Prefixes and Root Words Flashcards
(42 cards)
1
Q
Prefix for “inside” or “within”
A
intra-
2
Q
Prefix for “against”
A
anti-
3
Q
Prefix for “extra”
A
hyper-
4
Q
Prefix for “across”
A
trans-
5
Q
Prefix for “before” or “prior to”
A
pre-
6
Q
Prefix for “after” or “behind”
A
post-
7
Q
Root word for “body”
A
corps
8
Q
Prefix for “away” or “from”
A
ab-
abnormal
9
Q
Prefix for “self”
A
auto-
10
Q
Root word for “life”
A
bio
11
Q
Prefix for “before” or “in front of”
A
ante-
12
Q
Root word for “skin”
A
derm
13
Q
Prefix for “between” or “together”
A
inter-
14
Q
Prefix for “alike” or “same”
A
homo-
15
Q
Prefix for “different” or “other”
A
hetero-
16
Q
Prefix for “small”
A
micro-
17
Q
Prefix for “large”
A
macro-
18
Q
Prefix for “many”
A
poly-
19
Q
Prefix for “mind”
A
psycho-
20
Q
Prefix for “two” or “double”
A
bi-
21
Q
Prefix for “before” or “earlier”
A
fore-
22
Q
Root word for “time”
A
chron
23
Q
Root word for “death”
A
mort
24
Q
Root word for “writing” or “record”
A
gram or graph
25
Root word for "hidden" or "covered"
crypt
26
Prefix for "again" or "back"
re-
27
Prefix that reverses the meaning of a verb
dis-
28
Prefix for "too much"
over-
29
Prefix for "badly" or "wrongly"
mis-
30
Prefix for "together"
co-
31
Prefix for "not enough"
under-
32
Prefix for "under" or "below"
sub-
33
Prefix that means "do the opposite of"
de-
34
Prefix for "former"
ex-
35
Prefix for "against"
counter-
36
Prefix for "bad"
mal-
37
Prefix for "one"
mini-
38
Prefix for "many"
poly-
39
Prefix for "false"
pseudo-
40
Prefix for "half"
semi-
41
Prefix for "three"
tri-
42
Prefix for "thousand"
kilo-
