Prefixes Flashcards by Peter Prieto | Brainscape

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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 Greek prefix “A” mean?

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Not, no. Examples: Asocial, anarchy

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What does the Latin prefix “ab” mean?

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From; away from. Examples: abnormal, abstract

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What does the Latin prefix “AD” mean?

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Toward. Example: Adventure, advise

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What does the Latin prefix “Alter” mean?

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Another. Examples: Alter-ego, alteration

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What does the Greek prefix “Amphi” mean?

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Around, both. Examples: amphitheater, amphibias

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What does the Greek prefix “Ana” mean?

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Up, Examples: Analytic, anabasis

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What does the Latin prefix “Ante” mean?

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Before Examples: antecedent, antebellum

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What does the Greek prefix “Anti” mean?

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Against Examples: Anticlimactic, anti clockwise

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What does the Latin prefix “Circum” mean?

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Around. Examples: circumference, circumstantial

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What does the Latin prefix “co” mean?

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With, together. Example: coexist, collide

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What does the Latin prefix “Con” mean?

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With, together. Example: conjoined condominium

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What does the Latin prefix “contra” mean?

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Against. Example: contradict, contractions

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What does the Latin prefix “de” mean?

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Down, down from. Examples: descend, deduct

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What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?

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Through. Examples: diameter, diagonal

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What does the Latin prefix “dis” mean?

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Apart, away from. Example: discomfort, disadvantage

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What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?

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Bad. Example: dysfunctional, dyslexia

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What does the Latin prefix “e” mean?

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Out of. Example: exit, external

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What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?

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Outside. Examples: eczema, ecosystem

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What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?

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In within. Example: empowered, empathy

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What does the Greek root “en” mean?

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In within. Examples: entire, entity

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What does the Latin root “epi” mean?

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Upon. Examples: epitome, epidermis

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What does the Latin prefix “ex” mean?

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Out of away from. Examples: expel, exile

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What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?

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Over. Examples: hyperactive, hyper

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What does the Latin prefix “in” mean?

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In, into, on, against, not. Examples: inhabited, inhale

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What does the latin prefix “intro” mean?

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Inside. Examples: introduction, introspect

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What does the Latin prefix “ob” mean?

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Against. Examples: object, obliterate

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What does the Latin prefix “omni” mean?

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Every, all. Examples: omnipresence, omniscient

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What does the Latin prefix “per” mean?

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Through. Examples: persist, persevere

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What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?

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Around. Examples: perihelion, perphyton

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What does the latin prefix “post” mean?

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After. Examples: post-apocalyptic, postponed.

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What does the Latin prefix “pre” mean?

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Before. Examples: prepaid, prehistoric.

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What does the Latin prefix “re” mean?

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Back, again. Examples: retrace, replace

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What does the Latin prefix “retro” mean?

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Backwards. Examples: retroactive, retro

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What does the Latin prefix “sub” mean?

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Beneath. Examples: submarine, subconscious.

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

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Above. Examples: surf, superb, surreal

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What does the Greek prefix “sym” mean?

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With, together. Examples: symbol, symphony

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What does the Greek prefix “syn” mean?

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With, together. Examples: synthesis, synthesizer.

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What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?

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Across. Examples: transmit, transit

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What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?

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Distant. Examples: telegram, telegraph