SOME LATIN PREFIXES

Ab, (from) - abuse,avert,abstract

Ad , (to) - adjoin,

Ambi - (on both sides) - ambition,ambiguous,amputate.

Ante - (before)  antedate.

Bene - (well) benefit.

Bis - ( twice,two)  biscuit,bisect,binoculars.

Circum - (around) circumference,circuit.

Contra - (against) contradict,

De - (down) descend,dethrone,depose

Dis-  (apart)  disjoin.

Demi - (half)  demigod.

Ex - (out of)  extract.

Extra - (outside of) extraordinary,extravagant.

Pen - (almost) peninsula.

Per - (through)  pervade.

Post - (after) postpone,postscript,postdate.

Pre - (before) prevent,predict.

Pro - (for) pronoun

Re - (back ,again) reclaim,refund,renew,return.

Retro -  (backwards) retrospect,

Semi - (half) semicircle,semicolon.

Sub - (under) subordinate,subdue

Super - (above)  superfine,superfluous.

Trans - (across) transmit.

Vice -(in place of) viceroy,vice-President

  

ENGLISH PREFIXES

Prefixes are small words or letters placed before a word. Some of them can be seen here:

A  -, (on,in,out)abed,aboard,ashore,ajar,asleep,arise,awake,alight.

Be -(by) beside,bedtime,besmear,

For -(throughly) forbear,forgive,

Fore - (before)forecast,foretell.

Gain - (against) gainsay.

 In -(in)  income,inland,inlay.

Mis -(wrong) mislead,misdeeds,misjudge.

Over - (above,beyond) overflow,overcharge.

To - (this)to- day,to-night,to-morrow

Un -(not) untrue,unkind,unholy.

Under - (beneath,below)  Undersell,undercharge,undergo,underground.

With - (against) withhold,withstand,withdraw

Long words....Do you fear them?

HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA is  a phobia of long words.

A  funny song by Byrant Oden will make you remember the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

DID YOU KNOW THESE FEARS?

LUTRAPHOBIA: the fear of otters

NUCLEOMITUPHOBIA: the abnormal fear or hatred of nuclear weapons.

ODONTOPHOBIA: the fear of dental work.

OCTOPHOBIA: the fear of   figure eight

PENTHERAPHOBIA: the fear of your mother - in - law.

GLOBOPHOBIA: the fear of balloons

ABLUTOPHOBIA: the fear of bathing.

PUPAPHOBIA - the fear of puppets

CYNOPHOBIA - the fear of dogs.

Tunnel

    

SMILE

Remembering Robert Frost

Remembering Robert  Frost