Prefixes

Question 1

What does the Latin prefix “A” mean?

Answer 1

Away from. Examples: Against, alone

Question 2

What does the Latin prefix “ab” mean?

Answer 2

From; away from. Examples are abnormal, absent.

Question 3

What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?

Answer 3

Not, no. Examples are: Asocial, Anarchy

Question 4

What does the Latin prefix “ad” mean?

Answer 4

Toward. Examples: advance, adjunct

Question 5

What does the Latin prefix “alter” mean?

Answer 5

Another. Examples: alternative, alternate

Question 6

What does the Greek prefix “amphi” mean?

Answer 6

Around, both. Examples: amphibian, amphitheat

Question 7

What does the Greek prefix “Ana” mean?

Answer 7

Up. Examples: anabolic, analyze

Question 8

What does the Latin prefix “ante” mean?

Answer 8

Before. Examples: antediluvian, antebellum.

Question 9

What does the Greek prefix “anti” mean?

Answer 9

Against. Examples: anti biotic, antibody.

Question 10

What does the Latin prefix “circum” mean?

Answer 10

Around. Examples: circumstantial, circumlunar.

Question 11

What does the Latin prefix “co” mean?

Answer 11

With, together. Examples: coincidence, coherent.

Question 12

What doe the Latin prefix “con” mean?

Answer 12

With, together. Examples: conjugate, connect.

Question 13

What does the Latin prefix “contra” mean?

Answer 13

Against. Examples: contradict, contraindicate.

Question 14

What does the Latin prefix “de” mean?

Answer 14

Down, down from. Examples: decay, declassify.

Question 15

What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?

Answer 15

Through. Examples: diameter, diarrhea.

Question 16

What does the Latin prefix “dis” mean?

Answer 16

Apart, away from. Examples: distinctive, distill.

Question 17

What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?

Answer 17

Bad. Examples: dyslexia, dysfunction.

Question 18

What does the Latin prefix “e” mean?

Answer 18

Out of. Examples: eject, evict.

Question 19

What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?

Answer 19

Outside. Examples: ecstasy, ecumenical.

Question 20

What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?

Answer 20

In, within. Examples: empire, employ

Question 21

Greek “en”

Answer 21

In, within. Examples: enlarge, enlighten.

Question 22

Greek “epi”

Answer 22

Upon. Examples: epilepsy, episode.

Question 23

Latin “ex”

Answer 23

Out of, away from. Examples: exhale, exorcise.

Question 24

Greek “hyper”

Answer 24

Over. Examples: hyperextend, hyperlink.

Question 25

Latin “in”

Answer 25

In, into, on, against, not. Examples: invertebrate, inverse.

Question 26

Latin “intro”

Answer 26

Inside. Examples: introduce, introvert.

Question 27

Latin “ob”

Answer 27

Against. Examples: obdurate, object.

Question 28

Latin “omni”

Answer 28

Every, all. Examples: omniscient, omnipresent.

Question 29

Latin “per”

Answer 29

Through. Examples: pertain, persist.

Question 30

Greek “peri”

Answer 30

Around. Examples: peristyle, periscope.

Question 31

Latin “post”

Answer 31

After. Examples: postwar, postrauma.

Question 32

Latin “pre”

Answer 32

Before. Examples: prehistory, predict.

Question 33

Latin “re”

Answer 33

Back, again. Examples: repeat, regenerate.

Question 34

Latin “retro”

Answer 34

Backwards. Examples: retroactive, retrospect.

Question 35

Latin “sub”

Answer 35

Beneath. Examples: subway, submarine.

Question 36

Latin “super, sur”

Answer 36

Above. Examples: supernatural, surpass.

Question 37

Greek “sym”

Answer 37

Together. Examples: symmetry, sympathy.

Question 38

Greek “syn”

Answer 38

With, together. Examples: synergy, synagogue.

Question 39

Latin “trans”

Answer 39

Across. Examples: transportation, transsexual.

Question 40

Greek “tele”

Answer 40

Distant. Examples: telegraph, telephone.