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Prefix
Prefix/Suffix/Roots
| Meaning | Example |
|---|---|
| in, on, of, up, to | afoot |
| around, about, away | beset |
| away, off, from | forget |
| badly, poorly, not | misspell |
| above, excessively | oversee |
| not, reverse of | untrue |
| from, off, away | abduct, absent |
| before | antedate |
| two | bisect |
| around | circumnavigate |
| with, together | Compare, coexist, collide, convene, correspond |
| against | contradict |
| away, from, off, down | defect |
| away, off, opossing | dissnt, differ |
| away from, out | excise, efface |
| in, into, within | induct, impose |
| not | incapable, impious, illegal, irregular |
| among, between | intercede |
| inward, to the inside, within | introduce |
| not | nonessential |
| after, following | postscript |
| forward, in place of, favoring | pro-choice |
| back, backward, again | recur |
| back, backward | retrospect |
| half | semianual |
| under, beneath | subjugate, suffuse, summon, suppose, suspect |
| over, above, extra | supervise |
| across, beyond | transport |
| lacking, without | amorphous |
| against, opposing | antithesis |
| from, away | apology |
| down, away, thoroughly | catastrophe |
| through, across, apart | diameter |
| good, pleasant | euphemism |
| half | hemisphere |
| excessive, over | hypertension |
| under, beneath | hypothesis |
| beside, beyond | parallel |
| around | perimeter |
| before | prognosis |
| together, with | synchronize, sympathy, syllable, system |