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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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