Word formation

-A-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
enable ability able unable ably
absence absentee absent
accident accidental
accommodate accomodation
acknowledge acknowledgement
action activity activist
act active inactive
actress actor
activate activation
add addition additive additional additive
adequate
adequacy inadequacy
inadequate
admire admiration admirable admirably
advantage advantageous
disadvantage disadvantageous
advertisement
advertise
advertiser
admit admission admittance
adopt adoption
advisable advisably
advise advice advisability
inadvisable inadvisably
affectionate
affection
unaffectionate
effective
affect effect
ineffective
agreement agreeable agreeably
agree disagree
disagreement disagreeable disagreeably
alcohol alcoholic alcoholically
allow allowance
ambition ambitious

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amuse amusement
annoy annoyance
excite excitement
anxiety anxious
apologise apology apologetic apologetically
appear appearance
apparent apparently
disappear disapperance
applaud applause applauder
apply application applicant applicable applicably
appoint appointment
appreciate appreciation appreciative
approve
approval disapproval
disapprove
argument arguable
argue arguably
argumentation argumentative
arrange arrangement
arrive arrival
assist assistance
associate association
assume assumption
astonish astonishment
attend attendance
attention attentive
attraction
attractive
attract attractiveness
unattractive
unattractiveness
avoidable avoidably
avoid avoidance
unavoidable unavoidably

-B-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
base base basic basically basis
beautify beauty beautiful beautifully

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 beautician
believable believably
believe belief disbelief
unbelievable unbelievably
bleed blood
bravery brave
breathe breath breathless
broaden breadth broad
brighten brightness bright
brilliance brilliant
burry burial

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
calculate calculation calculator
caution cautious
change change changeability changeable unchangeable
child childhood childish childlike
choose choice
circle circle circular
civil civic civilised
civilise civiilsation civics
uncivilised
classify class classification
enclose enclosure
collect collection collector collective
comfortable comfortably
comfort comfort discomfort
uncomfortable uncomfortably
comparative
compare comparison comparably
comparable
compel compulsion compulsory compulsorily
competition
compete competitive
competitor
complete
complete completion
imcomplete

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 composition
compose
composer
conclude conclusion
confirm confirmation
confident
confide confidence unconfident
confidential
confess confession
confirmed
confirm confirmation
unconfirmed
confuse confusion
congratulate congratulation
consciousness conscious
unconsciousness unconscious
conserve conservation
considerable considerably
consider consideration
inconsiderable inconsiderably
construct construction constructive
consume consumption
continuous
continue continuation
discontinuous
discontinue discontinuation
continual
convenience convenient
inconvenience inconvenient
converse conversation conversational
cook cook cooker cookery
correct incorrect
correct correction
corrective
courage
encourage
encouragement courageous
discourage
discouragement
cowardice coward
creation creature
create creative
creator
crime criminal criminal

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criticize critic criticism critical
curiosity curious
cruelty cruel
custom customary

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
damage damage
endanger danger dangerous
darken darkness dark
day daily
deafen deafness deaf
deceit deceitful
decide decision decisive indecisive
decoration
decorate
decorator
deepen depth deep
defend defence defendant defensive indefensible indefensibly
deliverable
deliver delivery
undeliverable
dependence
depend dependent independent
independence
descriptive describable
describe description
indescribable
destructive non-
destroy destruction
destructive
determined
determine determination
undetermined
develop development
dictate dictation dictatorial
die death dead deadly
differ difference different

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differentiate differentiation
direction director
direct direct indirect
directory
discover discovery
discuss discussion
distance distant
distribute distribution
disturb disturbance
divide division divisive
doubt doubt doubtful
dust duster dusty

-E-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
ease easy easily
economic
economise economy economics economical
uneconomical
educate education educational
efficient
efficiency
inefficient
elect election
electrify electricity electrician electric electrical
embarrass embarrassment
employment
employ unemployment
employee employer
enjoy enjoyment enjoyable enjoyably
enter entrance
enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically
enthuse
enthusiast unethusiastic unenthusiastically
equalisation equality
equalise equal unequal equally
inequality

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except exception
exhibit exhibition
expensive
expense
inexpensive
explanatory
explain explanation explicable
inexplicable
explode explosion explosive
express expression
extend extension extensive extensively
extinction extinct

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
fail failure
falsify falsity falsehood false
fame famous infamous famously
fashionable fashionably
fashion
unfashionable unfashionably
fatten fat fatness fat fattening
fault faulty faultless faultily
favorable unfavourable favorably
favor favor favorite
favoured favorite 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
formation
form formative formatively
deformity

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 fortune fortunately
fortunate unfortunate
misfortune unfortunately
formalise formality formal formally
free freedom free freely
refresh refreshment fresh
frequency
frequent infrequent frequently
infrequency
befriend friend friendship friendly unfriendly
furniture
furnish furnished unfurnished
furnisher

-G-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
generosity generous generously
gentleness gentle gently
gold golden
government
govern
governor
greed greedy
greed greedy
grow growth
guilt guilty

-H-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
happily
happiness unhappiness happy unhappy
unhappily
hasten haste hasty hastily
hate hatred hatefulness hateful hatefully
head headline headache
head
heading
healthily
heal health healthy unhealthy
unhealthily

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heat heat heater hot
heighten height high
hero heroine heroism heroic heroically
hesitate hesitation hesitative
hinder hindrance
honesty honest dishonest
honourable
honour dishonour
dishonourable
horizon horizontal
house household
housekeeper housewife
hunger hungry hungrily

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
ice icy
identify identification identified unidentified
image imaginary imaginative
imagine imaginarily
imagination unimaginative
imitate imitation imitative
importance important unimportant
impress impression impressive
improve improvement
include inclusion inclusive
industry
industrialise industrial industrilised
industrialist
infer inference
influence influence influential
inform informative
information
misinform uninformative
injure injury
innocence innocent

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inquire inquiry
insure insurance
intellect
intellectualise intellectual
intellectual
intend intention intentional unintentional
interest interest uninterested
disinterest disinterest uninteresting
interpret interpretation
interrupt interruption
interrogate interrogation interrogative
introduce introduction
invent invention inventive
invite invitation

-K-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
know knowledge knowledgeable

-L-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
laugh laughter laughable
lead mislead leader leadership
legally
legalise legality illegality legal illegal
illegally
lend loan
lengthen length long
lessen less
light lighter lighthouse
lighten light
lightness
literature literacy literary literate
illiteracy illiterate
live life live lively alive

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 loneliness aloneness lonely alone
lose loss
loosen looseness loose
loyalty disloyalty loyal disloyal
luck lucky luckily

-M-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
maintain maintenance
management managerial
manage
mismanagement manageable
mismanage
manager manageress 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

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
nation
nationalize national
nationality
naturalise nature natural unnatural
necessary necessarily
necessitate necessity
unnecessary unnecessarily

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neglect negligence negligible negligent negligibly
nerve nervous
noise noisy noisily

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
obey obedience
obedient disobedient
disobey disobedience
objective objectionable
object objection objectivity objectionably
unobjectionable
oblige
obligation obligatory
obligate
observation
observe observant
observatory
occasion occasional
occupy occupation occupant
officiate office officer official official unofficial
omit omission
operate operation
originate origin originality original
own owner ownership

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
pack packet package
part part partner particle partial
patience impatience patient impatient
pay payment payee payable unpaid
peculiarity peculiar
permit permission permissive
person personlity personal impersonal

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 perceptive
perceive perception
unperceptive
perfect perfection perfect imperfect
perform performance
permanence
parmanent
permanency
persuasive
persuade persuasion
unpersuasive
please pleasure displeasure pleasurable
plenty plentiful
politics politician political
poison poisounous
popularity
popularise popular unpopular
unpopularity
populate population
poverty poor
possession
possess possessive
possessor
post postage postal
possibility possibly
possible impossible
impossibility impossibly
practical impractical
practicality
practicable
practicability
impracticable
practise practice practitioner
prefer preference preferable preferably
present presence present
preserve preservation preservative
press pressure
prevent prevention preventive
pride proud
prison prisoner
imprison
imprisonment
probability probable improbable probably

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 improbability improbably
production product productive
produce
producer unproductive
professional
profession
unprofessional
profitable profitably
profit profit
unprofitable unprofitably
pronounce pronunciation
mispronounce mispronunciation
propose proposal
protect protection protective
prove disprove proof disproof
publicise publicity public
punctuality punctual
punish punishment
purify purify impurify pure impure

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
qualify qualification qualified disqualified
quarrel quarrel quarrelsome

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
rapidity, rapidness rapid rapidly
real, unreal,
realise realisation, reality, realist realistic,
unrealistic
reasonable, reasonably,
reason
unreasonable unreasonably
receiver, receipt, recipient, receptive,
receive
reception, receptionist unreceptive
recognisable
recognise recognition
unrecognisable

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recommend recommendation
reduce reduction
reflect reflection
regrettable,
regret regret regrettably
regretful
regular
regularise regularity irregularity
irregular
refer reference, referee, referent referent
refuse refusal
relieve relief
religious
religion
unreligious
repeatable
repeat repetition
unrepeatable
reside residence, resident residential
resign resignation
respectful,
respect, respectability, respectably,
respect respectable,
disrespect respectfully
unrespectable
respond response
responsible, responsibly,
responsibility,irresponsibility
irresponsible irresponsibly
enrich richness rich
rob robber, robbery
romantic,
romance romantically
unromantic
roughen roughness rough
royalty royal

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
sadden sadness sad
satisfaction satisfied unsatisfied
satisfy
dissatisfaction satisfactory unsatisfactory

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save safety safe safe unsafe
scarcity scarce
scene scenery scenic
science scientist scientific scientifically
season seasonal
secure security secure insecure
select selection selective
sensation sensitive
insensitive senseless
sense sense
sensible insensible
sensational
separate separable
separate sepatation
inseparable
serve service servant
shade shady
shameless ashamed
shame shame
shameful
sharpen sharpness sharp
shorten shortage short
sign signature
silence silent
similarity
similar dissimilar
dissimilarity
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

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speak speech speechless
spell spelling
misspell misspelling
stability
stabilize stable unstable
instability
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 supportive
supporter
suspect suspect suspicious unsuspicious
sweeten seetness sweet
systematize system systematic unsystematic
sympathise sympathy sympathetic unsympathetic

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
talk talk talkative
taste taster tastefulness tasty tasteful tastefully
taste
tastelessness tasteless tastelessly
tend tendency
thicken thickness thick
think thought thoughtful
threaten threat
tighten tightness tight
entitle title

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toughen toughness tough
translate translation translator
treat treatment
trouble troublesome
truth truthfulness true truthful truly
entrust trust trustee trustworthy
type typical untypical
typist typeface typesetter
type typewritten
typewriter

-U-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
unite union unit unity
urge urgency urgent urgently
use use user usefulness useful useless

-V-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
vacancy vacant
vaccinate vaccination vaccine
validate validity valid invalid
valuably
value value valuable invaluable
invaluably
variety variation variable invariable variably
vary
variability various invariably
vibrate vibration vibrant
violence violent
visibility invisibility visibly
visible invisible
invisibleness invisibly
visualise visual

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VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
wake awake,
awake
awaken
warm warmth warm
wave wavy
wealth wealthy
weaken weakness weak
weigh weight weightiness weightless
widen width wide widespread
wisdom wise unwise
wool woollen
work worker
work workless
workshop
worthless
worth
worthy

-X-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
x-ray x-ray

-Y-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
youth young youngster young younger
youthfully
youthfulness youthful

-Z-
VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB
zeal zealousness
zealous zealously
zealot
zip unzip zip zipper zipfastener
zoo zoologist zoology zological

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