Prefixes and Root Words

Question 1

Prefix for “inside” or “within”

Answer 1

intra-

Question 2

Prefix for “against”

Answer 2

anti-

Question 3

Prefix for “extra”

Answer 3

hyper-

Question 4

Prefix for “across”

Answer 4

trans-

Question 5

Prefix for “before” or “prior to”

Answer 5

pre-

Question 6

Prefix for “after” or “behind”

Answer 6

post-

Question 7

Root word for “body”

Answer 7

corps

Question 8

Prefix for “away” or “from”

Answer 8

ab-

abnormal

Question 9

Prefix for “self”

Answer 9

auto-

Question 10

Root word for “life”

Answer 10

bio

Question 11

Prefix for “before” or “in front of”

Answer 11

ante-

Question 12

Root word for “skin”

Answer 12

derm

Question 13

Prefix for “between” or “together”

Answer 13

inter-

Question 14

Prefix for “alike” or “same”

Answer 14

homo-

Question 15

Prefix for “different” or “other”

Answer 15

hetero-

Question 16

Prefix for “small”

Answer 16

micro-

Question 17

Prefix for “large”

Answer 17

macro-

Question 18

Prefix for “many”

Answer 18

poly-

Question 19

Prefix for “mind”

Answer 19

psycho-

Question 20

Prefix for “two” or “double”

Answer 20

bi-

Question 21

Prefix for “before” or “earlier”

Answer 21

fore-

Question 22

Root word for “time”

Answer 22

chron

Question 23

Root word for “death”

Answer 23

mort

Question 24

Root word for “writing” or “record”

Answer 24

gram or graph

Question 25

Root word for “hidden” or “covered”

Answer 25

crypt

Question 26

Prefix for “again” or “back”

Answer 26

re-

Question 27

Prefix that reverses the meaning of a verb

Answer 27

dis-

Question 28

Prefix for “too much”

Answer 28

over-

Question 29

Prefix for “badly” or “wrongly”

Answer 29

mis-

Question 30

Prefix for “together”

Answer 30

co-

Question 31

Prefix for “not enough”

Answer 31

under-

Question 32

Prefix for “under” or “below”

Answer 32

sub-

Question 33

Prefix that means “do the opposite of”

Answer 33

de-

Question 34

Prefix for “former”

Answer 34

ex-

Question 35

Prefix for “against”

Answer 35

counter-

Question 36

Prefix for “bad”

Answer 36

mal-

Question 37

Prefix for “one”

Answer 37

mini-

Question 38

Prefix for “many”

Answer 38

poly-

Question 39

Prefix for “false”

Answer 39

pseudo-

Question 40

Prefix for “half”

Answer 40

semi-

Question 41

Prefix for “three”

Answer 41

tri-

Question 42

Prefix for “thousand”

Answer 42

kilo-