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Prefix Vocabulary Practice
Understanding Prefixes in Context
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1. He found the salesman ______ (A-moral – without / ohne).
amoral
a) amoral (ohne Moral)
b) atypical (untypisch)
2. The country was in ______ after the war (An-archy – without / ohne).
anarchy
a) anarchy (Anarchie)
b) anaerobic (anaerob)
3. She took an ______ stance (Anti-war – against / gegen).
antiwar
a) antiwar (gegen Krieg)
b) antibacterial (antibakteriell)
4. He will ______ if you turn off the lights (Dis-appear – not, opposite of / nicht, Gegenteil von).
disappear
a) disappear (verschwinden)
b) dishonest (unehrlich)
5. Stealing is ______ in every country (Il-legal – not / nicht).
illegal
a) illegal (illegal)
b) illogical (unlogisch)
6. It is ______ to fly without wings (Im-possible – not / nicht).
impossible
a) impossible (unmöglich)
b) impatient (ungeduldig)
7. He remains ______ for hours (In-active – not / nicht).
inactive
a) inactive (inaktiv)
b) incapable (unfähig)
8. His handwriting is ______ (Ir-regular – not / nicht).
irregular
a) irregular (unregelmäßig)
b) irresponsible (verantwortungslos)
9. I always ______ his jokes (Mis-understand – wrong, badly / falsch, schlecht).
misunderstand
a) misunderstand (missverstehen)
b) misplace (verlegen)
10. The book is ______ (Non-fiction – not / nicht).
nonfiction
a) nonfiction (Sachbuch)
b) nonviolent (gewaltfrei)
11. We used a ______ in science class (Micro-scope – small view / kleines Bild).
microscope
a) microscope (Mikroskop)
b) microchip (Mikrochip)
12. She wore a ______ to the party (Mini-skirt – small skirt / kleiner Rock).
miniskirt
a) miniskirt (Minirock)
b) miniature (Miniatur)
13. He studied ______ in university (Macro-economics – large-scale economics / großflächige Wirtschaft).
macroeconomics
a) macroeconomics (Makroökonomie)
b) macroscopic (makroskopisch)
14. My computer has a ______ of storage (Mega-byte – large unit of data / große Einheit von Daten).
megabyte
a) megabyte (Megabyte)
b) megastar (Megastar)
15. She shops at the ______ every weekend (Super-market – above a normal market / über dem normalen Markt).
supermarket
a) supermarket (Supermarkt)
b) superstar (Superstar)
16. The child is very ______ and cannot sit still (Hyper-active – excessively active / überaktiv).
hyperactive
a) hyperactive (hyperaktiv)
b) hypersensitive (überempfindlich)
17. He watched the ______ of the movie (Pre-view – view before / vorherige Ansicht).
preview
a) preview (Vorschau)
b) prehistoric (prähistorisch)
18. The country faced many challenges in the ______ years (Post-war – after the war / nach dem Krieg).
postwar
a) postwar (Nachkriegszeit)
b) postgraduate (Postgraduierter)
19. You need to ______ the assignment (Re-do – do again / erneut machen).
redo
a) redo (erneut machen)
b) rewrite (neu schreiben)
20. His ______ helped the project succeed (Pro-gress – moving forward / Fortschritt).
progress
a) progress (Fortschritt)
b) proactive (proaktiv)
21. The ______ can go deep underwater (Sub-marine – under the sea / Unterwasserfahrzeug).
submarine
a) submarine (U-Boot)
b) subway (U-Bahn)
22. He has ______ abilities beyond normal humans (Super-human – beyond human / übermenschlich).
superhuman
a) superhuman (übermenschlich)
b) supernatural (übernatürlich)
23. They work for an ______ company (Inter-national – between nations / zwischen Nationen).
international
a) international (international)
b) interact (interagieren)
24. The patient received an ______ injection (Intra-venous – within the vein / in die Vene).
intravenous
a) intravenous (intravenös)
b) intranet (Intranet)
25. The company will ______ the goods overseas (Trans-port – carry across / transportieren).
transport
a) transport (transportieren)
b) transfer (übertragen)
26. I installed an ______ to protect my computer (Anti-virus – against viruses / gegen Viren).
antivirus
a) antivirus (Antivirenprogramm)
b) antisocial (asozial)
27. The plane is on ______ mode (Auto-pilot – self-controlled pilot / Selbststeuerung).
autopilot
a) autopilot (Autopilot)
b) autobiography (Autobiografie)
28. The two teams will ______ to complete the project (Co-operate – work together / zusammenarbeiten).
cooperate
a) cooperate (kooperieren)
b) cofounder (Mitgründer)
29. He tends to ______ my words (Mis-understand – understand wrongly / falsch verstehen).
misunderstand
a) misunderstand (missverstehen)
b) mislead (täuschen)
30. You need to ______ the freezer (De-frost – remove frost / auftauen).
defrost
a) defrost (auftauen)
b) degrade (herabsetzen)
31. The country elected a new president after the ______ left office (Ex-president – former president / ehemaliger Präsident).
ex-president
a) ex-president (ehemaliger Präsident)
b) ex-boyfriend (Ex-Freund)