Prefixes

Question 1

What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?

Answer 1

Not, no. examples are: Asocial, anarchy

Question 2

What does the Latin prefix “a” mean?

Answer 2

Away from. Examples: against, alone

Question 3

What does the Latin prefix “ab” mean?

Answer 3

From; away from. Examples: are abnormal, absent.

Question 4

What does the Latin prefix “ad” mean?

Answer 4

Toward. Examples: are advertisement, admire

Question 5

What does the Latin prefix alter mean?

Answer 5

Another. Examples are: alternate, altercation.

Question 6

What does Greek prefix “amphi” mean?

Answer 6

Around, both. Examples are: amphitheater, amphibian

Question 7

What does the Greek prefix “Ana” mean?

Answer 7

Up. Examples are: anabasis, anabolic

Question 8

What does the Latin root “ante” mean?

Answer 8

Before. Examples are: antebellum, antecedent

Question 9

What does the Greek prefix “anti” mean?

Answer 9

Against. Examples: antibiotic, antipodes

Question 10

What does the Latin prefix “circum” mean?

Answer 10

Around. Examples: circumference, circumnavigate

Question 11

What does the Latin prefix “co” mean?

Answer 11

With, together. Examples: cooperate, coincide

Question 12

What does the Latin prefix con mean?

Answer 12

With, together. Examples: conceal, contain

Question 13

What does the Latin prefix “contra” mean?

Answer 13

Against. Examples: contradict, contrast

Question 14

What does the Latin prefix “de” mean?

Answer 14

Down, down from. Examples: decompose, descend

Question 15

What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?

Answer 15

Through. Examples: diameter, diagram

Question 16

What does the Latin prefix “dis” mean?

Answer 16

Apart, away from. Examples: disbelief, discomfort

Question 17

What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?

Answer 17

Bad. Examples: dysentery, dystrophy

Question 18

What does the Latin prefix “e” mean?

Answer 18

Out of. Examples: elusive, ecology

Question 19

What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?

Answer 19

Outside. Examples: eccentric, eczema

Question 20

What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?

Answer 20

In, within. Examples: emphasis, empathy

Question 21

What does the Greek prefix “en” mean?

Answer 21

In, within. Examples: energy, enclose

Question 22

What does the Greek prefix “epi” mean?

Answer 22

Upon. Examples: epicenter, epidermis

Question 23

What does the Latin prefix “ex” mean?

Answer 23

Out of, away from. Examples: exit, execute

Question 24

What does the Greek prefix hyper mean?

Answer 24

Over. Examples: hyperactive, hyperbole

Question 25

What does the Latin prefix “in” mean?

Answer 25

In, into, against, not. Examples: incur, invite

Question 26

What does the the Latin prefix “intro” mean?

Answer 26

Inside. Examples: introduction, introspection

Question 27

What does the Latin prefix “ob” mean?

Answer 27

Against. Examples: objection, obstinate

Question 28

What dos the Latin prefix “omni” mean?

Answer 28

Every, all. Examples: omnivore, omnipotence

Question 29

What does the Latin prefix “per” mean?

Answer 29

Through. Examples:persistence, perfection

Question 30

What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?

Answer 30

Around. Examples: perimeter, periscope

Question 31

What does the Latin prefix “post” mean.

Answer 31

After. Examples: post-war, postage

Question 32

What does the Latin prefix “pre” mean?

Answer 32

Before. Examples: pre-game, previous

Question 33

What does the Latin prefix “re” mean?

Answer 33

Back, again. Example: reanimate, reincarnate

Question 34

What does the Latin prefix “retro mean?

Answer 34

Backwards. Examples: retrospect, retrovirus

Question 35

What does the Latin prefix “sub” mean?

Answer 35

Beneath. Examples: subordinate, subway

Question 36

What does the the Latin prefix “super, sur” mean?

Answer 36

Above. Examples: superhero, surface

Question 37

What does the Greek prefix “sym” mean?

Answer 37

With, together. Examples: symphony, sympathetic

Question 38

What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?

Answer 38

Across. Examples: transaction, transatlantic

Question 39

What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?

Answer 39

Distant. Examples: telegraph, telepathic

Question 40

What does the Greek prefix “syn” mean?

Answer 40

With, together. Examples: sync, synonym