Prefixes Para- & Peri Quiz

Para- most closely means

• "around"

• "beside"

• "for"

• "inside"

Peri- most closely means

• "beside"

• "go from"

• "inside"

• "around"

A statement that doesn't seem genuine on the surface, but is actually true

• Paradigm

• Parapet

• Paradox

• Perigee

Peripheral

• Not of main importance, to the side

• Long-winded not straight forward

• A defensive wall

• A sudden explosion

A model or system that is the basis for a way of investigating or understanding the world

• paroxysm

• Peripatetic

• Paragon

• Paradigm

A sudden explosion of emotion

• paroxysm

• parapet

• paradox

• parabola

Parabola

• Of greatest importance

• describing the path of an object

• a statement that doesn't seem true, but is

• the point at which the moon is closest to the sun

The perfect example of of something

The point at which the moon is closest to the Earth

Relating to the structures around the teeth

• peripheral

• periodontal

• periphrastic

• periscope