_A_--signifies privation; as, _anonymous_, without name.
_Amphi_--both or two; as, _amphi-bious_, partaking of both or two
natures,
_Anti_--against; as, _anti-masonry_, against masonry.
_Dia_--through; as, _dia-meter_, line passing through a circle.
_Hyper_--over; as, _hyper-critical_, over or too critical.
_Hypo_--under, implying concealment or disguise; as, _hypo-crite_, one
dissembling his real character.
_Meta--_denotes change or transmutation; as, _meta-morphose_, to change
the shape.
_Para_--contrary or against; as, _para-dox_, a thing contrary to
received opinion.
_Peri_--round about; as, _peri-phrasis_, circumlocution.
_Syn, syl, sym_--together; as, _syn-tax_, a placing together; _syn-od_,
a meeting or coming together; _syl-lable_, that portion of a word which
is taken together; _sym-pathy_, fellow-feeling, or feeling together.