Prefixes Flashcards

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What does the Latin prefix A mean?

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Away from

Examples-Against, alone

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What does the Latin prefix AB mean?

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From, away from

Examples-abnormal, absent

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What does the Greek prefix A mean?

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Not, no

Examples-Asocial, Anarchy

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What does the Latin prefix AD mean?

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Toward

Example-Adolescent, Addition

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What does the Latin prefix ALTER stand for?

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Another

Examples-Alternate, Alternative

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What does the Greek prefix Amphi stand for?

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Around, both

Examples-Amphitheater, Amphisbaenia

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What does the Greek prefix ANA stand for?

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Up

Examples-Anabotic, Anathema

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What does the Latin prefix ANTE stand for?

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Before

Examples- Antebellum , Antemeridian

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What does the Greek prefix ANTI stand for?

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Against

Examples- Antichrist, Antistrophe

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What does the Latin prefix CIRCUM stand for?

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Around

Examples-Circumfrence, Circumnavigate

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What does the Latin prefix CO stand for?

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With, together

Examples-Cordinate, Corporation

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What does the latin prefix CONTRA stand for?

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Against

Examples-Contraband, Contrasted

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CON is the Latin prefix that stands for what?

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With, Together

Examples-Convicts, Constant

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The Latin prefix DE stands for what?

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Down, down from

Examples- Demoralize, degenerate

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What does the Greek prefix DIA stand for?

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Through

Examples-Digraph ,Diagram

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What does the latin prefix DIS mean?

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Apart, away from

Examples- disgusting, distract

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What does the Greek prefix DYS stand for?

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Bad

Examples-Dysentery,Dysentric

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What is the Latin E stand for?

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Out of

Examples-empty,eada

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What does the Greek prefix EC stand for?

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Outside

Examples-Ecstatic, Ecosystem

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What does the Greek prefix EM stand for?

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In, with in

Examples- Emplanes, Emerson

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What does the Greek prefix EN stand for?

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In, with in

Examples:Energy, enters

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What does the Greek Prefix EPI stand for?

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Upon

Examples: Epilepsy, epic

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What does the Latin root EX stand for?

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Out of, Away from

Examples:Excellent, Excentric

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What does the Greek prefix HYPER stand for?

A

Over

Examples:Hyper, Hyperglycemia

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What does the Latin prefix IN stand for?
In,into Examples:Insertion, Intellectual
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What does the Latin prefix INTRO stand for?
Inside Examples:Introduction, Intro-com
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OB is the Latin prefix meaning what?
Against Examples:Obstacle, Obsolete
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What does the Latin prefix Omni mean?
Every, all Examples:Omni Air, Omnicentric
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PER is a Latin prefix, what does it mean?
Through Examples:Persistence, perth
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PERI means around give me some examples!? It's Greek
Examples:Perimeter, peri metric
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POST IS LATIN IT MEANS AFTER, EXAMPLES:POSTMORTEM, POSTAGE
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PRE Latin, what does it mean?
Before Examples:Prerequisite, preface
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RE is Latin, what does it mean
Back Examples:Rewind, Restart
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What does RETRO mean, it's Latin
Back Examples:Retro, retrospect
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SUB is Latin, what does it mean!?
Under Examples:subway, suburb
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What does Super/Sur mean, it's Latin again
Above Examples:Superman!, Survey
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SYM is the Greek prefix for what?
With,together Examples:Symetry, Symantec
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SYN is the Latin prefix for what?
With, together Examples:synthesis, synsot
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TRANS is a Latin prefix for que?
Across Examples:Transportation, Transit
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Tele means distant, it's Greek
Examples:Television, telecommunication