with each other and share information
Intravenous
into or connected to a vein
Overbearing
too confident and too determined to tell other people what to do, in a way that is unpleasant
Overboard
over the side of a boat or ship and into the water
Overleaf
on the other side of the page
Overnight
for or during the night
Overpriced
too expensive
overrated
If something or someone is overrated, that person or thing is considered to be better or more important than they really are
Overshadow (by)
to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy
Overstate
to describe or explain something in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is
Overstep
to go further than what is considered acceptable or correct
Overwrite
to write something in a way that is not clear and simple or is more detailed than it needs to be
Procrastinate
to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring
Procreate
to produce young
to reproduce sexually
Proliferate
to increase a lot and suddenly in number
Promote
to encourage people to like, buy, use, do, or support something
to raise someone to a higher or more important position or rank
Undercarriage
the set of wheels and other parts that support a plane when it is on the ground and make it possible to take off and land
Underestimate
to fail to guess or understand the real cost, size, difficulty, etc. of something
Underfoot
under your feet as you walk; on the ground
Underfunded
receiving less money than is needed to continue or to work effectively
Underhand
done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage
Underlying
real but not immediately obvious
Undermine
to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually
Understaffed
having fewer workers or employees than necessary
Upgrade
to improve the quality or usefulness of something, or change it for something newer or of a better standard
Upturn
an improvement or a change to a higher level or value
