| A | B |
| pre- | before |
| prevent | to stop something from happening before it happens |
| preview | to see something before the rest |
| precautiion | an action that is taken to stop something from causing harm |
| precede | to come before something else in time, order, or rank |
| predict | to say what will happen before it occurs |
| pretest | a test before the real one |
| prejudge | to form an opinion before getting all the evidence |
| preapprove | to give permission before it's needed |
| prepay | to pay for something before it needs to be paid in full |
| prefix | a word part added at the beginning of a root word |