Prefixes Flashcards
Ab
away
mem: abnormal (away form normal)
absent (away from a place)
Ad
toward
mem: adherence ; adjust( tilt “towards” )
Ambi
both
mem; ambivalent , ambidextrous
An /A
without
mem: atheist, anaemic
Ante
before
Mem : an anteroom (a small room leading to a larger room) antedate (to exist or happen before something else)
Anti
“against” or “opposite.”
mem: antipathy
Ac
Bitter
mem: Acrid (unpleasantly bitter or pungent)
Agog
leading, bringing
mem: pedagogy (the method and practice of teaching, as an academic subject or theoretical concept.)
demagogue
Agri
means field or related to the land
mem: Agriculture
Al
other, another
mem: ALIAS (aka) , ALIBI (proof that criminal was somewhere else when the crime happened) , ALIEN, ALIENATE, INALIENABLE
Alt
high
mem: altitude,altar
Alter
Other
mem: Alternative, altercation (a noisy argument in public.)
Am
love
mem: amiable, amorous (showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desire.) , amour (a love affair or lover, especially one that is secret.)
Anim
mind or spirit
mem: animate, animated
Anthropos
MAN
bi, bis
Two
Bicycle, bipolar
circum, cir
around
circumstance, circumference, circle
com, con, co,col
With, together
Combine, Contact, Collect, Co-worker
de
away from, down, the opposite of/ undo
Depart, Decline, Derail(cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.)
dis, dif, di
Apart
Dislike, Dishonest, Distant
epi
Upon, on top of
epidermis
equ, equi
Equal
Equalize, Equitable
ex, e, ef
out
Exit, Eject, Exhale
hex
Six
Hexadecimal
in, il, ig, ir, im
Not
Inactive, Ignoble, Irreversible, Irritate
in, il, ir, im, en
In, into
Inject, Impose
infra
Below
infra-red, inferior
inter
Between, among
international
macro
large , great
Macroeconomics
mal, male
Bad, ill, wrong
Malpractice, Malfunction
