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Word formation.

Make Nouns, and Adjectives from the following adding suitable suffixes

S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Verb Absorb Accept Access Accommodate Accumulate Achieve Active Adapt Adjust Admire Adore Advance Agree Alternate Amend Appear Apply Appreciate Argue Arrange Assert Assess Associate Assume Attract Behave Believe Calculate Centralize Circulate Civilize Classify Collide Commemorate Commit Communicate Compare Compensate Compete Compile Complete Complicate Comprehend Conclude Conserve Consider Construct Consume Contaminate Content Continue Contradict Contribute Convert

Noun Absorption Acceptance Accession Accommodation Accumulation Achievement Activation Adoption Adjustment Admiration Adoration Advancement Agreement Alternation Amendment Appearance Application Appreciation Argument Arrangement Assertion Assessment Association Assumption Attraction Behaviour Believing Calculation Centralization Circulation Civilization Classification Collision Commemoration Commitment Communication Comparison Compensation Competition Compilation Completion Complication Comprehension Conclusion Conservation Consideration Construction Consumption Contamination Contentment Continuation Contradiction Contribution Convertion

Adjective Absorptive Acceptable Accessible Accommodating Accumulative Achievable Activated Adaptable / adaptive Adjustable Admirable Adorable Advanced Agreeable Alternative Amended Appeared Applicable Appreciable / appreciative Arguable / argumentative Arranged Assertive Assessable Associate assumable Attractive Behavioural Believable Calculative / calculated Centralized / central Circulatory Civilized Classified / classifiable Collided Commemorative Committed Communicative/ communicable Comparative / comparable Compensated / compensatory Competitive Compiled Completed Complicated Comprehensive Conclusive Conservative Considerable Constructive Consumable Contaminated Contented Continuous / continual Contradictory Contributory Convertible / converted

PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES 1. supersonic : having a speed greater than that of sound 2. ultraviolet :having wavelength beyond the violet end of the spectrum 3. substandard : not having the required or normal quality 4. hyper tension : Abnormal blood pressure 5. sub-continent : Large mass of land, but smaller than a continent 6. Subzero : Less than zero 7. super conductivity : Having zero resistance 8. Ultrasonic : having a pitch above the upper limit of human hearing 9. super heat : Heating above boiling point without causing aporization 10. infra-red : hose invisible rays below the red end of the spectrum 11. subsonic : below the level of audibility 12. international : Going beyond national limits 13. multiracial : a nation having many races of people 14. impractical : not practical 15. para staff : supporting staff 16. malfunction : not working properly 17. undervalue : value something below the level 18. belittle : make something unimportant 19. empower : give more power 20. sub sect : division within 21. unofficial : not official 22. supermarket : store where everything is available 23. abnormal : Below normal 24. immaterial : No reason accepted 25. hyper sensitive : Excessively sensitive 26. under estimate : Misjudge 27. asymmetry : Not equal 28. ambiguous : Two meaning/ not clear 29. circumnavigate : Go round the earth 30. dismiss : To send away 31. disparity : Difference of opinion: 32. anti-pollution : Against pollution 33. multipurpose : Used for many purpose 34. multimillionaire : One who owns millions of money 35. multistoried : Having many floors 36. preheat : heat before hand 37. bilingual : speaking two languages 38. faultless : without fault 39. semiprecious : less valuable than a precious stone 40. subtropical : near but not in the tropics 41. ultramarine : brilliant deep blue 42. underdeveloped : a country which is not very highly developed 43. underpaid : not earning enough 44. interstate : between states 45. megastar / superstar : very big star 46. mismatch : wrong match 47. disown : refuse to own 48. unbearable : that cannot be tolerated or endured 49. self-governing : autonomous 50. ultra venous : in or into veins

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