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0 1 It isn't easy to find synonyms for these words; the meaning is as follows: 'She spends a lot of
time thinking about her own thoughts and feelings and so does he; he's quite shy and not very
talkative.'
2 argue against 6 made public
3 training 7 hold down
4 hold back 8 put.. .into an appropriate form
5 work out
1 0.4 Some possibilities:
spect - circumspect behaviour; a retrospective exhibition; a fresh perspective.
vert - an extroverted person; inverted commas; to pervert the innocent.
port - a railway porter; reported speech; transportation costs.
duc, duct - to reduce taxes, to induce labour; a railway viaduct.
press - blood pressure; compressed air; an original expression.
pose, pone - to pose for a photograph; to suppose something to be true; to repose peacefully.
IO.5 support - hold up postpone - put off oppose - go against inspect - look at
reduce - cut down deposit - put down divert - turn away
Unit I I
5 amusement 9 attentiveness 13 equality
2 excitement 6 grace 10 happiness 14 hope
3 kindness 7 originality 11 popularity 15 resentment
4 security 8 stupidity 12 weakness 16 wisdom
Some possible answers:
There are many more possibilities for the B suffixes but not many for the C ones.
B -ment (un) employment entertainment involvement requirement
-ion diversion attraction direction rejection
-ness awkwardness foolishness loveliness madness
-ity brutality familiarity productivity superiority
C - dom dukedom earldom
-ship citizenship chairmanship sponsorship championship
-th growth wealth stealth
-hood babyhood nationhood
1 hostility or aggressiveness 5 replacement 9 sight
2 amazement 6 stardom 10 freedom
3 curiosity 7 reduction 11 rage
4 brotherhood 8 neighbourhood 12 prosperity
abstract noun adjective verb adverb
contentment content(ed) to content contentedly
argument argumentative to argue arguably
emptiness empty to empty emptily
intensity intense to intensify intensely
satisfaction satisfied, satisfactory to satisfy satisfactorily
sentiment sentimental to sentimentalise sentimentally
strength strong to strengthen strongly
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