Prefixes Flashcards
What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?
Not, no. Examples: Asocial, Anarchy
What does the Latin prefix “A” mean?
Away from. Examples: Against, alone
What does the Latin prefix “ab” mean?
From; away from. Examples: abnormal, absent
What does the Latin prefix “ad” mean?
Toward. Examples: Adapt, Addition
What does the Latin prefix “alter” mean?
another; Examples: Alternate, Alteration
What does the Greek prefix “ana” mean?
up, Examples: analysis and anode
What does the Latin prefix “anti” mean?
Against, Examples: antiphony, antipodal
What does the Latin prefix “Circum” mean?
Around, Examples: circumference, cirumcise
What does the Latin prefix “ante” mean?
Before, Examples: antidote, anterior
What does the Latin prefix “co” mean?
with together, Examples: co-op, co-pay
What does the Latin prefix “anti” mean?
Against,Example: Contrast, Contradict
What does the Lain prefix “de” mean
Down, Down from, Example: decline =, and decend
What does the greek prefix “dia” mean?
Through, Example: Dialyze, Dialysis
What does the Latin prefix “dis” mean?
apart, away from, Examples: disconnect, discontinued
What does the greek prefix “dys” mean?
Bad, Examples: Dyslexic, Dysplasia
What does the Latin prefix “E” mean?
Out of, Examples: exotic, extirior
What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?
outside,Examples: ecosystem, ecology
What does the greek prefix “em” mean?
in within, Examples: empire, embark
What does the greek prefix “en” mean?
in within Examples: entire, encore
What does the Greek prefix “epi” mean?
Upon, Examples: Epidermis, epidemic
What does the Latin prefix “ex” mean?
Out of, Away from. Examples: Exotic, Exterior
What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?
Over. Examples: Hyperventilating, Hyperactive
What does the Latin prefix “in” mean?
in, into, on, against, not. Examples: Incorporate, Incarcerate
What does the Latin prefix “intro” mean?
inside. Examples: Introduce, Introduction
What does the latin prefix “ob” mean?
against. Examples: obedient, obligate
What does the latin prefix “omni” mean?
Every, All. Examples: Omnipresent, Omnicompetent
What does the Latin prefix “per” mean?
Through. Example: Perborate, Percale
What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?
Around.Examples: Periscope,Perinium
What does the Latin prefix “post” mean?
After. Examples:Post-dramatic, Post-game
What does the Latin prefix “pre” mean?
Before. Examples: Premier, Preview
What does the Latin prefix “re” mean?
Back, Again. Examples: reroute, report
What does the the latin prefix “retro” mean?
back, again. Examples: retroaction, retroactive
What does the latin prefix “sub” mean?
beneath. Examples: subterranean, subway
What does the latin prefix “super, sur” mean?
above. Examples: superable, superbound
What does the greek prefix “sym” mean?
with, together. Examples: Symbol, Symbolic
What does the greek prefix “syn” mean?
with, together. Examples: Synonym, Synopsis
What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?
across. Examples: Transaction, Transalpine
What does the greek prefix “tele” mean?
distant. Examples: telegraph, Television
