Prefixes Flashcards
Latin prefix “A”
Away from.
Examples: Against, alone
Latin prefix “ab”
From; away from.
Examples: abnormal, absent
Greek prefix “A”
Not, no.
Examples: Asocial, anarchy
latin prefix “ad”
Toward.
Examples: advantage, addition, adapt, admit, adhere
Latin prefix “alter”
Another.
Examples: Alternative, alter ego
Greek prefix Amphi
Around, both
Examples: Amphitheater, amphibian
Greek prefix “Ana”?
Up.
Examples: Analysis, analog, analogy
Latin prefix “ante”?
Before.
Examples: Antebellum (before war), antedate
Greek prefix “anti”?
Against.
Examples: antibiotic, anti-semitism
Latin prefix “Circum”
Around.
Examples: circumcise, circumference, circumstance,
Latin prefix “Co”
With, together
Examples: co-operate, company, co-exist, co-pilate
Latin prefix “con”
With, together.
Example: connect, contain, content, construct
Latin prefix “Contra”
Against.
Examples: contradiction, contrary, contraband
Latin prefix “De”
Down, down from.
Examples: descend, decrease, deform
Greek prefix “Dia”
Through.
Examples: diameter, diagram, diagonal, diagraph
Latin prefix “Dis”
Apart, away from.
Examples: disperse, disinherit, disinfect, discontinue
Greek prefix “Dys”
Bad.
Examples: dysentery (an illness that affects your stomach, until you cannot hold anything), dystrophy, dyslexia, dysfunction
Latin prefix “E”
Out of.
Examples: Eject, evict
Greek prefix “Ec”
In, within.
Examples: ecology, ecumenism
Greek prefix “Em”
In, within.
Examples: emphasis, empathy, empower, empire
Greek prefix “En”
In, within.
Examples: enter, encircle, encompass
Greek prefix “Epi”
Upon.
Examples: epilogue, episode, epilipsy
Latin prefix “Ex”
Out of, away from.
Examples: example, except, exterior
Greek prefix “Hyper”
Over.
Examples: hyper-extended, hyperventilate
Latin prefix “In”
In, into, on, against, not.
Examples: incorporate, insert, inside, inaccurate
Latin prefix “Intro”
Inside
Examples: introduction, introvert (opposite of conor)
Latin prefix “Ob”
Against.
Examples: obstacle, obtain, obstruct, object
Latin prefix “Omni”
Every, all.
Examples: omniscient, Omnivore, omnipresent
Latin prefix “Per”
Through.
Examples: percent, perking, persistent, pertain
Greek prefix “Peri”
Around.
Examples: perishable, perimeter
Latin prefix “Post”
After.
Examples: postpone, postseason
Latin prefix “Pre”
Before.
Examples: prefix, pre-exam, preseason, premature
Latin prefix “re”
Back, again.
Examples: retain, re-blame, retract, reduce
Latin prefix “Retro”
Backwards.
Examples: retro-revolution, retro-jersey, retrospect
Latin prefix “sub”
Beneath.
Examples: subsequent, substantial, submarine, subject, superlative, supersonic
Latin prefix “Super, sur”
Above.
Examples: supernatural, Surplus, surpass,
Greek prefix “sym”
With, together.
Examples: symbol, symphony, symmetry, sympathy
Greek prefix “Syn”
With, together.
Examples: synonym, synthesis
Latin prefix “Trans”
Across.
Examples: transport, transsexual
Greek prefix “Tele”
Distant.
Examples: television, telegraph, telepath,
