NCEE - Greek Prefixes & Prepositions

without (a-, an-)

abyss, anarchy, amorphous, atrophy

around (ampi-)

amphibious, amphitheater

up, back (ana-)

analyze, anatomy

against (anti-, ant-)

antipathy, antagonist

from, away from (apo-)

apostle, apostrophe

down (cata-)

catastrophe, category, cathedral

through (dia-)

diagonal, diameter

twice (dis-, di-)

disyllabic, diphthong

il, bad (dys-)

dysentery, dyspepsia, dyslexia, dysphasia

from, out of (ec-, ex-)

eccentric, exodus

in, on (en-, em-)

energy, emphasis

upon (epi-, ep-)

epidemic, epoch

well (eu-, ev-)

eulogy, evangelist, eugenicl, euphoria, euthanasia

half (hemi-)

hemisphere

above, overly (hyper-)

hyperbole, hypercritical, hyperglycemia, hyperactive

under (hypo-)

hypotenuse, hypothesis, hypoglycemia, hypodermic

after, beyond (meta-)

metamorphosis, metaphor

beside (para-, par-)

paraphrase, parallel

around (peri-)

perimeter, periphery

together (syn-, syl-, sym-, sy-)

synopsis, syllable, symmetry, system