English Vocabulary in 365 Days - Lesson 21

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Hello everyone, in our Lesson 20, we learnt about the prefix Dia.  Dia represents  the meanings through; across; apart. Today we shall see the prefixed Dis and Dif. Happy Reading :)

Day 21 : Dis; Dif

• dis; dif - not; apart; the opposite of

Let's try to understand this with some examples

• difficult (adjective) = not easy
• • dif (dis) - Prfix = not 
  • ficult (facultas) - Root = ability; opportunity
• disadvantage (noun) = an unfavorable circumstances / "apart" from having an advantage
• • dis - Prefix = the opposite of / apart from
  • advant (avant) - Root = before
  • age - Suffix = the state of

Let's have a look at some more words with dis; difprefixes, for better understanding.

• different = not the same as somebody / something
• distant = stand “apart”
• dissimilar = “apart” from being similar
• distract = draw “apart”
• disrupt = break “apart”
• disorder = “apart” from orderliness
• disquiet = “apart” from quiet
• disappear = “apart” from being present
• disease = “apart” from ease
• disinter = to take “apart” from being in the ground
• dislocate = to take “apart” from the usual location
• distrust = “apart” from being trustworthy
• disinterested = “apart” from being interested
• disband = when a band of people go “apart” from each other
• discomfort = being “apart” from feeling comfortable
• discredit = to refuse to accept
• disabled = to be deprived of use
• discourage = to take away hope
• dissolved = melted away, broken up
• diffract = change in the directions and intensities of a group of waves 
• diffuse = not concentrated / spread out over a large area

Home Work :

Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.

1. -ics
2. -ancy
3. -ly
4. -ium

a. a place

b. the science

c. in the manner of

d. the state of

Shraboni Chakraborty

Asstt. Professor

English and Foreign Languages University,

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