Laura Pecina's Prefixes
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- re-, red-(before vowels)
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back, again
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renew - post-
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after, behind
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postpone - pro-
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forward, in front of, for
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promote - pre-
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before, in front of
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predict - retro-
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backward, behind
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retroactive - se-, sed-(before vowels)
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aside, away
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sedate - sub-, sus-, suc-
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under, up from water, secretly
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submarine - super-, (sur-)
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across, through
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surreal - trans-, tran-, tra-
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across, through
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transfer - ultra-
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beyond, exceedingly
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ultraviolet - ex-, e-, ef-
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out from completely
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expel - extra-, extro
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outside, beyond
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extraordinary - in-, im-
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not
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immoral - in-, im-, (en-,em-)
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in, into, against
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inject - infra-
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below, beneath
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infared - inter-
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between, among
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interrupt - intra-, intro-
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within
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intravenous - non-
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not
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non-resident - ob-
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to, against, face-to-face, completely
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oppress - per-
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through, wrongly, completely
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perfect - ab-, a-, abs-
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away, from
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avert - ad-, ac-
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to toward
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admire - ambi-
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both, around
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ambidextrous - ante-
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before, in front of
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ante - circum-
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around
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circumflex - con-, com-, co
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with, together, very
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connect - contra-, contro-, counter-
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against
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contradict - de-
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down, off, thoroughly
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descend - dis-, di-, dif-
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apart, in different directions, not
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disvorce