Question

which pair of words share the same prefix?
competent and correspondent
impatient and incomplete
nuisance and tolerance
disintegrate and disappear

Explanation:

• "competent" has the prefix "com-", "correspondent" has "cor-" (different prefixes).
• "impatient" uses "im-", "incomplete" uses "in-" (these are variant prefixes but not identical).
• "nuisance" has no standard productive prefix, "tolerance" has "tol-" as a root, not a shared prefix.
• "disintegrate" and "disappear" both use the identical prefix "dis-", meaning "apart" or "reverse".

Answer:

D. disintegrate and disappear