Question

Having fallen out of the nest, the bird was insensible at first, but then flew off.

To decipher the meaning of the word insensible, break the word into
the root insens and the suffix -ible.
the root inseni and the suffix -ble.
the prefix in-, the root sens, and the suffix -ible.
the prefix insen-, the root eni, and the suffix -ble.

Answer 1

the prefix in-, the root sens, and the suffix -ible.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is "the prefix in-, the root sens, and the suffix -ible." The word insensible means incapable of feeling or perceiving. The meaning of insensible could be deciphered by breaking the word into the prefix "in" that means “in, on, or not”, the root "sens" that means "feel" and the suffix -ible that means "able to be".