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CON- [CO-, COL-, COM-, COR-] = together, with, very
DIS- [DIF-, DI-] = apart, in different directions, not, very
Examples:
convocation = an assembly, meeting (literally, “a calling together” from Latin vocāre = to call)
cooperation = to work together (from Latin opus = a work)
collaborate = to work together (from Latin laborāre = to work)
commerce = exchange of ideas or goods (literally, “merchandise together” from Latin merx = merchandise)
corroborate = make more certain (literally, “strengthen with” from Latin robur = strength)
converge = to move towards a point (literally, “bend together” from Latin vergere = to bend)
dissonance = different sounding (from Latin sonāre = to sound, resound)
diffuse = to pour out (from Latin fundere = to pour)
digress = to turn aside (literally, “to step in a different direction” from Latin gredī = to step)
distrust = not to trust
diffident = lacking confidence (literally, “not trusting” from fidere = to trust) |
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SUPER- = above, over, more than
SUB- [SUC-, SUF-, SUG-, SUM-, SUP-, SUR-, SUS-] = under, below, up from below
Examples:
superb = splendid, special
superable = capable of being overcome (from Latin superāre = to overcome)
superior = situated above
superlative = surpassing all others (literally, “carry over” from Latin fero, ferre, tuli, latus = to bring, carry)
superconfident = overly confident
subterranean = below the earth (from Latin terra = land)
suffice = to be enough (literally, “to under do” from Latin facere = to do, make)
suggest = to bring up, prompt (literally, “to carry up from below) from Latin gerere = to carry) |
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CONTRA- = against
TRANS- = across, through
Examples
contrarian = a person who always take the opposite or unpopular opinion
contradict = to deny the truth of (literally, “to speak against” from Latin dicere = to say, speak)
contraband = forbidden goods (literally, “against a decree” from Latin banum = ban, decree)
transfer = = to change from one form to another (literally, “to carry across” from Latin fero, ferre, tuli, latus =
to carry)
transcribe = to make a written copy (literally, “to write across” from Latin scribere = to write)
transact = to carry through (literally, “to drive through” from Latin agere = to do, drive, act, etc.)
transept = the shorter part of a cross-shaped church (literally, “across the partition” from Latin saeptum =
fence, partition) |
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DE- = from, down from
PRO- = forth, before, instead
Examples:
dejected = to depressed (literally, “thrown down” from Latin iacere = to throw)
despise = to hate, loath (literally, “to look down (at)” from Latin spectare = to look (at))
desist = to cease (literally, “to stop from” from Latin sistere = to stop)
despair = to lose hope from Latin (de)sperāre = to (lose) hope
project = to put forth (literally, “to throw forth” from Latin iacere = to throw)
pronoun = a word used to rename a noun (literally, “in place of a noun” from Latin nomen = name, noun)
protect = to defend (literally, “to cover before” from Latin tegere = to cover) |
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RE- = again, back; anew
PER- through, bad; very
OB- [O-, OC-, OF-, OP-] = against, towards, to; very
Examples:
reticent = reluctant to speak (literally, “silent again” from Latin tacēre = to be silent)
refract = to bend from a straight course (literally, “to bend back” from Latin frangere = to break)
remit = to send money (literally, “to send back” from Latin mittere = to send)
regress = to return (literally, “to step back” from Latin gredī = to step, move)
recapitulate = to go over again (literally, “main part again” from Latin caput = head)
perfidy = wickedness (literally, “bad faith” from Latin fidus = trust)
perennial = through the year (from Latin annus = year)
obviate = to remove (literally, “to be against the way of” from Latin via = road, way)
obverse = the principal side of something (literally, “turned toward” from Latin vertere = to turn)
occur = to be found or met with (literally, “to run against” from Latin currere = to run)
oppose = to be against (literally, “to put against” from Latin ponere = road, way)
offend = to do wrong (literally, “to strike against” from Latin fendere = to strike) |
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