27749 prefix

PREFIX
Select from the list that follows, the word that best completes the numbered
sentences.
circumference

monologue synchronize

nonconformist

pronoun

contradict

illiteracy

introverted

symphony

disoriented

ultramodern

postpone

Hypodermic

illogical

intercollegiate

abnormal

multitude

multimillionaire

preface

malfunction

submit

antifreeze

monosyllabic

hypersensitive

precursors

triplets

misjudge

predicts

bifocals

disregarded

1. After reading the ______________, I knew what to expect in the novel.
2. There have been an ______________ number of absences this month. This

could be due to hotter than usual temperature.
3. The root dict means ‘to speak’ or ‘to tell’. If u speak against a person, you

______________ him or her.
4. When a person states what he or she believes will happen, he or he

______________, or foretells the events.
5. If you fail to judge a person correctly, you ______________ that peron.
6. The proud father could hardly believe his ears when the nurse told him that his
wife had just given birth to ______________. Imagine his excitements at
increasing hi family from two to five in a day!
7. Eyeglasses that have lenses ground with one part for close focus and one part

for distance focus are called ______________.
8. A person who will not conform to a particular action is called

______________.
9. The student was asked to figure the distance around the Earth which is the
______________ of the Earth.
10. A person who is ______________ could not deal objectively with child abuse.
11. The needle used to inject medicine under the skin is a ______________

needle.
12. Each winter motorists put ______________ in their cars to protect against
freezing.
13. ______________ football between the two universities attracts large crowd at

the stadium.
14. A word used in the place of a noun is called ______________,.
15. A person with many millions I called a ______________.
16. If you put off doing something until a later time, you ______________ it.


17. The accident occurred because the driver totally ______________ all the

warnings about road conditions.
18. You must ______________ all your credentials by the appointed time if you
wish to be considered for the job.
19. It is ______________ to expect a passing grade in the class if all your

assignments have been late or incomplete.
20. When I awoke in a strange room, I was so ______________ that it took

several minutes for me to get my bearings.
21. In contrast to his brother’s ______________ home in the suburbs, David built
a rustic log cabin with no modern conveniences.
22. The root loqui means ‘to speak’. A speech or kit that involves only one person
is a ______________.
23. The ______________ in the machine caused a reduction in production for the

day. When the machine works properly, the production is increased.
24. The root chron means ‘time’. If we want to be sure we have exactly the same

time, we should _____________ our watches.
25. The root phono means ‘sound’. A _____________ is a large orchestra that
plays a harmony of sounds in different rhythms.
26. A high temperature and headache are often _____________ of a more

serious illness.
27. One who is interested only in his or her own thoughts and feelings is said to

be __________________.
28. There was such a______________ of people in the rally, I could not see any

of the speakers.
29. A ______________ word is a word having only one syllable.
30. Americans are viewing the spread of ______________ with growing alarm.
Reading and writing are basic survival skills.