INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WORDLIST 2021-22

INTERMEDIATE WORD LIST

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB AFFIX
ability able
inability unable
1 Ability/inability disability disabled
2 Absent absenteeism absent

3 Academic academy academic
4 Accent accent
acceptable
5 Accept accept acceptance unacceptable
accessible acceptably
inaccessible
6 Access access access
7 Accommodate accommodate accommodation
accurate
8 Accurate/ inaccurate accuracy inaccurate accurately
9 Accuse accuse accusation
10 Achieve achieve achievement achievable

11 Actual actual actually
12 Addition add addition
13 Addiction addiction addictive, addicted
admiration
14 Admire admire admirer admirable
15 Adolescent adolescent
adopted
16 Adopt (a child) adopt adoption adoptive
adult
17 Adult adulthood
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advertisement
18 Advert (Advertisement) advertise advert
19 Affect affect effect effective effectively

agency
agent
20 Agency
21 Aggressive aggression aggressive aggresively
22 Agriculture agriculture agricultural
23 Aid aid aid

24 Aircraft aircraft
25 Airlines airlines
26 Alarm alarm
27 Alien alien
28 Alike alike alike
29 Allow allow allowance

30 Alternative alternative alternatively
amazing
31 Amaze amaze amazement amazed
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32 Amount amount
33 Anger anger angry angrily
34 Anniversary anniversary
35 Announce announce announcement

36 Annual annual annually
37 Anti anti-
38 Apart apart
appear appearance
39 Appear/Disappear disappear disappearance
appropriate inappropriately
40 Appropriate/Inappropriate inappropriate
approve approval
41 Approve/Disapprove disapprove disapproval
architecture
42 Architecture architect
43 Argue argue argument argumentative

44 Army army
45 Arrange arrange arrangement arranged
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46 Arrival arrive arrival

47 Artificial artificial artifically
ashamed
48 Ashamed shame
assessment shameless
assessor
49 Assess (performance) assess assignment
50 Assign assign
51 Assume assume assumption

52 Attach attach attachment
53 Attempt attempt attempt attempted
54 Attitude attitude
attractive
attraction unattractive
55 Attract attract attractiveness attractively
56 Audience audience
57 Autonomy autonomous
58 Average average
avoidable
59 Avoid avoid unavoidable
wake
60 Awake wake up awake
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61 Awkward awkward
62 Backwards backwards
63 Bacteria bacteria bacterial
64 Baggage baggage
65 Ban ban ban
66 Bandage bandage bandage
67 Barber barber
68 Bargain bargain bargain
69 Base base
70 Basic basic basically
71 Basin basin
basket
72 Basket basketball
73 Battery battery
74 Beat beat beat
75 Behave behave behaviour behavioral

believable /
76 Belief believe belief unbelievable
77 Belongings belong belongings
78 Benefit benefit benefit beneficial

79 Bin bin
biology
80 Biology (Dep) biologist biological
81 Bite bite bite
82 Blame blame blame
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83 Blank blank blank

bleeding
84 Bleed bleed block blood
85 Block block blockage

86 Blow blow
87 Bold bold
88 Bomb bomb bomb

89 Bother bother
90 Bottom bottom
91 Bow bow bow
92 Brand brand
93 Breast breast
94 Breath breathe breath

95 Brilliant brilliance brilliant brilliantly
broadcast
96 Broadcast broadcast broadcast
97 Bucket bucket
98 Budget budget
building
99 Builder build builder
bully
100 Bully bully bullying
101 Burst (into tears) burst
102 Button button button
103 Cage cage
calculation
calculate miscalculation
104 Calculate miscalculate calculator
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105 Canal canal

106 Cancel cancel cancellation
107 Capable/incapable (of) capability capable/incapable
108 Cash cash cash
109 Category categorize category

110 Cave cave
111 Ceiling ceiling
112 Certificate certificate

113 Challenge challenge challenge challenging
114 Chance chance

115 Chapter chapter
116 Charge (money) charge
117 Charity (organization) charity cheek charitable

118 Cheek
119 Circle circle circle
120 Civilization/civilisation civilisation civilised

121 Click click
clone
122 Clone clone cloning
cloth
clothes
123 Cloth cloudy
124 Cloud cloud
125 Clue clue
126 Cognitive cognitive cognitively
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127 Coin coin

128 Coincidence coincidence
129 Collar collar
130 Colleague colleague
coloured
colourful
131 Coloured colour colour colourless
132 Combine combine combination
comfortable/
comforting/
133 Comfort comfort comfort uncomfortable
134 Comment comment comment
communicative
135 Communicate communicate communication
136 Community (college) community
137 Compact compact
competition
138 Compete (against/with) compete competitor competitive
139 Concrete (=cement) concrete
140 Condition condition
141 Conference conference
confidence confident
142 Confidence self-confidence self-confident
143 Conflict conflict conflict
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confusing
144 Confuse confuse confusion confused
145 Connect connect
consider connection considerate
reconsider inconsiderate
146 Consider/Reconsider
147 Contain contain container
148 Context context
149 Contract contract
150 Contribute (to) contribute contribution

convenience convenient
inconvenient
151 Convenient inconvenience
convinced
152 Convince convince convincing
153 Cookie cookie
154 Cotton cotton
155 Cough cough cough
courage
156 Courage encourage encouragement courageous

cover
157 Cover uncover coverage
criticism
158 Criticize criticize critic critical critically
159 Crop crop
160 Cue cue
161 Cuisine cuisine
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curable
162 Cure cure cure incurable
163 Curious curiosity curious curiously

164 Current current currently
curricular
165 Curriculum curriculum extracurricular
166 Cushion cushion
167 Custom (tradition) custom
168 Damage damage damage damaging

169 Database database
170 Dead die death dead
deaf deadly
171 Deaf deafness
172 Deal (with) deal deal
173 Deduce (meaning from context) deduce deduction

174 Deduct deduct deductive
deep
175 Deep/Shallow shallow
176 Defend defend defence defensive
define
177 Define/Redefine redefine definition
178 Degree degree
179 Deliver deliver delivery
demanding
180 Demand demand demand
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independent
dependence
181 Depend (on) depend independence

182 Destination destination
183 Destroy destroy destruction destructive

184 Detail detail detailed
185 Determine determine determination determined

186 Developmental develop development developmental developmentally
187 Device device
188 Diagram diagram
189 Digest digest digestion digestive
190 Director direct director
191 Disable disable diabled
disappointing
192 Disappoint disappoint disappointment disappointed
193 Discount discount
discovery
194 Discover discover

disgusting
disgust disgusted
195 Disgusting disgust
196 Dishes dishes honest
dishonest
197 Dishonest/Honest honesty
like
198 Dislike dislike dislike
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199 Distance distance distant

200 District district
201 Divide divide division
202 Document document
203 Dollar dollar
doubtfully
doubtful doubtless
204 Doubt doubt doubt undoubtedly
downstairs
upstairs
205 Downstairs
206 Draft draft
207 Drought drought
208 Drown drown drowning
209 Dump dump dump
210 Duration duration
dust
211 Dust dustbin dusty
economic
212 Economy economy economical economically
edition
213 Edit edit editor
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effect effective
214 Effective/ ineffective affect effectiveness ineffective effectively
efficient
215 Efficient/ inefficient efficiency inefficient efficiently
216 Either either
old
older
elder
217 Elder elderly
electricity electrical
218 Electricity electrician
219 Electronic electronic
220 Elegant elegance elegant elegantly

221 Emergency emergency
222 Emotion emotion emotional
empire
223 Empire emperor
224 Enable enable enabling
225 Enemy enemy
226 Enter enter entry
entertainment
227 Entertain entertain entertainer entertaining
228 Enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically
229 Envelope envelope
equality equal
230 Equal inequality unequal
231 Equipment equipment
232 Epidemic epidemic
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233 Era era

234 Error error
235 Essay essay
236 Essential essential
237 Establish establish establishment
238 Estimate estimate estimation
239 Euro Euro
240 Event event

241 Ex ex-
242 Exact exact exactly
243 Exchange- rate exchange-rate
244 Expand expand expansion
expectation /
245 Expect expect expectancy expected
246 Experiment experiment experiment
247 Expert expert

248 Explode explode explosion
exploration explosive
explorer
249 Explore explore
250 Extend (arms) extend extension
251 Facial facial
252 Factory factory

253 Fail fail failure
fair
254 Fair (just)/Unfair unfair fairly
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familiar
255 Familiar/unfamiliar familiarize familiarity unfamiliar
fascinating
256 Fascinate fascinate fascination fascinated
fasten
257 Fasten unfasten
258 Fat fat
259 Favour favour favour

260 Fee fee
261 Fetch fetch
262 Fever fever

263 Figure figure
264 Find out find out
265 Fire fire fire
266 Fix fix
267 Flavour flavour flavour
268 Float float
269 Flood flood flood
270 Flow flow flow
271 Focus (on) focus focus
272 Fold fold
273 Fool fool
274 Force force
275 Forest forest
276 Forgive forgive forgiveness

277 Format format
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278 Freedom freedom free

279 Freeze freeze freezing
280 Frequent frequent frequently
friend friendly
unfriendly
281 Friendship friendship
fuel
282 Fuel/Gas gas
283 Function function functional
284 Gallery gallery
garbage
285 Garbage garbageman
gathering
286 Gather (ideas) gather
287 Generation generation
288 Giant giant giant
289 Global global
goal
goalkeeper
290 Goal (sports/aim)
291 God god / goddess
292 Goods goods
293 Grade (Mark/class) grade grade

294 Graph graph graphic
295 Greet greet greeting
296 Grocery grocery
297 Guest guest
298 Habitat habitat
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299 Handicap handicap handicapped

300 Handkerchief handkerchief
301 Handwriting handwriting
302 Harbour harbour
303 Hardly hard hardly
304 Heading heading
305 Heal heal
306 Heat heat heat
307 Heaven heaven
308 Height height high
309 Hide hide
310 Highlight highlight highlight
311 Highway highway
history
historian historical
312 Historic/Historical
313 Hole hole
household household
314 Household
human
human being
315 Human (being) humanity
316 Hunger hunger hungry
hunter
317 Hunt hunt hunting
318 Hut hut
319 Ideal ideal ideally

identity
320 Identify identify identification identified / unidentified
imaginative
321 Imagination imagine imagination imaginary
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mature
immature
322 Immature/Mature maturity
patience patient patiently
impatience impatient impatiently
323 Impatient/Patient
324 Incredible incredible
correct
325 Incorrect/Correct incorrect correctly
increase increase
decrease decrease
326 Increase/Decrease
327 Index index
328 Indicate indicate indication

329 Individual individual individual
330 Industry industrialize industry industrial
infected
331 Infect infect infection infectious
inference
332 Infer infer
333 Influence influence influence influential

334 Inform inform information
335 Ingredient ingredient
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336 Inject inject injection

337 Ink ink
338 Inn inn
339 Insect insect
340 Insert (card) insert
341 Install install installation
342 Institute institute
343 Interact (with) interact interaction interactive
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345 Interrupt interrupt interruption
346 Interval interval
347 invention
inventor
348 Invent invent visible
invisible
349 Invisible
350 Involve involve involvement
irresponsibility irresponsible
351 Irresponsible/Responsible
352 Item item
353 Jealous jealousy jealous
354 Joke joke joke

355 Joy joy joyful
356 Junior junior

357 Keen keen
358 Kick kick kick

knitting
359 Knit knit
360 Knock (on the door) knock knock
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unknown /
known
361 Knowledge know knowledge
362 Lack lack lack
363 Lane lane

364 Last last
late
365 Later later late
366 Layout layout
367 Lead lead leader
368 Leaf leaf
369 Leak leak leak
lecture
370 Lecture lecturer
legal
371 Legal/ illegal legality illegal
372 Leisure leisure leisure

373 Length length long
374 Level level
lie
liar
375 Liar lie likely
unlikely
376 Likely
377 Limit limit limit limited

378 Link link link
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379 Locally lock local local locally

unlock
380 Lock/Unlock lock loose
381 Loose
382 Lorry lorry

loss
383 Loss lose loser lost
384 Luxury luxury luxurious luxuriously
385 Mad madness mad madly

management
386 Manage manage manager
387 Manner manner
388 Margin margin
389 Maximum / Minimum maximum maximum / minimum
390 Measure measure
391 Medical medical
392 Melt melt melting, melted
393 Memory memory
394 Mention mention
395 Metal metal
396 Method method

397 Mind mind
398 Miracle miracle miraculous miraculously
399 Module module modular
moral
immoral
400 Moral morality
mortal
401 Mortal mortality immortal
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most
402 Mostly mostly
403 Motivate motivate motivation motivated
404 Movement move movement
405 Mud mud
406 Muscle muscle
407 Mystery mystery mysterious mysteriously
408 Narrow narrow
409 Nasty nasty

nation national
410 Nation nationality international
411 Natural nature natural
412 Naughty naughty

neighbourhood
413 Neighbour neither
nor
414 Neither/Nor
415 Nest nest
416 Network network
417 Northern north northern
418 Note note note
419 Notice notice notice noticeable

nutrient nutrient
420 Nutrient nutrition nutricious
obedient
obey obedience disobedient
421 Obey disobey disobedience
422 Objective objective
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423 Obvious obvious obviously

424 Occasions occasion occasional occasionally
425 Ocean ocean
426 Old-fashioned old-fashioned
427 Opportunity opportunity
428 Oral oral

429 Ordinary ordinary
430 Organic organic organically

431 Organism organism
organised
432 Organisation organise organisation disorganised
433 Original original originally
434 Outbreak outbreak

435 Outline outline outline
436 Overall overall overall
437 Package pack package
438 Pain pain painful, painless painfully

439 Pale pale
440 Pandemic pandemic pandemic
441 Panel (Discussion) panel
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panic
442 Panic panic panic panicky
443 Pants pants
444 Parental parent parental

participation
445 Participate participate participant
446 Path path
447 Peaceful peace peaceful
448 Pedestrian pedestrian
449 peer peer
450 Percent percent percent
performance
451 Perform perform performer
452 Period period
453 Persuade persuade persuasion persuasive

454 Pesticide pesticide
455 Philosophy (of something) philosophy
456 Pill pill
457 Pin (Code) pin
458 Plain plain
459 Planet planet
460 Plastic plastic
461 podcast podcast/podcasting
poison
462 Poison poison poisoning poisonous
463 Pollution pollute pollution
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464 Poorly poverty poor

465 Port port
466 Portrait portray portrait
467 Poster poster
468 Postpone postpone
469 Pot pot

470 Pour pour
471 Poverty poverty poor

472 Praise praise praise
473 Pray pray prayer

474 Precise precise precisely
475 Predict predict prediction predictable
476 Pregnant pregnancy pregnant

presentation
477 Presentation present presenter
478 Pressure pressure
479 Prevent prevent prevention preventable

480 Pride pride proud proudly
481 Priest priest
482 Prime (number) prince prime
princess
483 Prince
484 Principal principal
print
printer
485 Print print
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486 Prize prize

487 Process process
production
488 Produce produce product
profit
489 Profit profit profitability profitable profitably
490 Promise promise promise
491 Pronounce pronounce pronunciation

492 Proper proper properly
493 Protection protect protection

protest protective
protester
494 Protest protest
495 Prove prove proof proven

496 Provide provide
497 Public public
publisher
498 Publish publish publishing
499 Pull pull pull
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500 Pump pump pump
501 Punish punish punishment

502 Purpose purpose
503 Push push push
504 Quality quality
505 quantity quantity
506 Quick quick quickly
507 Quiet quiet quietly
508 Quit quit quitter
rail
509 Rail railway
510 Raise raise
511 Rather (than) rather
512 Ray (of light) ray
513 Reach reach
514 React react reaction
515 Realise realise realisation
real
516 Realistic realistic
reasonable
unreasonable
517 Reasonable
518 Receipt receipt
519 Receive receive
520 Recent recent recently
521 Reception reception
522 Recipe recipe
523 Recognise recognise
524 Recommend recommend recommendation
525 Reduce reduce reduction
526 Refer refer
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527 Refuse refuse refusal

registration
528 Register register
relation
relationship
529 Relation relate relative related
530 Remind remind reminder
531 Remote remote
532 Remove remove removal
533 Replace replace replacement
534 Report report report, reporter
535 Represent represent
536 Republic republic
537 Require require requirement
538 Reserve reserve reservation respectful/
disrespectful
respected
539 Respect respect respect
540 Respond respond response
541 Resource resource resourceful
542 Revise revise revision

543 Rhythm rhythm
544 Ridiculous ridiculous ridiculously
545 Rise rise rise
546 Roll (the ball) roll
547 Roof roof
548 Root root
549 Rose rose rosy
550 Royal royalty royal
551 Rubbish rubbish
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552 Rug rug
553 Rule rule

554 Runner run runner
555 Salary salary
556 Saucer saucer
scene
557 Scenery scenery

558 Scissors scissors
559 Score score score
560 Scratch scratch scratch

561 Scream scream scream
562 Screen screen
563 Section section
564 Seem seem
565 selfish selfishness selfish selfishly
566 Sense sense sensible

567 Separate separate separation separate
568 Series series
servant
service
569 Serve serve
570 Set (the table) set
571 Severe (pain/illness) severe severely

572 Sew sew
573 Sex sex
574 Shadow shadow
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575 Shake shake

576 Shape shape
577 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp
578 Shave shave shave
579 ship ship ship
580 Shortly (after) shortly
581 Shoulder shoulder
sign
582 Sign sign signature
583 Signal signal signal significant
insignificant
584 Significant/insignificant significance
585 Silly silly
586 Since since
587 Sink sink sink
588 Site site
589 Situated (in/on/by) situated
skilled
590 Skill skill skillful
591 Skin skin
slave
slavery
592 Slave
593 Sleeve sleeve
594 Slip slip
595 Smell smell smell
soap
596 Soap soap opera
597 Softly soft softly
598 Solution solve solution

599 Somehow somehow
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speech
600 Speaker speak speaker
601 Species species
602 Specific specific specifically
603 Speed speed
604 Spice spice spicy
605 Spread spread spread

606 Squeeze squeeze
607 Stage stage

608 Statement state statement
609 Status status
610 Stereotype stereotype stereotype stereotypical
611 Stick stick stick
612 Stock (Market) stock
613 Stuff stuff stuff
614 Stupid stupid
615 Style style
616 Sub successful sub-
unsuccessful
617 Succeed succeed success successfully
sufferer
618 Suffer suffer suffering
619 Suicide suicide suicidal
620 Suggest suggest suggestion

621 Suitcase suitcase
622 Summary summarize summary / sum
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supply
supplies
623 Supply supply supplier
624 Support support support
625 Suppose suppose
626 Surface surface
survival
627 Survive survive survivor
628 Symbol symbol
629 Symptom symtom
630 System system
631 Tablet tablet
632 Tale tale
633 Tank (water) tank
634 Tap (water) tap
635 Task task
tax
636 Tax taxpayer
637 Tendency tend tendency
638 Term (terminology) term
639 Theatre theatre theatrical
640 Theme theme
641 Theory theory
642 Therapy therapy
643 Tissue tissue
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644 Thumb thumb

645 Thunder thunder
646 Tip tip
647 Tool tool
648 Topic topic
649 Total total totally
650 Towel towel
trade
651 Trade trade trading
translation
652 Translate translate translator
transport
653 Transport/transportation transportation
654 Treat treat treat

655 Trend trend trendy
656 Triangle triangle
657 Tribe tribe tribal
658 Trick trick trick
659 Truck truck
660 Tunnel tunnel
661 Ugly ugly
662 Underwater underwater
663 Undergraduate undergraduate
664 Underwear underwear
665 Universe universe universal
necessary
666 Unnecessary/Necessary unnecessary necessarily
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pleased
pleasant
667 Unpleasant/ Pleasant pleasure unpleasant
668 Update update update

669 Urban urbanisation urban
670 Vacuum vacuum vacuum
671 Valley valley
672 Value value value valuable
673 Van van
vandal
674 Vandal vandalism
675 Variety vary variety various
676 Vehicle vehicle
677 Version version
678 View view viewer
679 Violent violence violent

680 Virus virus
681 Visual visual
vowel
682 Vowel/Consonant consonant
683 Wage wage

684 Wave wave wave
685 Weave weave web
website
686 Web
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687 Weigh weigh weight

688 Weird wheel weird
wheelchair
689 Wheel
690 Wide wide widely
691 Widespread widespread
692 Wind wind
693 wish wish wish

694 Wood wood wooden
695 worldwide worldwide worldwide
696 Worth worth
697 Wrap wrap wrap

698 Yard yard
699 Yawn yawn yawn
700 Zone zone
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COLLOCATION
to have a natural/great ability to be (un)able to

do sth
absenteeism limit to be disabled to have an absenteeism limit
to be absent to be
absent from school/work
a military/police academy academic year
to have an accent to speak with an accent a

regional/local accent a strong accent
glad to accept / happy
to accept / be / seem / make stg acceptable
to have access to sth to have easy access to sth
to be (in)accessible
to provide/offer accommodation
absolute/complete accuracy
to be (in)accurate very/extremely/highly accurate
to be difficult to achieve great/important achievement
an achievable goal
the actual number

to make additions to sth In addition
be addicted to sth, addiction to, addictive to, highly addictive
to admire greatly/really to be full of admiration to feel
admiration great/deep admiration to have an
admirer great/secret admirer
to adopt a child/an animal

an adopted son/daughter adoptive parents
to be an adult a young adult to reach

adulthood during/in adulthood
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to advertise sth widely to show an advertisement

good/misleading advertisement a television/radio
advertisement
a magazine/newspaper advert
to affect greatly to have an effect

on sth to have a strong/significant effect
to be/seem effective
an advertising agency travel agency real estate
agency a real estate agent
an FBI agent
act of aggression aggression by sb against sb/sth
extreme aggression
to be/look/seem aggressive
extremely aggressive aggressive behaviour aggressive marketing/
campaign/techniques
to behave aggressively
to work in agriculture modern/organic agriculture
to depend on agriculture
to ask for aid food/medical aid
give / provide aid
alarm clock fire/smoke/burglar alarm

to set/activate an / the alarm
to look alike to be very alike

to think
to allow to doalike
sth to have an allowance a
large/small allowance a daily/weekly/monthly allowance
to have an alternative alternative medicine

to be/look/sound amazing to be really amazing
to be/look amazed by sth
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the amount of sth to pay regular amounts of money to

sb/sth a huge/large/enormous amount of sth
to increase/decrease the amount of sth
to feel anger at/over sth

to be angry at/with sb to be angry about sth
to look/appear angry
to celebrate an / our anniversary first/second etc. anniversary
wedding anniversary
to announce that + sentence to make an announcement
an annual meeting/report
apart from
to appear on television physical appearance attractive
appearance
to be (in)appropriate to be (in)appropriate for children
to (dis)approve of sth to approve strongly
to need approval
to argue fiercely/ heatedly to argue about/over sth

to argue with sb
to argue strongly/ forcefully/ sensibly
to argue against/for
a big/violent argument an argument about/ over sth
an argument with sb /between people
to have a powerful army
to arrange easily/with difficulty to make arrangements
arranged marriage
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to arrive early/late to arrive at + place

early/late arrival
to be the first/last to arrive
artificial flowers / light
to be/feel/look ashamed to be
ashamed of sth to be deeply/very ashamed
shameless behaviour/lies What a shame!
to assess performance/skills
reading assignment to hand out / hand in an assignment
to assume that + sentence to make assumptions
about
to sthsth to sth
attach to open the attachment
attempt to do stg
attempt at doing stg
attempted murder/ suicide
attitude towards sth the writer's attitude towards sth --- have a
positive / negative attitude
to attract attention/interest
to feel a strong attraction to/towards sb
to be/look attractive very/extremely attractive
to find sb attractive
to make sb/sth attractive
to avoid sth to be (un)avoidable
to be/lie awake
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to be/look awkward very awkward an awkward

question
to walk backwards
harmful/beneficial bacteria bacterial infections
baggage allowance
to ban officially
to wear/remove a bandage a tight/loose bandage
to bargain about sth with sb

to base sth on sth to be based on sth
to carry a basket a basket of flowers/fruit to

play/watch basketball basketball player/star/team/match
to charge a battery to be powered by battery battery
goes dead
to beat badly/violently to beat fast/rapidly a regular
beat
to behave well/properlya heart beat good/bad/(un)acceptable behaviour
behaviour towards sb a badly-
behaved child a well-behaved child
to believe that + sentence to believe in sth

to have/hold belief
personal belongings
to have enormous/great benefit
to be beneficial to sb/sth
a rubbish/wastepaper bin
biology department biological
weapons
a mosquito bite
to blame sb for sth
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to fill in the blanks a blank page
to bleed badly to stop bleeding to

lose blood
a block of ice/stone/wood
to blow strongly
to be bold
to bomb heavily atomic bomb
to be at the bottom of the page
to breast feed
to breathe in/out to take a deep
breath to hold your breath
to broadcast live a news broadcast

a bucket of water
annual budget
to build a house/wall
to burst into tears/laughter

to button your coat
a bird cage
to calculate accurately an accurate/exact calculation
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the Panama Canal

a last-minute cancellation
have capability be capable of doing something
cash a check
categorize into
put stg into a category
a deep/large cave to explore a cave
a high/low ceiling
an exam certificate
a marriage/death/birth
to challenge sb certificate to be extremely/very challenging
to have little chance of doing sth

to get a chance to do sth to give sb a chance to do sth
to do sth by chance
chapter of a book chapter in history
to charge money
to donate/give money to charity
to live on charity a charitable event
to draw a circle a complete/full circle to sit in a

circle
ancient/early civilisations
the end/collapse/decline/ of a civilisation
civilized society/world
to click on sth
a piece of cloth to wear clothes to put on/take

off clothes
to be cloudy
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an amazing/strange coincidence
a shirt collar
coloured cloth of X and Y

a combination a colourful painting combination
a perfect/strange
find / get / seek comfort

to comment on/about sth to sb -- to have/ make a comment
a brief/negative/critical comment a
comment about/on
to communicate sth
effectively/successfully to communicate with sb
to have good/effective communication
communication between sb and sb
a community college
to compete against/with sb/sth to have competition
to win/lose a competition to be/become competitive
to be in good
go to condition
a conference annual/international conference
to have/lack/build up/boost confidence

to have full/total confidence enormous/great confidence
to acquire/gain/lose/restore confidence
to be/appear/look confident
to be very/completely confident
to be in conflict with sth/sb
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to easily confuse sb with sb

to cause/create/result in confusion --- confusion about/over sth
to be/become/seem confused about sth
to be/sound/look confusing extremely/highly/slightly
connection between X and Y confusing
to consider carefully/seriously to consider doing sth
to have a contract long-term/short-term contract

permanent contract
to contribute to sth to make a contribution an
important/big/major contribution
to convince that + sentence to convince sb to do

sth to be convinced that + sentence
a bad cough
courage to do sth cough medicine
to need encouragement from sb---to be courageous
media coverage
to criticize heavily to express/make criticism
a theatre/film critic
harsh/heavy/serious criticism
critical thinking
to grow/produce crop agricultural crop
Mexican cuisine
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to cure completely to develop/discover cure an

effective
to cure
have curiosity toout
beof(in)curable
curiosity to be
curious about sth to look curiously
extracurricular activity
soft cushion
to damage badly/seriously/severely to cause/do damage

great/enormous damage to be/become damaging
to die of sth a deadly virus/weapon

to be deaf
to deal with sth/sb to do/make a deal a
good/fair deal
to deduce that + sentence to deduce easily
to deduce meaning from context
to make a deduction a brilliant/logical deduction about sth
a deep cave deep/shallow water

defend against
to have a degree in a field Master's degree
to demand that + sentence a demand for sth

to be demanding
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to depend on sth to be dependent on sb
destination point
to destroy completely/entirely an attempt--- to destroy sth total/mass
destruction
to cause/lead to/result in destruction
to be/become very destructive
to
to explain in detail
have determination to be full of determination
to be determined to do sth
a useful/electronic/hi-tech device
digestive system
to be disappointing/disappointed to feel
disappointment over sth
to discover suddenly an amazing/big discovery

to make a discovery
to feel/show disgust great disgust
to be/look/smell/taste disgusting to be/look disgusted
to wash the dishes
to be (dis)honest
to (dis)like doing sth to feel/have dislike to
express/show dislike deep/great dislike
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the distance between X and Y to be within walking

distance
to travel/walk/go a
considerable/huge distance
in the far distance
to be/become distant
to divide
prepareequally
a document an important/key document
to doubt that + sentence

to have doubts about sth
It is doubtful that + sentence
to seriously doubt
to have/express doubt
serious/severe doubt
to be/look/seem doubtful
about sth
to go downstairs/upstairs
the first draft
to develop/improve economy to be very

economical
a new edition the first edition limited/special edition
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to affect greatly/significantly to have a dramatic/ important/ longterm effect

to check the overall effectiveness of sth to be/seem effective
highly/very/extremely effective
to enhance/achieve great efficiency
energy/cost efficiency
to be/look efficient highly/extremely/really efficient
elder brother / sister to produce/provide electricity

electrical appliances/goods an electrical
engineer
to have/lack elegance to be/look elegant

emergencytoexit
be very/extremely emergency
elegant room
to be/look emotional
enable sb / stg to do stg

defeat, destroy, confront, face an enemy
to keep sb entertained popular entertainment

form of entertainment
to be extremely entertaining
to be enthusiastic about sth
to have equality to be/become equal

electrical equipment
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to make an error
to write an essay an essay on/about sth
to estimate that + sentence

an important event to witness an event
an event occurs/happens an event takes place
to expand greatly/rapidly expansion occurs/takes place
life expectancy / to have expectations expected result
to carry out/conduct/do an experiment to experiment with

sth
to be an expert in/on/at sth
recognized/leading/real expert to take advice/consult
an expert
an explosive device
to carry out exploration exploration to take place
a great explorer
to extend arms
a textile factory to set

up a factory
complete failure
a fair competition
it is fair to do something
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to be (un)familiar with sth

familiarity with sth
to be/look/seem familiar
to familiarize yourself with
sth
to fasten seat belt
to do sb a favour to ask a favour

to be in favour of something
university fee registration fee
to have fever to suffer from a fever

high/slight fever
to have a good/beautiful figure
find out about sth, find out that
be/get fired, fire somebody from something, fire somebody for something
to have a salty/sweet/bitter/spicy flavour

to float on water
to focus on sth
to fold carefully/neatly
force sbforest
to destroy to do sth natural forest
to forgive sb for doing sth to

ask/beg for forgiveness
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to have freedom to be/feel free

to be free to do sth
to be/look freezing
be frequent to be very/extremely frequent
to become friends to establish
a friendship a close friendship
a friendly face/smile to be friendly to sb
art gallery
garbage truck
to gather ideas a social gathering
future generations
a giant spider
a global problem
to have a goal to set goals a
long-term goal the main/major goal
to score a goal
consumer/electrical/ household/ luxury goods

to produce/buy goods
to
to import/export
grade papers goods to grade carefully
exam grade to get good grades
to greet cheerfully/enthusiastically formal/friendly greeting
to invite guests
something's natural habitat, damage/destroy a habitat, conserve/protect a
habitat, loss of habitat, the destruction of a habitat
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to have good/poor handwriting
to heal completely/well
to heat up the food
a high building/mountain
highlights of the match
a historical novel historical documents

household bills/expenses household products/goods
extreme hunger, feel hunger become, get, make sb hungry
fox, seal, tiger hunt massive, nationwide hunt treasure hunt

to build hut
to be ideal ideal opportunity
ideal job
to identify correctly/falsely identity card
to imagine that + sentence to have/show/lack
imagination great/creative imagination
to be very/extremely imaginative imaginary
character
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to lose
to be very (im)mature
patience to have/show patience
to be (im)patient about sth to wait
patiently
to be (in)correct a (in)correct answer

to pronounce correctly
to increase rapidly/sharply to increase greatly
to decrease dramatically a
huge/enormous increase in sth a decrease in sth
a sharp/dramatic decrease
to indicate clearly to indicate that + sentence

clear indication
important/key/major industry the industrial

revolution
to be infected with virus to suffer from/have an infection
a serious/mild infection an infectious patient
an infected wound/cut
to make/draw inference
to influence greatly/ adversely to have a good/bad

influence on sb
great/significant influence
to influence considerably/ deeply/greatly
to have great/enormous/ significant influence on sth
to be/become deeply/ extremely/ highly influential
to be influential in sth
an influential figure in a field
correct/false information
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to write in ink
a swarm of bees/ants
to insert a card
to install properly
to interact with sb
to interrupt impatiently/rudely to work without interruption
to be visible to the naked eye
to be responsible for sth
to cause jealousy to be jealous of sb/sth

to joke about sth to make a
joke
joyful news
junior high junior year junior
football club
to be keen on sth/Ving
to kick hard to give sb a
kick
to knit a jumper to do knitting
hand/machine knitting
to knock on the door to knock sb down
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to know very well to have great knowledge

to be knowledgeable about sth
to lack confidence lack of

food/money
to change lane the
inside/middle/outside lane the fast/slow lane
to be late for work/class/school

to lead the way a natural/charismatic leader
an oak leaf
a lecture on sth to go to/attend a lecture an

interesting/boring lecture a college/university lecturer
become, be legal challenge, question, assert, recognise legality

at one's leisure
leisure time
to lie about sth to lie to sb

to tell a lie a big/white lie
to be a good liar
to be (un)likely to do sth It's (un)likely that + sentence
to limit strictly maximum/lower limit to

reach/cross the limit to be at/above the limit to break the
speed limit limited
edition
a link between X and Y
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to lock the door safety locks

a loose dress/sweater
to lose
to drivethe
a lorry
keys to lose interest in sth lorry driver
loss of memory/appetite/confidence to get lost
to live in luxury madness

sheer/absolute to be mad at/with sb
to drive/make sb mad to cheer madly
manage
to have successfully
an aggressive/friendly manner good / bad manners
to leave a wide margin

maximum, minimum amount/number
to measure accurately
melt away
memory loss
to mention that + sentence
to use a method an effective/good method
various methods the best method of/for sth
the human mind, in somebody's mind

miraculous recovery
modular course
immoral behaviour
mortal injury
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poor, low motivation, lack, lose motivation

to move to another room/country
to be covered in mud a mud hut
an unsolved mystery to disappear mysteriously
a narrow lane/street a narrow escape

nasty weather
nasty language
nasty living conditions
to create a new nation to have dual nationality
to be natural natural beauty

naughty child
naughty jokes
next-door neighbours a friendly neighbourhood a
poor/middle-class neighbourhood
neither X nor Y
a bird's nest
a rail/road network a large network of friends
the North Pole
to note carefully to leave a note to sb a Post-it note
to notice that + sentence to take any notice of sb's advice

a noticeable difference
an obedient child/dog to achieve an objective
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It'sspecial
a obvious that + sentence
occasion to meet occasionally
ocean current
old-fashioned cloths/furniture
to have an opportunity to miss an
opportunity a unique/golden opportunity
oral presentation
oral hygene
ordinary life an ordinary day
organic food
organic farmic
complex organism
to organise a meeting/wedding to organise successfully/badly
a large/voluntary organiation
to be very organised
to have original ideas

an outbreak of flu a serious outbreak
outbreak occurs
the outline of the essay
to pack your bags

a constant/sharp pain
to experience/feel pain
to suffer from pain
to be/seem/look painful
to be completely/entirely painless
to die slowly and painfully
to have a pale complexion
panel discussion
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panic fear
panic buying
to get into a panic
foster parents
parental controls
parental advisory
to participate in sth
a garden path
a peaceful protest
to perform successfully a live performance
to persuade sb to do sth to be
persuasive
philosophy of education/religion/science
to take a pill diet/sleeping/vitamin pill
pin code
plain yoghurt
to produce/manufacture plastic
to poison sb a strong/deadly poison

to die from/of poisoning
poisonous gas
to control/reduce pollution
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to live in poverty
cinema/circus poster
to postpone doing sth
a flower pot a pot of coffee/tea cooking
pot
to pour carefully
reduce, eliminate poverty extreme, severe, widespread, rural, urban poverty

to praise sb for sth
to pray that + sentence to pray silently/regularly
to say a prayer
to predict
to be precise about sth
correctly/successfully to make predictions about sth
to be predictable
a normal/difficult pregnancy pregnancy test
to be/become pregnant
to give a presentation an interesting/short presentation
to be under pressure to put sb under pressure to

cope
to with pressure
prevent to put pressure on somebody
accidents/crime to prevent sb from doing sth
a preventable disease
to have pride to be proud of sb

a Catholic priest
a prime number prime minister
school principal basic principal
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get,
to goreceive,
throughtake, accept a prize a long/slow/difficult process
a process
mass/annual production to
buy/sell products
to profit from sth to earn/make a profit
to be/seem profitable big/small/fat/high profit
a profitable business
to achieve high/low
profitability
a decline/fall in profitability
extremely/highly/very
profitable
to trade profitably
to use time profitably
to promise to do sth to make a

promise to keep/break a promise
to pronounce correctly good/bad pronunciation correct

pronunciation pronunciation exercises
a proper meal
protect against, from
be protective against, towards protection against, from
to protest peacefully to
organize protest protest demonstration
to have proof concrete/absolute proof
prove to be innocent, guilty
be proof against stg
to provide sth/sb with sth
public transport
newspaper/book publishing publishing house
to pull hard
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a
togas/petrol
punish sb pump
for sth to
punish severely heavy punishment
main/primary purpose to have/lack purpose

to push hard
good/high quality poor/low quality
a vast quantity of sth / in large quantities

to be quick to do sth
to be/become quiet
to quit + Ving
rail ticket rail disaster rail travel
to raise your to travel by rail
hand to raise children
rather than
ray of light the rays of the sun
reachstrongly
to react an agreement to react to sth
to realise that + sentence
to be real
to be reasonable to be reasonable to do sth
reception area/desk a hotel receptionist
to make a recommendation about/on sth
to refer to sth
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refuse to do stg
refusal to do stg
to register for class to require registration
to relate sth to/with sth the relation between X and Y
to be related to sth
a news/weather report
to represent well/poorly
to make a reservation
to respect deeply/greatly to show
respect for sb to have deep/great respect
to respond quickly a great response

financial, limited, natural resources
to revise notes to need a lot of revision to do revision
slow/fast rhythm
be/look/sound
to rise ridiculous
dramatically/sharply a rise in sth
to roll the ball
deep/shallow root
rosy cheeks
the royal family
to put the rubbish out rubbish bin
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to set out rules to obey/follow rules to break

the rules
to run fast a fast/good runner
to pay/earn salary good/high/low salary
beautiful/breathtaking/spectacular scenery
high/low score
to scratch badly to have a scratch a scratch
mark
to scream loudly
It seems that + sentence

an act of selfishness / pure selfishness / utter selfishness / be selfish / feel
selfish / be extremely selfish
to make sense
sensible people
sensible answer
television series
to set the table

severe pain/illness severe headache severe
weather conditions to be severely injured
opposite sex
to make a shadow dark shadow
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to shake hands
sharp edge
to have a shave
shortly after/before sth

a shoulder to cry on
to give a/the signal
significance of, attach significance to

to be/look silly
to sink slowly/fast a kitchen/bathroom sink
historical sites
to
to be situated
have a skill in/on/by great/necessary skill
to be very skilled at/in sth
skin cancer dark/fair/pale/tanned skin
to roll your sleeves up
to have a nice/sweet smell
a bar of soap
to be/look soft a soft pillow to speak
softly
to solve a problem to solve a mystery/puzzle a
solution to the problem
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a brilliant/good speaker
endangered/extinct species
a specific example
speed limit maximum speed
to add spice to be/smell/taste spicy
to spread fast/rapidly to encourage/prevent/limit spread
great/gradual/rapid/slow spread
to go through a stage a difficult/critical stage

to state that + sentence to make a be
to on stageabout sth
statement
to have/acquire status great/high status

popular/common/gender/racial stereotype
stock market
to be/look stupid
to achieve/have success to be successful at/in sth

to suffer from sth
to suffer badly/a lot/greatly
to cause great/intense/terrible suffering
to commit suicide
to come up with some suggestions to give sb some
suggestions to make a suggestion
to pack a suitcase heavy/light suitcase
to write a summary / to sum up / to sum up the main points of sth / to
summarize / a large/small sum of money / to make a summary
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to supply well/adequately
to keep sb/sth supplied with sth--- a supply of sth
to bring supplies medical/plentiful supplies big/leading/main/largest supplier
to support well
to suppose that + sentence
to survive well
to barely/narrowly survive
to be likely to survive
survival chances/rate
a battle/fight/struggle for survival
survival against sth
great survivor
the only survivor
to take sleeping/vitamin tablets

to tell a tale
a petrol/water tank
tap water to turn a tap on/off
to complete a challenging task
pay tax
to tend to do sth to have a tendency to do sth
a technical term
alternative therapy
paper tissue
healty tissue
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loud thunder
to use tools
clean/wet towel
to trade openly/successfully with sb
to do/carry out/conduct trade profitable trade
fairtranslate
to trade correctly to translate from one language into
another language to do translation
to use public transport

treat somebody like/as something badly treated/well treated -- my treat
treat somebody with respect/ contempt/courtesy
trendy clothes
a native tribe tribal dress

to play a trick on sb
to drive a truck a heavy/big truck
to go into a tunnel
to be/look very ugly
an underwater camera
undergraduate degree
in the entire/whole universe
It is necessary to do sth
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to give/get/take pleasure from sth to be pleased to do

sth to be pleased that + sentence to be
pleased about sth a pleasant day/surprise an unpleasant
experience
to give an update
weekly update
urban areas/development
to create/produce vacuum
to place value high/low value
to vary greatly
motor vehicle
the original version of the film current/latest
version
to have different views about/on sth In my view, + sentence
TV viewer
to use violence great/extreme violence to
be/become
a violent
deadly virus to be infected with virus
weekly wages the minimum wage to earn/pay

wages
to wave at sb to hear the waves
to weave a carpet
spider's web to design a website
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to weigh carefully to be about average height and weight

to lose a bit of weight
to feel/sound weird
to use a wheelchair
a wide river/road to vary widely
widespread support/ acceptance/criticism
strong/terrible wind wind to blow
to wish to do sth / to wish desperately / to have/express a wish / strong/last
wish
a piece of wood a wooden chair
to be sold worldwide
to be worth it
to wrap firmly/tightly to wrap in a blanket
to wrap a present
military/restricted zone
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2 Absent absenteeism absent

10 Achieve achieve achievement achievable

19 Affect affect effect effective effectively

21 Aggressive aggression aggressive aggresively

22 Agriculture agriculture agricultural

23 Aid aid aid

28 Alike alike alike

29 Allow allow allowance

33 Anger anger angry angrily

35 Announce announce announcement

43 Argue argue argument argumentative

45 Arrange arrange arrangement arranged

46 Arrival arrive arrival

51 Assume assume assumption

53 Attempt attempt attempt attempted

74 Beat beat beat

75 Behave behave behaviour behavioral

78 Benefit benefit benefit beneficial

83 Blank blank blank

85 Block block blockage

88 Bomb bomb bomb

94 Breath breathe breath

105 Canal canal

109 Category categorize category

112 Certificate certificate

114 Chance chance

117 Charity (organization) charity cheek charitable

119 Circle circle circle

120 Civilization/civilisation civilisation civilised

127 Coin coin

134 Comment comment comment

149 Contract contract

150 Contribute (to) contribute contribution

156 Courage encourage encouragement courageous

163 Curious curiosity curious curiously

168 Damage damage damage damaging

172 Deal (with) deal deal

173 Deduce (meaning from context) deduce deduction

181 Depend (on) depend independence

183 Destroy destroy destruction destructive

185 Determine determine determination determined

194 Discover discover

199 Distance distance distant

220 Elegant elegance elegant elegantly

233 Era era

240 Event event

246 Experiment experiment experiment

247 Expert expert

252 Factory factory

259 Favour favour favour

262 Fever fever

276 Forgive forgive forgiveness

278 Freedom freedom free

292 Goods goods

293 Grade (Mark/class) grade grade

298 Habitat habitat

299 Handicap handicap handicapped

319 Ideal ideal ideally

328 Indicate indicate indication

330 Industry industrialize industry industrial

333 Influence influence influence influential

336 Inject inject injection