GRE Verbal : Prefixes and Suffixes

GRE Verbal : Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
A	in,on,of,up,to	abed,afoot
A	without,lacking	atheist,agnostic
Ab	from,away,off	abdicate,abjure
Ad	to,toward	advance
Am	friend,love	amicable,amatory
Ante	before,previous	antecedent,antedate
anti	against,opposing	antipathy,antidote
auto	self	autonomy,autobiography
belli	war,warlike	bellicose
bene	well,good	benefit,benefactor
bi	two	bisect,biennial
bio	life	biology,biosphere
cata	down,away,	catastrophe,cataclysm
chron	thoroughly	chronometer,synchronize
	time
circum around		circumspect,circumference
com	with,together,very	commotion,complicate
contra	against,opposing	contradict,contravene
cred	belief,trust	credible,credit
de	from	depart
dem	people	demographics,democracy
dia	through,across,	diameter,diagnose
dis	apart
	away,off,down,not dissent,disappear
epi	upon	epilogue
equi	equal,equally	equivalent
ex	out	extract
for	away,off,from	forget,forswear
fore	before,previous	foretell,forefathers
homo	same,equal	homogenized
hyper	excessive,over	hypercritical,hypertension
hypo	under,beneath	hypodermic,hypothesis
in	in,into	intrude,invade
in	not,opposing	incapable,ineligible
inter	among,between	intercede,interrupt
intra	within	intramural,intrastate
magn	large	magnitude,magnify
mal	bad,poorly,not	malfunction
micr	small	microbe,microscope

mis	bad,poorly,not	misspell,misfire
mono	one,single	monogomy,monologue
mor	die,death	mortality,mortuary
neo	new	neolithic,neoconservative
non	not	nonentity,nonsense
ob	against,opposing	objection
omni	all,everywhere	omniscient
ortho	right,straight	orthogonal,orthodox
over	above	overbearing
pan	all,entire	panorama,pandemonium
para	beside,beyond	parallel,paradox
per	through	perceive,permit
peri	around	periscope,perimeter
phil	love,like	philosophy,philanthropic
poly	many	polymorphous,polygamous
post	after,following	postpone,postscript
pre	before,previous	prevent,preclude
prim	first,early	primitive,primary
pro	forward,inplaceof	propel,pronoun
re	back,backward,	revoke,recur
retro	again	retrospect,retrograde
	back,backward
semi	half,partly	semicircle,semicolon
sub	under,beneath	subjugate,substitute
super	above,extra	supersede,supernumerary
sym	with,together	sympathy,symphony
trans	across,beyond,	transact,transport
ultra	over	ultramodern,ultrasonic,
	beyond,excessively
un	not,reverseof	ultraviolet
		unhappy,unlock
uni	one	uniform,unity

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
able	ableto,likely	capable,tolerable
age	process,state,rank	passage,bondage
ance	act,condition,fact	acceptance,vigilance
arch	torule	monarch
ard	onethatdoes	drunkard,wizard
ate	excessively	separate,desolate
	having,showing
ation	action,state,result	occupation,starvation
cy	state,condition	accuracy,captaincy
dom	state,rank,condition	serfdom,wisdom
en	causetobe,become	deepen,strengthen
er	onewhodoes	teacher
esce	become,grow,continue	convalesce,acquiesce
esque	inthestyleof,like	picturesque,grotesque
ess	feminine	waitress,lioness
fic	making,causing	terrific,beatific
ful	fullof,markedby	thankful,zestful
fy	make,cause,causeto	glorify,fortify
hood	have	manhood,statehood
	state,condition
ible	able,likely,fit	edible,possible,divisible
ion	action,result,state	union,fusion
ish	suggesting,like	churlish,childish
ism	act,manner,doctrine	barbarism,socialism
ist	doer,believer	monopolist,socialist
ition	action,state,result	sedition,expedition
ity	state,quality,condition	acidity,civility
ize	make,causetobe,treat	sterilize,mechanize,
less	with	criticize
	lacking,without	hopeless,countless
like	like,similar	childlike,dreamlike
logue	typeofspeakingor	prologue
ly	writing	friendly,positively
	like,ofthenatureof
ment	means,result,action	refreshment,
ness	quality,state	disappointment
		greatness,tallness
or	doer,office,action	juror,elevator,honor
ous	markedby,givento	religious,riotous
ship	theartorskillof	statesmanship
some	aptto,showing	tiresome,lonesome
th	act,state,quality	warmth,width