Wednesday 29 April 2020

Greek Prefixes 2

Level: C1

di- twice: dilemma
dia- through: diagonal, diameter
dys- badly: dyspepsia, dysentery
en - (em) in: encyclopaedia, emblem
epi- upon: epilogue, epitaph
eu- well: eulogy, euphony, eugenics
ex- (ec) out of: exodus, eccentric
hemi- half: hemisphere
homo- (hom) like: homogeneous, homonym
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