Description: Words added to the beginning a root word to form meaningful words
Prefix
are added to the beginning of a base word. They add meaning to the words.
Prefix + Base Word = Meaningful word
re+
- Example: refill, reheat, replay,rewrite
Pre+
- Example: Preview, Presume, Prepaid
Un+
- Example: Unhappy, Uninterested
Mis+
- Example: Misfortune, Misfit
Non+
- Example: Nonexist, Nonsense
Mid+
- Example: Midway, Midday
In+
- Example: Infiltrate, Infield
Fore+
- Example: Forecast, Foreclosure
Dis+
- Example: Disconnect, Disembark
Em+
- Example: Embrace, Emphasis
De+
- Example: Decode, Decompose
Anti+
- Example: Antifreeze, Antithesis