AFOQT Word Knowledge - Prefixes

a, an

e.g. anachronism, anhydrous

without

ab, abs, a

e.g. abscission, abnormal

away from

ad

e.g. adhere

toward

agere

e.g. agent

act

amphi, ambi

e.g. ambivalent

both sides

ante

e.g. antedate, anterior

before

anti

e.g. antipathy

against

archos

e.g. oligarchy

leader

bene

e.g. benevolent, beneficent

well

bi

e.g. binary, believe

two

caco

e.g. cacophony

bad

circum

e.g. circumnavigate

around

corpus

e.g. corporeal

body

credo

e.g. credible

belief

demos

e.g. demographic

people

di

e.g. dimorphism, diatomic

two

dia

e.g. dialect

across

dis

e.g. disenfranchise

not

dyn

e.g. dynamo, dynasty

power

ego

e.g. egomaniac, egocentric

self

epi

e.g. epigram, epiphyte

above

ex

e.g. extraneous, extemporaneous

out

geo

e.g. geocentric, geomancy

earth

ideo

e.g. ideology, ideation

idea

in

e.g. induction, indigenous

in

in, im

e.g. ignoble, immoral

not

inter

e.g. interstellar

between

lexis

e.g. lexicography

word

liber

e.g. liberal

free

locus

e.g. locality

place

macro

e.g. macrophage

large

micro

e.g. micron

small

mono

e.g. monocle, monovalent

one

mortis

e.g. moribund

death

olig

e.g. oligarchy

few

peri

e.g. peripatetic, perineum

around

poly

e.g. polygamy

many

pre

e.g. prescient

before

solus

e.g. solitary

alone

subter

e.g. subterforge

secret

un

e.g. unsafe

not

utilis

e.g. utilitarian

useful