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Vocabulary/Spelling #9              Test on  February 3

Prefix to study:   im- which means not

1. impossible
2. improbable  F.Y.I. According to the Random House Dictionary,  the origin of probable is
   Origin:
   1350–1400; Middle English  < Latin probābilis  likely, literally, capable of standing a test, equivalent to probā ( re ) to test ( see probe ) + -bilis -ble
3. imperfect
4. immobile  F.Y.I. If you are mobile, you can move.  A related word is automobile.  "Auto" means "self," and "mobile' means "capable of being moved," so an automobile can move itself.

immobile -- The child is immobile because he has been in an accident and will be moved to the hospital.

imperfect

improbable -- It probably wouldn't happen.

impossible -- This could not be built.