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Word Formation

1. Remember to ____________ patients twice daily at 8.00am and 8.00pm. WEIGHT


2. Why do you always want to go with those ignorant ____________ people? WORTH
3. This is the most interesting ______________ I've ever seen. PERFORM
4. Are you _____________ of sailing in the prevailing conditions? ABLE
5. Such an act would have been deceitful and ________________ . RESPONSIBILITY
6. There is already enough _______________ without that, you know. PRESS
7. You'd _____________ too many people off with that speech. FRIGHT
8. We must experience _____________, pain, and death because we are alive. ANXIOUS
9. I feel _____________ about including the last sentence. HESITATE
10. Now surely our _______________ government must go. CREDIT
11. The handshake is a basic gesture of _______________ .FRIEND
12. They fell into a _______________ sleep which lasted until they were rediscovered in 1878.
MIRACLE
13. I've had a very sheltered _______________, so this has really been an eye-opener. BRING
14. The music was _________________ loud, you couldn't hear yourself think. BELIEVE
15. Silk is always wonderful too, even if it's totally _______________ . PRACTICE
16. People are being ________________ into parting with their money. LEAD
17. The government stopped funding ________________ industries. PROFIT
18. It's normal for there to be _____________ between brothers and sisters. COMPETE
19. Walking the dog is ideal exercise for anyone and the fresh air will be _____________ too.
BENEFIT
20. Her face was blotched and _______________ with crying. SWELL
21. There is a growing ______________ that she will resign. BELIEVE
22. It should come as no surprise that cycling builds leg _________________ . STRONG
23. He helped his underage son ______________ his birth date to illegally obtain a driver's
license. FALSE
24. All _______________ must be over. APPLY
25. It's an _________________ and dangerous policy. LOGIC
26. As he was watching them, his eyes began to _______________ in astonishment. WIDE
27. Doctors have developed a new, modern _____________ technique involving ultrasound. PAIN
28. There is a feeling of isolation and professional ______________ in schools. SECURE
29. Many candidates showed little ______________ of the problems from the headhunter's point
of view. APPRECIATE
30. Do these goods comply with our safety _________________? REQUIRE
31. We were unable to establish__________________ of her innocence. PROVE
32. An attempt is also being made to _________________ textures and symbols where possible.
STANDARD
33. He took to it like the _________________ fish to water. PROVERB
34. In all __________________ the vase was made in the seventeenth century.LIKELY
35. He's definitely someone very nervy, very jumpy and basically________________ . SECURITY
36. “ I regret, I cannot offer any _________________, Madame” he said with a smile. REFRESH
37. He's like a politician who wants to convince you of his __________________. SINCERE
38. There's no damage done, there's no _________________ . THIEF
39. But the level of social welfare was so high that poverty was ________________ . THINK
40. The first thing he discovered was that Newley had not died ________________ . ACCIDENT
41. The whole method is a form of ________________ . SIMPLE
42. But are we allowing ourselves to be carried away by false _______________? VAIN
43. Moments before there was a ________________ with a car. COLLIDE
44. It was not, he admits, the wisest ________________ for a beginner. CHOOSE
45. You can hold the snake: it's harmless. HARM
46. The government is noted for its ______________________ drugs policy.. COMPROMISE
47. He admired the __________________ of relationships he saw around him. WARM
48. We have caused enough harm by our _________________, irresponsible, selfish behaviour.
THINK
49. But not all _________________ are valid in reference to pedagogy. IMPLY
50. And he accepts that he set out on the lonely road to ________________ too early in life.
STAR
51. Critics say he has been weak and _______________________ . DECIDE
52. He tried to look ___________________, but it didn't work. APOLOGY
53. The country will ________________ currency controls to encourage spending abroad. LOOSE
54. For some __________________ reason, she chose that moment to break the news. EXPLAIN
55. We spend $5 million a year on _____________________. ADVERTISEMENT
56. Which women do you _____________________ about? FANTASY
57. Every time the pictorial elements were similar, if not almost __________________ . IDENTITY
58. All this she heard, even understood, but still she was ____________________ . SPEAK
59. The jury found the doctor criminally ____________________. NEGLECT
60. She's made an official ____________________ .COMPLAIN
61. The economies of Western Europe and Japan experienced _________________ growth.
PRECEDE
62. The system is liable to suffer from ______________ of the type discussed above. ACCURATE
63. It was a __________________ room with a deep bay window overlooking the river. SPACE
64. In that case, young lady, you would have my undying __________________ . GRATEFUL
65. It was very ___________________ of you. Thank you. CONSIDER
66. It would be much more _________________ for you to marry a woman with money. SENSE
67. The tension in the room seemed __________________ . ENDURE
68. Winners will be _________________as soon as possible. NOTE
69. The evidence from _________________ times can seldom be interpreted with any certainty.
HISTORY
70. 'Play' and 'game' are used __________________ it does not matter which. CHANGE
Keys
1. weigh
2. worthless 36. refreshment
3. performance 37. sincerity
4. capable 38. theft
5. irresponsible 39. unthinkable
6. pressure 40. accidentally
7. frighten 41. simplification
8. anxiety 42. vanity
9. hesitant 43. collision
10. discredited 44. choice
11. friendship 45. harmless
12. miraculous 46. uncompromising
13. upbringing 47. warmth
14. unbelievably 48. thoughtless
15. impractical 49. implications
16. misled 50. stardom
17. unprofitable 51. indecisive
18. competition 52. apologetic
19. beneficial 53. loosen
20. swollen 54. inexplicable
21. belief 55. advertising
22. strength 56. fantasize
23. falsify 57. identical
24. applicants 58. speechless
25. illogical 59. negligent
26. widen 60. complaint
27. painless 61. unprecedented
28. insecurity 62. inaccuracies
29. appreciation 63. spacious
30. requirement 64. gratitude
31. proof 65. considerate
32. standardize 66. sensible
33. proverbial 67. unendurable
34. likelihood 68. notified
35. insecure 69. prehistoric
70. interchangeably

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