Prefixes Flashcards

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Ab

A

Away from

Abstain abstinence abbot abstract abdicate abstruse abrogate

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Ambi

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Both

Ambiguous ambivalent

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Anti

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Against

Antipathy

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Auto

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Self

Autonomy

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Bene

A

Good

Beneficial benevolent benign

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A,an

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Not, without

Anarchy anonymous

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Circa, circum

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Around

Circumspect circumscribe circuitous

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Co,con, com

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With, together

Convergence, collaborate, contrite conciliate, compliance

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De

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Down, away

Defunct, denounce, debilitate, decry, defile, desecrate, derogatory

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Dis

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Away from, against, apart, not

Discern, dissonance, disdain,diffident, disparage

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En em

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In

Empathy

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Eso

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Inward, within

Esoteric

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Ex

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Out of, from, away from

Exonerate

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Im in

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In into within

Impetuous

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Im in

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Not

Implacable intransigence, intransigent

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Mal, male

A

Bad,evil

Malediction, malevolent

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Neo

A

New, recent

Neophyte

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Ob

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Against

Oblique, obscure, obsequious obfuscate

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Pan

A

All, every

Panacea

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Peri

A

Around

Peripheral

21
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Phil philo

A

Like, lover of

Philanthropic, philanthropist

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Pre

A

Before

Precocious, prescience

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Pro

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Much, for, a lot

Profuse, prodigious, prodigal, protracted, propensity

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Re

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Again, back

Redundant, renovation

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Sub

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Under

Submissive, subterfuge, subtle

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Sur, super, some,

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Over, above, extra

Surfeit, superfluous, superficial

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Syn, sym, syl, sys

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With,together

Synergy, symbiosis, system

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Trans

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Across

Transoceanic, transient