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Tablas Word Formation

This document lists many English word prefixes and suffixes related to verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. It provides overviews of how prefixes like "a-", "dis-", "in-", "im-", "ir-", "non-", "un-" and suffixes like "-able", "-al", "-ance", "-cy", "-er", "-ful", "-ic", "-ion", "-ism", "-ist", "-ity", "-ive", "-less", "-ly", "-ness", "-ous" can be used to modify parts of speech and alter meanings. The extensive list touches on concepts like ability, action, agreement, announcement, appearance, approval, attraction, availability, change, choice, comparison, description
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Tablas Word Formation

This document lists many English word prefixes and suffixes related to verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. It provides overviews of how prefixes like "a-", "dis-", "in-", "im-", "ir-", "non-", "un-" and suffixes like "-able", "-al", "-ance", "-cy", "-er", "-ful", "-ic", "-ion", "-ism", "-ist", "-ity", "-ive", "-less", "-ly", "-ness", "-ous" can be used to modify parts of speech and alter meanings. The extensive list touches on concepts like ability, action, agreement, announcement, appearance, approval, attraction, availability, change, choice, comparison, description
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WORD FORMATION -AVERBS enable NOUN ability absence absentee accident accommodate acknowledge act activate add accomodation

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

annoy excite

annoyance excitement anxiety anxious apologetic apparent apologetically apparently

apologise appear disappear applaud apply appoint appreciate approve disapprove argue arrange arrive assist associate assume astonish attend

apology appearance disapperance applause applauder application applicant appointment appreciation approval disapproval argument argumentation arrangement arrival assistance association assumption astonishment attendance attention

applicable

applicably

appreciative

arguable argumentative

arguably

attentive attractive unattractive avoidable unavoidable avoidably unavoidably

attract avoid

attraction attractiveness unattractiveness avoidance

-BVERBS base beautify believe bleed NOUN base basic beauty beautician belief disbelief blood bravery breathe broaden brighten breath breadth brightness brilliance bury burial brave breathless broad bright brilliant ADJECTIVE basically beautiful believable unbelievable ADVERB basis beautifully believably unbelievably

-CVERBS calculate NOUN calculation calculator caution change change changeability child childhood choose circle civilise classify enclose collect comfort compare compel compete complete compose conclude confirm confide confess confirm confuse choice circle civiilsation civics class classification enclosure collection collector comfort discomfort comparison compulsion competition competitor completion composition composer conclusion confirmation confidence confession confirmation confusion confirmed unconfirmed confident unconfident confidential collective comfortable uncomfortable comparative comparable compulsory competitive complete imcomplete comfortably uncomfortably comparably compulsorily circular civil civic civilised uncivilised cautious changeable childish childlike unchangeable ADJECTIVE ADVERB

-DVERBS damage endanger darken NOUN damage danger darkness day deafen deafness deceit decide decorate deepen defend deliver depend describe destroy determine develop dictate die differ differentiate direct discover discuss decision decoration decorator depth defence defendant delivery dependence independence description destruction determination development dictation death difference differentiation direction director directory discovery discussion distance distant direct indirect dictatorial dead deadly different deep defensive indefensible deliverable undeliverable dependent independent descriptive describable indescribable destructive nondestructive determined undetermined indefensibly dangerous dark daily deaf deceitful decisive indecisive ADJECTIVE ADVERB

distribute disturb divide doubt

distribution disturbance division doubt dust duster divisive doubtful dusty

-EVERBS NOUN ease economise educate ADJECTIVE easy ADVERB easily

economic economy economics economical uneconomical education efficiency educational efficient inefficient

elect electrify embarrass employ enjoy enter enthuse equalise except exhibit

election electricity electrician electric electrical embarrassment employment unemployment employee employer enjoyment entrance enthusiasm enthusiast enthusiastic unethusiastic enthusiastically unenthusiastically equally enjoyable enjoyably

equalisation equality equal unequal inequality exception exhibition expense expensive inexpensive explanatory explicable inexplicable explosive

explain explode express extend

explanation explosion expression extension extinction

extensive extinct

extensively

-FVERBS fail falsify NOUN failure falsity falsehood false fame fashion fatten fat fatness fault favor fear ferfilise fit fly favor favorite famous infamous fashionable unfashionable fat fattening faulty faultless favorable unfavourable favoured favorite faultily favorably unfavorably famously fashionably unfashionably ADJECTIVE ADVERB

fear fearlessness afraid fearful fearless fertility fertiliser fertile fitness flight foot footprint footstep unfit misfit

forget forgive form

forgetfulness forgivingness formation deformity fortune misfortune

forgetful

forgetfully

formative fortunate unfortunate formal free fresh frequent infrequent

formatively fortunately unfortunately formally freely

formalise free refresh

formality freedom refreshment frequency infrequency

frequently

befriend furnish

friend friendship friendly unfriendly furniture furnisher furnished unfurnished

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

-HVERBS NOUN happiness unhappiness hasten hate head heal heat heighten haste hatred hatefulness head headline headache heading health heat heater height hero heroine heroism hesitate hinder hesitation hindrance honesty honour dishonour horizon house household housekeeper housewife hunger hungry hungrily honest dishonest honourable dishonourable horizontal healthy unhealthy hot high heroic hesitative heroically healthily unhealthily ADJECTIVE happy unhappy hasty hateful ADVERB happily unhappily hastily hatefully

-IVERBS NOUN ice identify imagine imitate identification image imagination imitation importance impress improve include industrialise infer influence inform misinform injure impression improvement inclusion industry industrialist inference influence information injury innocence inquire insure intellectualise intend interest disinterest interpret interrupt interrogate introduce invent invite inquiry insurance intellect intellectual intention interest disinterest interpretation interruption interrogation introduction invention invitation inventive interrogative intellectual intentional unintentional uninterested uninteresting innocent influential informative uninformative inclusive industrial industrilised ADJECTIVE icy identified unidentified imaginary imaginative unimaginative imitative important unimportant impressive imaginarily ADVERB

-JVERBS NOUN jealousy joy juice judge misjudge justify judge justice justification ADJECTIVE jealous joyous joyful juicy just unjust just ADVERB

KVERBS know NOUN knowledge ADJECTIVE knowledgeable ADVERB

-LVERBS laugh lead mislead legalise lend lengthen lessen lighten NOUN laughter leader leadership legality illegality loan length less light lighter lighthouse lightness literature literacy illiteracy live life loneliness aloneness lose loosen loss looseness loyalty disloyalty luck loose loyal disloyal lucky luckily light literary literate illiterate live lively alive lonely alone long legal illegal legally illegally ADJECTIVE laughable ADVERB

-MVERBS maintain manage mismanage marry NOUN maintenance management managerial mismanagement manager manageable manageress unmanageable marriage mountain mountaineer measure measurement mechanic mechanism memorise modernise modify moralise memory memo mountainous measurable mechanical memorial measurably ADJECTIVE ADVERB

modernisation modernity modern modification morality immorality mother motherhood mountain mountaineer moral immoral motherly mountainous multiple mysterious

multiply

multiplication mystery

-NVERBS nationalize naturalise necessitate neglect NOUN nation nationality nature necessity negligence nerve noise ADJECTIVE national natural unnatural necessary unnecessary necessarily unnecessarily ADVERB

negligible negligent negligibly nervous noisy noisily

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

-PVERBS pack part NOUN packet package part partner particle partial ADJECTIVE ADVERB

patience impatience patient impatient pay payment payee peculiarity permit permission person personlity perceive perfect perform perception perfection performance permanence permanency persuade please persuasion parmanent persuasive unpersuasive payable unpaid peculiar permissive personal impersonal perceptive unperceptive perfect imperfect

pleasure displeasure pleasurable plenty politics politician poison plentiful political poisounous popular unpopular

popularise populate

popularity unpopularity population poverty

poor

possess post

possession possessor possessive postage possibility impossibility practicality practicability postal possible impossible practical impractical practicable impracticable possibly impossibly

practise

practice practitioner

prefer present preserve press prevent

preference presence preservation pressure prevention pride

preferable present preservative

preferably

preventive proud

imprison

prison prisoner imprisonment probability improbability probable improbable productive unproductive professional unprofessional profitable unprofitable profitably unprofitably probably improbably

produce

production product producer profession

profit pronounce mispronounce propose protect prove disprove publicise

profit pronunciation mispronunciation proposal protection proof disproof publicity punctuality

protective

public punctual

punish purify

punishment purify impurify pure impure

-QVERBS qualify quarrel NOUN qualification quarrel ADJECTIVE qualified disqualified quarrelsome ADVERB

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

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

romance roughen roughness royalty

romantic, unromantic rough royal

romantically

-SVERBS sadden satisfy save NOUN sadness satisfaction dissatisfaction safety safe scarcity scene scenery science scientist season secure select sense security selection sense ADJECTIVE sad satisfied unsatisfied satisfactory unsatisfactory safe unsafe scarce scenic scientific seasonal secure insecure selective sensation sensitive insensitive senseless sensible insensible sensational separate separable inseparable scientifically ADVERB

separate serve

sepatation service servant shade

shady shameless ashamed shameful sharp short

shame sharpen shorten sign

shame sharpness shortage signature silence similarity dissimilarity

silent similar dissimilar simple simply

simplify situate

simplicity situation sincerity

sincere sleepy sleepless asleep slippery sleepily

sleep slip

sleep sleeper slip slipper

smooth soften solve

smoothness softness solution sorrow

smooth soft

sorry sorrowful speechless

speak spell misspell stabilize state

speech spelling misspelling stability instability statement stone

stable unstable

stony

stop straighten strengthen

stopper stoppage straightness strength stupidity straight strong stupid successful sunny suntanned sunburned sufficient insufficient

succed

success sun

suffice support suspect sweeten systematize sympathise

sufficiency

support supporter supportive suspect seetness system sympathy suspicious unsuspicious sweet systematic unsystematic sympathetic unsympathetic

-TVERBS talk taste tend thicken think threaten tighten entitle toughen translate treat NOUN talk taste taster tastefulness tastelessness tendency thickness thought threat tightness title toughness translation translator treatment trouble truth truthfulness entrust trust trustee type type troublesome true truthful trustworthy typical untypical truly tough tight thick thoughtful ADJECTIVE talkative tasty tasteful tasteless tastefully tastelessly ADVERB

typist typeface typesetter typewritten typewriter

-UVERBS unite urge use NOUN union unit unity urgency urgent urgently ADJECTIVE ADVERB

use user usefulness useful useless

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

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

-XVERBS x-ray NOUN x-ray ADJECTIVE ADVERB

-YVERBS NOUN youth young youngster youthfulness ADJECTIVE young younger youthful ADVERB

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

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