Prefixes

Question 1

What does the latin prefix “A” mean?

Answer 1

Away from. Examples: Against, alone.

Question 2

What does the latin prefix “ab” mean?

Answer 2

from; away from. Examples: abnormal, absent.

Question 3

What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?

Answer 3

Not, no. Examples: Asocial, anarchy.

Question 4

What does the latin prefix “ad” mean?

Answer 4

toward. Examples: address, advance.

Question 5

What does the latin prefix “alter” mean?

Answer 5

another. Examples: alternate, alter ego, alter.

Question 6

What does the Greek prefix “amphi” mean?

Answer 6

around, both. Examples: amphibious, amphibole.

Question 7

What does the Greek prefix “ana” mean?

Answer 7

up. Examples: anabasis, analogy.

Question 8

What does latin prefix “ante” mean?

Answer 8

before. Examples: antecedent, anterior.

Question 9

What does the Greek prefix “anti” mean?

Answer 9

against. Examples: antifreeze, antisocial.

Question 10

What does the latin prefix “circum” mean?

Answer 10

around. Examples: circumference, circumnavigate.

Question 11

What does the latin prefix “co” mean?

Answer 11

with, together. Examples: cooperate, compress.

Question 12

What does the latin prefix “con” mean?

Answer 12

with, together. Examples: connect, contain.

Question 13

What does the latin prefix “contra” mean?

Answer 13

against. Examples: contrary, contradict.

Question 14

What does the latin prefix “de” mean?

Answer 14

down, down from. Examples: descend, demote.

Question 15

What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?

Answer 15

through. Examples: diagnose, diameter.

Question 16

What is the latin prefix “dis” mean?

Answer 16

away, apart from. Examples: disperse, disagree.

Question 17

What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?

Answer 17

bad. Examples: dysentery, dyslexia.

Question 18

What does the latin prefix “e” mean?

Answer 18

out of. Examples: express, external.

Question 19

What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?

Answer 19

outside. Examples: eccentric, ecology.

Question 20

What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?

Answer 20

in, within. Examples: empathy, emphasis.

Question 21

What does the Greek prefix “en” mean?

Answer 21

in, within. Examples: endoskeleton, enslaved.

Question 22

What does the Greek prefix “epi”mean?

Answer 22

upon. Examples: epicycle, epidermis.

Question 23

What does the latin prefix “ex” mean?

Answer 23

out of, away from. Examples: expel, exclude.

Question 24

What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?

Answer 24

over. Examples: hyperbole, hyperactive.

Question 25

What does the latin prefix “in” mean?

Answer 25

in, into, on, against, not. Examples: inhale, invite.

Question 26

What does the latin prefix “intro” mean?

Answer 26

inside. Examples: introgression, introvert.

Question 27

What does the latin prefix “ob” mean?

Answer 27

against. Examples: object, obstinate.

Question 28

What does the latin prefix “omni” mean?

Answer 28

every, all. Examples: omnipresent, omnipotence.

Question 29

What does the latin prefix “per” mean?

Answer 29

through. Examples: persistent, persuade.

Question 30

What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?

Answer 30

around. Examples: perimeter, periscope.

Question 31

What does the latin prefix “post” mean?

Answer 31

after. Examples: postpone, postnatal.

Question 32

What does the latin prefix “pre” mean?

Answer 32

before. Examples: precede, previous.

Question 33

What does the latin prefix “re” mean?

Answer 33

back, again. Examples: repeat, reconstruct

Question 34

What does the latin prefix “retro” mean?

Answer 34

backwards. Examples: retrogression, retrospective.

Question 35

What does the latin prefix “sub”mean?

Answer 35

beneath. Examples: submerge, subtract.

Question 36

What does the latin prefix “super”, “sur” mean?

Answer 36

above. Examples: supersede, supernatural, survive, surpass

Question 37

What does the Greek prefix “sym” mean?

Answer 37

with, together. Examples: sympathy,symbolic

Question 38

What does the greek prefix “syn” mean?

Answer 38

with, together. Examples: synonym, synchronize

Question 39

What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?

Answer 39

across. Examples: transfusion, transport.

Question 40

What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?

Answer 40

distant. Examples: telephone, telegram