Prefixes Flashcards by Luke Hernandez | Brainscape

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What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?

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Not, no. Examples are: Asocial, anarchy

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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 Latin prefix “AB” mean?

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form; away form. Examples are abnormal, absent.

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What does the Latin prefix “AD” mean?

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Toward, Examples: Advantage, adapt.

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What does the Latin prefix “ALTER” mean?

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Another, Examples: Alteration, alternative.

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What does the Greek prefix “AMPHI” mean?

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Around, both, Examples: Amphitheater, amphibian.

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What does the Greek prefix “ANA” mean?

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up, Examples: Anaconda, analogue.

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What does the Latin prefix “ANTE” mean?

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Before, Examples: Anteroom, antebellum.

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What does the Greek prefix “ANTI” mean?

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Against, Examples: Antisocial, antibacterial.

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What does the Latin prefix “CIRCUM” mean?

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Around, Examples: Circumference, circumstance.

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What does the Latin prefix “CO” mean?

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with, together, Examples: Coincide, cooperate.

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What does the Latin prefix “CON” mean?

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with, together, Examples: Connect. conversation.

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What does the Latin prefix “CONTRA” mean?

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Against, Examples: Contrary, contradiction.

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What does the Latin prefix “DE” mean?

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down, down from, Examples: Decent, decompose.

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What does the Greek prefix “DIA” mean?

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through, Examples: Diabetes, dialect.

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What does the LAtin prefix “DIS” mean?

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apart, away from, Examples, Disappear, distant.

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What does the Greek prefix “DYS” mean?

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bad, Examples: Dyslexia, Dystrophy

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What does the Latin prefix “E” mean?

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out of, Examples: Exit, erase.

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What does the Greek prefix “EC” mean?

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outside, Examples: Ecology, ecosystem.

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What does the Greek prefix “EM” mean?

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in, within, Examples: Emerge, embargo.

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What does the Greek prefix “EN” mean?

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in within, Examples: Engulf, entangled.

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What does the Greek prefix “EPI” mean?

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upon, Examples: Epicycle, epic.

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What does the Latin prefix “EX” mean?

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out of, away from, Examples: Expand, express.

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What does the Greek prefix “HYPER” mean?

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over, Examples: Hypernym, hypersonic.

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What does the Latin prefix “IN” mean?

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in, into, on, against, not, Examples: Induce, intolerant.

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What does the Latin prefix “INTRO mean?

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inside, Examples: Introduction, introvert.

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What does the Latin prefix “OB” mean?

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against, Examples: Obstacle, observe.

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What does the Latin prefix “OMNI” mean?

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every, all Examples: Omniscient, Omnipotent

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What does the Latin prefix “PER” mean?

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through, Examples: Pervade, perforation

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What does the Greek prefix “PERI” mean?

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around, Examples: Perimeter, period.

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What does the Latin prefix “POST” mean?

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after, Examples, Postoperative, postdate.

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What does the Latin prefix “PRE” mean?

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before, Examples: Precede, precaution.

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What does the Latin prefix “RE” mean?

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back, again, Examples: Restore, react.

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What does the Latin prefix “RETRO” mean?

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backwards, Examples: Retroject, retrospect.

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What does the Latin prefix “SUB” mean?

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beneath, Examples: Subway, subhuman.

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What does the Latin prefix “SUPER, SUR” mean?

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Above, Examples: Surface, superhuman.

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What does the Greek prefix “SYM” mean?

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With, together, Examples: symbiosis, symmetry

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What does the Greek prefix “SYN” mean?

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With, together Examples: synchrony, syncarpous.

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What does the Latin prefix “TRANS” mean?

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Across, Examples: transform, transgress.

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What does the Greek prefix “TELE” mean?

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Distant, Examples: Television, telescope.