Latin and Greek Prefixes 21-40 Flashcards

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Epi

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Greek
Upon
Epidermis, epidemic

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En

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Greek
In, Within
Entomb, enter

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Ex

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Latin
Out of, Away from
Extreme exit

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Hyper

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Greek
Over
Hyperactive, hyperventilat

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In

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Latin
In, into, on, against, not
Inability, indifference

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Intro

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Latin
Inside
Introduction, introgression

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Ob

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Latin
Against
Object, obliquity (deviation from morally correct behavior)

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Omni

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Latin
Every, all
Omnibus (conveyance for all), omnimeter (instrument for measuring all angles)

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Per

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Latin
Through
Persistence, percolate (filter through)

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Peri

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Greek
Around
Pericranium (around skull) pericardium (around heart)

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Post

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Latin
After
Postwar, posterity (people who come after, descendants)

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Pre

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Latin
Before
Prequel, predict

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Re

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Latin
Back, again
Reread, redesign

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Retro

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Latin
Backwards
Retroactive (extend effect to prior time) retrodict (use present information to explain past event)

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Sub

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Latin
Beneath
Submarine, subterranean

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Super, sur

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Latin
Above
Superior, supersede surface (top layer) surpass

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Sym

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Greek
With, together
Sympathy (sharing feeling with someone else), symbiosis

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Syn

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Greek
With, together
Synergy, synchronize (do things together and at the same time)

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Trans

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Latin
Across
Transatlantic, translate

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Tele

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Greek
Distant
Telephone, telekinesis