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Latin Prefixes
For Mrs. Baggett's class
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English
10th Grade
08/15/2010

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A, ab
Definition
away, from--------avert (turn away), abduct (lead from)
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Ad
Definition
to --------------- admit (grant entrance to)
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Ante
Definition
before--------anteroom (a room before another)
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Bi
Definition
two -------- bicycle (a vehicle having two wheels)
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Circum
Definition
around -------- circumnavigate (sail around)
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Con (col, com, cor)
Definition
together, with ------- conspire (plot together or with), colloquy (a talking together; conference), compose (put together), correspond (agree with; communicate with by exchange of letters)
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Contra
Definition
against ----------- contradict (speak against; deny)
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De
Definition
from, down ----------- deduction (a conclusion drawn from reasoning), demote (move down in rank)
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Dis
Definition
apart, away ----------- disrupt (break apart), dismiss (send away)
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E,ex
Definition
out ------------ emit (send out; utter), expel (drive out)
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Extra
Definition
beyond ------------ extraordinary (beyond the ordinary)
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In (il, im, ir)
Definition
not ------------ insignificant (not significant), illegal (not legal), immoral (not moral), irregular (not regular)
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In (il, im, ir,)
Definition
in, into, on ------------- inject (throw or force in), illuminate (direct light on; light up), import (bring into one country from another), irrigate (pour water on)
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Inter
Definition
between -------- interrupt (break between, stop)
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Intra
Definition
within ---------- intramural (within the walls; inside)
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Ob
Definition
against ----------- obloquy (a talking against; censure)
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Per
Definition
through, thoroughly --------------- perennial (lasting through the years; enduring), pervert (thoroughly turn from the right way; corrupt)
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Post
Definition
after ---------- postwar (after the war)
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Pre
Definition
before ---------- premonition (a warning before; forewarning)
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Preter
Definition
beyond ----------- preterhuman (beyond what is human)
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Pro
Definition
forward ------------ progressive (moving forward)
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Re
Definition
again, back ----------- revive (make alive again), retort (hurl back; reply sharply)
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Retro
Definition
backward ------------- retrogression (act of moving backward)
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Se
Definition
apart ------------ secede (move apart; withdraw)
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Semi
Definition
half ------------- semicircle (half of a circle)
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Sub
Definition
under -------------- submerge (put under or plunge into water)
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Super
Definition
above --------------- supernatural (above what is natural; miraculous)
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Trans
Definition
across, through ----------- transcontinental (extending across a continent), transmit (send through)
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Ultra
Definition
beyond, exceedingly ------------- ultraconservative (exceedingly conservative)
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Vice
Definition
in place of ------------ vice-president (officer acting in place of the president)
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