Greek Prefixes Flashcards

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Greek Bases & Prefixes

a- (an- before vowels or h)

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not, without (e.g. athiest, anarchy)

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Greek Bases & Prefixes

amphi-, ampho-

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both, on both sides, around (e.g. amphibious)

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Greek Bases & Prefixes

ana- (an- before vowels or h)

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up, back, again (e.g. anatomy, aneurism)

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Greek Bases & Prefixes

anti- (ant- before vowels or h)

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against, opposite (e.g. antidote, antagonist)

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Greek Bases & Prefixes

apo- (ap- before vowels or h)

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from, off, away (e.g. apology, aphorism)

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Greek Bases & Prefixes

cata- (cat- before vowels or h)

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down, against, according to, very (e.g. catalyst, catholic)

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Greek Bases & Prefixes

dia- (di- before vowels or h)

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through, across, between (e.g. diameter, diopter)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

dys-

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bad, disordered, difficult (e.g. dysfunction)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

es-, eis-

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inward, into (e.g. esodic, eisodic)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

ec- (ex- before vowels or h)

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out, out of, outside (e.g. eccentric, exodus)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

en- (em-, el-)

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in, into, inward (e.g. energy, embryo, elliptical)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

en- + anti-

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opposite (e.g. enantiopathic)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

endo-, ento- (end-, ent- before vowels or h)

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within, inner (e.g. endocrine)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

epi- (ep- before vowels or h)

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upon, on, to, in addition to (e.g. epidemic)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

eu-

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well, good, normal (e.g. euology)

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Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

exo-, ecto-

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outside, external (e.g. exotic, ectoderm)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

hyper-

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over, excessive, more than normal (e.g. hypertension)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

hypo- (hyp- before vowels or h)

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below, deficient, less than normal, somewhat (e.g. hypothesis)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

meta- (met- before vowels or h)

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after, change, transfer (e.g. metabolism, method)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

para- (par- before vowels or h)

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beside, resembling, disordered, associated (e.g. parasite, parody)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

peri-

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around, near (e.g. periscope)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

pro-

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before, in front of, forward (e.g. program)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

pros-

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toward, in addition to, fronting (e.g. prosthetic)

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Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

syn- (sym-, syl-, sy-, sys-)

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with, together (e.g. synonym, syllable)