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 are 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

Ex: adhere, advance

Question 5

What does the Latin prefix “Alter” mean?

Answer 5

Another

Ex: alternate, alternative

Question 6

What does the Greek prefix “amphi” mean?

Answer 6

Around, both

Ex:amphibian, amphitheater

Question 7

What doe she Greek prefix “Ana” mean?

Answer 7

Up

Ex: analog, analysis

Question 8

What does the Latin prefix “ante” mean?

Answer 8

Before

Ex: antecedent, anterior

Question 9

What the Greek prefix “anti” mean?

Answer 9

Against

Ex: antibiotics, anticipate

Question 10

What does the Latin prefix “circum” mean?

Answer 10

Around

Ex: circumference, circum navigate

Question 11

What does the Latin prefix “co” mean?

Answer 11

With, together

Ex: company, coexist

Question 12

What does the Latin prefix “con” mean?

Answer 12

With, together

Ex: connect, conjugate

Question 13

What does the Latin prefix “contra” mean?

Answer 13

Against

Ex: contradiction, contrast

Question 14

What does the Latin prefix “de” mean?

Answer 14

Down, down from

Ex: descend, deflate

Question 15

What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?

Answer 15

Through

Ex:diameter, dialogue

Question 16

What does the latin prefix “dis” mean?

Answer 16

Apart, away from

Ex:disperse, disinherit

Question 17

What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?

Answer 17

Bad

Ex: dysfunction, dyslexia

Question 18

What does the Latin prefix “e” mean?

Answer 18

Out of

Ex: empty, eclipse

Question 19

What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?

Answer 19

Outside

Ex: ectoplasm, ecosystem

Question 20

What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?

Answer 20

In, within

Ex: emblem, empire

Question 21

What does the Greek prefix “en” mean?

Answer 21

In, within

Energy, enter

Question 22

What does the Greek prefix “epi” mean?

Answer 22

Upon

Ex: epidemic, episode

Question 23

What does the Latin prefix “ex” mean?

Answer 23

Out of, away from

Extinct, exterior

Question 24

What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?

Answer 24

Over

Ex: hyperventelate, hyperactive

Question 25

What does the Latin prefix “in” mean?

Answer 25

in, into, on, against, not

Ex: inside, interior

Question 26

What does the Latin prefix “intro” mean?

Answer 26

Inside

Ex: introduction, introduce

Question 27

What does the Latin prefix “ob” mean?

Answer 27

Against

Ex: obstacle, object

Question 28

What does the Latin prefix “omni” mean?

Answer 28

Every, all

Ex: omniscient, omnipresence

Question 29

What does the Latin prefix “per” mean?

Answer 29

Through

Ex: permeate, persistent

Question 30

What the Greek prefix “peri” mean?

Answer 30

Around

Ex: perimeter, periscope

Question 31

What the Latin prefix “post” mean?

Answer 31

After

Ex: postwar, postpone

Question 32

What does the Latin prefix “pre” mean?

Answer 32

Before

Ex: previous, precede

Question 33

What does the Latin prefix “re” mean?

Answer 33

Back, again

Ex: return, reverse

Question 34

What does the Latin prefix “retro” mean?

Answer 34

Backwards

Ex: retroactive ,retrospect

Question 35

What does the latin prefix”sub” mean?

Answer 35

Beneath

Ex: submarine,submerge

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Above
Ex: superior, superlative
Surreal surplus

Question 37

What do the Greek prefix “sym” mean?

Answer 37

With, together

Ex: symmetry, symbol

Question 38

What does the Greek prefix “syn” mean?

Answer 38

With, together

Ex: synonym, synagogue

Question 39

What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?

Answer 39

Across

Ex: transparent, transatlantic

Question 40

What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?

Answer 40

Distant

Ex: telescope, telephone