English Vocabulary in 365 Days - Lesson 8

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Hello everyone, in our Lesson 7, we learnt about the prefix ante.  Ante represents the meanings before; preceding. Today we shall see the prefixes anti, ant. Happy Reading :)

Day 8 : Anti, Ant

• anti, ant - against, opposed to

Let's try to understand this with some examples....

1. antisocial (adjective) = harmful to society
1. anti - Prefix = against
2. soci (socius) - Root = ally; friend
3. al - Suffix = related to
2. antibody (noun) = a substance that the body produces in the blood to fight disease.
1. anti - Prefix = against
   
2. body - Root = body
3. antagonist (noun) = a person who is strongly opposed to something or someone
1. ant - Prefix = opposed to
2. agonist - Root = one that is engaged in a struggle

Let's have a look at some more words with anti, ant prefixes, for better understanding.

1. antivirus = designed to find and destroy computer viruses 
2. antipathy = a strong feeling of dislike 
3. antifreeze = a substance which slows up the freezing process
4. antibiotic = a medicine that can destroy harmful bacteria in the body or limit their growth
5. antiseptic = a chemical used for preventing infection in an injury, especially by killing bacteria
6. antipodes = the direct opposite of something

Home Work :

Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.

1. hyper-
2. in, il, im, ir-
3. mal-
4. intra-

a. bad

b. within

c. in, into

d. excessive

Try to match the above elements with given meanings.  Solve it on your own and

That's all for today guys..... Thank you :)

 

Shraboni Chakraborty

Asstt. Professor

English and Foreign Languages University,

Hyderabad

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