Question

Attach a prefix to the word visible from the list given below to complete the sentence-
The artists are the ones who might be able to help us with our internal, _ _ _ _ _ visible lives.
a)in
b)dis
c)im
d)il

Answer 1

Hint: Prefix is a word, letter, or number placed before another. Here, a prefix has to be added before visible, to make the sentence and the word meaningful.

Complete answer:

A prefix is an affix that is placed before the step of the word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word. For example: When the prefix “un-“ is added to the word “happy”, it creates the word “unhappy”. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a pre-formative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is in-. This prefix usually means, “in/or/not” appears in various English vocabulary words, for example: inject, influx, and insane. Here, if we add “in-“ to “visible”, it'll make, “invisible”, which is grammatically correct. So, this is the correct option.
Option 'b' is dis-. This is a Latin prefix, which means, “apart/asunder/away/utterly/having a negative force. For example disability, disbelief, discontent. When added to the given word “visible”, it'll make a new word, “disvisibility”. This word doesn’t exist and doesn’t hold any meaning in the dictionary.
Option ‘c’ is im-. This also has a negative meaning but cannot be the correct answer as “imvisibility” is not an existing word. This is used in words like impossible, impatient, etc.
Option ‘d’ is il-. This is used with some adjectives and nouns. For example: illogical, illegal. Even this cannot be the correct answer because “ilvisibility” is not an existing word.
Hence, the correct answer is option ‘a’, “in-“.

Note: In English, there are no inflectional prefixes, it uses suffixes instead for that purpose. But here, this formula is not being used.