Latin prefixes Flashcards

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ad

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to, toward (advent, alleviate, attain, acquire)

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ab, a, abs

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away, from (abduct, abstain, avert)

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ambi

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both, around. (ambivalent, ambience)

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ante

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before (antechamber, antecedent)

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circum

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around (circumlocution)

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com

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with, together, very (cognate, collaborate corrode)

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contra

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against (contradict)

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de

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down, down from (descend)

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dis

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apart, in different directions (dissent, digress)

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ex

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out of, from, throughly (exclude, event, effect)

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extra

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outside (extraterrestrial)

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in

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directional - in, into, on (illuminate, imbibe)

negative - not, without (illegal,impossible)

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infra

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beneath (infrastructure)

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inter

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between, among (inter varsity, interjection)

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intra

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within, inside (intravenous)

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intro

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inward, into (introspective)

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ob

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in the way of, toward, very (obstacle, occlusion, opportune)

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per

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through, thoroughly, badly (pertinacious, perfidious, pellucid)

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post

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after

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prae/pre

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before, in front of (precedent)

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pro

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forward, in front of, for, on behalf of (propel)

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re

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back, again (reduce, reiterate, redeem)

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retro

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backwards (retrograde)

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se

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apart, without (segregate, secure)

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sine

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without (sinecure)

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sub

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under, beneath, up from (succeed, suffix, support, substantiate)

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trans, tra

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across, through (traverse, transfer