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PrefixMeaningExamples
ab-away fromabduction (lead or take away)
  ablution (wash away)
  abstain, abnormal
ad-to, towardadjoin, adjacent (lying near to)
ambi-bothambidextrous (the ability to use both hands)
  ambivalent (having mixed feelings)
bene-goodbenediction (speaking well)
  benevolent (wishing well)
  benefactor (someone who does good)
centro, centri-around, centerconcentric, centrifugal
circum-aroundcircumlocution (talking around a point)
  circumference, circumvent
con-with, togetherconnect, confide (trust with)
conspire (literally, "breathe with")
com-with, togethercommunal, community
contra-againstcontradict, contravene
de-down, awaydescend, deject (cast down)
dis-apart, notdisengage, discord, discomfort
ex-out of, fromexhume (take out of the ground)
  exhale (breathe out)
e-out of, fromelect (choose out of), eject (throw out)
inter-betweenintervene (come between), intermural
intra-withinintrastate, intramural
il-notillegitimate, illicit, illegal, illegible
in-notintestate (dying with no will), indiscreet
im-notimperfect, impolite, impossible
ir-notirregular, irrational, irredeemable
in-intoincorporate (take into the body)
im-intoimbibe (drink in, take in)
mal, male-bad, evilmalediction (speaking bad, curse)
  malevolent (wishing ill), malnutrition
ob-againstobject, obstruct (build against)
per-throughpercolate (flow through)
  perforate (punch through)
post-afterpostgraduate, posthumous (after death)
  postpone
pre-beforeprecede, predict (tell before)
pro-for, forwardpromote (move for)
 project (throw forward)
re-again, backrepeat, recede, regress (step back)
retro-backretrogression, retroactive
se-away fromseduce (lead away), secede
sub-undersubmarine, subject, subhuman
 subterranean (under the earth)
sur-, super-over, abovesuperhuman, superego, superintend, surpass
trans-acrosstransient, Transatlantic, transport (carry across)







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