Word Knowledge (Prefixes) Flashcards by Gabriel Garcia | Brainscape

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Prefix: a, an

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Meaning: without, not

Examples: anachronism

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Prefix: ab, abs, a

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Meaning: apart, away from

Examples: abnormal

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Prefix: ad

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Meaning: toward

Examples: adhere

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Prefix: agere

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Meaning: act

Examples: agent

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Prefix: amphi

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Meaning: round, both sides

Examples: ambivalent

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Prefix: ante

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Meaning: before

Examples:

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Prefix: anti

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Meaning: against

Examples: antipathy

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Prefix: archos

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Meaning: leader, first, chief

Examples: oligarchy

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Prefix: bene

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Meaning: well, favorable

Examples: benevolent, beneficent

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Prefix: bi

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Meaning: two

Examples: binary

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Prefix: caco

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Meaning: bad

Examples: cacophony

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Prefix: circum

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Meaning: around

Examples: circumnavigate

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Prefix: corpus

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Meaning: body

Examples: corporeal

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Prefix: credo

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Meaning: belief

Examples: credible

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Prefix: demos

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Meaning: people

Examples: demographic

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Prefix: di

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Meaning: two, double

Examples: diatomic

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Prefix: dia

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Meaning: across, through

Examples: dialectic

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Prefix: dis

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Meaning: not, apart

Examples: disenfranchise

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Prefix: dyn

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Meaning: be able

Examples: dynasty

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Prefix: ego

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Meaning: I, self

Examples: egocentric

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Prefix: epi

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Meaning: upon, cover

Examples: epigram, epiphyte

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Prefix: ex

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Meaning: out of, from

Examples: extraneous

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Prefix: geo

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Meaning: earth

Examples: geocentric, geomancy

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Prefix: ideo

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Meaning: idea

Examples: ideology

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Prefix: in

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Meaning: in

Examples: induction

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Prefix: in, im

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Meaning: not

Examples: immoral

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Prefix: inter

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Meaning: between

Examples: interstellar

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Prefix: lexis

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Meaning: word

Examples: lexicography

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Prefix: liber

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Meaning: free, book

Examples: liberal

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Prefix: locus

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Meaning: place

Examples: locality

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Prefix: macro

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Meaning: large

Examples: macrophage

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Prefix: mirco

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Meaning: small

Examples: micron

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Prefix: mono

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Meaning: one, single

Examples: monocle, monovalent

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Prefix: mortis

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Meaning: death

Examples: moribund

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Prefix: olig

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Meaning: few

Examples: oligarchy

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Prefix: peri

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Meaning: around

Examples: peripatetic

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Prefix: poly

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Meaning: many

Examples: polygamy

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Prefix: pre

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Meaning: before

Examples: prescient

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Prefix: solus

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Meaning: alone

Examples: solitary

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Prefix: subter

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Meaning: under, secret

Examples: subterfuge

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Prefix: un

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Meaning: not

Examples: unsafe

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Prefix: utilis

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Meaning: useful

Examples: utilitarian