Actions And Activities 2008

Actions and activities

Prefixes de- and dis-

English

deactivate decode decolonise

____________________ = be different from one another

decompress

____________________ = become disconnected

defrost

____________________ = become invisible or unnoticeable

destabilise ____________________ = become or make unstable

disable

____________________ = convert into ordinary language, intelligible form

disagree disappear

____________________ = decrease the pressure of, become less tense

disarm

____________________ = destroy micro-organisms or pathogens by cleansing

disbelieve

____________________ = grant independence to a former part of the empire

disconnect

____________________ = have or feel a distaste for, to hate

discontinue

____________________ = make inactive

disinfect disjoin dislike

____________________ = make or become free of ice ____________________ = to fail to give pleasure to somebody

displease

____________________ = make unable to perform a certain action

disqualify

____________________ = make unfit or unsuitable, declare unfit

dissatisfy

____________________ = put an end to a state or an activity

distrust

____________________ = regard with suspicion, suspect to be false ____________________ = reject as false; refuse to accept ____________________ = take away the weapons from ____________________ = to break the supply of electricity, gas, water ____________________ = to disappoint somebody by what you say or do Image from Google images

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