Prefixes Group 1

PREFIXESPREFIXES

Week 5Week 5

1.1. UN- UN-

2.2. RE-RE-

3.3. IN-, IM-, IN-, IM-, IL-, and IR-IL-, and IR-

4.4. DIS-DIS-

5.5. EN-, EM-EN-, EM-

6.6. NON-NON-

7.7. PRE-PRE-

8.8. OVER-OVER-

9.9. MIS-MIS-

10.10. UNDER-UNDER-

Answer: Answer: OVER-OVER-

Too, beyond, Too, beyond, overover

overoverbearingbearing overoverdosedose

overoverestimateestimate

OverOverbearing:1bearing:1 :: tending to tending to overwhelm: overwhelm: decisively importantdecisively important

Answer: Answer: MIS-MIS-

Bad, badly, Bad, badly, wronglywrongly

mismisdeeddeed

mismisfirefiremismisgivinggivingmismisleadlead

Misgiving: a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event

Answer: Answer: PRE-PRE-

BeforeBefore

prepreviewview prepremonitionmonition

Premonition: anticipation of an event without conscious reason

Answer: Answer: IN-, IM-,IN-, IM-, IL-, IR-IL-, IR-

in, in, intointo, on, on

ininjectject ililluminateluminateimimportport

irirrigaterigate

Illuminate : brightened with light : intellectually or spiritually enlightened

Answer: Answer: en-, em-en-, em-

inin

embalmembalm

embedembedencloseenclose

encounterencounter

Embed: to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix <fossils embedded in stone>

Answer:Answer: RE-RE-

Again, backAgain, backreretrievetrieve rerevivevive

rerespondspond

Revive:to restore to consciousness or life

Answer: Answer: UNDER-UNDER-

LowLow

underunderdevelopeddeveloped

underunderprivilegedprivileged

Underprivileged: deprived through social or economic condition of some of the fundamental rights of all members of a civilized society

Answer: Answer: NON-NON-

Not, Not, opposite ofopposite of

nonnonessentialessentialnonnonresidentresident

nonnonviolenceviolence

Nonviolence: staying away from violence as a matter of principle

Not, lack of, Not, lack of, opposite ofopposite of

Answer: Answer: UN-UN-

ununscramblescrambleununbiasedbiased

ununabridgedabridged

Unabridged: COMPLETE <an unabridged reprint of a novel>

Answer: Answer: DIS-DIS-

Apart, awayApart, away

disdisruptrupt disdismissmiss

didisgustsgust

Dismiss:1 : to permit or cause to leave <dismissed the visitors>2 : to remove from position or service : DISCHARGE <dismissed the thievish servant>

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