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Question	Answer
pseudo	false
tachy	fast
ante	before
macro	large
acr, acro	extremities (arms & legs)
post	behind, after
ex	out, from
peri	around,
ad	toward
pro	forward
dys	painful, difficult
di	two
brady	slow
hyper	excessive, , above, more than
epi	upper, above
semi	half
hypo	deficient, below, less than
endo	inside
ultra	beyond, excess
meta	between
mega	large
poly	many, much
intra	inside, within
inter	between
tele	distant, far
circum	round
anti	against
contra	against
aut	self
mono	one, single
ambi	both, both sides
bi	both, two
trans	across
ab	away from
hemi	half
retro	backward, behind
sub	below
pre	before, in front of
ecto	outside
micro	small
neo	new
para	beside, beyond
diplo	double
a, an	without

pseudo	Answer: false	1	0	false
tachy	Answer: fast	2	0	false
ante	Answer: before	3	0	false
large	Question: macro	4	1	false
acr, acro	Answer: extremities (arms & legs)	5	0	false
behind, after	Question: post	6	1	false
out, from	Question: ex	7	1	false
around,	Question: peri	8	1	false
toward	Question: ad	9	1	false
forward	Question: pro	10	1	false
painful, difficult	Question: dys	11	1	false
slow	Question: brady	13	1	false
hyper	Answer: excessive, , above, more than	14	0	false
upper, above	Question: epi	15	1	false
half	Question: semi	16	1	false
hypo	Answer: deficient, below, less than	17	0	false
endo	Answer: inside	18	0	false
ultra	Answer: beyond, excess	19	0	false
meta	Answer: between	20	0	false
mega	Answer: large	21	0	false