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Flashcards by Adryana Memmo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Adryana Memmo
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| Adding prefixes | A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word that changes the word's meaning. Learning the meanings of prefixes and suffixes will help expand your vocabulary, which will help improve your writing and speaking. |
| dis- +respect=disrespect in- +convenient=inconvenient un- + conventional=unconventional | Some words can be given a negative meaning by adding a prefix to the beginning of a word |
| il- im- ir- | Before many (but not all) words beginning with: l we add the prefix il-: illiterate N and p we add the prefix im-: imperfect S we add the prefi x ir-: irrational |
| Prefixes to say when something happens: pre- post- | pre- : means ‘before a time or event’: premature (= happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or desired time) post-: means ‘after’ or ‘later than’: postgraduate (= a student who has already obtained one degree and is studying at a university for a more advanced qualifi cation i.e. after graduating) |
| Prefixes to indicate an attitude pro- anti- | pro-: means ‘supporting or approving of something’ and with this meaning it is normally used with a hyphen: pro-European anti- :means ‘opposed to’ or ‘against’ and is normally used with a hyphen: anti-social, anti-terrorist |
| Other prefixes and their meanings mis- re- inter- over- under- | mis- : usually means ‘wrongly’ or ‘badly’: misbehave (= behave wrongly or badly) re-:usually means ‘again’ and is often added to verbs: redevelop (= to change an area of a town by replacing old buildings, roads, etc. with new ones, i.e. to develop again) inter-: means ‘between’ or ‘among’: interactive (= involving communication between people) over-:can mean ‘(from) above’: overview, oversee It can also mean ‘too much’ or ‘more than usual: overworked, overspend under- :can mean ‘below’: underground, undermine It can also mean ‘not enough’: underpaid, undervalue |
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