Prefixes

Question 1

Latin prefix “A”

Answer 1

Away from.

Examples: Against, alone

Question 2

Latin prefix “ab”

Answer 2

From; away from.

Examples: abnormal, absent

Question 3

Greek prefix “A”

Answer 3

Not, no.

Examples: Asocial, anarchy

Question 4

latin prefix “ad”

Answer 4

Toward.

Examples: advantage, addition, adapt, admit, adhere

Question 5

Latin prefix “alter”

Answer 5

Another.

Examples: Alternative, alter ego

Question 6

Greek prefix Amphi

Answer 6

Around, both

Examples: Amphitheater, amphibian

Question 7

Greek prefix “Ana”?

Answer 7

Up.

Examples: Analysis, analog, analogy

Question 8

Latin prefix “ante”?

Answer 8

Before.

Examples: Antebellum (before war), antedate

Question 9

Greek prefix “anti”?

Answer 9

Against.

Examples: antibiotic, anti-semitism

Question 10

Latin prefix “Circum”

Answer 10

Around.

Examples: circumcise, circumference, circumstance,

Question 11

Latin prefix “Co”

Answer 11

With, together

Examples: co-operate, company, co-exist, co-pilate

Question 12

Latin prefix “con”

Answer 12

With, together.

Example: connect, contain, content, construct

Question 13

Latin prefix “Contra”

Answer 13

Against.

Examples: contradiction, contrary, contraband

Question 14

Latin prefix “De”

Answer 14

Down, down from.

Examples: descend, decrease, deform

Question 15

Greek prefix “Dia”

Answer 15

Through.

Examples: diameter, diagram, diagonal, diagraph

Question 16

Latin prefix “Dis”

Answer 16

Apart, away from.

Examples: disperse, disinherit, disinfect, discontinue

Question 17

Greek prefix “Dys”

Answer 17

Bad.

Examples: dysentery (an illness that affects your stomach, until you cannot hold anything), dystrophy, dyslexia, dysfunction

Question 18

Latin prefix “E”

Answer 18

Out of.

Examples: Eject, evict

Question 19

Greek prefix “Ec”

Answer 19

In, within.

Examples: ecology, ecumenism

Question 20

Greek prefix “Em”

Answer 20

In, within.

Examples: emphasis, empathy, empower, empire

Question 21

Greek prefix “En”

Answer 21

In, within.

Examples: enter, encircle, encompass

Question 22

Greek prefix “Epi”

Answer 22

Upon.

Examples: epilogue, episode, epilipsy

Question 23

Latin prefix “Ex”

Answer 23

Out of, away from.

Examples: example, except, exterior

Question 24

Greek prefix “Hyper”

Answer 24

Over.

Examples: hyper-extended, hyperventilate

Question 25

Latin prefix “In”

Answer 25

In, into, on, against, not.

Examples: incorporate, insert, inside, inaccurate

Question 26

Latin prefix “Intro”

Answer 26

Inside

Examples: introduction, introvert (opposite of conor)

Question 27

Latin prefix “Ob”

Answer 27

Against.

Examples: obstacle, obtain, obstruct, object

Question 28

Latin prefix “Omni”

Answer 28

Every, all.

Examples: omniscient, Omnivore, omnipresent

Question 29

Latin prefix “Per”

Answer 29

Through.

Examples: percent, perking, persistent, pertain

Question 30

Greek prefix “Peri”

Answer 30

Around.

Examples: perishable, perimeter

Question 31

Latin prefix “Post”

Answer 31

After.

Examples: postpone, postseason

Question 32

Latin prefix “Pre”

Answer 32

Before.

Examples: prefix, pre-exam, preseason, premature

Question 33

Latin prefix “re”

Answer 33

Back, again.

Examples: retain, re-blame, retract, reduce

Question 34

Latin prefix “Retro”

Answer 34

Backwards.

Examples: retro-revolution, retro-jersey, retrospect

Question 35

Latin prefix “sub”

Answer 35

Beneath.

Examples: subsequent, substantial, submarine, subject, superlative, supersonic

Question 36

Latin prefix “Super, sur”

Answer 36

Above.

Examples: supernatural, Surplus, surpass,

Question 37

Greek prefix “sym”

Answer 37

With, together.

Examples: symbol, symphony, symmetry, sympathy

Question 38

Greek prefix “Syn”

Answer 38

With, together.

Examples: synonym, synthesis

Question 39

Latin prefix “Trans”

Answer 39

Across.

Examples: transport, transsexual

Question 40

Greek prefix “Tele”

Answer 40

Distant.

Examples: television, telegraph, telepath,