Prefix il-
Prefix ir-
Prefix inter-
Suffix -ness
Root Words
100

The prefix il- means....

not

100
The prefix of ir- means...

not

100

The prefix inter- means

between or among

100

The (friendliness, crispness, emptiness, drowsiness) of my bacon on my sandwich made me happy.

crispness

100

The loud construction noise (distracted, attracted, subtracted, extracted) the students from their work.

distracted

200

Her handwriting was (legible, illegible, illogical, logical) that even she couldn’t read it.

illegible

200

It’s (responsible, irresponsible, irregular, irresponsive) to leave trash on the playground.

irresponsible

200
The popstar as (international, national, intercept, intercede) figure around the world.

international

200

The librarian appreciated the (quietness, brightness, roughness, sweetness) of the class during announcements.

quietness

200

The scientist used a dropper to carefully (attract, extract, detract, distract) the liquid from the sample.

extract

300

It’s (legal, illegal, legible, illogical) to text while driving.

illegal

300

It was an (regular, irregular, responsible, irresponsible) because we had a field trip.

irregular

300
Adam (intercepted, international, interceded, intersection) the football that was being thrown to Dashawn. 

intercepted

300

After the lights went out, the room’s (darkness, neatness, kindness, thickness) made it hard to see.

darkness

300

The artist’s new painting immediately (attracted, detracted, distracted, abstracted) attention from the crowd.

attracted

400

Because of the storm, it was (legal, illegal, logical, illogical) to hold the parade.

logical

400

The missing ring was (replaceable, irreplaceable, irregular, irresponsible) to her grandmother.

irreplaceable

400

My mother had to (intercept, intercede, intersect, interlock) the argument between me and my brother.

intercede

400

The hikers admired the (happiness, roughness, steadiness, sharpness) of the lake’s surface at dawn.

steadiness

400

The house at the end of the street has been (evacuate, vacancy, vacant, vacation) for months.

vacant

500

The directions were so neatly written that they were (illegible, illegal, legible, legal).

legible

500

His mother said he was too (regular, irregular, irresponsible, responsible) to own a cat because he would forget to feed it.

irresponsible

500

My father forbidden us to cross the busy (intersection, international, intercede) to get to my grandmothers.

intersection 

500

I fought against a wave of (happiness, sadness, drowsiness, calmness) during the long movie.

drowsiness

500

The teacher asked the class to (vacancy, vacate, vacuum, evacuate) the room quickly during the drill.

evacuate

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