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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB

enable ability able unable ably


absence absentee absent
accident accidental
accommodate accommodation
acknowledge
acknowledgeme
nt

act
action activity
activist actress
actor
active inactive
activate activation
add addition additive
additional
additive


adequacy
inadequacy
adequate
inadequate

admire admiration admirable admirably

advantage
disadvantage
advantageous
disadvantageous

advertise
advertisement
advertiser

admit
admission
admittance

adopt adoption
advise
advice
advisability
advisable
inadvisable
advisably
inadvisably
affection
affectionate
unaffectionate

affect effect
effective
ineffective

agree disagree
agreement
disagreement
agreeable
disagreeable
agreeably
disagreeably
alcohol alcoholic alcoholically
allow allowance
ambition ambitious
amuse amusement
annoy annoyance
excite excitement
anxiety anxious
apologise apology apologetic apologetically
appear
disappear
appearance
disapperance
apparent apparently
applaud
applause
applauder

apply
application
applicant
applicable applicably
appoint appointment
appreciate appreciation appreciative
approve
disapprove
approval
disapproval

argue
argument
argumentation
arguable
argumentative
arguably
arrange arrangement
arrive arrival
assist assistance
associate association
assume assumption
astonish astonishment
attend attendance
attention attentive
attract
attraction
attractiveness
unattractiveness
attractive
unattractive

avoid avoidance
avoidable
unavoidable
avoidably
unavoidably
base basis basic basically
beautify beauty beautician beautiful beautifully
believe belief disbelief
believable
unbelievable
believably
unbelievably
bleed blood
bravery brave
breathe breath breathless
broaden breadth broad
brighten brightness bright
brilliance brilliant
bury burial
calculate calculation
calculator
caution cautious
change
change
changeability
changeable unchangeable
child childhood childish childlike
choose choice
circle circle circular
civilise civilsation civics
civil civic
civilised
uncivilised

classify class classification
enclose enclosure
collect collection collector collective
comfort comfort discomfort
comfortable
uncomfortable
comfortably
uncomfortably
compare comparison
comparative
comparable
comparably
compel compulsion compulsory compulsorily
compete
competition
competitor
competitive
complete completion
complete
imcomplete

compose
composition
composer

conclude conclusion
confirm confirmation
confide confidence
confident
unconfident
confidential

confess confession
confirm confirmation
confirmed
unconfirmed

confuse confusion
congratulate congratulation

consciousness
unconsciousness
conscious
unconscious

conserve conservation
consider consideration
considerable
inconsiderable
considerably
inconsiderably
construct construction constructive
consume consumption
continue
discontinue
continuation
discontinuation
continuous
discontinuous
continual


convenience
inconvenience
convenient
inconvenient

converse conversation conversational
cook cook cooker cookery
correct correction
correct incorrect
corrective

encourage
discourage
courage
encouragement
discouragement
courageous
cowardice coward
create
creation creature
creator
creative
crime criminal criminal
criticize critic criticism critical
curiosity curious
cruelty cruel
custom customary
damage damage
endanger danger dangerous
darken darkness dark
day daily
deafen deafness deaf
deceit deceitful
decide decision
decisive
indecisive

decorate
decoration
decorator

deepen depth deep
defend defence defendant
defensive
indefensible
indefensibly
deliver delivery
deliverable
undeliverable

depend
dependence
independence
dependent
independent

describe description descriptive
describable
indescribable
destroy destruction
destructive non-
destructive

determine determination
determined
undetermined

develop development
dictate dictation dictatorial
die death dead deadly
differ difference different
differentiate differentiation
direct
direction director
directory
direct indirect
discover discovery
discuss discussion
distance distant
distribute distribution
disturb disturbance
divide division divisive
doubt doubt doubtful
dust duster dusty
ease
easy
easily
economise economy economics
economic
economical
uneconomica
l

educate education educational
efficiency
efficient
inefficient

elect election
electrify
electricity
electrician
electric
electrical

embarrass embarrassment
employ
employment
unemployment
employee employer

enjoy enjoyment enjoyable enjoyably
enter entrance
enthuse
enthusiasm
enthusiast
enthusiastic
unethusiastic
enthusiastically
unenthusiastically
equalise
equalisation
equality inequality
equal unequal equally
except exception
exhibit exhibition
expense
expensive
inexpensive

explain explanation
explanatory
explicable
inexplicable

explode explosion explosive
express expression
extend extension extensive extensively
extinction extinct
fail failure
falsify falsity falsehood false
fame
famous
infamous
famously
fashion
fashionable
unfashionable
fashionably
unfashionably
fatten fat fatness fat fattening
fault faulty faultless faultily
favor favor favorite
favorable
unfavourable
favoured
favorite
favorably
unfavorably
fear fear fearlessness
afraid fearful
fearless

ferfilise fertility fertiliser fertile
fit fitness unfit misfit
fly flight

foot footprint
footstep

forget forgetfulness forgetful forgetfully
forgive forgivingness
form formation deformity formative formatively
fortune misfortune
fortunate
unfortunate
fortunately
unfortunately
formalise formality formal formally
free freedom free freely
refresh refreshment fresh

frequency
infrequency
frequent
infrequent
frequently
befriend friend friendship
friendly
unfriendly

furnish furniture furnisher
furnished
unfurnished

generosity
generous generously
gentleness gentle gently
gold golden
govern
government
governor

greed greedy
greed greedy
grow growth
guilt guilty
happiness
unhappiness
happy
unhappy
happily unhappily
hasten haste hasty hastily
hate hatred hatefulness hateful hatefully
head
head headline
headache heading

heal health
healthy
unhealthy
healthily
unhealthily
heat heat heater hot
heighten height high

hero heroine
heroism
heroic heroically
hesitate hesitation hesitative
hinder hindrance
honesty
honest
dishonest

honour dishonour
honourable
dishonourable

horizon horizontal

house household
housekeeper
housewife

hunger hungry hungrily
ice
icy
identify identification
identified
unidentified

imagine image imagination
imaginary
imaginative
unimaginative
imaginarily
imitate imitation imitative
importance
important
unimportant

impress impression impressive
improve improvement
include inclusion inclusive
industrialis
e
industry industrialist
industrial
industrilised

infer inference
influence influence influential
inform
misinform
information
informative
uninformative

injure injury
innocence innocent
inquire inquiry
insure insurance
intellectuali
se
intellect intellectual intellectual
intend intention
intentional
unintentional

interest
disinterest
interest disinterest
uninterested
uninteresting

interpret interpretation
interrupt interruption
interrogate interrogation interrogative
introduce introduction
invent invention inventive
invite invitation
know knowledge
knowledgeabl
e

laugh laughter laughable
lead
mislead
leader leadership
legalise legality illegality legal illegal legally illegally
lend loan
lengthen length long
lessen less
lighten
light lighter
lighthouse lightness
light

literature literacy
illiteracy
literary literate
illiterate

live life live lively alive
loneliness aloneness lonely alone
lose loss
loosen looseness loose
loyalty disloyalty loyal disloyal
luck lucky luckily
maintain maintenance
manage
mismanage
management
mismanagement
manager
manageress
managerial
manageable
unmanageable

marry marriage

mountain
mountaineer
mountainous
measure measurement measurable measurably

mechanic
mechanism
mechanical
memorise memory memo memorial
modernise
modernisation
modernity
modern
modify modification
moralise
morality
immorality
moral immoral
mother motherhood motherly

mountain
mountaineer
mountainous
multiply multiplication multiple
mystery mysterious
nationalize nation nationality national
naturalise nature
natural
unnatural

necessitate necessity
necessary
unnecessary
necessarily
unnecessarily
neglect negligence
negligible
negligent
negligibly
nerve nervous
noise noisy noisily
obey
disobey
obedience
disobedience
obedient
disobedient

object
objection
objectivity
objective
objectionable
unobjectionable
objectionably
oblige
obligate
obligation obligatory
observe
observation
observant
observatory

occasion occasional
occupy
occupation
occupant

officiate
office officer
official
official
unofficial

omit omission
operate operation
originate origin originality original
own owner ownership
pack packet package
part part partner partial
particle

patience
impatience
patient impatient
pay payment payee payable unpaid
peculiarity peculiar
permit permission permissive
person personlity
personal
impersonal

perceive perception
perceptive
unperceptive

perfect perfection perfect imperfect
perform performance

permanence
permanency
parmanent
persuade persuasion
persuasive
unpersuasive

please
pleasure
displeasure
pleasurable
plenty plentiful
politics politician political
poison poisounous
popularise
popularity
unpopularity
popular
unpopular

populate population
poverty poor
possess
possession
possessor
possessive
post postage postal

possibility
impossibility
possible
impossible
possibly
impossibly

practicality
practicability
practical
impractical
practicable
impracticable

practise
practice
practitioner

prefer preference preferable preferably
present presence present
preserve preservation preservative
press pressure
prevent prevention preventive
pride proud
imprison
prison prisoner
imprisonment


probability
improbability
probable
improbable
probably
improbably
produce
production product
producer
productive
unproductive

profession
professional
unprofessional

profit profit
profitable
unprofitable
profitably
unprofitably
pronounce
mispronoun
ce
pronunciation
mispronunciation

propose proposal
protect protection protective
prove
disprove
proof disproof
publicise publicity public
punctuality punctual
punish punishment
purify purify impurify pure impure
qualify qualification
qualified
disqualified

quarrel quarrel quarrelsome
rapidity, rapidness
rapid
rapidly
realise
realisation, reality,
realist
real, unreal,
realistic,
unrealistic

reason
reasonable,
unreasonable
reasonably,
unreasonably
receive
receiver, receipt,
recipient,
reception,
receptionist
receptive,
unreceptive

recognise recognition
recognisable
unrecognisable

recommend recommendation
reduce reduction
reflect reflection
regret regret
regrettable,
regretful
regrettably
regularise
regularity
irregularity
regular irregular
refer
reference, referee,
referent
referent
refuse refusal
relieve relief
religion
religious
unreligious

repeat repetition
repeatable
unrepeatable

reside residence, resident residential
resign resignation
respect
respect,
respectability,
disrespect
respectful,
respectable,
unrespectable
respectably,
respectfully
respond response

responsibility,irres
ponsibility
responsible,
irresponsible
responsibly,
irresponsibly
enrich richness rich
rob robber, robbery
romance
romantic,
unromantic
romantically
roughen roughness rough
royalty royal
sadden sadness sad
satisfy
satisfaction
dissatisfaction
satisfied
unsatisfied
satisfactory
unsatisfactory

save safety safe safe unsafe
scarcity scarce
scene scenery scenic
science scientist scientific scientifically
season seasonal
secure security secure insecure
select selection selective
sense sense
sensation
sensitive
insensitive
senseless
sensible
insensible
sensational

separate sepatation
separate
separable
inseparable

serve service servant
shade shady
shame shame
shameless
ashamed
shameful

sharpen sharpness sharp
shorten shortage short
sign signature
silence silent

similarity
dissimilarity
similar dissimilar
simplify simplicity simple simply
situate situation
sincerity sincere
sleep sleep sleeper
sleepy sleepless
asleep
sleepily
slip slip slipper slippery
smooth smoothness smooth
soften softness soft
solve solution
sorrow sorry sorrowful
speak speech speechless
spell
misspell
spelling
misspelling

stabilize stability instability stable unstable
state statement
stone stony
stop stopper stoppage
straighten straightness straight
strengthen strength strong
stupidity stupid
succed success successful
sun
sunny suntanned
sunburned

suffice sufficiency
sufficient
insufficient

support support supporter supportive
suspect suspect
suspicious
unsuspicious

sweeten seetness sweet
systematize system
systematic
unsystematic

sympathise sympathy
sympathetic
unsympathetic

talk talk talkative
taste
taste taster
tastefulness
tastelessness
tasty tasteful
tasteless
tastefully
tastelessly
tend tendency
thicken thickness thick
think thought thoughtful
threaten threat
tighten tightness tight
entitle title
toughen toughness tough
translate
translation
translator

treat treatment
trouble troublesome
truth truthfulness true truthful truly
entrust trust trustee trustworthy
type typical untypical
type
typist typeface
typesetter
typewriter
typewritten
unite union unit unity
urge urgency urgent urgently
use use user usefulness useful useless
vacancy
vacant
vaccinat
e
vaccination vaccine
validate validity valid invalid
value value
valuable
invaluable
valuably
invaluably
vary
variety variation
variability
variable invariable
various
variably
invariably
vibrate vibration vibrant
violence violent

visibility invisibility
invisibleness
visible invisible
visibly
invisibly
visualise visual
wake
awake,
awaken
awake
warm warmth warm
wave wavy
wealth wealthy
weaken weakness weak
weigh weight weightiness weightless
widen width wide widespread
wisdom wise unwise
wool woollen
work work worker workshop workless
worth worthless worthy
youth young youngster
youthfulness
young younger
youthful
youthfully
zealous zealously
zeal
zealousn
ess zealot
zip unzip zip zipper zipfastener
zological
zoo zoologist
zoology

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