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Question | Answer | Example |
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Prefix- -in | Meaning- into | INject (put out) |
Prefix- -re | Meaning- do over, again, undo | REread (do over) |
Prefix- -dis | Meaning- negative, reverse | DISgust |
Prefix- -mono -uni | Meaning- one | MONOpoly, UNIform |
Prefix- -bi | Meaning- two | BIlingual |
Prefix- -mis | Meaning- wrongly | MISfire |
Prefix- -tri | Meaning- three | TRIangle |
Prefix- -quad | Meaning- four | QUADruplets |
Prefix- -pent | Meaning- five | PENTagon |
Prefix- -semi | Meaning- half | SEMIcircle |
Prefix- -auto | Meaning- self | AUTOmobile |
Prefix- ab | Meaning- away from | ABnormal |
Prefix- -dura | Meaning- hard | DURAble |
Prefix- -poly | Meaning- many | POLYERester |
Prefix- -pre | Meaning- before | PREview |
Prefix- -pro | Meaning- in favor of | PROmote |
Prefix- -anti | Meaning- against | ANTIsocial |
Prefix- -ante | Meaning- first, before | ANTEroom |
Prefix- -philo | Meaning- love of something | PHILOsophy |
Prefix- -sub | Meaning- under | SUBmarine |
Prefix- -trans | Meaning- -carry | TRANSportation |
Prefix- -inter | Meaning- between | INTERvene |
Prefix- -de | Meaning- opposite | DEfrost |
Root- -glot | Meaning- younge | polyGLOT |
Root- -dict | Meaning- to say something | DICTionary |
Root- -bio | Meaning- life or living things | BIOlogy |
Root- -ortho | Meaning- to straighten | ORTHOdontist |
Root- -ped, pod | Meaning- foot | PEDicure |
Root- -script | Meaning- to write | manuSCRIPT |
Root- -morphus | Meaning- to form or to shape | metaMORPHUS |
Root- -thero | Meaning- heat | THERMOs |
Root- -audio | Meaning- hearing | AUDIOphile |
Root- - spec, spect | Meaning- to see, to look | inSPECT |
Root- -derm | Meaning- skin | DERMotologist |
Root- path | Meaning- feelings, feel | symPATHy |
Root- -soph | Meaning- wisdom | philoSOPHy |
Root- -frag | Meaning- to break | FRAGile |
Prefix- -in, -im | Meaing- not | INattentive, IMpossible |