A (L.) Away from A in A, A in AwAy from, A in Latin

A (G.) Not, no

AB (L.) Away from Absent = away from school

AD (L.) Toward Addiction = Going toward something you like

ALTER (L.) Another Alter = Alter ego, another personality

AMPHI Around, both Amphitheater goes around the area Amphibian can live in the water and on land

ANA (G.) Up Anabolic, anabolic steroids make your muscle mass go up Ana, think of a made up person in the movie Up! Named Ana

ANTE (L.) Before Anterior = coming before in time, earlier

ANTI (G.) Against Anti-onions – against onions Anti-smoking – Against smoking Anti-social – Against being social

CIRCUM (L.) Around Circumference = the distance around a circle

CO (L.) With, together Coexist = to live with/together Cooperate = to work with/together

CON (L.) With, together Conform = to act with the group

CONTRA (L.) Against Contradict = to go against what was said

DE (L.) Down, down from Descend = to go down Deflate = when air goes down Depression = when you are feeling down

DIA (G.) Through Diagonal = a line that goes through

DIS (L.) Apart, away from Dismembered = when pieces are apart Distant = when someone or something is apart or away from someone or something else

DYS (G.) Bad Dystrophy = like muscular dystrophy, your muscles die, that’s bad!

E (L.) Out of Exit = to get out of someplace

EC (G.) Outside Ecosystem = an outside environment

EM (G.) In, within Emphasis = you put stress in your voice

EN (G.) In, within Energy = something that happens inside, within

EPI (G.) Upon Epicenter = the point that is upon the center Epidermis = the skin that is upon the top

EX (L.) Out of, away from Extra-terrestrial = out of this world

HYPER (G.) Over Hyper = when you are overly excited

IN (L.) In, into, on, against, not Inside = in, not out Incomplete = not complete

INTRO (L.) Inside Introspective = to look inside oneself

OB (L.) Against Object = to be against an idea

OMNI (L.) Every, all Omnipotent = all powerful

PER (L.) Through Perceptive = in a way, seeing “through” someone Perennial = through the years, like flowers

PERI (G.) Around Perimeter = the distance around a 2d object

POST (L.) After P.S. stands for Post Script, as in, after the letter

PRE (L.) Before PREFIX!!! Yay we have come full circle! We have 8 more though, so bear with me. A PREFIX is the part that comes at the beginning, BEFORE the root of the word. Prejudice = is a judgment made before knowing the person Precede = an event that comes before another

RE (L.) Back, again Return = to come back Rerun = an episode that is shown again

RETRO (L.) Backwards Retrospect = looking backwards

SUB (L.) Beneath Submarine = a boat that goes beneath the water

SUPER, SUR (L.) Above Ok this one is silly, but SUPERMAN!! He has abilities above our own, Plus, he flies above us! Surface = is the part above the rest

SYM (G.) With, together Sympathy = to feel with someone

SYN (G.) With, together Synonym = a word that goes together with another word

TRANS (L.) Across Transmit = to send a message across something Trans-Siberian Railway cuts across Russia.

TELE Distant Telephone is used to communicate across a distance