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Check your vocabulary for TOEFL
PREFIXES
Prefixes such as dis-, im-, un-,
etc., can be used to make opposites of many verbs and adjectives (see pages 32
and 35). Other prefixes can be used to add meaning to a base word or word root.
Some of these prefixes can be used in more than one way, depending on their
context. The exercises on the next two pages look at some of these.
Exercise
1
Match the prefixes on the left with their
meaning(s) on the right. Two of these prefixes have one
meaning (although used in different ways).
meaning (although used in different ways).
|
Prefix
|
|
Meaning
|
1
|
auto-
|
a
|
After or later than
|
2
|
bi-
|
b
|
Between
|
3
|
circum-
|
c
|
Exactly half / partly but not
completely.
|
4
|
co-
|
d
|
Across / changing / between.
|
5
|
inter-
|
e
|
Together / sharing.
|
6
|
micro-
|
f
|
Single / one.
|
7
|
mono-
|
g
|
Before.
|
8
|
post-
|
h
|
One small part of a larger thing /
below another thing / smaller or less important than another thing.
|
9
|
pre-
|
i
|
Two / twice / double.
|
10
|
semi-
|
j
|
Around.
|
11
|
sub-
|
k
|
Of or by yourself / working by itself.
|
12
|
tele-
|
l
|
Extremely small.
|
13
|
trans-
|
m
|
At or over a long distance.
|
14
|
uni-
|
|
|
Exercise
2
...annual
…biography …conference …determined …ennial …ference …final …form
…graduate …habit …hesion …ient …late …lingual …mature …mission …mutes …que …nomy …ordinate …organism …poly …pone …precious …scope …standard …tonous …val …vent |
1
|
A / an ________________ student is a
student who is studying after receiving an advanced degree such as an M.A. or
Ph.D.
|
2
|
A / an ________________ voice or sound
is boring and unpleasant because it does not change its loudness or become
higher or lower.
|
3
|
Something that is ________________ is
the same everywhere you find it.
|
4
|
When you ________________ something,
you change spoken or written words into another
language. |
5
|
A / an ________________ is one of two
games, such as football, that are played immediately before the last game in
a sports competition.
|
6
|
A / an ________________ is a short
break in the middle of a play, film, concert, etc.
|
7
|
________________ is a situation in
which people or things combine well to form a unit.
|
8
|
A ____________ is a meeting held among
people who are in different places, using an electronic communication system
such as a computer.
|
9
|
An event that is ____________ happens
twice every year.
|
10
|
An event that is ____________ happens
once every two years.
|
11
|
A / an ____________ is the distance
measured around the edge of a circle, or the edge of a circle or a round
object / area.
|
12
|
A / an ____________ is a book about
your life that you write yourself.
|
13
|
If you ____________ something, you
decide that it will not be done at the time it was planned, but at a later
time.
|
14
|
If someone finds a way of avoiding a
rule or law that limits them, especially by using a clever trick that does
not break the law, we can say that they ____________ it.
|
15
|
A / an ____________ is a piece of
equipment for looking at things that are too small to see normally.
|
16
|
Something that is __________ is very
special, unusual, or good, or is not the same as anything or anyone else.
|
17
|
If something happens too soon or before
its usual time, we can say that it is ____________.
|
18
|
Something that is ____________ is not
as good as you would normally expect, or not good enough to be accepted.
|
19
|
If two people live together in a
physical relationship but are not married, we say that they
________________ |
20
|
A / an ____________ is a living thing
that is so small you cannot see without special equipment (such as that in 15
above).
|
21
|
If something ____________, it changes
into something completely different.
|
22
|
A company that has complete control of
the product or service it provides because it is the only company that
provides it can be said to be, or have, a / an ____________.
|
23
|
If something is ____________, it
happens or develops in a particular way because of things that have existed,
happened, or been decided before.
|
24
|
Someone who is ____________ is able to
speak two languages very well.
|
25
|
If a country, state, region,
organization, etc., has ____________, it is independent and has the power to
govern itself.
|
26
|
Something that is ____________ exists,
happens or stays somewhere for a short period of time only.
|
27
|
If a person is ____________, he or she
has less power or authority than someone else.
|
28
|
A / an ____________ stone is one that
is used in jewelry and is fairly valuable, but not as valuable as other stones
such as diamonds or rubies.
|
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