PREFIX POWER
ROOT MEANINGS
DEFINE THE WORD
BREAK IT DOWN
THINK LIKE A WORD DETECTIVE
100

This prefix means “not” or “without.”

What is an-?

100

This root means “life.”

What is viv/vit?

100

This word means “continuing to live.”

What is survival?

100

This word means “to look at closely,” using the root meaning “to see.”

What is inspect?

100

This word means “without a name.”

What is anonymous?

200

 This prefix means “between.”

What is inter-?

200

This root means “to look or see.”

What is spect/spec?

200

This word describes someone full of energy and life.

What is vivacious?

200

This word means “to send across.”

What is transmit?

200

This word means “no interest or care.”

What is apathy?

300

This prefix means “within.”

What is intra-?

300

This root relates to law or justice.

What is jur/jud?

300

This word means “man-made, not natural.”

What is synthesis? (or synthetic)

300

This word means “road between states.”

What is interstate?

300

This word means “judging before knowing.”

What is prejudice?

400

This prefix means “bad” or “poor.”

What is mal-?

400

This root means “together.”

What is syn/sym?

400

This word means “a large group leaving.”

What is exodus?

400

This word means “badly working.”

What is malfunction?

400

This word describes someone poorly fed.

What is malnourished?

500

This prefix means “self.”

What is auto-?

500

This root means “send.”

What is mit/miss?

500

This word means “legal authority.”

What is jurisdiction?

500

This word means “self-governing.”

What is autonomy?

500

This word means “change form.”

What is transform?

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