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Vocabulary : Must-Know Prefixes I


Choose the correct meaning for each prefix given below.
Learning these prefixes will help you make out the meanings of unfamiliar words by breaking them down into their word parts.

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1.

dys as in dystrophy

  many

  not

  earliest, first

  bad, faulty

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

sym as in symbiotic

  many

  both

  not

  with, together

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3.

anti as in antidote

  both

  earliest, first

  opposite, against

  bad, faulty

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4.

ante as in antedate

  down

  with, together

  below normal, lower

  prior to, before

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5.

peri as in peripatetic

  earliest, first

  across

  near, around

  excessively

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6.

ab as in aberration

  away from

  excessively

  prior to, before

  outside, beyond

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

ambi as in ambivalence

  prior to, before

  both

  across

  bad, faulty

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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