{"id":2840,"date":"2016-02-16T11:52:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T19:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2016-02-12T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T17:53:46","slug":"magoosh-comics-prefixes-de-dis-and-inter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/magoosh-comics-prefixes-de-dis-and-inter\/","title":{"rendered":"Magoosh Comics: Prefixes de-, dis-, and inter-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The TOEFL throws a lot of academic vocabulary at test-takers. There will always be some words on the exam that you don\u2019t know or are not sure of. But sometimes, just knowing the meaning of a <em>part<\/em> of a word is enough to guess the <em>gist <\/em>of an unfamiliar word; the basic sense of the word.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to guessing at the sense or possible meaning of a word, prefixes are valuable word parts to know. A prefix is a word-part that appears at the beginning of a word and colors its meaning in some way.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some comic strips that show prefixes. To help you practice the skill of guessing meaning through context, I haven\u2019t put the definitions of the prefixes in the comics. But see if you can guess the definitions of the prefixes\u2026 or at least guess the gist. At the bottom of this post, I\u2019ll list the prefix meanings so that you can check your guesses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2841 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/magoosh-company-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/11050211\/mc-pddai_img1-600x831.gif\" alt=\"mc-pddai_img1\" width=\"600\" height=\"831\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2842 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/magoosh-company-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/11050217\/mc-pddai_img2-600x783.gif\" alt=\"mc-pddai_img2\" width=\"600\" height=\"783\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2843 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/magoosh-company-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/11050223\/mc-pddai_img3-600x731.gif\" alt=\"mc-pddai_img3\" width=\"600\" height=\"731\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK, now here are the meanings of these prefixes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>de- <\/strong>to get rid of something or reduce it to a smaller quantity<\/li>\n<li><strong>dis<\/strong>&#8211; the opposite of<\/li>\n<li><strong>inter-<\/strong> meeting or making contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TOEFL throws a lot of academic vocabulary at test-takers. 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