Prefixes Flashcards

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Ab

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away

mem: abnormal (away form normal)
absent (away from a place)

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Ad

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toward

mem: adherence ; adjust( tilt “towards” )

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Ambi

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both

mem; ambivalent , ambidextrous

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An /A

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without

mem: atheist, anaemic

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Ante

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before

Mem : an anteroom (a small room leading to a larger room) antedate (to exist or happen before something else)

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Anti

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“against” or “opposite.”

mem: antipathy

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Ac

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Bitter

mem: Acrid (unpleasantly bitter or pungent)

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Agog

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leading, bringing

mem: pedagogy (the method and practice of teaching, as an academic subject or theoretical concept.)
demagogue

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Agri

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means field or related to the land

mem: Agriculture

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Al

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other, another

mem: ALIAS (aka) , ALIBI (proof that criminal was somewhere else when the crime happened) , ALIEN, ALIENATE, INALIENABLE

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Alt

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high

mem: altitude,altar

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Alter

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Other

mem: Alternative, altercation (a noisy argument in public.)

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Am

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love

mem: amiable, amorous (showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desire.) , amour (a love affair or lover, especially one that is secret.)

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Anim

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mind or spirit

mem: animate, animated

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Anthropos

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MAN

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16
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bi, bis

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Two

Bicycle, bipolar

17
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circum, cir

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around

circumstance, circumference, circle

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com, con, co,col

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With, together

Combine, Contact, Collect, Co-worker

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de

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away from, down, the opposite of/ undo

Depart, Decline, Derail(cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.)

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dis, dif, di

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Apart

Dislike, Dishonest, Distant

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epi

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Upon, on top of

epidermis

22
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equ, equi

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Equal

Equalize, Equitable

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ex, e, ef

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out

Exit, Eject, Exhale

24
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hex

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Six

Hexadecimal

25
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in, il, ig, ir, im

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Not

Inactive, Ignoble, Irreversible, Irritate

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in, il, ir, im, en

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In, into

Inject, Impose

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infra

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Below

infra-red, inferior

28
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inter

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Between, among

international

29
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macro

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large , great

Macroeconomics

30
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mal, male

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Bad, ill, wrong

Malpractice, Malfunction