prefixes Flashcards
after (aftertaste, afterthought)
afterwards
anti (anti-war, anti-capitalist)
against
anti (anti-clockwise, anti-globalisation, antisocial)
opposite
auto (autobiography, autobiographical, automatic)
by itself/yourself
bi (bicycle, bilingual, bimonthly (twice a month)
two or twice
co (co-operate, co-author)
together
de (degenerate, defuse, devalue)
reduce
de (decode, deforestation, deregulate)
remove
dis (disagree, disbelief, dishonest, disloyal, dissimilar)
not
dis (disappear, disconnect, disqualify)
opposite
down (downgrade, downhill, downstairs, downstream)
to a lower level
ex (ex-husband, ex-president, ex-student)
former
fore (forecast, foresee)
before
fore (foreground, forename)
in front
il, im, in, ir (illegal, illiterate, immoral, impatient, irregular, incorrect)
not
inter (international, interact)
between
mal (malfunction, malnourised, malpractice)
badly or wrongly
mega (megarich, megastar)
huge
micro (microscope, microchip, microscopic)
extremely small
mini (minibus, miniskirt)
small or short
mis (misbehave, misplace, misunderstand, mismanagement)
bad/badly or wrong/wrongly
mono (monolingual, monotonus)
one or alone
multi (multi-purpose, multi-racial, multinational)
many
non (non-smoker, non-violent, non-profit-making)
not