2/27/14 Unlocking the Secrets of English Vocabulary Part 2 – Prefixes The Language Company Contact InformaFon !   Patrick Wolak, Director !
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[email protected] Marixa Barne1, Director of Admissions !
[email protected] Small Group Quiz! !   AnF -­‐ bioFc !   AnF = against !   Super -­‐ vise !   Super = over/above !
Circum -­‐ spect !   Tele -­‐ vision !
Circum = around !   Tele = distant The Language Company 2470 Telegraph Ave, Suite 200 Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: (510) 848-­‐8110 !   Collaborate !   Co = together !   Contradict !   Contra = against !   BenedicFon !   Ben(e) = good !   MalnutriFon !   Mal = bad !   Preamble !   Pre = before caco – phony !   Postscript !   Post = a_er caco = bad !   Homogenous !   Homo = same !   Heterodox !   Hetero = different tele – phone !
-­‐-­‐ > phone = sound !
sym -­‐ phony sym = together !
1 2/27/14 ab/ad circum/peri inter/intra dia/trans DIRECTIONAL PREFIXES •  absent: away, not present •  adhere: to sFck to • circumference: distance around •  interpersonal: between persons •  intravenous: inside a vein • perimeter: measure around •  dialogue: speech from one to another •  transport: to carry across DIRECTIONAL PREFIXES super/supra med/mid hypo/infra !   superficial: on the surface !   median: something located in the middle !   hypodermic: below the skin DIRECTIONAL PREFIXES ex/e meta in/em !   express: to push out !   metaphysical: spiritual, beyond the physical !   employ: to fold in, to hire !   eject: to throw out !   input: something added !   metacogniFon: understanding and control of one’s thinking 2 2/27/14 ante/for juxta/para pre/pro DIRECTIONAL PREFIXES !   antecedent: what came !   paralegal: working before beside a lawyer !   juxtapose: to posiFon !   precede: to go before !   foreground: ahead of !   propose: to put forward beside where an item is placed _____onym Examples: synonym, antonym, homonym something else in/im/il a/an un/non _____mit !   unhealthy Examples: transmit, submit, emit, omit, intermilent, remit, permit, manumit, commit !   amoral !   nonsense !   impossible !   impermissible !   irresponsible !   agnosFc !   intolerant !   unlikely !   anarchy !   nontrivial _____ject Examples: object, subject, project, abject, dejected, eject, interject, reject, inject !   anAthesis anA counter/contra ob/op/of !   illegible syn/sym co !   counterfactual !   synthesis !   synergy !   obstacle !   obfuscate !   commit !   correlate !   oppose !   contradisFncFon !   synchronous !   sympathy !   counteract !   anAparallel !   collate !   connect !   contrary !   offend !   symphony !   symbol !   confide !   cooperate !   anAdote 3 2/27/14 de dis un !   destroy !   discover !   unFe !   destabilize !   dysfuncFon !   dislocate !   cacophony !   maladroit !   undo !   malady !   ill-­‐golen !   illness !   misogyny !   misanthrope !   mistake !   distaste !   dyslexia !   decompress !   detoxify !   disintegrate !   disown !   unroll dis/dys mal/ill/mis caco !   uncover !   dystopia Inconsistent Prefixes Example: in-­‐noc-­‐uous NOT – harm – ful
v. in-­‐nate v. IN – born re: retract (back) v. retry (again) ob: obnoxious (toward) v. obstacle (against) nov: November (nine) v. novel (new) non: prologue (forward) v. pro-­‐democracy (in favor)
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