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LATIN PREFIXES
Prefix
Meaning
Examples
ab-
away from
abduction (lead or take away)
ablution (wash away)
abstain, abnormal
ad-
to, toward
adjoin, adjacent (lying near to)
ambi-
both
ambidextrous (the ability to use both hands)
ambivalent (having mixed feelings)
bene-
good
benediction (speaking well)
benevolent (wishing well)
benefactor (someone who does good)
centro, centri-
around, center
concentric, centrifugal
circum-
around
circumlocution (talking around a point)
circumference, circumvent
con-
with, together
connect, confide (trust with)
conspire (literally, "breathe with")
com-
with, together
communal, community
contra-
against
contradict, contravene
de-
down, away
descend, deject (cast down)
dis-
apart, not
disengage, discord, discomfort
ex-
out of, from
exhume (take out of the ground)
exhale (breathe out)
e-
out of, from
elect (choose out of), eject (throw out)
inter-
between
intervene (come between), intermural
intra-
within
intrastate, intramural
il-
not
illegitimate, illicit, illegal, illegible
in-
not
intestate (dying with no will), indiscreet
im-
not
imperfect, impolite, impossible
ir-
not
irregular, irrational, irredeemable
in-
into
incorporate (take into the body)
im-
into
imbibe (drink in, take in)
mal, male-
bad, evil
malediction (speaking bad, curse)
malevolent (wishing ill), malnutrition
ob-
against
object, obstruct (build against)
per-
through
percolate (flow through)
perforate (punch through)
post-
after
postgraduate, posthumous (after death)
postpone
pre-
before
precede, predict (tell before)
pro-
for, forward
promote (move for)
project (throw forward)
re-
again, back
repeat, recede, regress (step back)
retro-
back
retrogression, retroactive
se-
away from
seduce (lead away), secede
sub-
under
submarine, subject, subhuman
subterranean (under the earth)
sur-, super-
over, above
superhuman, superego, superintend, surpass
trans-
across
transient, Transatlantic, transport (carry across)
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