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Prefixes

SAT vocabulary prefixes are one of the fastest ways to expand your word knowledge — because each prefix you learn appears across dozens of different words. Master thirty of them and you have a tool for decoding thousands of words you have never seen before.

1. Negation and Absence

This quiz covers five prefixes that all express negation or absence: dis-, in-/im-, un-/non-, a-/an-, and mis-. Questions move from direct meaning to familiar words in context, then finish with SAT-level vocabulary you can decode using the prefix alone. After completing this quiz, you will be able to recognize all five prefixes and use them to work out the meaning of words you have never seen before.
10 questions
average score: 85% (all users)

2. Movement and Passage

Learn five prefixes that describe how something moves or passes through space: ex-/e-, trans-, circum-, per-, and dia-. Questions move from direct meaning recognition through familiar words in context to SAT-level vocabulary. After completing this quiz, you will be able to use these prefixes to determine the directional meaning of unfamiliar words.
10 questions
average score: 80% (all users)

3. Position and Sequence

This quiz covers five prefixes that locate something in time or space: ante-, post-, pre-/pro-, sub-, and super-/sur-. Questions build from basic meaning to familiar words in context, then finish with SAT-level vocabulary. After completing this quiz, you will be able to determine whether an unfamiliar word implies something before, after, above, or below something else.
10 questions

4. Scale and Iteration

Master five prefixes related to scale, degree, and repetition: hyper-, hypo-, mono-, neo-, and re-. You will practice identifying whether a word signals excess, deficiency, singularity, novelty, or repetition. After completing this quiz, you will be able to apply these prefixes to unfamiliar words with confidence.
10 questions

5. Relationship and Opposition

This quiz covers five prefixes that describe how things relate to or stand against each other: contra-/counter-, anti-, syn-/sym-, para-, and inter-. You will learn to recognize whether a word signals conflict, alignment, or proximity. After completing this quiz, you will be able to decode unfamiliar words that describe how ideas, people, or forces relate to one another.
10 questions

6. Value and Agency

This quiz includes five prefixes related to value, quality, and self-direction: bene-, mal-, eu-, de-, and auto-. You will practice identifying words that signal goodness, harm, reversal, and self-direction.
10 questions

7. Review 1

This review quiz brings together one word part from each of the first five topic quizzes: dis-, ex-/e-, pre-/pro-, re-, and anti-. Questions move from direct meaning recognition through familiar words in context to SAT-level vocabulary. After completing this quiz, you will be able to apply all five prefixes to words you have not seen before.
10 questions

8. Review 2

This review quiz draws on five prefixes from different parts of the series: in-/im-, circum-, sub-, hypo-, and syn-/sym-. Questions progress from familiar words to more demanding vocabulary. After completing this quiz, you will reinforce your ability to apply these prefixes to words you have not encountered before.
10 questions

9. Review 3

This review raises the difficulty: a-/an-, per-, super-/sur-, mono-, and mal-. Expect more demanding vocabulary and inference. After completing this quiz, you will be able to work with these prefixes in the kind of advanced vocabulary that appears on standardized tests.
10 questions

10. Review 4

Finally, this review draws on all six topic areas from the series. All ten questions use SAT-level vocabulary, and word parts are not identified for you — you must apply your full knowledge to infer meaning from root clues. After completing it, you will have a clear picture of which prefixes you have mastered and which deserve further review.
10 questions

These ten prefix quizzes cover thirty Latin and Greek word parts, organized into six thematic groups: negation and absence, movement and passage, position and sequence, scale and iteration, relationship and opposition, and value and agency. These are the word roots and prefixes that appear on standardized tests, in college coursework, and in professional writing — the vocabulary that separates strong readers from everyone else.

Each vocabulary quiz introduces five word parts and asks ten questions. The questions begin with direct meaning recognition, move through familiar words in context, and finish with SAT-level vocabulary where you apply prefix knowledge to words you may never have seen. After the six topic quizzes, four review quizzes spiral back through the material in new combinations — the final one with no hints at all.

By the end of this prefix quiz series, you will be able to look at an unfamiliar word, identify its prefix, and make a confident, reasoned guess at its meaning — the same skill strong readers use every time they encounter a word they have not seen before.