Vocabulary – Opposites (Prefixes)
in-
- appropriate / inappropriate
- capable / incapable
- direct / indirect
- complete / incomplete
- comparable / incomparable
- considerate / inconsiderate
- congruous / incongruous
- tolerant / intolerant
- sane / insane
- exact / inexact
- direct / indirect
- frequent / infrequent
- offensive / inoffensive
- correct / incorrect
-dis
- connect / disconnect
- engage / disengage
- pleased / displeased
- honest / dishonest
- trust / distrust
- advantage / disadvantage
- allow / disallow
- obey / disobey
- continue / discontinue
- able / disable
- approve / disapprove
- satisfy / dissatisfy
- taste / distaste
- loyal / disloyal
- agree / disagree
- similar / dissimilar
- infect / disinfect
mis-
- inform / misinform
- represent / misrepresent
- pronounce / mispronounce
- communicate / miscommunicate
- spell / misspell
- lead / mislead
- judge / misjudge
- treat / mistreat
- diagnosis / misdiagnosis
- calculate / miscalculate
- read / misread
- interpret / misinterpret
- construe / misconstrue
- place / misplace
un-
- grateful / ungrateful
- ethical / unethical
- intelligible / unintelligible
- important / unimportant
- complicated / uncomplicated
- avoidable / unavoidable
- attainable / unattainable
- available / unavailable
- pleasant / unpleasant
- happy / unhappy
- real / unreal
- clear / unclear
- clean / unclean
- do / undo
- pack / unpack
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