“Prefixes “
One way to increase your vocabulary is to learn to reoganize and to use prefixes.
A prefix: is one or two more syllables palced in front of a root word to change the meaning of the root
Prefix root new word
Dis + appear = disappear
Re + appear = reappear
Pre + appear = preappear
Some prefixes have a single, unchanging meaning.
Prefixes Having a Single Meaning
Prefix Meaning Example
Bene- good benefit
Circum– around circumscribe
Equi– equal equidisntat
Extra- outside extracurricular
Intra– within intrastate
Intro– into intospect
Prefix Meaning Example
Mal – bad maltreat
Mis- wrong misspell
Non – not nonworking
Pre – before predawn
Sub – under or below subzero
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