Composite Words - 3 (Prefixes)

Exotic is a composite word which means “non-native or brought from outside”. “Ex” means “outside” as in external, exhale.

Adjourn is a composite word which means “put off until a future time”. “Ad” means “at or to” as in adjoin, adapt, addition.

Progress is a step forward and retrogress is a step backward. 'Retro' means “back or behind”.

Transcend is composite word which means “go beyond”. “Trans” means “beyond”.

Bonanza is a composite word which means “great wealth”. “Bon” means “good”.

Forsaken is a composite word which means “away from care”. “For” means “away” as in forswear, forgive.

Cooperate is composite word which means “work together”. “Co” means “together” as in coexistence, co-author.

Anticipate is composite word which means “to tell before / to foretell”, “Anti” (corrupted form of ante) here means “before” as in ante-meridian, antecedent

Adjoin is composite word which means “to join”. “Ad” means “to” as in advent, advance.

Underfed is composite word which means “deficiently fed”. “Under” means “not enough” as in underdeveloped.

Pentagon, this is composite word which means “a geometrical figure with five sides”. “Penta” means “five”.

Avert is a composite word that means “to turn away”. “A” means “away”.

Aggregate is composite word which means “to add/addition”. “Ag” means “to add” as in agglomerate, aggravate.

Disarm is composite word which means “to deprive of arms”. “Dis” means “reversal”.

Forbid is a composite word which means “to make stay away from”. “For” means “away or apart” as in forget, forgo.