Prefixes
These prefixes give words an opposite meaning:
de – often used with verbs
Activate – deactivate
Appreciate – depreciate
Promote – demote
dis – used with adjectives, nouns, verbs
Arm – disarm
Appear – disappear
Organised – disorganised
Order (noun) – disorder
il – used with adjectives starting with l
Legal – illeagal
Legitimate – illegitimate
im – used with adjectives starting with p, m
Possible – impossible
Partial – impartial
Mortal – immortal
in – used with adjectives, often starting with e, c
Effective – ineffective
Edible – inedible
Competent – incompetent
Complete – incomplete
ir – used with adjectives, often starting with r
Regular – irregular
Replaceable – irreplaceable
un – used with adjectives and verbs
Dress – undress (verb)
Tidy – untidy
Expected – unexpected
Wise – unwise
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