pre- Vocabulary

To authorize or give permission in advance.

• preapprove

• precaution

• precede

• predict

A measure taken in advance to prevent harm.

• precaution

• prepay

• pretest

• preview

To come before something else in time, order, or rank.

• prejudge

• prepay

• precede

• prefix

To say what will happen before it occurs.

• prevent

• preview

• precede

• predict

A syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning.

• precede

• prefix

• pretest

• preapprove

To make a decision before you have all the facts.

• prevent

• predict

• preapprove

• prejudge

To pay for something before it needs to be paid in full.

• preview

• prepay

• precede

• predict

A test before the real test, usually given to see what is already known.

• preview

• prejudge

• precede

• pretest

To stop something from happening before it occurs.

• prejudge

• prevent

• precaution

• preview

To look at or see something before something or someone else.

• preview

• predict

• prejudge

• preapprove