Module 3 Prefixes

Question 1

a-
[an-]
[ar-]

Answer 1

absence; lack [when used as a noun]
lacking; without [when used as an adjective]

a- becomes an- when the following letter is a vowel or “h”
a- becomes ar- when the following letter is “r”

Question 2

ante-

Answer 2

before

Question 3

pre-

Answer 3

before

Question 4

pro-

Answer 4

before

Question 5

anti-

Answer 5

against

Question 6

de-

Answer 6

from; down from; away

Question 7

dia-

Answer 7

through

Question 8

dys-

Answer 8

Indicates a negative state; faulty, difficult, painful, malfunctioning, poor, poorly

Question 9

ecto-

Answer 9

outside

Question 10

en-

Answer 10

within; inner; interior

[no prefix that just means “in,” equivalent to “of,” a connector that doesn’t need to be accounted for]

Question 11

endo-

Answer 11

within; inner; interior

Question 12

ento-

Answer 12

within; inner; interior

Question 13

intra-

Answer 13

within; inner; interior

Question 14

epi-

Answer 14

on; upon; toward

Question 15

eso-

Answer 15

into

Question 16

eiso-

Answer 16

into

Question 17

eu-

Answer 17

indicates a positive state; normal, healthy, proper, good [for a noun], well [for an adjective or verb]

Question 18

ex-

Answer 18

out; out of; outside

Question 19

exo-

Answer 19

out; out of; outside

Question 20

hyper-

Answer 20

excessive; excess of; greater than normal [qualitative/quantitative, in a negative sense]

Question 21

hypo-

Answer 21

below; under; inferior to [locative]

less than normal; deficiency of [qualitative/ quantitative]

Question 22

infra-

Answer 22

below; under; inferior to [locative]

Question 23

inter-

Answer 23

between

Question 24

meta-

Answer 24

beyond; after (can also indicate a change of some sort, e.g metabolism)

Question 25

neo-

Answer 25

new

Question 26

non-*

Answer 26

not [See Mod. 8, non-]

Question 27

para-

Answer 27

beside; beyond

Question 28

peri-

Answer 28

around

Question 29

circum-

Answer 29

around

Question 30

post-

Answer 30

after; behind; posterior

Question 31

super-

Answer 31

above; beyond; superior to [locative] | superior; greater than normal [qualitative/quantitative in a positive sense]

Question 32

supra-

Answer 32

above; beyond; superior to [locative]

Question 33

syn-

Answer 33

joined; fused; simultanous; in association; together; with

Question 34

con-

Answer 34

joined; fused, simultaneous; in association; together; with

Question 35

trans-

Answer 35

across; through