Prefixes Flashcards
ab-
Example: absent
from
ad-
Example: advance
to, forward
ante-
Example: anteroom
before
anti-
Example: antibacterial
against, opposite
auto-
Example: autobiography
self
bi-
Example: bicycle
two
circum-
Example: circumference
around
de-
Example: depart
away from
dia-
Example: diagonal
through, across
dis-
Example: disappear, disloyal
away from, not
en-
Example: enter
put in, into
ex-
Example: exit, exasperation
out of, former
extra-
Example: extraordinary
outside of, beyond
hyper-
Example: hyperactive
over, more
il-, ir-
Example: illuminate, irritate
not, without
in-, im-
Example: insert, impossible
into, not
inter-
Example: interact
between
intra-
Example: intrastate
within
macro-
Example: macroeconomics
large
mal-
Example: malady, malpractice
bad, wrong
micro-
Example: microscope
small
mono-
Example: monopoly, monotonous
one
multi-
Example: multicolour
many
non-
Example: nonsense
without, not
peri-
Example: perimeter
around
post-
Example: postscript
after
pre-, pro-
Example: preview, prologue
before, forward
semi- (also hemi-)
Example: semicircle, hemisphere
half
sub-
Example: subway, submarine
under
syn-
Example: synonym
same
trans-
Example: transport, transit
across
tri-
Example: tricycle
three
un-
Example: unknowing
not
uni-
Example: unity
one, together
a-, an-
Example: antonym
not, without, opposite to
