Prefixes and Their Meanings

Learn the meanings of common prefixes like ambi-, con-, ex-, hyper-, mal-, sub-, trans- and many more by identifying which word contains the correct prefix for the given definition.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Double”

  1. Attitude
  2. Ambiguity
  3. Countenance
  4. Elite
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Together”

  1. Convocation
  2. Coolhouse
  3. Deerfence
  4. Field marshal
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Out”

  1. Anticraft
  2. Exit
  3. Bisect
  4. Enter
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Together”

  1. Cooperate
  2. Interstate
  3. Outcast
  4. Obedient
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"More than”

  1. Master
  2. Station
  3. Education
  4. Hyperactive
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Opposite”

  1. Counterattack
  2. Cut glass
  3. Dog cheap
  4. Fish market
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Half”

  1. Progress
  2. Transmit
  3. Hemisphere
  4. Unicorn
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Under”

  1. Immerse
  2. Hypodermic
  3. Aside
  4. Friendly
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Bad”

  1. Ante meridiem
  2. Devalue
  3. Malicious
  4. Finish
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Without”

  1. Amoral
  2. Beginning
  3. Due course
  4. Obedient
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

“With”

  1. Contribute
  2. Copilot
  3. Destitute
  4. Disappear
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Against”

  1. Contradict
  2. Insert
  3. Abide
  4. Beside
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Reduce"

  1. Devalue
  2. Inert
  3. Extort
  4. Devil
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Former”

  1. Concurrent
  2. Import
  3. Extort
  4. Ex-president
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Beyond”

  1. Afoot
  2. Extramural
  3. Announcement
  4. Swindler
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Different”

  1. Heterogeneous
  2. Intersect
  3. Coincide
  4. Hexagon
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Same”

  1. Progression
  2. Incident
  3. Homogeneous
  4. Reward
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Not”

  1. Illegal
  2. Unicorn
  3. Absent
  4. Revise
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

“Large/Prolonging”

  1. Reappear
  2. Macrobiotic
  3. Enclosure
  4. Herd
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

“Small”

  1. Microwave
  2. Bicycle
  3. Quadruple
  4. Cooperative
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Not/Without”

  1. Contact
  2. Combine
  3. Automation
  4. Non-entity
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Under”

  1. Encircle
  2. Vilify
  3. Submarine
  4. Enlighten
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Same time”

  1. Thunder
  2. Synchronise
  3. Becloud
  4. Alight
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Across”

  1. Transmit
  2. Opening
  3. Closing
  4. Holding
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The stem defines the meaning of a prefix which has been attached to one of the composite words that follow. You are required to choose the correct composite word out of the four options that follow.

"Three”

  1. Postmortem
  2. Tricycle
  3. Prehand
  4. Separate

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