WORD FORMATION LIST inadequate

ACCORD adequacy
according inadequacy
ABANDON accordingly
abandonment accordance ADMIRE
ACCOUNT admiration
ABLE accountable admiring
ability accountability admiringly
enable accountancy admirer
disable accounting admirable
disabled accountant admirably
disability
unaccounted (for) ADMIT
ABSENT admission
absence admittance
absentee ACCURATE admissible
inaccurate inadmissible
ABSORB accuracy admittedly
absorbent inaccuracy readmit
absorbency
absorbent ACHIEVE ADVANTAGE
absorbing achievable disadvantage
absorption achiever advantageous
achievement disadvantageous
ABSTAIN overachiever
abstinent ADVISE
abstinence ACQUAINT advice
abstention acquaintance adviser (= advisor)
abstainer acquainted advisable
unacquainted inadvisable
ABSURD advisedly
absurdly ACTIVE advisory
absurdity inactive advisement
actively
ABUSE activate AFFECT
abuser activity affection
abusive activist affectionate
abusing activism affectionately
abused activator
activation AFFORD
ACADEMY affordable
academic ADAPT unaffordable
academically adaptation
academia adapter (= adaptor) AFTER
adaptable afterbirth
ACCEPT adaptability aftercare
acceptable afterglow
acceptably ADD afterlife
unacceptable addition aftermath
unacceptably additional afternoon
acceptability additionally aftershave
acceptance additive aftershock
addable aftertaste
ACCESS add-on afterthought
accessible afterwards
inaccessible ADDICT
accessibility addiction AGE
accession addicted ag(e)ing
addictive age-old
ageless
ADEQUATE aged

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ageism antiquity artistic
antiquated artistically
AGONY artistry
agonize ANXIOUS artful
agonizing anxiously artfully
agonizingly anxiety artiste
artless
AGREE ANY artlessly
agreement anybody artwork
agreeable anyone
agreeably anyway ASSESS
disagree anywhere assessment
disagreement anything assessor
anyhow (= anyway)
ALARM anyplace (= anywhere) ASSIST
alarming assistant
alarmingly APOLOGIZE assistance
alarmist apology
apologetic ATTACH
ALLEGE apologetically attachment
allegation attached
alleged APPLY
allegedly application ATTEND
applicant attendance
applicable attendant
AMAZE applied inattention
attentive
amazement APPRECIATE inattentive
amazing appreciation
amazingly appreciable ATTRACT
appreciably attraction
AMUSE appreciative attractiveness
amusement appreciatively attractively
amusing unattractive
APPREHEND unattractively
ANALYZE apprehensive
analyst apprehension AUTHENTIC
analysis authenticity
analytical APPROACH authentically
analytically approachable authenticate
unapproachable inauthentic
ANECDOTE
anecdotal APPROVE AUTHOR
anecdotally approval authorize
disapproval unauthorized
ANIMATE approving authority
animation disapproving authorization
inanimate disapprovingly authoritative

ANNOY ARGUE AVAILABLE

annoyance arguable availability
annoyed arguably unavailable
annoying argument unavailability
annoyingly argumentation
argumentative AVOID
ANSWER avoidance
answerable ARSON avoidable
unanswerable arsonist unavoidable
answering (machine) unavoidably
ART
ANTIQUE artist BALL

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football boundless incalculable
footballer boundlessly
ballpoint CAPITAL
ballpark (figure) BOY capitalize
ballroom boyish capitalist
trackball boyishly capitalization
boyhood
BEAT CARE
beatable BRIBE careless
unbeatable bribery carelessly
beating bribable careful
beater briber carefully
unbribable carefree
BEAUTY caretaker
beautiful BREAK careworn
beautifully breakage caring
beautify breakable caringly
beautician unbreakable
outbreak CATEGORY
BEHAVE breakneck categorize
misbehave breakaway categorization
behavior breakdown
misbehavior breakthrough CAUTION
behavioral breakwater cautious
cautiously
BELIEF BRIGHT precaution
disbelief brightness
believe brighten CELEBRATE
disbelieve brightly celebration
believer BROAD celebratory
non-believer broaden celebrated
believable breadth celebrant
unbelievable broadminded celebrity
unbelievably broadside
broadcast CEREMONY
BENEFIT broadcaster ceremonial
beneficial ceremonially
beneficiary BROTHER ceremonious
BIRTH brotherhood ceremoniously
birthrate brotherly unceremonious
birthday brother-in-law unceremoniously
brethren
BLOCK CHARACTER
blockage BRUTAL characterless
blocked brutally characterize
unblock brutality characterization
brutalize characteristic
BLOOD brutalization characteristically
bleeding brute
bloodless brutish CHARGE
bloody charged
bleed BURGLE recharge
burglar rechargeable
BORE burglary chargeable
bored burglarize
boring CHILD
boredom CALCULATE childhood
miscalculate childish
BOUND calculation childishly
bounds miscalculation childishness
boundary calculator childless

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childlessness clarification COMPETE
childlike clear-cut competition
competitor
CITE CLOSE competitive
citation closely uncompetitive
recite closeness
recital closure COMPETENCE
recitation disclose competent
recitative disclosure competently
above-cited enclose incompetence
enclosure incompetent
incompetently
CIVIL COAST
uncivil coastal COMPLAIN
civility complaint
civilian COHERE complainer
civilize coherent
civilized coherence COMPLETE
uncivilized incoherent completely
civilization incoherence incompletely
cohesive incomplete
CLAIM cohesion completeness
claimant incompleteness
acclaimed COLLECT completion
disclaim collection
disclaimer collector COMPOSE
declaim collectible composer
declamation collective composition
reclaim collectivism composure
composite
CLASS COLOR decompose
classify colorful decomposition
classified colorfully
classifiable coloring COMPREHEND
classification colorless comprehensive
declassify discolored comprehension
declassification discoloration comprehensibility
outclass incomprehensible
COME
CLASSIC upcoming CONCERN
classical income unconcerned
classically outcome
classicist newcomer
neoclassicism comeuppance CONCLUDE
conclusion
CLEAN COMFORT conclusive
unclean discomfort conclusively
cleanness comfortable inconclusive
cleanly uncomfortable inconclusively
cleanliness comforting
cleaner's comfortably CONFUSE
cleanse confusion
cleanser COMPARE confusing
clean-cut comparison
comparable CONNECT
CLEAR comparably disconnect
unclear comparative connection
clearly comparability connector
clearance incomparable connective (tissue)
clarity incomparably
clarify CONSCIOUS

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consciously correspondence discredit
unconsciously corresponding discreditable
consciousness
unconsciousness COST CRIME
subconscious costly criminologist
subconsciously costless criminology
criminal
CONSIDER COURAGE criminally
consideration courageous criminalize
considerable courageously
considerably discourage CRITICISE
considerate discouraging critic
inconsiderate discouragement critical
encourage critically
CONSISTENT encouraging criticism
consistency encouragement
inconsistency encouragingly CURE
inconsistent curative
COURT curer
CONTEMPT COURTEOUS curable
contemptible COURTEOUSLY incurable
contemptibly COURTESANS curability
contemptibility COURTESY
contemptuous COURTIER DAY
contemptuously COURTSHIP daily
contemptuousness DISCOURTEOUS midday
DISCOURTESY daytime
CONTINUE daybreak
continuity COVER daydream
continuous uncover
continual uncovered DEAD
continuant cover-up death
continuer coverage deadly
discontinue covering deaden
undercover deathly
CONTRIBUTE
contribution COWARD DEBT
contributor cowardly indebted
cowardice debtor
CONVERT
convert CREATE DECIDE
conversion creation decidedly
convertible creator decision
CONVINCE creature indecision
conviction creativity decisively
convincing creative indecisively
convinced creatively undecided
convincingly uncreative
unconvincing uncreatively DEFEND
unconvincingly recreate defender
recreation defense / -ence
CORRECT creationist defenseless
incorrect creationism defender
correctly defensive
incorrectly CREDIT defensively
correction credible indefensible
correctional incredible defendant
hypercorrect credibility
creditor DEFICIENT
CORRESPOND incredibly deficiently
correspondent creditable deficiency

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 developer divisible
DEFINE developing dividable
definition underdeveloped
defined DOMESTIC
undefined DEVIL domesticity
definable devilish domesticate
definability bedeviled
definite deviled DOMINATE
definitive devilment dominance
definitively devilry dominant
indefinite daredevil dominatrix
dominion
DELIVER DIFFER
delivery difference DOUBT
deliverer indifference doubt
deliverable different doubtless
undeliverable differently doubtlessly
deliverance differential doubtful
undelivered differentiation undoubtedly
indifferent
DENY differentiate DRAMA
denial dramatize
deniable DIRECT dramatization
undeniable direction dramatist
undeniably directive dramatic
directly dramatically
DEPART directness
departure director DREAM
directorship dreamer
DEPEND directory dreamy
dependence / -ance indirect dreamily
independence indirectly dreamless
dependent (adj) indirectness dreamlike
independent redirect daydream
independently daydreamer
dependability DISASTER dreamboat
dependant (n) disastrous
disastrously EARTH
DESERVE earthling
deserving DISPUTE earthquake
deservedly indisputable earthbound
earthly
DESIRE DISTINCT earthy
desirable distinctly
undesirable distinction ECONOMY
distinctive economist
DESPAIR distinctiveness economize
desperation economics
desperate DISTINGUISH economical
desperately distinguishable economically
indistinguishable uneconomical
DETECT distinguishing uneconomically
detection
detective DISTURB EFFECT
detector disturbance effective
detectable disturbing effectively
disturbed effectiveness
DEVELOP undisturbed ineffective
development ineffectively
developmental DIVIDE ineffectiveness
developmentally division

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EDUCATE EXACT extent
educator inexact extension
educated (guess) exactly extensive
uneducated exacting extensively
educational exactness extendable
educationally
EXAMPLE EXTREME
ELECTRIC exemplify extremely
electrical exemplification extremist
electrician exemplary extremism
electricity extremity
electrify EXCEPT extremeness
electrification exception
exceptional FACE
EMPLOY exceptionally facial
employer deface
employee EXCITE facelift
employment excitement face-off
unemployment faceless
employed EXCLUDE facecloth
unemployed exclusive
employable exclusively FACT
factual
ENDURE EXHAUST
endurance inexhaustible FAIL
enduring failure
enduringly EXIST failed
durable existing unfailing
durability existence unfailingly
existent
ENGAGE coexist FAMILIAR
engagement coexistence familiarity
engaging non-existence familiarize
engaged non-existent familiarly
disengage existential unfamiliar
existentialism unfamiliarity
ENVIRONMENT existentialist familiarization
environmental
environmentally EXPAND FANTASY
environmentalist expansive fantasize
environmentalism expansion fantastic
expandable fantastically
ENVY expansionism
envious expansionist FASHION
enviously fashionable
EXPECT unfashionable
ENTER expectation unfashionably
entrance expectancy
expectant FAT
EQUAL unexpected fatty
equality unexpectedly fatten
inequality fattening
equalizer EXPERT fatness
unequal expertise
unequally expertly FATAL
fatally
EVOKE EXPLODE fatality
evocative explosive fatalism
evocation explosion fatalistic
evocable
EXTEND FAVOR

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favorable guidance
favorably FRAME guideline
unfavorable frameless misguide
unfavorably framework
framed HAND
FEAR offhand
fearful FREE offhandedly
fearless freedom offhandedness
fearsome freeway underhand
freely handily
FEVER freefall
feverish HAPPY
feverishly FRESH unhappy
freshly happiness
FINAL refresh happily
finally refreshments unhappily
finalize hippy-happy
FRIEND
FIT friendship HARM
unfit friendly harmful
fitness unfriendly harmless
fitting friendliness harmfully
fittingly unfriendliness harmlessly
befriend unharmed
FLAME
flammable FROST HAZARD
nonflammable frosty hazardous
inflammable defrost hazardously
frostily
FORCE frostiness HEAD
forceful headache
forcefully FRUIT headdress
reinforce fruitful header
reinforcement fruitless headgear
fruitfully headiness
FORESEE fruitarian heading
foreseeable headlamp
unforeseeable GIVE headlight
misgiving headline
FOREST giveaway headlong
afforest GRACE headmaster
afforestation graceful headmistress
deforest gracefully head-on
deforestation graceless headquarters
disgrace headstone
FORM disgraceful headstrong
deform disgracefully headway
deformity GRAMMAR heady
grammarian overhead
FORMAL grammatical
formally grammatically HEAR
informal ungrammatical hearable
informally ungrammatically hearer
formality GREEN hearsay
informality greenery overhear
formalize greenness
greenish HEART
FOUND GROW dishearten
foundation growth disheartened
founder outgrow heartache
unfounded GUIDE heartbeat

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heartbreak unimpressively IRRITATE
heartburn impressionist rritable
heartland impressionistic
hearten
heartening INDUSTRY
heartless industrial JOY
heartsick industrially joyful
heartwarming industrialize joyfully
industrialization enjoy
HESITATE industrious enjoyable
hesitation industriously enjoyment
hesitant industrywide joyous
joyously
HOLD INFORM overjoyed
holder informative killjoy
behold information joyride
beholder misinform
stronghold misinformed JUDGE
withhold informer judg(e)ment
judgmental
HOME INHABIT judicious
homecoming inhabited misjudge
homeland uninhabited misjudgment
homeless
homelessness INJURE JUST
homely injury unjust
homesick injured justice
homespun injurious injustice
homestead uninjured justify
homeward(s) justifiable
homework INTEND unjustifiable
intention justification
HOSTILE intentional unjustified
hostility intentionally
hostilely unintentional KIDNAP
unintentionally kidnapper
HOUR kidnapping
hourly INTEREST
hourglass interesting KNOW
interestingly knowledge
HURRY uninteresting knowledgeable
hurried interested knowingly
unhurried disinterested unknowingly
hurriedly uninterested acknowledge
unhurriedly acknowledgement
INVENT know-how
IGNORE invention unknown
ignorance inventor well-known
ignorant inventive
LABOR
IMAGINE INVEST laborious
imagination investor laboriously
imaginative investment laborer
unimaginative reinvest labored
unimaginable reinvestment labor-saving

IMPRESS INVOLVE LAST

impression uninvolved lasting
impressive involvement outlast
impressively involving long-lasting
unimpressive

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LENIENT manager monstrosity
leniency management
managerial MOOD
LIFE managing (director) moody
afterlife moodiness
lifeblood MANIAC
lifeless manic MORAL
lifelike maniacal morally
lifeline maniacally moralist
lifelong moralistic
lifesaver MANUFACTURE moralize
lifespan manufacturer morality
lifestyle manufacturing amoral
lifetime manufactured amorality
nightlife immoral
wildlife MARRY
marriage MORTAL
LIKE remarry mortality
alike married immortal
dislike unmarried immortality
liking MASS immortalize
likeable massive
liken massively MOVE
likeness amass movement
likewise immovable
MEAN moving
LINE meaning
online meaningless MURDER
lineage meaningful murderer
linesman meaningfully murderous
liner (ocean ~)
byline MEMORY NAME
one-liner memorize nameless
linear memorization namely
non-linear memorable namesake
memorably misname
LITERACY misnomer
literate MISERY unnamed
illiterate miserable rename
illiteracy NATION
MISTAKE national
LONG mistaken multinational
length mistakenly nationalism
lengthy nationalist
longevity MOBILE nationality
lengthen mobilize nationalization
prolong mobility international
longitude immobile multinational
immobilize nationalistic
LOSE nationalize
loss MODERN nationally
loser modernize internationally
lost modernity
lossless (compression) NAVIGATE
MOMENT navigation
MAJOR momentary navigational
majority momentarily navigator
momentous navigable
MANAGE navigability
mismanage MONSTER
mismanagement monstrous NECESSARY

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necessarily OBJECTIVE PARENT
unnecessary objectify parental
unnecessarily objectively parenthood
necessity objectivity parentage
objectiveness
NEGLECT objectivism PAY
negligence repay
negligent OBLIGE unpaid
negligently obligation payable
negligible obligatory payment
negligibly payer
OBSERVE prepaid
NEW observer payback
renew observant payoff
renewal observantly
renewable PENETRATE
anew OCCUPY penetrable
preoccupy penetrative
NORMAL preoccupied penetration
normally preoccupation impenetrable
normality unoccupied
normalcy occupant PERCEIVE
normalize occupier perception
abnormal occupation imperceptible
abnormally occupational imperceptibly
abnormality occupancy
normalization PERIL
OFFENSE perilous
NOTE offensive imperil
notable offensively
notably offend PERSON
notebook offender personal
notify personally
notification OLD personification
denote elderly personality
notation age-old personify
notary impersonate
notarized ORIGIN impersonator
originate
NOTICE original PERMIT
unnoticed originally permission
unnoticeable unoriginal permissive
noticeable unoriginally
noticeably originator PERSIST
unnoticeably persistent
NOURISH persistence
nourishing ORGANIZE
nourishment organized (crime) PICTURE
organizer picturesque
OBEY disorganize
disobey disorganization PLAY
obedient unorganized player
obedience reorganize replay
disobedient reorganization playful
disobedience playfully
PAIN playfulness
OBJECT painful outplay
objection painfully downplay
objectionable painless interplay
objectionably painlessly plaything
playtime

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 PREFER proposition
PLEASE preference PROSPECT
pleasure preferable prospectus
pleasant preferential prospective
pleasantly preferably prospector
displeasure PURE
PREPARE purify
POISON preparation purification
poisonous unprepared PURPOSE
preparedness purposeful
POLITICS purposefully
political PRESUME
politically presumption PURSUE
politician presumably pursuit
politicize presumptuous pursuer
PUZZLE
POOR PREVAIL puzzlement
poorly prevalent puzzled
poverty puzzling
impoverish PREVENT
impoverished prevention RAIL
preventive derail
POPULAR derailment
popularity PRISON railing
popularize prisoner railroad
unpopular imprison railway
imprisonment RARE
POSSESS rarity
possession PRODUCE rarely
possessive product
productive RATIONAL
POWER productively rationally
powerful productivity irrational
powerless production irrationally
empower producer rationalism
powerhouse unproductive rationale
overpower unproductively rationalize
manpower reproduce rationalisation
reproduction rationalism
PRACTICE reproductive rationality
practical
practically PROFESSION READ
impractical professional reader
practitioner professionally readership
practicable professionalism reread
unprofessional misread
PRECISE unprofessionally
precisely READY
imprecisely PROFIT readily
precision profitable readiness
imprecise unprofitable unready
imprecision nonprofit
profiteering REAL
really
PREDICT PROOF unreal
prediction prove realistic
predictable disprove realistically
unpredictable proofread reality
predictability proofreader realism
unpredictability PROPOSE surreal
proposal realize

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realization selfishly
RESIDE selfishness
RECEIVE resident
receiver residential SENSE
reception residence nonsense
recipient nonsensical
receiving (end) RESPOND senseless
respondent senselessly
RECOGNIZE responsive sensual
recognition unresponsive sensuous
recognizable responsiveness sensible
recognizably sensitive
unrecognizable REST sensitivity
restless insensitive
RED restlessly desensitize
redness restive
reddish SEX
RICH bisexual
REFER richly bisexuality
reference enrich homosexual
referee riches homosexuality
referential richness metrosexual
sexism
REFUSE RIVAL sexist
refusal rivalry sexual
unrivalled sexuality
REGARD sexually
disregard ROB sexy
regardless robber
regardlessly robbery SHORT
shorten
REGRET RUN shortage
regrettable runner shortly
regrettably runaway shortcoming
regretful runway shorthand
forerunner
RELATE runner-up SICK
relation sickness
relative SAFE sickly
relatively safety sickening
safely
RELEVANT unsafe SIGHT
relevance unsafely shortsighted
relevantly nearsighted
irrelevant SATISFY farsighted
satisfaction sightsee
RELY dissatisfaction sightseeing
reliable satisfying insight
unreliable satisfyingly
reliance SIGN
reliability SECURE signature
reliably securely signage
security
REMOVE insecure SIGNIFY
removal insecurity significance
removable insignificance
irremovable SELF significant
irremovably selfless insignificant
selflessly significantly
RESEMBLE selflessness insignificantly
resemblance selfish SILENCE

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silent STANDARD
silently standardly SURPRISE
silencer substandard surprising
SINCERE nonstandard surprisingly
sincerely standardize unsurprising
insincerely standardization unsurprisingly
insincere STORE
sincerity storage SURVIVE
insincerity STRAIGHT survival
SKILL straighten surviving
skillful straightforward
skillfully STRICT SUSPECT
skilled strictly suspicious
strictness suspiciously
SLEEP unsuspicious
sleeper STRONG
sleepy strength
sleepless strengthen SUSTAIN
sleeplessness strengthening sustainable
sleepyhead stronghold unsustainable
sleepwalk sustainability
sleepwalker SUBSTANCE sustenance
sleepover substantial
oversleep substantially TAKE
SOBER unsubstantial taker
sobriety insubstantial takeoff
insubstantially takeaway
SOCIAL takeout
anti-social SUIT overtake
unsocial suitable
socialize suitability TEMPT
socially unsuitable tempter
society suitably temptation
sociology unsuitably tempting
sociologist
sociable SUPER TERMINATE
unsociable superficial termination
superficially terminable
SPACE superior interminably
spacious superiority terminator
spaciously superhuman terminal
spatial supersonic termination
superman
SPEECH superpower THEFT
speechless thief
SUPPOSE
STABLE supposedly THINK
unstable supposing thoughtful
stability thoughtfully
instability SURE thoughtfulness
stabilize surely thoughtless
stabilizer assure thoughtlessly
stabilisation thoughtlessness
assurance
STAND TOLERATE
standoff reassurance tolerance
standoffish reassuring intolerance
standpoint tolerant
outstanding SURMOUNT intolerant
standing surmountable tolerable
insurmountable intolerable

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 devalue wealthy
TOPIC overvalue
topical revalue WED
topicality wedding
VANDAL wedded (bliss)
vandalize newlywed
TOUR vandalism
tourist WEEK
tourism VARY weekly
touristy varied biweekly
invariable midweek
TROUBLE invariably weeklong
troublesome variability weekend
variable weekday
TRUE variably
truly variant WEIGH
truth variation weight
truthful weights
truthfully VISION weighty
truthfulness visual weightless
untrue visualize weightlessness
TUTOR visualization overweight
tutorial visionary underweight
untutored envision outweigh
tutee
tutelage WEIRD
weirdly
UNDERSTAND VITAL weirdo
understanding vitally weirdness
understandable vitality
understandably VOLUNTARY WIDE
misunderstand volunteer widely
misunderstanding voluntarily widen
USE involuntarily width
misuse widespread
user WASTE worldwide
usage wasteland
useless wasteful WISE
usability wastefully unwise
wastefulness wisdom
VACATE wasteland
vacant waster WIT
vacancy wasting (disease) witty
quick-witted
VALID WATER half-wit
validity watermark
invalidity waterfall WITH
validate watershed without
invalid (n, adj) waterline within
invalidate watery WITHDRAW
validation withdrawal
validly WEAK withdrawn
weakly
VALUE weaken ZEAL
valued weakness zealot
valuable zealous
invaluable WEALTH zealously
valuables

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