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GRE Prefix & Suffix
Prefixes and sufixes from GRE for Dummies Book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | not or without Someone a moral is without morals Someone atypical is NOT typical Someone apathetic is uncaring or withOUT feelings |
| an | not or without Anarchy without rule or government Anaerobic- without oxygen |
| eu | good A eulogy is a good speech, usually given for the dearly departed A euphemism is a good way of saying something or a polite expression |
| ben, bon | good A benefit is something that has a good result an advantage. Someone benevolent is good and kind Bon voyage- means to have a good voyage |
| caco | bad Something cacophonous is bad sounding like Adneah's voice (nails on a chalk board) |
| ne, mal | bad something negative is bad Someone nefarious is "full of bad" or wicked and harmful |
| im | not Something impossible is NOT possible Someone implacable is NOT able to be calmed |
| in | not Something inappropriate is NOT appropriate. |
| ante | before AM stands for ante meridiem- before the middle or first of the day Antebellum (means before the war) |
| Post | after 5pm post meridiem It means after the middle or second half of the day Postmortem occurs after death |
| ette | little A cigarette is a little cigar A dinette table is a little dinning table A coquette is a little flirt |
| illo | little An armadillo is a little armored animal A peccadillo is a little sin |
| ous | full of (very) Someone joyous is full of joy Someone amorous is full of amour or love. Someone pulchritudinous is full of beauty. |
| ist | a person A typist is a person who types A pacifist is a person believes in peace |
| ify | to make Beautify is to make beautiful To deify is to make into a deity |
| ize | to make To immunize is to make immune To ostracize is to make separate from the group or shun |
| ate | to make The duplicate it to make double to placate is to make peaceful or calm |
| ity | Turns any word into a noun JOllity is the noun for jolly Serenity the noun for serene Timidity the noun for timid |