A list of
prefixes is very useful.
Pre...
Trans..
Con..
De..
Di..
Bi..
Re..
Pro...
Contra..
Dia...
Mal...
Ben...
Dis...
Ba...
Super..
In...
Un...
Write the English
equivalents of the prefixes or give an example.
Dia for
example means opposite. As in day/night. Diagnosis requires knowing the
encompassing opposite poles of knowledge to situate by, especially in medicine
and mechanics. No good starting to fix a car before a diagnosis.
Compare:
inspire, conspire, respire, aspire, transpire.
Spirare in Latin means to breathe.
Conspire
implies it takes two, breathing together. One cannot conspire alone. Inspire
happens when one is motivated to life by something which makes you breathe in
with love.
See how
many words you can make up with each prefix above without looking at a dictionary.
