WORD FORMATION
→ NOUN
-ity secure → security, able → ability, stable → stability, clear → clarity
-ation imagine → imagination, admire → admiration, form → formation
-sion decide → decision, conclude → conclusion, confuse → confusion
-er teach → teacher, work → worker, office → officer, law → lawyer
-al refuse → refusal, approve → approval, arrive → arrival, crime → criminal
-ance assist → assistance, resist → resistance, appear → apperance
-ence absent → absence, confide → confidence, depend → dependence
-ment argue → argument, agree → agreement, advertise → advertisement
- ion solve → solution, create → creation, act → action, compete → competition
-ness weak → weakness, happy → happiness, good → goodness
-ism alcohol → alcoholism, race → racism, hero → heroism
-ive explode → explosive, defend → defensive
-ary/-ery imagine → imaginary, secret → secretary, bake → bakery
→ VERB
-ize real → realize, apology → apologize, memory → memorize, critic → criticize
-ise advice → advise, visual → visualise
-ate different → differentiate, active → activate, valid → validate
-ify class → classify, identity → identify, simple → simplify, clear → clarify
-en weak → weaken, threat → threaten, deep → deepen, broad → broaden
en- able → enable, courage → encourage, sure → ensure
→ ADVERB
-ly advise → advisably, argue → arguably, happy → happily, normal → normally
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→ ADJECTIVE
-al accident → accidental, person → personal, region → regional, logic →
logical
-ful beauty → beautiful, success → successful, wonder → wonderful
-ic science → scientific, history → historic, base → basic, hero → heroic
-ish fool → foolish, child → childish, self → selfish
-less power → powerless, use → useless, home → homeless
-ly friend → friendly, day → daily, month → monthly
-ous danger → dangerous, mystery → mysterious, nerve → nervous
-able agree → agreeable, remark → remarkable, accept → acceptable
-ible sense → sensible, access → accessible, response → responsible
-ant please → pleasant, ignore → ignorant, resist → resistant
-ent depend → dependent, differ → different, cofide → confident
-ive attract → attractive, create → creative, select → selective
→ NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE
un- unbelievable, unable, uncomfortable, unconfident, untidy, unfortunate
in- inactive, inadvisable, ineffective, inconvenient, indecisive, independent
dis- disagreeable, disobedient, disqualified, disrespectful, disabled, dishonest
im- impossible, impartial, impatient, impersonal, imperfect, impure, immoral
il- illegal, illiterate, illogical,
ir- irregular, irresponsible, irresistible, irrational
non- nonsense, nonconformist, nonexistent, nonstop
a- atypical, atheist, asexual
