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Word Formation - Lists

The document lists various verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs related to word formation. It contains 125 entries that provide examples of how different word classes can be derived from verbs through the addition of suffixes. For example, the verb "enable" is related to the noun "ability" and adjective "able". Overall, the document demonstrates how new words can be formed by changing the word class or adding affixes to root words and verbs.

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Word Formation - Lists

The document lists various verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs related to word formation. It contains 125 entries that provide examples of how different word classes can be derived from verbs through the addition of suffixes. For example, the verb "enable" is related to the noun "ability" and adjective "able". Overall, the document demonstrates how new words can be formed by changing the word class or adding affixes to root words and verbs.

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Word Formation:

List of Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs:


1. Verbs Nouns Adjectives Adverbs

2. enable ability able ably

3. accept acceptance acceptable acceptably

4. accuse accusation accusing accusingly

5. achieve achievement achievable

6. act act, action, active actively

activity

7. add addition additional additionally

8. admire admiration admirable admirably

9. advise advice advisable advisably

10. agree agreement agreeable agreeably


11. anger anger angry angrily

12. appreciate appreciation appreciable, appreciatively

appreciative

13. approve approval approving approvingly

14. approximat approximation approximate approximately

15. argue argument arguable, arguably

argumentative

16. attend attention attentive attentively

17. attract attraction attractive attractively

18. base base, basis basic basically

19. beautify beauty beautiful beautifully

20. believe belief believable believably


21. bore bore, boredom bored, boring boringly

22. breathe breath breathless breathlessly

23. calm calm, calmness calm calmly

24. care care careful, caring carefully, carelessly

25. centralize centre, central, centrally

centralization centralized

26. characteriz character characteristic characteristically

27. circulate circulation circular

28. clean cleanliness clean cleanly

29. clear clarity, clear clearly

clearance

30. collect collection collective collectively


31. colour colour coloured colourfully

32. comfort comfort comfortable comfortably

33. compare comparison comparable, comparatively

comparative

34. compete competition competitive, competitively

uncompetitive

35. complete completion complete completely

36. conclude conclusion conclusive conclusively

37. condition condition conditional conditionally,

38. confide confidence confident, confidently,

confidential confidentially

39. confuse confusion confused, confusingly

confusing
40. consider consideration considerable, considerably

considerate

41. continue continuation, continual, continually, continuously

continuity continuous

42. cool cool, coolness cool coolly

43. correct correction, correct, corrective correctly

correctness

44. create creation, creative creatively

creativity

45. criticize critic critical critically

46 accustom custom customary customarily

47. dare dare daring daringly

48. darken dark, darkness dark, darkened, darkly

darkening
49. deaden death dead, deadly, deadly, deathly

deathly

50. deceive deceit, deceitful, deceptively

deception deceptive

51. decide decision decided, decisive decidedly, decisively

52. decorate decoration decorative decoratively

53. deepen deep, depth deep, deepening deeply

54. defend defence defensive defensively

55. define definition definite definitely

56. demonstrat demonstration demonstrable, demonstrably

e demonstrative

57. depend dependent, dependable dependably

dependence
58. describe description describable descriptively

59. destroy destruction destructive destructively

60. determine determination determined determinedly

61. differ, difference different differently

differentiat

62. direct direction direct directly

63. disagree disagreement disagreeable disagreeably

64. disappoint disappointment disappointed, disappointingly

. disappointing

65. distance distance distant distantly

66. disturb disturbance disturbed, disturbingly

disturbing
67. doubt doubt doubtful doubtfully

68. dream dream dreamless, dreamily

dreamy

69. dress dress dressed, dressy dressily

70. drink drink, drunk, drunken drunkenly

drunkenness

71. ease ease, easiness easy easily

72. educate education educated, educationally

educational

73. effect effect, effective effectively

effectiveness

74. electrify electricity electric, electrical electrically

75. embarrass embarrassment embarrassed, embarrassingly

embarrassing
76. emphasize emphasis emphatic emphatically

77. encourage encouragement encouraged, encouragingly

encouraging

78. end end unending, endlessly

endless

80. energize energy energetic energetically

81. enjoy enjoyment enjoyable enjoyably

82. entertain entertainment entertaining entertainingly

83. enthuse enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically

84. equalize equality equal equally

85. excel excellence excellent excellently

86. excite excitement excitable, excited, excitedly, excitingly

exciting
87. excuse excuse excusable excusably

88. expect expectation expectant expectantly,

89. expend expenditure, expensive expensively

expense

90. experiment experiment experimental experimentally

91. explain explanation explanatory, inexplicably

explicable

92. explode explosion explosive explosively

93. express expression expressive expressively

94. familiarize familiarity familiar familiarly

95. fashion fashion fashionable fashionably

96. fear fear fearful, fearless, fearfully, fearlessly

fearsome
97. finalize final final finally

98. fish fish, fishing fishy fishily

99. fit fit fitted fittingly

10 force force forceful, forcible forcefully, forcibly

0.

10 forget forgetfulness forgetful forgetfully

1.

10 formalize formality formal formally

2.

10 frequent frequency frequent frequently

3.

10 freshen freshness fresh freshly

4.
10 frighten fright frightened, frighteningly, frightfully

5. frightening,

frightful

10 harden hardship hard hard, hardly

6.

10 harm harm, harmful, harmless harmfully, harmlessly

7. harmfulness

10 heat, heat heated heatedly

8. overheat

10 help help helpful, helpless helpfully, helplessly

9.

110 hope hope hopeful, hopeless hopefully, hopelessly

111 hurry hurry hurried hurriedly

.
112 hurt hurt hurtful hurtfully

113 ice ice icy icily

114 imagine imagination imaginable, unimaginably,

. imaginative imaginatively

115 impress impression impressive impressively

116 increase increase increased increasingly

117 infect infection infectious infectiously

118 insist insistence insistent insistently

.
119 instruct instruction instructive instructively

12 intend intent, intention intended, intentionally

0. intentional,

12 interest interest interested, interestingly

1. disinterested,

uninterested,

interesting

12 invent invention inventive inventively

2.

12 invite invitation, invite inviting invitingly

3.

12 know knowledge knowledgeable, knowingly,

4. known knowledgeably
12 enlarge enlargement large largely

5.

12 laugh laugh laughable laughably

6.

12 outlaw law lawful lawfully

7.

12 legalize legality legal legally

8.

12 lengthen length lengthy lengthily

9.

13 light, light light lightly

0. lighten

13 locate, location local locally

1.
13 love love lovable, lovely lovingly

2.

13 lower low low, lower low

3.

13 man man, mankind manly mannishly, manfully

4.

13 mark mark marked markedly

5.

13 match match matchless matchlessly

6.

13 materialize material, immaterial, materially

7 materialism materialistic

13 mean meaning, meaningful, meaningfully,

8. meaningfulness meaningless meaninglessly


13 measure measurement measurable immeasurably

9.

14 memorize memory memorable memorably

0.

14 mind mind, mindless, mindful mindlessly

1. mindlessness

14 minimize minimum minimal minimally

2.

14 mistake mistake mistaken mistakenly

3.

14 moralize moral, morality moral, moralistic morally

4.

14 mother mother, motherly

5. motherhood
14 move move, movable, moving movingly

6 movement

14 murder murder murderous murderously

7.

14 name, name named, unnamed, namely

8. rename nameless

14 nationalize nation, national, nationally

9. nationalization, nationalistic

nationality

15 naturalize nature, natural, naturally

0. naturalist, naturalistic

naturalization,

15 necessitate necessity necessary necessarily

1.
15 need need needy needlessly

2.

15 unnerve nerve, nervous, nervy, nervously, nervelessly

3. nervousness

15 renew news, newness new, renewable newly, anew

4.

15 normalize normality normal normally

5.

15 notice notice noticeable noticeably

6.

15 obey obedience obedient obediently

7.

15 offend offense offensive offensively

8.
15 officiate office official officially

9.

16 open openness open openly

0.

16 operate, operation operational, operationally

1. cooperate operative

16 opt option optional optionally

2.

16 originate origin original originally

3.

16 pain pain painful, painless painfully, painlessly

4.

16 part, impart part, partition partial, impartial partially, partly

5.
16 pacify peace peaceful peacefully

6.

16 perfect perfection perfect perfectly

7.

16 personalize person, personal, personally

8. , personify personality personalized

16 persuade persuasion, persuasive persuasively

9. persuasiveness

17 play, play, playfulness playful, playable playfully

0. outplay

17 please pleasure pleasant, pleasantly, unpleasantly

1. pleasurable

17 point point, pointed, pointless pointlessly, pointedly

2. pointlessness
17 politicize politics political, politically

3. politicized

17 popularize popularity popular popularly

4.

17 power, power powerful, powerfully

5. empower powerless

17 prefer preference preferable, preferably

6. preferred

17 present presence, present, presently

7. presentation, presentable

17 privatize privacy, private privately

8. privatization

17 profit profit, profitable profitably

9. profitability
18 progress progress, progressive progressively

0. progression

18 provide provision provisional provisionally

1.

18 publicize public, publicity public publicly

2.

18 punish punishment punishable, punishingly

3. punishing

18 purify purification, pure purely

4. purity

18 question question questionable questionably

5.

18 quieten quiet quiet quietly

6.
18 race race racial racially

7.

18 realize realism, reality real, realistic really, realistically

8.

18 reason reason reasonable reasonably

9.

19 receive receipt, receptive, reciprocally

0. reception, reciprocal

19 recognize recognition recognizable recognizably

1.

19 reflect reflection reflective reflectively

2.

19 regret regret regrettable, regrettably, regretfully

3. regretful
19 regulate regular, regular regularly

4. regularity

19 relate relation, related, relative relatively

5. relationship

19 rely reliability reliable reliably

6.

19 remark remark remarkable remarkably

7.

19 repair repair irreparable irreparably

8.

19 repeat repeat, repeated, repeatedly, repetitively

9. repetition repetitive

20 report report reported reportedly

0.
20 respect respect respectable, respectably,

1. respectful, respectfully,

respective respectively

20 respond response, responsive responsively

2. responsiveness

20 rest rest restless, rested, restlessly

3. restful

20 enrich riches, richness rich richly

4.

20 right right, rightness, righteous, rightful right, rightly, rightfully

5.

20 romanticize romance, romantic, romantically

6. romanticism romanticized

20 roughen rough, rough roughly

7. roughness
20 round round round, rounded roundly

8.

20 sadden sadness sad, saddened sadly

9.

21 satisfy satisfaction satisfactory, satisfactorily

0.

211 school school, scholastic scholastically

. pre-school

21 search, search, searchable searchingly

2. research research

21 sense, sense, sensible, sensibly, sensitively

3. sensitize sensibility, sensitive, sensory

sensitivity,

sensitiveness
21 separate separation separable, separately

4. separate

21 shake shake, shaky shakily

5. shakiness

21 shape shape shapely, shaped shapelessly

6.

21 sharpen sharpness sharp sharply, sharpish

7.

21 shock shock shocking, shockingly

8. shockable

21 shorten short, shortness short, shortish shortly

9.

22 shy shyness shy shyly

0.
22 sicken sick, sickness sick, sickly sickeningly

1.

22 signify significance significant significantly

2.

22 silence silence silent silently

3.

22 simplify simplicity, simplistic simply

4. simplification

22 single single singular singly

5.

22 sleep sleep, asleep, sleepy sleepily

6. sleepiness

22 socialize society, sociable, social socially

7.
22 soften softness soft softly

8.

22 solidify solid, solidity solid solidly

9.

23 specialize specialty special, specially

0. specialized

23 speed speed, speedy speedily

1. speediness

23 spot spot spotted, spotty spotlessly

2.

23 stand, stand, standstill standing, outstandingly

3. withstand outstanding

23 steepen steepness steep steeply

4.
23 stiffen stiffness stiff stiffly

5.

23 strengthen strength strong strongly

6.

23 strike strike striking strikingly

7.

23 structure structure, structural structurally

8. structuralism

23 study student, study studious studiously

9.

24 style style, stylish, stylistic stylishly, stylistically

0. stylishness

24 substantiat substance substantial, substantially

1. e substantive
24 succeed success, successful, successfully

2. succession successive

24 suggest suggestion suggestive, suggestively

3. suggestible

24 support support, supportive, supportively

4. supportiveness supporting

24 suppose, supposition supposed supposedly

5. presuppos

24 surprise surprise surprised, surprisingly

6. surprising

24 suspect suspect, suspected, suspiciously

7. suspicion suspicious

24 sweeten sweet, sweet sweetly

8. sweetness
24 symbolize symbol, symbolic symbolically

9. symbolism

25 sympathize sympathy sympathetic sympathetically

0.

25 systematiz system, systematic systematically

1. e systematization

25 talk talk, talks talkative talkatively

2.

25 taste taste tasteful, tasty tastefully

3.

25 thank thanks, thankful thankfully

4. thankfulness

25 theorize theory, theorem theoretical theoretically

5.
25 thicken thick, thickness thick thickly

6.

25 thin thinness thin thinly

7.

25 think thought, thoughtful thoughtfully

8. thoughtfulness,

25 threaten threat threatening threateningly

9.

26 tighten tightness tight tight, tightly

0.

26 tire tiredness tired, tiresome, tiredly, tiresomely

1. tiring

26 touch touch touched, touchingly, touchily

2. touching, touchy
26 trouble trouble troublesome, troublingly

3. troubling

26 trust, trust, trusting, trustfully

4. entrust trusteeship trustworthy

26 typify type typical typically

5.

26 understand understanding understandable understandably

6.

26 use usage, use used, useful usefully

7.

26 vary variant, variety, variable, varied, invariably, variously

8. variation various

26 violate violence violent violently

9.
27 wrong wrong wrongful wrongly, wrongfully

0.

27 warm warmth warm warmly

1.

27 waste wastage, waste waste, wasteful wastefully

2.

27 watch watch, watchful watchfully

3. watchfulness

27 weaken weakness weak weakly

4.

27 weigh, weight weighty, weightlessly

5. outweigh weightless

27 widen width wide widely

6.
27 wonder wonder wonderful wonderfully

7.

27 worry worry worried, worrying, worryingly

8. worrisome

27 write, writing written

9. rewrite

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