Prefixes Flashcards

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What does the latin prefix “A” mean?

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Away from. Examples: Against, alone.

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What does the latin prefix “ab” mean?

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from; away from. Examples: abnormal, absent.

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What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?

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Not, no. Examples: Asocial, anarchy.

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What does the latin prefix “ad” mean?

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toward. Examples: address, advance.

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What does the latin prefix “alter” mean?

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another. Examples: alternate, alter ego, alter.

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What does the Greek prefix “amphi” mean?

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around, both. Examples: amphibious, amphibole.

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What does the Greek prefix “ana” mean?

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up. Examples: anabasis, analogy.

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What does latin prefix “ante” mean?

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before. Examples: antecedent, anterior.

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What does the Greek prefix “anti” mean?

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against. Examples: antifreeze, antisocial.

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What does the latin prefix “circum” mean?

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around. Examples: circumference, circumnavigate.

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What does the latin prefix “co” mean?

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with, together. Examples: cooperate, compress.

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What does the latin prefix “con” mean?

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with, together. Examples: connect, contain.

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What does the latin prefix “contra” mean?

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against. Examples: contrary, contradict.

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What does the latin prefix “de” mean?

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down, down from. Examples: descend, demote.

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What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?

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through. Examples: diagnose, diameter.

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What is the latin prefix “dis” mean?

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away, apart from. Examples: disperse, disagree.

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What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?

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bad. Examples: dysentery, dyslexia.

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What does the latin prefix “e” mean?

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out of. Examples: express, external.

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What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?

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outside. Examples: eccentric, ecology.

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What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?

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in, within. Examples: empathy, emphasis.

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What does the Greek prefix “en” mean?

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in, within. Examples: endoskeleton, enslaved.

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What does the Greek prefix “epi”mean?

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upon. Examples: epicycle, epidermis.

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What does the latin prefix “ex” mean?

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out of, away from. Examples: expel, exclude.

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What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?

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over. Examples: hyperbole, hyperactive.

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What does the latin prefix “in” mean?

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in, into, on, against, not. Examples: inhale, invite.

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What does the latin prefix “intro” mean?

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inside. Examples: introgression, introvert.

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What does the latin prefix “ob” mean?

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against. Examples: object, obstinate.

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What does the latin prefix “omni” mean?

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every, all. Examples: omnipresent, omnipotence.

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What does the latin prefix “per” mean?

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through. Examples: persistent, persuade.

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What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?

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around. Examples: perimeter, periscope.

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What does the latin prefix “post” mean?

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after. Examples: postpone, postnatal.

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What does the latin prefix “pre” mean?

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before. Examples: precede, previous.

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What does the latin prefix “re” mean?

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back, again. Examples: repeat, reconstruct

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What does the latin prefix “retro” mean?

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backwards. Examples: retrogression, retrospective.

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What does the latin prefix “sub”mean?

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beneath. Examples: submerge, subtract.

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What does the latin prefix “super”, “sur” mean?

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above. Examples: supersede, supernatural, survive, surpass

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What does the Greek prefix “sym” mean?

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with, together. Examples: sympathy,symbolic

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What does the greek prefix “syn” mean?

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with, together. Examples: synonym, synchronize

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What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?

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across. Examples: transfusion, transport.

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What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?

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distant. Examples: telephone, telegram