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
out (outgrow, outnumber)
more/more than
out (outdoors, outskirts)
outside
over (over-estimate, overgrown, overpopulation, oversleep, overwork)
too much or too longo
over (overcoat, overhead, overlap)
above/on top
over (overland, overseas)
across
post (postgraduate, postscript, post-war)
after
pre (pre-historic, pre-school, pre-war)
before
pro (pro-European, pro-war)
in favour of
pseudo (pseudo-intellectual, pseudonym)
not real
re (rebuild, re-examine, re-unite, rewind)
again
re (replace, rearrange)
in another way
semi (semi-circle, semi-final)
half
semi (semi-active)
partly
sub (submarine, subway, substandart)
below
sub (subnormal, sub-committee, subplot)
less or less important
super (supermarket, superstar, superpower)
large, great or powerful
trans (trans-continental, trans-Atlantic, transport)
across
trans (transform, translation)
showing change
tri (triangle, trilogy)
three
un (uncomfortable, uncrowded, uncommon, unfriendly, unlikely, unhelpful, unreliable, unspoilt, unstable)
not
un (undo, undress, unlock, unpack, unzip)
opposite action
under (undercooked, undernourished, unerpaid)
not enough
under (underclothes, underline, underpass)
underneath
under (under-estimate, undersized)
too little/too small
up (upgrade, uplift, upstairs)
to a higher level
