Question

While on vacation at a beach, you notice a sandbar that seems to be sinking, day by day, into the ocean. To describe it, you wish to give the word permanent a negative meaning. Which of the following is a correctly spelled word that means "not permanent"?

A. Inpermanent
B. Ilpermanent
C. Impermanent
D. Irpermanent

Answer 1

Impermanent is "not permanent"

Answer 2

Answer: the correct answer is C. Impermanent

Explanation: an affix is a letter or group of letters, for example "'im-", "un-" or "-y", which is added to either the beginning or the end of a word to form a different word with a different meaning. For example, 'un-' is added to "kind" to form "unkind". When this affix is added at the beginning of a sentence it is called a "prefix" and when it is added at the end is is called a "suffix". In this case the use of the prefix "im" makes the correct word "impermanent", which means not permanent.