Common Prefixes Flashcards
Ab-
Away from
Ad-
Toward, near
Ambi-, amphi-, ampho-
Both
Ana-
Up, toward, apart
Ante-
Before, in front of, forward
Anti-
Against, opposing
Apo-
Separation from, derived from
Auto-
Self
Bi-
Two, double, twice
Cata-
Down, under, lower, against
Circum-
Around
Co-, com-, con-
With, together
Contra-
Opposed, against
De-
Reverse, remove
Di-
Two, twice
Dia-
Between, through, apart, across, completely
Dis-
Apart from, free from
Dys-
Difficult, painful, painful
E-, ex-, ec-
Out of, from, away from
Ecto-, exo-
Outer, outside, situated on
Em-, en-
In
Endo-
Within, inner
Ep-, epi-
Upon, on, over, above
Eu-
Normal, good, well, healthy
Extra-
Outside of, beyond
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Excessive, beyond, above
Hyp-, hypo-
Under, deficient, beneath
Im-, in-
In, into, within, not
Infra-
Below, beneath
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within
Intro-
Into, within
Meso-, mes-
Middle
Meta-
Change, beyond, after
Micr-, micro-
Small
Mult-, multi-
Many
Neo-
New, recent
Pan-
All, entire
Para-
Beside, beyond
Per-
Through, excessive
Peri-
Around
Poly-
Many, much, excessive
Post-
After, behind
Pre-, pro-
Before, in front of
Pseudo-
False
Re-
Again, backward
Retro-
Backward, behind
Semi-
Half, partial
Sub-
Under, beneath
Super-, supra-
Above, superior, excess
Sym-, syn-
Together, with
Trans-
Across, through
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
a- , an-
Without, lack of, not