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Latin Prefixes

Terms in this set (30)

a, ab
away, from (ex. avert)
ad
to (ex. admit)
ante
before (ex. anteroom)
bi
two (ex. bicycle)
circum
around (ex. circumnavigate)
con (col, com, cor)
together, with (ex. conspire)
contra
against (ex. contradict)
de
from, down (ex. deduction)
dis
apart, away (ex. disrupt)
e, ex
out (ex. emit)
extra
beyond (ex. extraordinary)
in (il, im, ir)
not (ex. insignificant)
in (il, im, ir)
in, into, on (ex.inject)
inter
between (ex. interrupt)
intra
within (ex. intramural)
ob, op
against (ex. oppose)
per
through, thoroughly (ex. pervert)
post
after (ex. postwar)
pre
before (ex. premonition)
preter
beyond (ex. preterhuman)
pro
forward (ex. progressive)
re
again, back (ex. revive)
retro
backward (ex. retrogression)
se
apart (ex. secede)
semi
half (ex. semicircle)
sub, sup
under (ex. submerge)
super
above (ex. supernatural)
trans
across, through (ex. transcontinental)
ultra
beyond, exceedingly (ex. ultraconservative)
vice
in place of (ex. vice president)
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