GRE Rootwords - Prefix

Communication & Journalism 429 with Lowell at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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a-, an-

not, without

ex: amoral, anesthetic, asocial

ab-

away from

ex: abduction, abstain, abnormal

ad-

to, toward

ex: adjoin, adjacent

ambi-

both

ex: ambidextrous, ambivalent

ana-

up, back, again

ex: analogy, anatomy, anagram

anti-

against

ex: antipathy, antiwar

apo-

from, away from

ex: apology, apologize

auto-

self

ex: autobiography, automobile

bene-

good

ex: benediction, benevolent

cata-, cat-

down, against

ex: catastrophe - a turning down

centro-, centri-

around, center

ex: concentric, centrifugal

circum-

around

ex: circumference

com-

with, together

ex: communal, community

con-

with, together

ex: connect, confide, conspire

contra-

against

ex: contradict, contravene

de-

down, away

ex: descend, deject

dia-, di-

through, across

ex: diameter, division

dis-

apart, not

ex: disengage, discord

dys-

ill, difficult, bad

ex: dysfunctional, dysentery

ecto-

on the outside

ex: ectoderm-outer skin

en-, em-

ex: empathy - feeling in

endo-

within, inside

ex: endoscope - instrument for observing inside

epi-

upon

ex: epitaph, epidermis

eso-

inward, within

ex: esoteric - move inward, esophagus

eu-

well, good

ex: euthanasia - good death

ex-

out of, from

exhume, exhale

hetero-

other, different

ex: heterosexual, heterodoxy

homo-

same

ex: homosexual, homogenized

hyper-

over

ex: hypertension, hypersensitive

hypo-

under

ex: hypotension, hypodermic

not

ex: illicit, illegal

im-

not or into

ex: imbide, imperfect, impolite, impossible

in-

not or into

ex: discreet, invisible, incorporate

inter

between

ex: intervene

intra-

within

ex: intrastate, intramural

ir-

not

ex: irregular, irrational, irredeemable

macro-

large

ex: macrocosm, macroeconomics

mal- male-

bad, evil

ex: malediction, malevolent

meta-

beyond

ex: metaphysical

micro-

small

ex: microscope, microcosm

mono-

one, single

ex: monologue, monotheism

neo-

new, recent

ex: neologism, neo-liberal

ob-

against

ex: object, obstruct

palin- pali-

back, again

ex: palindrome

pan-

all, every

ex: pantheism, panorama, pandemic

para-

false

ex: paramilitary, paralegal

per-

through

ex: percolate, perforate

phil- philo-

like, lover of

ex: philosophy, bibliophile

poly-

many, several

ex: polygon, polygamy

post-

after

ex: postgraduate, postpone

pre-

before

ex: precede, predict

pro-

for, forward

ex: promote, project

pros-

toward, in front

ex: prospect

proto-

first

ex: prototype, protoplasm

pseudo-

false

ex: pseudonym, pseudoscience

re-

again, back

ex: repeat, recede, regress

se-

away from

ex: seduce, secede

sub-

under

ex: submarine, subject

sur- super-

over, above

ex: superhuman, superego

syn- sym- syl- sys-

with, together

ex: symphony, synonym

tele-

distant, far off

ex: telephone, telepathy

trans-

across

ex: transient, transport

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