Success- Prefixes Flashcards by Rahul Sandella | Brainscape

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Ab-

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From

Ex: abstain, abnormal

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A-, an-

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Not,without

Ex. Aseptic, atheist

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Alt-

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Other

Ex: altruist, alternate

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Ambi-, amphi-

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Both

Ex: ambivalent, amphibious

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Ant-, Anti-

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against, opposite

Ex. anti-inflammatory, antithesis

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Ante-

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before

Ex. antecedent, antediluvian

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Auto-

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self

Ex. autobiography, autonomous

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Be-

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make

Ex. beguile, becalm

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Bi-

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two

ex. bifocals, biannual

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by-

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near

ex. bypass, bystander

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circum-

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around

ex. circumference, circumspect

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co-, com-, con-

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with

ex. conmingle, convergent

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contra-

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against

ex. contrary, controversial

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counter-

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opposite

ex. counteract, countermand

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de-

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down, from

ex. descendant, deform

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di-, dis-

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apart, away

ex. disassociation, discriminate

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di-, du-

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two

ex. dichotomy, duplex

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dys-

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bad

ex. dysfunction, dysphoria

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e-, ex-

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outer, exit

ex. emanate, eviction

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em-, en-

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in

ex. embed, enclosure

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epi-

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after

ex. epitaph, epilogue

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equi-

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equal

ex. equable, equanimity

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eu-

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good

ex. euphonious, eulogy

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extra-

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outside

ex. extrasensory, extravagant

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for-

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against

ex. forgo, forsworn

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fore-

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before

ex. forecast, foreshadow

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hetero-

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different

ex. heterogeneous, heterodox

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homo-

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same

ex. homogenize, homonym

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hyper-

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excess

ex. hyperbole, hyperactive

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il-, im-, in-

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in or not

ex. illiterate, ineffable

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inter-

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between

ex. intercontinental, interjection

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intr-

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within

ex. introspective, intrinsic

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ir-

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not

ex. irredeemable, irregularity

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macro-, mega-

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large

ex. macrocosm, megalith

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meta-

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change

ex. metamorphosis, metaphor

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mis-

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against, wrong

ex. misbegotten, misstatement

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mon-, mono-

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one

ex. monarch, monotone

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multi-

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many

ex. multifarious, multiplicity

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ne-, neg-

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not

ex. nescience, negation

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neo-

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new

ex. neophyte, neologism

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non-

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not

ex. nondescript, nonpareil

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off-

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from

ex. offshoot, offspring

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olig-

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few

ex. oligarchy, oligopoly

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omni-

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all

ex. omnipotent, omnivorous

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out-

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surpass

ex. outclass, outstrip

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pan-

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all

ex. panorama, pandemic

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peri-

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all around

ex. periphery, peripatetic

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poly-

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many

ex. polygot, polygamy

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post-

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after

ex. posterity, postscript

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pre-

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before

ex. precursor, prelude

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pro-

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before, for

ex. profundity, promulgate

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prot-

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first

ex. protagonist, prototype

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pseudo-

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false

ex. pseudonym, pseudoscience

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re-

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again

ex. recap, refurbish

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re-, retro-

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back

ex. regress, retrospective

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se-

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away

ex. secede, seclusion

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sub-

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below

ex. subliminal, substandard

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super-

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exceed, over

ex. superimpose, supernatural

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sym-, syn-

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same, together

ex. symmetrical, synergy

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tele-

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distant

ex. telegraph, telecommunications

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trans-

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across

ex. transitory, transmute

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ult-

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beyond

ex. ulterior, ultraviolet

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un-

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not

ex. unerring, unnerve

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uni-

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one

ex. uniform, unity

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with-

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back, away

ex. withhold, withdrawn