Vocabulary Development: Prefixes as Word Extension, Making for New Meaning I
Topic Content:
- Meaning and Examples of Prefixes
- Reversative Prefixes
A prefix is a word element that is added before another word to form a new word. For example, dis is a prefix. You can use it with the words advantage, incline, and approve, thus:
dis + advantage = disadvantage
dis + incline = disincline
dis + approve = disapprove
some other prefixes include be, con, de, pro, to, ex, ob, re, co, mal, in, il, ir, etc.
There are two types of prefixes: reversative prefixes and preservative prefixes. In this lesson and the next, we will be discussing reservative prefixes-what they are and how they extend words, bringing about new meanings.
Reversative Prefixes:
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