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Syllable Stress

Study syllable stress with these prefixes. The bold syllables are stressed. If the words are in red, the prefix is stressed. You will notice that this is not as common as having the stress on a different syllable.

Prefix
 		Meaning
 		Examples
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anti
against
 		anticlimax, antigravity, antidemocratic, antidepressant, antibiotic, antihistamine
be
 		on, around
 		beside, behind, before
com
 		with, together
 		commit, computer, compose, compete, complain
complicate, compass, company
con
 		with, together
 		construct, consist, console, conserve, consider, condition, configure
conscience, consonant, conquer, console
de
 		removal, reversal, separation
 		delete, design, describe, descent, device, dependent, destroy
detail, deviate
em
 		to make, get
 		empower, employ, embody
empathize, empathy
en
 		to make, get,
to cause to be in
 		enable, entire, environment, entitle, encourage
energy
dis
 		not
 		disappear, disappoint, discovery, distribute, discriminate, disgusting, distinct, display
distant, discount*
il
 		not
 		illogical, illuminate, illegal
illustrate
in
 		not, in, into
 		include, incomplete, independent, indifferent, inefficient, infect, inform,
injury, incident, indicate, infant, input, infinite
increase*
* If a word is both a noun and a verb, you will usually stress the first syllable in the noun and the second syllable in the verb. That is true for these words. Notice that "display" is an exception to this rule.

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