Synonyms 3 - Spot the Synonyms

Not all words that have these prefixes are antonyms of the original word. In fact, they start with these letters and they are stand-alone words and are root words. It so happens that the first few letters appear to be prefixes. For instance, the word DISBURSE is not formed by adding 'dis' to 'burse'. Similarly, MISER is a root word and so is IMMACULATE.

There are other examples of such words that resemble prefixes. One way to find out if these words are not formed from adding prefixes is to check if the rest of the letters after removing the prefix makes sense. If they do, in all probability, the meaning of that word may not be close to what the word represents. Words from any part of speech such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prepositions can have synonyms all belonging to the same part of speech. In the quiz that follows there are ten words which begin with these prefixes but are not formed from other words. By playing the quiz you will learn some of their synonyms and their antonyms and thus expand your vocabulary.