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PREFIXES

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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a   no, not, without  
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an   no, not, without  
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ab   away from  
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ad   toward  
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af   toward  
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agora   marketplace  
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ana   up, apart, backward, again, anew  
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ante   before, forward  
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anti   against  
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apo   off, away  
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auto   self, own  
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bi   two  
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brachy   short  
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brady   slow  
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cata   down  
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con   together, with  
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contra   against,opposite  
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de   lack of, down, less, removal of  
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dia   complete, through  
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dorsi   back  
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dys   bad, painful, difficult, abnormal  
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ec   out. outside  
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echo   reflected sound  
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ecto   out, outside  
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em   in  
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en   in, within  
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endo   in eithin  
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epi   above, upon, on  
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eso   inward  
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eu   good normal  
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ex   out, away from  
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extra   outside  
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hyper   above, excessive  
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hypo   deficient, below, under, less than normal  
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in   in, into, not  
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infra   below, beneath, inferior to  
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inter   between  
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intra   within, into  
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ipsi   same  
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ir   in  
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kern   nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)  
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macro   large  
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mal   bad  
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mega   large  
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meso   middle  
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meta   change, beyond  
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micro   small  
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multi   many  
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neo   new  
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nulli   none  
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oxy   swift, sharp, acid  
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pachy   heavy, thick  
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pan   all  
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par   other than, abnormal  
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para   near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along side of  
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per   through  
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peri   surrounding  
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polio   gray matter ( of the brain or the spinal cord)  
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poly   many, much  
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post   after, behind  
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pre   beore, in front of  
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primi   first  
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pro   before, foward  
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pros   before, foward  
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psued   false  
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quadri   four  
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re   back, again, backward  
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retro   back, behind, backward  
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semi   half  
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sub   under, below  
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supra   above, upper  
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sym   together, with  
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syn   together, with  
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tachy   fast  
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trans   across, through  
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tri   three  
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ultra   beyond, excess  
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uni   one  
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