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