HM Prefixes Sixth Grade

Prefix
adcomcondedisexil- imin- irinterobperpreproreun-

Prefix Meaning
toward, to, at, about, indicates direction together with jointly reduce down remove
do the opposite, exclude, absence of, not

Sample Words and Definitions

adjoin: attach or add, make an addition to admit: allow to enter, grant entry to
combat: fighting between people combine: to join or mix together concur: to agree with someone debase: to reduce something in value or quality decelerate: to slow down; to reduce speed dethrone: to remove from power disagree: to have a different opinion disappear: to stop being seen disassemble: to undo something thats assembled excavate: to dig out exhale: to breathe out extract: to draw or put out illegal: not legal impossible: not possible inappropriate: not appropriate interact: to act upon one another international: involving two or more countries intersection: place where roads come together object: to be against something obscure: hard to understand obstruct: something that is in the way permanent: lasting throughout all time permeate: to spread throughout persist: to continue for a long time preamble: a part in front of a formal document prepare: to get ready in advance prepay: to pay ahead of time prognosis: a prediction of what will happen prologue: a passage before the main part prophet: a person who foretells the future rebound: to spring back again, recover rebuild: to build again rewind: to wind something backward unabridged: not shortened; full length unfair: opposite of fair, just, and impartial unfriendly: lacking friendliness; hostile

from, out, out of away from not, without between, among, jointly no, not, without through throughout earlier, before, in front of before, in front of again, back backward not, opposite of lacking

Prefix: a part of a word that comes in front of the root and changes its meaning.
MCS 8/08