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Permit refresh Measure Shop Solve Tired Train Translate Warn Perform Examine Train* Paint* Mother Comedy* Art* Science* member Mean extravagant Resist Observe

SUFFIXES
a) State, Action & Quality -ment -ion/tion/sion -ation/ition -ence/ance -ty/ity -ness -ing -hood -ship

NOUN SUFFIXES

employment Discussion/production/permission Invitation/ opposition Preference/ distance Certainty/security Illness, happiness building childhood friendship

b) for people -er/or -ist -ant/ent -an/ian -ee Driver / editor Tourist Assistant / student Republican / electrician employee

Add Admire Agree Amuse Appear Apply Argue Assist Astonish Calculate Collect Encourage Enter Excite Fit Important Impress interfere Play* romantic Study* Understand

VERB SUFFIXES -ize/ise -en -ify Privatise widen simplify bright general beauty standard ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES -al -ic -ive - ful -less -ous -y -able/ible -ish professional Metallic informative successful Hopeless dangerous rocky Comfortable / visible English / brownish economy possibility Help* physic Friend* religion salt cloud convert spain accident green Colour* use thirst red attract environment ambition green modern short simply sharp

-ly -wards

recently backwards

ADVERB SUFFIXES nervous up quick

bad beautiful back

PREFIXES (negative)
DisIl- (+l) Im- (+ m or p) InIr (+ r) NonUn dishonest illegal impossible indirect irregular Non-alcoholic Uncomfortable Like Certain comfortable tidy Satisfied Necessary patient polite Usual Relevant Visible Clear Correct Friendly Happy obedient

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VERBS Advise Arrive Bore Breathe Compete Complain Confess Criticize

NOUNS

Belief

Decision Delivery Destruction Discover Divide Employ Encourage Engage Entrance Explain Fitness Fright Gift Knowledge Lose Live Marry Murder Oppose Pleasure Pollution Practice Relaxation Satisfaction Sight Robbery Sale Shopping Solve Speech Suggest Suspicion Think Threat Understand Usage imagine Appear Employ type examination

WORD FORMATION NOUNS ADJECTIVES Cheer Salt Shame Long Wide Peaceful Hunger Innocent Dirty Foggy Lucky Good Active Friend Accuracy Polite Religion Long High Deep Personal Tolerant Regular sensibleness sensitivity Reason strong loudness cruel fashionable glamour comfort colour success romance extravagance kind Boredom Grass noise Sun Beautiful Pain surprise Young Real Rain Freedom wisdom sad

2/2 OPPOSITES beautiful Bitter Certain Clean Correct Coward Empty Exciting Expensive Far Fat foggy Good Happy Hard Heavy Hopeful Ill Innocent legible Long Low noisy Possible Right Slow Strong Sure Tall Thick Tight Valid violent Well Wet Wide Wise young Black Rude Easy nice intelligent cold calm open Dark New Late Deep

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