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Word Formation List

ABANDON (verb)

* Abandonment (noun)

ABLE (adjective)

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Ability (noun) Enable (verb) Disable (verb) Disabled (adjective) Disability (noun)

ABSENT (adjective)

* Absence (noun) * Absentee (noun)

ABSORB (verb)

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Absorbent (adjective) Absorbency (noun) Absorbent (adjective) Absorbing (adjective) Absorption (noun)

ABSTAIN (verb)

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Abstinent (adjective) Abstinence (noun) Abstention (noun) Abstainer (noun)

ABSURD (adjective)

* Absurdly (adverb) * Absurdity (noun)

ABUSE (verb/noun)

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Abuser (noun) Abusive (adjective) Abusing (adjective) Abused (adjective)

ACADEMY (noun)

* Academic (noun/adjective) * Abcademically (adverb) * Academia (noun)

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ACCEPT (verb) Acceptable (adjective) Acceptably (adverb) Unacceptable (adjective) Unacceptably (adverb) Acceptability (noun) Acceptance (noun)

ACCESS (noun/verb)

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Accessible (adjective) Inaccessible (adjective) Accesibility (noun) Accession (noun)

ACCORD (noun/verb)

* Acording (adjective) * Accordingly (adverb) * Accordance (noun)

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ACCOUNT (noun) Accountable (adjective) Accountability (noun) Accountancy (noun) Accounting (noun) Accountant (noun) Unaccounted for (adjecive)

ACCURATE (adjective)

* Inaccurate (adjective) * Accuracy (noun) * Inaccuracy (noun)

ACHIEVE (verb)

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Achievable (adjective) Achiever (noun) Achievement (noun) Overachiever (noun)

ACQUAINT (verb)

* Acquaintance (noun) * Acquainted (adjective) * Unacquainted (adjective)

ACTIVE (adverb)
* Inactive (adjective) * Actively (adverb) * Activate (verb) * Activity (noun) * Activist (noun) * Activism (noun) * Activator (noun) * Activation (noun)

ADAPT (verb)

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Adaptation (noun) Adapter (noun) Adaptor (noun) Adaptable (adjective) Adaptability (noun)

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ADD (verb) Addition (noun) Additional (adjective) Additionally (adverb) Additive (noun) Addable (adjective) Add-on (noun)

ADDICT (noun)

* Addiction (noun) * Addicted (adjective) * Addictive (adjective)

ADEQUATE (adjective)

* Inadequate (adjective) * Adequacy (noun) * Inadequacy (noun)

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ADMIRE (verb) Admiration (noun) Admiring (adjective) Admiringly (adverb) Admirer (noun) Admirable (adjective) Admirably (adverb)

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ADMIT (verb) Admission (noun) Admittance (noun) Admissible (adjective) Inadmissible (adjective) Admittedly (adverb) Readmit (verb)

ADVANTAGE (noun)

* Disadvantage (noun) * Advantageous (adjective) * Disadvantageous (adjective)

ADVISE (verb)
* Advice (noun) * Advaser (noun) * Advisor (noun) * Advisable (adjective) * Inadvisable (adjective) * Advisedly (adverb) * Advisory (adjective) * Advisement (noun)

AFFECT (verb)

* Affection (noun) * Affectionate (adjective) * Affectionately (adverb)

AFFORD (verb)

* Affordable (adjective) * Unaffordable (adjective)

AFTER (preposition)
* * * * * * * * * * * Afterbirth (noun) Aftercare (noun) Afterglow (noun) Afterlife (noun) Aftermath (noun) Afternoon (noun) Aftershave (noun) Aftershock (noun) Aftertaste (noun) Afterthought (noun) Afterwards (adverb)

AGE (noun)

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Ag(e)ing (noun/adjective) Age-old (adjective) Ageless (adjective) Aged (adjective) Ageism (noun)

AGONY (noun)

* Agonize (verb) * Agonizing (adjective) * Agonizingly (adverb)

AGREE (verb)

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Agreement (noun) Agreeable (adjective) Agreeably (adverb) Disagree (verb) Disagreement (noun)

ALARM (verb)

* Alarming (adjective) * Alarmingly (adverb) * Alarmist (noun)

ALLEGE (verb)

* Allegation (noun) * Alleged (adjective) * Allegedly (adverb)

AMAZE (verb)

* Amazement (noun) * Amazing (adjective) * Amazingly (adverb)

AMUSE (verb)

* Amusement (noun) * Amusing (adjective)

ANALYZE (verb)

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Analyst (noun) Analysis (noun) Analytical (adjective) Analytically (adverb)

ANECDOTE (noun)

* Anecdotal (adjective) * Anecdotally (adverb)

ANIMATE (adjective/verb)

* Animation (verb) * Inanimate (adjective)

ANNOY (verb)

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Annoyance (noun) Annoyed (adjective) Annoying (adjective) Annoyingly (adverb)

ANSWER (verb/noun)

* Answerable (adjective) * Unasnwerable (adjective) * Answering (adjective)

ANTIQUE (noun)

* Antiquity (noun) * Antiquated (adjective)

ANXIOUS (adjective)

* Anxiously (adverb) * Anxiety (noun)

ANY (pronoun)
* Anybody (pronoun) * Anyone (pronoun) * Anyway (adverb) * Anywhere (adverb) * Anything (pronoun) * Anyhow (adverb) * Anyplace (adverb)

APOLOGIZE (verb)

* Apology (noun) * Apologetic (adjective) * Apologetically (adverb)

APPLY (verb)

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Application (noun) Applicant (noun) Applicable (adjective) Applied (adjective)

APPRECIATE (verb)

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Appreciation (noun) Appreciable (adjective) Appreciably (adverb) Appreciative (adjective) Appreciatively (adverb)

APPREHEND (verb)

* Apprehensive (adjective) * Apprehension (noun)

APPROACH (verb)

* Approachable (adjective) * Unapproachable (adjective)

APPROVE (verb)

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Approval (noun) Disapproval (noun) Approving (adjective) Disapproving (adjective) Disapprovingly (adverb)

ARGUE (verb)

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Arguable (adjective) Arguably (adverb) Argument (noun) Argumentation (noun) Argumentative (adjective)

ARSON (noun)

* Arsonist (noun)

ART (noun)
* * * * * * * * * * Artist (noun) Artistic (adjective) Artistically (adverb) Artistry (noun) Artful (adjective) Artfully (adverb) Artiste (noun) Artless (adjective) Artlessly (adverb) Artwork (noun)

ASSESS (verb)

* Assessment (noun) * Assessor (noun)

ASSIST (noun/verb)

* Assistant (noun) * Assistance (noun)

ATTACH (verb)

* Attachment (noun) * Attached (adjective)

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ATTEND (verb) Attendance (noun) Attendant (noun) Attention (noun Inattention (noun) Attentive (adjective) Inattentive (adjective)

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ATTRACT (verb) Attraction (noun) Attractiveness (noun) Attractive (adjective) Attractively (adverb) Unattractive (adjective) Unattravtively (adverb)

AUTHENTIC (adjective)

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Authenticiy (noun) Authentical (adjective) Authentically (adverb) Authenticate (verb) Inauthentic (adjective)

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AUTHOR (noun) Authorize (verb) Authorized (adjective) Unauthorized (adjective) Authority (noun) Authorization (noun) Authoritative (adjective)

AVAILABLE (adjective)

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Availability (noun) Available (Adjective) Unavailable (adjective) Unavailability (noun)

AVOID (verb)

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Avoidance (noun) Avoidable (Adjective) Unavoidable (adjective) Unaavoidably (adverb)

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