IS 292 Four Power Prefixes

Georgia S.
Learn this list of 16 words beginning with the four power prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-. Then, try to figure out what role or meaning each prefix has in general.
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  1. antibiotic
    a substance used to kill microorganisms and cure infections
  2. antidote
    a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
  3. antisubmarine
    defensive against enemy underwater crafts
  4. antithesis
    exact opposite
  5. conflate
    mix together different elements
  6. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  7. conspire
    act in agreement and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
  8. converge
    be adjacent or come together
  9. interfere
    come between so as to be a hindrance or obstacle
  10. interim
    the time between one event, process, or period and another
  11. interject
    speak abruptly, especially as an interruption
  12. intermediate
    lying between two extremes in time, space, or state
  13. unilateral
    involving only one part or side
  14. unison
    the state of corresponding exactly
  15. unity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
  16. universal
    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
Created on Tue Oct 23 08:33:54 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Oct 23 09:26:13 EDT 2012)

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