Suffixes and Prefixes

What does the prefix contra- mean like in contradict?

• opposite

• together

• before

• speak

What does the prefix inter- mean, like in interruption?

• in front of

• between

• to break

• against

What does the suffix -ion mean, like in exposition?

• an action or process

• condition

• that which

• to break

What does the prefix ex- mean, like in expose?

• out, away, from

• with, together

• to, toward, against

• in, into; not

What is the prefix in the word opposition?

• oppo-

• op-

• posit

• -ion

below, beneath, less than

• under-

• inner-

• super-

• inter-

not, apart

• dis-

• sub-

• mis-

• pre-

before

• sub-

• pre-

• in-/im-

• inter-

away from, down

• de-

• dis-

• re-

• un-

under, beneath, below

• pre-

• sub-

• inter-

• super-