Walz, Nora - 6th Period - Unit 1

Prefixes unit 1

A-

Without, lack of, not

An-

Without, lack of, *used before a root word beginning with a vowel

Ante-

Before, in front

Auto-

Self, same

Brady-

Slow

Circum-

Around

Contra-

Against, opposite

De-

Down, away from, removal

Dia-

Through, completely, thoroughly

Dys-

Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Ecto-

Outside

Endo-

Within, inner, inside

Epi-

Upon, above, on top of, near

Eso-

Inward or inside

Eu-

Good, normal, wellEx-

Ex-

Out, out from, away

Exo-

Outside, outward

Extra-

Outside or beyond

Hemi-

Half

Hetero-

Different, opposite

Hydro-

Water, fluid

Hyper-

Above, excessive, abnormally high

Hypo-

Below, Deficient, Abnormally high

In-

not, in, into

Inter-

Between

Inra-

Within, inside

Macro-

Large, long

Micro-

Small

Myo-

Muscle

Neo-

New

Oligo-

Few, scanty

Pan-

All, entire

Para-

Beside, near, abnormal

Per-

Through, throughout

Peri-

Around, surrounding

Post-

After, behind

Pre-

Before, in front of

Pro-

Before, forward

Pseudo-

False

Re-

Again, back

Retro-

Backward, behind

Sub-

Under, below, beneath

Supra-

Above, upper

Sym-

Together, with

Syn-

Together, with

Tachy-

Fast, rapid

Trans-

Across, through

Ultra-

Beyond, excess

Un-

Not, reversable

Bi-

Two, double

Deca-

Ten

Hemi-

Half, one side

Mono-

One, single

Multi-

Many, much

Nulli-

None

Poly-

Many, excessive

Primi-

First

Quadri-

Four

Semi-

Half, partial

Tetra-

Four

Tri-

three

Uni-

One

Ad-

Toward

Di-

Two, twice, double

Meta-

Change, beyond

Homo-

Same, alike