Prefixes and Root Words Flashcards
Prefix for “inside” or “within”
intra-
Prefix for “against”
anti-
Prefix for “extra”
hyper-
Prefix for “across”
trans-
Prefix for “before” or “prior to”
pre-
Prefix for “after” or “behind”
post-
Root word for “body”
corps
Prefix for “away” or “from”
ab-
abnormal
Prefix for “self”
auto-
Root word for “life”
bio
Prefix for “before” or “in front of”
ante-
Root word for “skin”
derm
Prefix for “between” or “together”
inter-
Prefix for “alike” or “same”
homo-
Prefix for “different” or “other”
hetero-
Prefix for “small”
micro-
Prefix for “large”
macro-
Prefix for “many”
poly-
Prefix for “mind”
psycho-
Prefix for “two” or “double”
bi-
Prefix for “before” or “earlier”
fore-
Root word for “time”
chron
Root word for “death”
mort
Root word for “writing” or “record”
gram or graph
Root word for “hidden” or “covered”
crypt
Prefix for “again” or “back”
re-
Prefix that reverses the meaning of a verb
dis-
Prefix for “too much”
over-
Prefix for “badly” or “wrongly”
mis-
Prefix for “together”
co-
Prefix for “not enough”
under-
Prefix for “under” or “below”
sub-
Prefix that means “do the opposite of”
de-
Prefix for “former”
ex-
Prefix for “against”
counter-
Prefix for “bad”
mal-
Prefix for “one”
mini-
Prefix for “many”
poly-
Prefix for “false”
pseudo-
Prefix for “half”
semi-
Prefix for “three”
tri-
Prefix for “thousand”
kilo-
