Building Word Power: Cue 1 Prefix Dis

Prefix Dis: a Latin prefix meaning take away, apart, asunder, not, deprive of, utterly, or having a privative, negative, or reversing force. It generally carries with it the feel of failure, you lost something that you once had.

disgrace: DISgrace
loss of good opinion of others; shame

discredit: DIScredit
loss or lack of belief or confidence; defame

disconcerted: DISconcerted
deprived of control, upset

dispose: DISpose
to throw away; to be inclined to

dissolved: DISsolved

broken up; melted away.

disease: DISease

Not in normal state of health; sickness