Prefixes Flashcards
(11 cards)
a- / an-
not, without
eg. AMORAL - without morals, conscience
eg. ATYPICAL - not normal, not typical
eg. APATHETIC - uncaring, without feelings
eg. ANAEROBIC - without oxygen
eg. ANARCHY - without rule, government
ambi -
dual
eg. AMBIVALENCE - mixed feelings, contradictory ideas about something/someone
eg. AMBIDEXTROUS - uses both left and right hands equally well
eg. AMBIVERT - both introverted and extroverted
eg. AMBIGUOUS - with dual meanings, unclear
ante-
before
eg. AM (ANTE MERIDIEM) - before mid-day
eg. ANTEBELLUM - before the war
ben- / bon-
good
eg. BENEFIT - someone with a good result, an advantage
eg. BENEVOLENT - kind, good
contra-
against
eg. CONTRADICTORY - inconsistent, mutually opposed
eg. CONTRAINDICATED - something that would make the condition worse
eg. CONTRAVENE - to deny, oppose
de-
down from, away from
eg. DETERIORATE - to become progressively worse
eg. DESCEND, DEPART - to go down from, away from
eg. DENOUNCE - put down, speak badly of
eg. DEMOTE - reduce in rank, stature
eg. DEMEAN - cause a severe loss in the dignity of, and respect for (something, someone)
eg. DENIGRATE - criticize unfairly, disparage
eg. DEROGATE - to detract from
eg. DEPRECATE - to express disapproval of
eg. DECRY - to publicly denounce
eu-
good
eg. EULOGY - good speech, given for the dearly departed at a funeral
eg. EUPHEMISM - good way of saying something, polite expression
ex-
out of, away from
eg. EXIT - to get out of
eg. EXTRICATE - to get out of something
eg. EXCULPATE - to let out of the hook
im- / in-
not
eg. IMPOSSIBLE
eg. IMMORTAL - will not die
eg. IMPLACABLE - cannot be calmed down
eg. INAPPROPRIATE
eg. INEPT
eg. INSOLVENT
ne- / mal-
bad
eg. NEGATIVE
eg. NEFARIOUS - full of bad, wicked and evil
eg. MALICIOUS - full of bad, wicked, harmful
post-
after
eg. PM (POST MERIDIEM) - after the middy
eg. POSTMORTEM - occurs after death
