Prefixes meaning "not"

Un/Non

100

Using the prefix category, create a word that means SAD.

She looks _________ after seeing the red F on top of her math quiz.

unhappy

200

Using the prefix category, create a word that means RARE

Finding a four-leaf clover is very ___________.

uncommon

300

Using the prefix category, create a word that means OUT OF THE ORDINARY

It is __________ for the temperatures to be in the 70s in January in Connecticut. 

unusual

400

Using the prefix category, create a word that means WRITING THAT IS ABOUT REAL THINGS.

 nonfiction

500

Using the prefix category, create a word that means SPEAKING OR WRITING HAS NO MEANING AND IS NOT TRUE

nonsense

Dis

100

Using the prefix category, create a word that means NOT HAVING AFFECTION FOR SOMETHING OR SOMEONE 

I really ________________ pineapple on my pizza.

dislike

200

Using the prefix category, create a word that means TO PULL SOMEONE'S ATTENTION 

The students love to _________ the teacher by talking about things that are not about the topic they are studying.

distract

300

Using the prefix category, create a word that means TO VANISH

I don't think that the car keys can just _____________ without a trace.

disappear

400

Using the prefix category, create a word that means TO GET RID OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING

dismiss

500

Using the prefix category, create a word that means: REMOVE FROM COMPETITION FOR A RULES VIOLATION 

disqualify

Im/In

100

Using the prefix category, create a word that means WRONG

Your answer is __________ so you will not get any points.

incorrect

200

Using the prefix category, create a word that means NOT ABLE TO BE SEEN

I would love to be ____________ so I could listen in their conversation without them realizing.

invisible

300

Using the prefix category, create a word that means CAN'T BE DONE

Not too long ago it was thought to be _________ that we would have driverless cars.

impossible

400

Using the prefix category, create a word that means ALMOST CAN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE IT IS SO GREAT

incredible

500

Using the prefix category, create a word that means NOT ACTING YOUR AGE

immature

Ir/Il

100

Using the prefix category, create a word that means NOT NORMAL

These pants were on sale because they are marked as ____________________.

 irregular

200

Using the prefix category, create a word that means NOT ALLOWED BY LAW

In some states, it is ___________ to have certain unregistered firearms.

 illegal

300

Using the prefix category, create a word that means TOO ATTRACTIVE OR TEMPTING TO FIGHT AGAINST

Even though I am on a diet, that chocolate cake looks ________________________ and I am going to have a piece.

irresistible

400

Make uncomfortable or annoyed

What is irritate?

500

Not readable

What is illegible?

What does this word mean?

100

repel

to push back

200

porter

one who carries luggage

300

retractable

able to be pulled back

400

inaudible

not able to be heard

500

distort

to bend or twist out of shape