my_list = ["streek", "greet", "meet", "leeks", "mean"]

print("The list is : ")
print(my_list)

prefix_list = ["st", "ge", "me", "re"]
print("The prefix list is : ")
print(prefix_list)

my_result = [element for element in my_list if any(element.startswith(ele) for ele in prefix_list)]

print("The result is :")
print(my_result)

The list is :
['streek', 'greet', 'meet', 'leeks', 'mean']
The prefix list is :
['st', 'ge', 'me', 're']
The result is :
['streek', 'meet', 'mean']