Latin prefixes Flashcards
ad
to, toward (advent, alleviate, attain, acquire)
ab, a, abs
away, from (abduct, abstain, avert)
ambi
both, around. (ambivalent, ambience)
ante
before (antechamber, antecedent)
circum
around (circumlocution)
com
with, together, very (cognate, collaborate corrode)
contra
against (contradict)
de
down, down from (descend)
dis
apart, in different directions (dissent, digress)
ex
out of, from, throughly (exclude, event, effect)
extra
outside (extraterrestrial)
in
directional - in, into, on (illuminate, imbibe)
negative - not, without (illegal,impossible)
infra
beneath (infrastructure)
inter
between, among (inter varsity, interjection)
intra
within, inside (intravenous)
intro
inward, into (introspective)
ob
in the way of, toward, very (obstacle, occlusion, opportune)
per
through, thoroughly, badly (pertinacious, perfidious, pellucid)
post
after
prae/pre
before, in front of (precedent)
pro
forward, in front of, for, on behalf of (propel)
re
back, again (reduce, reiterate, redeem)
retro
backwards (retrograde)
se
apart, without (segregate, secure)
