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Nouns
authority, authorization

Adjectives

W O R D FA M I L I E S
Verbs

Adverbs

authoritarian, authoritative,
authorize
unauthorized
availability
available, unavailable
avoidancey l danh sch nhng tavoidable,
unavoidable
avoid
pht sinh ph
bin theo ng lut bin
i ca ting Anh. Khi lm bi tp ca ngi Vit cho , hc sinh
awareness
aware, unaware
unawares
c th gp kh khn v h thng ch ra nhng pht sinh rt hc him.
base, the basics, basis
baseless, basic
base
basically
bearer
bearable, unbearable
bear
beat, beating
unbeatable, unbeaten
beat
beauty, beautician
beautiful
beautifully
beginner, beginning
begin
behaviour/US behavior,
behavioural/US behavioral
behave, misbehave
misbehaviour/US misbehavior
belief, disbelief
believable, unbelievable
believe, disbelieve
unbelievably
block, blockage
blocked, unblocked
block, unblock
blood, bleeding
bloodless, bloody
bleed
the boil, boiler
boiling
boil
bore, boredom
bored, boring
bore
boringly
break, outbreak, breakage
unbreakable, broken, unbroken
break
breath, breather, breathing
breathless
breathe
breathlessly
brother, brotherhood
brotherly
build, builder, building
build, rebuild
burn, burner
burning, burnt
burn
burial
buried
bury
calculation, calculator
incalculable, calculated, calculating calculate
calm, calmness
calm
calm
calmly
capability
capable, incapable
capably
care, carer
careful, careless, caring, uncaring
care
carefully, carelessly
celebration, celebrity
celebrated, celebratory
celebrate
centre/US center, centralization,
central, centralized
centre/US center, centralize,
centrally
decentralization
decentralize
certainty, uncertainty
certain, uncertain
certainly, uncertainly
ad
challenge, challenger
challenging
challenge
change
changeable, interchangeable,
change
unchanged, changing
Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
character, characteristic,
characteristic, uncharacteristic
characterize
characteristically
characterization
ability,
disability, inability
able, unable, disabled
enable, disable
ably
chemical, chemist, chemistry
chemical unacceptable, accepted accept
chemically
acceptance
acceptable,
acceptably,
circle, semicircle, circulation
circular
circle, circulate
unacceptably
cleaner, cleaning, cleanliness
clean, unclean
clean
cleanly
accident
accidental
accidentally
clarity, clearance,
clearing
clear, unclear
clear
clear, clearly
accuracy,
inaccuracy
accurate,
inaccurate
accurately,
inaccurately
close, closure
closed, closing
close
accusation,
the accused, accuser
accusing
accuse
accusingly
closeness
close
close, closely
achievement,
achiever
achievable
achieve
clothes,
clothing
clothed, unclothed
clothe
act,
action,
inaction, interaction,
acting
act
collection,
collector
collected, collective
collect
collectively
reaction, transaction
colour/US
color,
coloured/US
colored,
colourfully/US colorfully
activity,
inactivity
active,
inactive,
interactive, proactive colour/US
activate color
actively
colouring/US coloring
discoloured/US discolored,
additional
add
additionally
colourful/US colorful,
admiration, admirer
admirable
admire
admirably
colourless/US disadvantaged
colorless
advantage, disadvantage
advantageous,
advantageously
combination advertiser,
combined
combine
advertisement,
advertise
comfort,
discomfort
comfortable,
comfort
comfortably
advertising
uncomfortable,
comforting
advice, adviser
advisable,
inadvisable,
advisory
advise
commitmentdisagreement
noncommittal, committed
commitdisagree
agreement,
agreeable
agree,
agreeably
communication, communicator
communicative, uncommunicative aim
communicate
aim
aimless
aimlessly
comparison
comparable,
incomparable,
compare
comparatively
amazement
amazed,
amazing
amaze
amazingly
comparative
anger
angry
anger
angrily
competition, competitor
competitive, uncompetitive
compete
competitively
announcement,
announcer
unannounced
announce
unannounced
completion, incompleteness
complete, incomplete
complete
completely, incompletely
appearance,
disappearance,
appear,
disappear, reappear
complication
complicated, uncomplicated
complicate
reappearance
computer, application
computing,
computerize
applicant,
applicable, applied
apply
computerization
appreciation
appreciable, appreciative
appreciate
appreciatively
concentration
concentrated
concentrate
approval,
disapproval
approving,
disapproving
approve,
disapprove
approvingly
concern
concerned, unconcerned
concern
approximation
approximate
approximate
approximately
conclusion
concluding,
conclusive, inconclusive argue
conclude
conclusively
argument
arguable,
argumentative
arguably
condition, precondition,
conditional, unconditional
conditionrearrange
conditionally,
arrangement
arrange,
conditioner,
conditioning
unconditionally
art,
artist, artistry
artistic
artistically
condence
condent,unashamed,
condential shameful,
conde
condently, shamelessly
condentially
shame
ashamed,
shame
shamefully,
conrmation
conrmed,
conrm
shameless unconrmed
confusion
confused,unattached,
confusing detachable,
confusedetach
confusingly
attachment
attached,
attach,
connection
connected,
connect, disconnect
detached disconnected,
unconnected
attack, counter-attack, attacker
attack, counter-attack
subconscious, unconscious,
conscious,inattentive
subconscious,
consciously, unconsciously
attention
attentive,
attend
attentively
consciousness,
unconsciousness
unconscious
attraction,
attractiveness
attractive,
unattractive
attract
attractively

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W O R D FA M I L I E S
Nouns

Adjectives

consequence
consideration

consequent, inconsequential
considerable, considerate,
consider, reconsider
inconsiderate, considered
continental, intercontinental
continual, continued, continuous
continue, discontinue
contributory
contribute
controlling, uncontrollable
control
convenient, inconvenient
inconvenience
convinced, convincing, unconvincingconvince
cooked, uncooked
cook
cool
cool
correct, incorrect, corrective
correct
countable, uncountable, countless count, recount
undercover, uncovered
cover, uncover
creative, uncreative
create, recreate
criminal, incriminating
incriminate
critical, uncritical
criticize
crowded, overcrowded
crowd
cruel
crying
cry
cultural, cultured
cured, incurable
cure
customary
accustom
cutting
cut, undercut
damaging, undamaged
damage
endangered, dangerous
endanger
daring
dare
dark, darkened, darkening
darken
dated, outdated
date, predate
daily
dead, deadly, deathly
deaden
deal
deceitful, deceptive
deceive
decided, undecided, decisive,
decide
indecisive
decorative
decorate
deep, deepening
deepen
undefeated, defeatist
defeat
defenceless/US defenseless,
defend
indefensible, defensive
denite, indenite
dene
demanding, undemanding
demand
democratic, undemocratic
demonstrable, demonstrative
demonstrate
undeniable
deny
dependable, dependent,
depend
independent
describable, indescribable,
describe
nondescript, descriptive
desirable, undesirable, desired,
desire
undesired
indestructible, destructive
destroy
determined, predetermined,
determine
indeterminate
developed, undeveloped, developingdevelop, redevelop

consequently
considerably,
considerately

different, indifferent

differ, differentiate

differently

direct, indirect

direct, redirect

directly, indirectly

continent
continuation, continuity
contribution, contributor
control, controller
convenience, inconvenience
cook, cooker, cookery, cooking
cool, coolness
correction, correctness
count, recount
cover, coverage, covering
creation, creativity, creator
crime, criminal, criminologist
critic, criticism
crowd, overcrowding
cruelty
cry, outcry
culture, subculture
cure
custom, customer, customs
cut, cutting
damage, damages
danger
dare, daring
dark, darkness
date
day, midday
dead, death
deal, dealer, dealings
deceit, deceiver, deception
decision, indecision
decoration, decorator
deep, depth
defeat, defeatism, defeatist
defence/US defense,
defendant, defender
denition
demand, demands
democracy, democrat
demonstration, demonstrator
denial
dependant, dependence,
independence, dependency
description
desire
destroyer, destruction
determination, determiner
developer, development,
redevelopment
difference, indifference,
differentiation
directness, direction,
directions, director
disagreement
disappointment
disaster
disciplinarian, discipline
discoverer, discovery
distance
disturbance
divide, division, subdivision
divorce, divorcee
do, doing
doubt, doubter
dream, dreamer

Verbs

disagreeable
disagree
disappointed, disappointing
disappoint
disastrous
disciplinary, disciplined, undisciplined
discipline
discover
distant
distance
disturbed, undisturbed, disturbing disturb
divided, undivided, divisible, divisive
divide, subdivide
divorced
divorce
done, overdone, undone
do, outdo, overdo, redo, undo
undoubted, doubtful, doubtless
doubt
dream, dreamless, dreamy
dream

Adverbs

continually, continuously
uncontrollably
conveniently
convincingly
coolly
correctly, incorrectly
undercover
creatively
criminally
critically
cruelly
culturally
customarily
dangerously
daringly
darkly
daily
deadly, deathly
deceptively
decidedly, decisively,
indecisively
decoratively
deeply
defensively
denitely, indenitely
democratically
demonstrably
undeniably
dependably,
independently
descriptively

destructively
determinedly

disagreeably
disappointingly
disastrously
distantly
disturbingly

undoubtedly, doubtfully
dreamily

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W O R D FA M I L I E S

Nouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Adverbs

dress, dresser, dressing


drink, drinker, drinking, drunk,
drunkenness
drive, driver, driving
due, dues
earner, earnings
earth
ease, unease, easiness
east, easterner
economics, economist, economy

dressed, undressed, dressy


drunk, drunken

dress, redress, undress


drink

dressily
drunkenly

driving
due, undue

drive
earn
unearth
ease
east, eastward(s)
economically

earthy, earthly, unearthly


easy, uneasy
east, easterly, eastern
economic, economical, economize
uneconomic(al)
education
educated, uneducated, educational educate
effect, effectiveness, ineffectiveness effective, ineffective, ineffectual
effect
effort
effortless
election, re-election, elector,
unelected, electoral
elect, re-elect
electorate
electrician, electricity
electric, electrical
electrify
electronics
electronic
embarrassment
embarrassed, embarrassing
embarrass
emotion
emotional, emotive
emphasis
emphatic
emphasize
employee, employer, employment, unemployed
employ
unemployment
encouragement, discouragement
encouraged, encouraging,
encourage, discourage
discouraging
end, ending
unending, endless
end
energy
energetic
energize
enjoyment
enjoyable
enjoy
enormity
enormous
enormously
entrance, entrant, entry
enter
entertainer, entertainment
entertaining
entertain
enthusiasm, enthusiast
enthusiastic, unenthusiastic
enthuse
unenthusiastically
environment, environmentalist
environmental
equality, inequality
equal, unequal
equalize
escape, escapism
escaped, inescapable
escape
essence, essentials
essential
essentially
estimate, estimation
estimated
estimate, overestimate,
underestimate
event, non-event
eventful, uneventful, eventual
exam, examination, cross-examination,
examiner
excellence
excellent
excel
excitement
excitable, excited, exciting,
excite
unexciting
excuse
excusable, inexcusable
excuse
existence
non-existent, existing, pre-existing exist, coexist
expectancy, expectation
expectant, unexpected
expect
expenditure, expense, expenses
expensive, inexpensive
expend
experience, inexperience
experienced, inexperienced
experience
experiment
experimental
experiment
expert, expertise
expert, inexpert
explaining, explanation
unexplained, explanatory, explicable,explain
inexplicable
explosion, explosive
exploding, explosive
explode
exploration, explorer
exploratory
explore
expression
expressive
express
extreme, extremism, extremist,
extreme, extremist
extremity
fact
factual
fail, failure
unfailing
fail
fairness
fair, unfair
faith, faithfulness
faithful, unfaithful
familiarity, family
familiar, unfamiliar
familiarize
fame
famed, famous, infamous
fashion
fashionable, unfashionable
fashion
fat
fastener
fault
fear
feel, feeling, feelings

fat, fattening, fatty


faultless, faulty
fearful, fearless, fearsome
unfeeling

fatten
fasten, unfasten
fault
fear
feel

due, duly, unduly


easily, uneasily, easy

educationally
effectively, ineffectively
effortlessly
electrically
electronically
embarrassingly
emotionally
emphatically
encouragingly
endlessly
energetically
enjoyably
entertainingly
enthusiastically,
environmentally
equally, unequally
inescapably

eventfully, eventually
examine, cross-examine
excellently
excitedly, excitingly
inexcusably
expectantly, unexpectedly
expensively, inexpensively
experimentally
expertly
inexplicably
explosively
expressively
extremely
factually
unfailingly
fairly, unfairly
faithfully
familiarly
famously, infamously
fashionably,
unfashionably
faultlessly
fearfully, fearlessly

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W O R D FA M I L I E S
Nouns

Adjectives

ction, nonction
ll, rell, lling
nal, seminal, nalist
nish
rmness, inrmity
sh, shing
t, ttings
x, xation, xture
at
ower
fold, folder
follower, following
force
forest, deforestation, forestry
forgetfulness
forgiveness
form, formation, transformation,
reformer, transformer
formality
fortune

ctional
lling
nal
nished, unnished
rm, inrm
shy
tted, tting
xed, transxed, unxed
at
owered/owery, owering
folded, folding
following
forceful, forcible
forested
forgetful, unforgettable
forgiving, unforgiving
reformed

freebie, freedom
freeze, freezer, freezing
frequency, infrequency
freshness, refreshments
friend, friendliness
fright
fruit, fruition
fund, refund, funding
furnishings, furniture
garden, gardener, gardening
generalization
generosity
gentleness
gladness
glass, glasses
good, goodies, goodness, goods
government, governor
gratitude, ingratitude
greatness
green, greenery, greens
ground, underground, grounding,
grounds
grower, growth, undergrowth
guilt, guiltiness
habit
hair, hairiness
hand, handful
handle, handler, handling
hanger
happiness, unhappiness
hardship
harm, harmfulness
head, heading, overheads
health
hearing
heart
heat, heater, heating
height, heights
help, helper, helpfulness, helping
highness
historian, history
hold, holder, holding
home
honesty, dishonesty
hope, hopefulness, hopelessness
human, humanism, humanity,
hunger
hurry
hurt

Verbs

Adverbs

ll, rell
nalize
nish

nally

sh
t
x
atten
ower
fold, unfold
follow
force

rmly
shily
ttingly
at, atly

forcefully, forcibly

forget
forgive
form, reform, transform

forgetfully

formal, informal
fortunate, unfortunate

formalize

free
freezing, frozen
frequent, infrequent
fresh, refreshing
friendly, unfriendly
frightened, frightening, frightful
fruitful, fruitless, fruity
funded
furnished, unfurnished

free
freeze
frequent
freshen, refresh
befriend
frighten

formally, informally
fortunately,
unfortunately
free, freely

general
generous
gentle
glad
glassy
good
governmental, governing
grateful, ungrateful
great
green
groundless, underground
growing, grown, overgrown
guilty
habitual
hairless, hairy
underhand, handy
hanging
happy, unhappy
hard
unharmed, harmful, harmless
overhead, heady
healthy, unhealthy
unheard, unheard of
heartened, heartening, heartless,
hearty
heated, unheated
heightened
helpful, unhelpful, helpless
high
historic, prehistoric, historical
homeless, homely
honest, dishonest
hopeful, hopeless
human, inhuman, superhuman,
humane
hungry
hurried, unhurried
unhurt, hurtful

fund, refund
furnish
garden
generalize
gladden

frequently, infrequently
freshly, refreshingly
frighteningly, frightfully
fruitfully, fruitlessly

generally
generously
gently
gladly

govern

governmentally
gratefully
greatly

ground

underground

grow, outgrow

hand
handle
hang, overhang
harden
harm
head, behead
hear, overhear
heartily, heartlessly
heat, overheat
heighten
help
hold
home

guiltily
habitually

happily, unhappily
hard, hardly
harmlessly
overhead
healthily, unhealthily

heatedly
helpfully, helplessly
high, highly
historically

hope
humanly, humanely

home
honestly, dishonestly
hopefully, hopelessly
inhumanity

hurry
hurt

hungrily
hurriedly
hurtfully

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Nouns
ice, icicle, icing
identication, identity
imagination

Adjectives

W O R D FA M I L I E S
Verbs

icy
ice
identiable, unidentied
identify
imaginable, unimaginable, imaginary,imagine
imaginative
importance
important, unimportant
impression
impressionable, impressive
impress
improvement
improved
improve
increase
increased
increase
credibility, incredulity
incredible, credible, incredulous
independence, independent
independent
industrialist, industrialization, industry industrial, industrialized, industrious
infection, disinfectant
infectious
infect, disinfect
ination
inatable, inated, inationary
inate, deate
informant, information, informer
informative, uninformative, informed,
inform, misinform
uninformed
injury
injured, uninjured
injure
innocence
innocent
insistence
insistent
insist
instance, instant
instant, instantaneous
instruction, instructor
instructive
instruct
intelligence
intelligent, unintelligent, intelligible, intelligently
unintelligible
intent, intention
intended, unintended, intentional, intend
unintentional
interest
interested, disinterested,
interest
uninterested, interesting
interruption
uninterrupted
interrupt
interview, interviewee
interview
introduction
introductory
introduce
invention, inventiveness, inventor inventive
invent, reinvent
invitation, invite
uninvited, inviting
invite
involvement
involved, uninvolved
involve
item
itemized
itemize
joke, joker
joke
journal, journalism, journalist
journalistic
judge, judg(e)ment
judgmental
judge
juice, juices
juicy
keenness
keen
keep, keeper, keeping
kept
keep
kill, overkill, killer, killing
kill
kindness, unkindness
kind, unkind
knowledge
knowing, knowledgeable, known, know
unknown
enlargement
large
enlarge
laugh, laughter
laughable
laugh
law, lawyer, outlaw
lawful, unlawful
outlaw
laziness
lazy
lead, leader, leadership
lead, leading
lead
learner, learning
learned, unlearned
learn
legality, illegality, legalization
legal, illegal
legalize
length
lengthy, lengthening
lengthen
liar, lie
lying
lie
life
lifeless, lifelike, lifelong
light, lighter, lighting, lightness
light
light, lighten
dislike, liking
likeable
like, dislike
likelihood
likely, unlikely
limit, limitation, limitations
limited, unlimited
limit
literature, literacy
literary, literate, illiterate
liveliness, living
live, lively, living
live, outlive, relive
local, location, relocation
local
dislocate, relocate
loser, loss
lost
lose
loud
love, lover
lovable, unlovable, loveless, lovely, love
loving
low
low, lower, lowly
lower
luck
lucky, unlucky
machine, machinery, mechanic,
mechanical, mechanized
mechanics, mechanism, machinist
magic, magician
magic, magical
make, remake, maker, making
unmade
make, remake
man, manhood, mankind, manliness, manly, manned, unmanned,
man
mannishness
mannish

Adverbs
icily
unimaginably,
imaginatively
importantly
impressively
increasingly
incredibly, incredulously
independently
industrially, industriously
infectiously

innocently
insistently
instantly, instantaneously
instructively
intentionally,
unintentionally
interestingly

inventively
invitingly
jokingly

keenly
kindly, unkindly
knowingly, unknowingly,
knowledgeably
largely
laughably
lawfully, unlawfully
lazily
legally, illegally
lengthily
lifelessly
lightly
likely
live
locally
aloud, loud/loudly
lovingly
low
luckily, unluckily
mechanically
magically
mannishly, manfully

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W O R D FA M I L I E S
Nouns

Adjectives

management, manager, manageress manageable, unmanageable, manage


managerial
mark, marker, markings
marked, unmarked
market, marketing, marketability,
marketable
marketer, marketeer
marriage
married, unmarried, marriageable
match, mismatch
matching, unmatched, matchless
material, materialism, materialist,
material, immaterial, materialistic
materials, materialization
meaning, meaningfulness
meaningful, meaningless

Verbs

Adverbs

mark
market

markedly

marry, remarry
match
materialize
mean

measure, measurement
medical, medication, medicine

measurable, immeasurable, measuredmeasure


medical, medicated, medicinal,
medicinally
memorial, memory
memorable
memorize
mentality
mental
method, methodology
methodical, methodological
militancy, militant, the military, militia, military, militant, militaristic,
militarist, militarism
demilitarized
mind, minder, reminder, mindlessness mindless, mindful
mind, remind
minimum, minimization
minimal, minimum, minimalist
minimize
miss
missing
miss
mistake
mistaken, unmistakable
mistake
mix, mixer, mixture
mixed
mix
modernity, modernization
modern, modernistic
modernize
moment
momentary, momentous
mood, moodiness
moody
moral, morals, morality, immorality moral, amoral, immoral, moralistic moralize
mother, motherhood
motherly
mother
move, movement, removal, remover, movable, unmoved, moving
move, remove
mover
murder, murderer
murderous
murder
music, musical, musician,
musical, unmusical
musicianship, musicality,
musicologist, musicology
name
named, unnamed, nameless
name, rename
nation, national, multinational,
national, international,
nationalize
nationalism, nationalist, nationality, multinational, nationalistic
nationalization
nature, naturalist, naturalization,
natural, supernatural,
naturalize
naturalness the supernatural,
unnatural, naturalistic
naturist, naturism
necessity
necessary, unnecessary
necessitate
need, needs
needless, needy, needed
need
nerve, nerves, nervousness
nervous, nervy, nerveless, unnerving unnerve
news, renewal, newness
new, renewable, renewed
renew
night, midnight
noise, noisiness
noisy, noiseless
normality/US normalcy, abnormality,normal, abnormal
normalize
norm
north, northerner
north, northerly, northern,
northward(s), northbound
notice
noticeable, unnoticed
notice
number, numeral
innumerable, numerical, numerous, number, outnumber, enumerate
numbered, numerate
nurse, nursery, nursing
nurse
obedience, disobedience
obedient, disobedient
obey, disobey
occasion
occasional
offence/US offense, offender,
offensive, inoffensive
offend
offensive
ofce, ofcer, ofcial, ofcialdom
ofcial, unofcial
ofciate
the open, opener, opening, openness open, opening
open
operation, cooperation, operative, operational, operative, cooperative, operate, cooperate
cooperative, operator
operable
opposition, opposite
opposed, opposing, opposite
oppose
option
optional
opt
order, disorder
disordered, orderly, disorderly, ordered
order
organization, disorganization,
organizational, organized,
disorganized
reorganization, organizer
origin, original, originality, originatororiginal, unoriginal
originate
owner, ownership
own, disown

matchlessly
materially
meaningfully,
meaninglessly
immeasurably
medically
memorably
mentally
methodically
militantly, militarily
mindlessly
minimally
unmistakably, mistakenly
momentarily
moodily
morally
movingly
murderously
musically
namely
nationally, internationally
naturally, unnaturally
necessarily, unnecessarily
needlessly
nervously, nervelessly,
unnervingly
newly, anew
overnight, nightly, nights
noisily
normally, abnormally
north, northward(s),
northbound
noticeably

obediently, disobediently
occasionally
offensively
ofcially, unofcially
openly
operationally
opposite
optionally
organize, disorganize,
reorganize
originally

08
Nouns

Adjectives

W O R D FA M I L I E S
Verbs

Adverbs

pack, package, packaging, packet, packed


pack, unpack, package
packing, packer
pain
pained, painful, painless
pain
painfully, painlessly
paint, painter, painting
paint
part, counterpart, parting, partition partial, parting, impartial
part, partition, depart, impart
part, partially, partly
pass, overpass, underpass, passage, passing, passable
pass
passing
patience, impatience, patient
patient, impatient
patiently, impatiently
pay, payment, repayment, payee,
unpaid, underpaid
pay, repay
payer, payoff, payback, payout
peace
peaceful
pacify
peacefully
perfection, imperfection, perfectionist,perfect, imperfect
perfect
perfectly
perfectionism
performance, performer
perform
permission, permit, permissiveness permissible, impermissible, permissive
permit
person, personality
personal, impersonal, personalized, personalize, personify
personally
personable
persuasion, persuasiveness
persuasive
persuade, dissuade
persuasively
photo, photograph, photographer, photogenic, photographic
photograph
photography
picture
pictorial, picturesque
picture
place, placement, displacement,
misplaced
place, displace, replace
replacement
plan, planner, planning
unplanned
plan
plant, transplant, plantation, planter
plant, transplant
play, interplay, replay, player,
playful, playable
play, outplay, replay, downplay, playfully
playfulness, playback, playoff
underplay
pleasantry, pleasure, displeasure
pleasant, unpleasant, pleased,
please, displease
pleasantly, unpleasantly
displeased, pleasing, pleasurable
poem, poet, poetry
poetic
poetically
point, pointer, pointlessness
pointed, pointless, pointy
point
pointlessly, pointedly
politeness
polite, impolite
politely, impolitely
politician, politics, politicking
political, politicized
politicize
politically
popularity, unpopularity,
popular, unpopular
popularize
popularly
popularization
population
populated, unpopulated, populous populate
possibility, impossibility,
possible, impossible
possibly, impossibly
the impossible
post, postage
postal
post
power, superpower, powerlessness powerful, overpowering, powerless power, empower, overpower
powerfully
practical, practicalities, practicality, practicable, practical, impractical
practically
practicability
practice, practitioner
practised/US practiced, practising/ practise/US practice
US practicing
precision
precise, imprecise
precisely
preference
preferable, preferential, preferred
prefer
preferably
preparation, preparations,
prepared, unprepared, preparatory prepare
preparedness
presence, present, presentation,
present, presentable
present, represent
presently
presenter
press, pressure
pressed, pressing, pressurized
press, pressure/pressurize, depress, repress
prevention
preventable, preventive/preventative prevent
price
overpriced, priceless, pricey/pricy price
print, printer, printing
printed, printable
print
prison, prisoner, imprisonment
imprison
privacy, private, privatization
private
privatize
privately
probability
probable, improbable
probably, improbably
process, processing, procession,
processed, processional
process
processor
produce, producer, product,
productive, counterproductive,
produce, reproduce
unproductive,
productively
production, reproduction,
reproductive, unproductive
productivity
profession, professional,
professional, unprofessional
professionally
professionalism
prot, protability, proteer,
protable, unprotable
prot
protably
proteering
progress, progression
progressive
progress
progressively
prove, disprove, proof
proof
proven, unproven
protection, protector, protectionism, protected, unprotected, protective, protect
protectorate
protectionist, protectively
provider, provision, provisions
provisional
provide
provisionally

09

W O R D FA M I L I E S
Nouns

Verbs

Adverbs

public, publication, publicist, publicity


public
publisher, publishing
published, unpublished
punishment
punishable, punishing
purication, purist, purity, impurity, pure, impure
purier
purpose, purposelessness
purposeful, purposeless

publicize
publish
punish
purify

publicly

push, pusher, pushiness


qualication, disqualication,
qualier
quarter, quarters
question, questioning, questioner,
questionnaire
quiet, disquiet
race, racism, racist
rarity
rate, rating, ratings
reaction, reactor, reactant
read, reader, readership, reading
readiness
realism, realist, reality, unreality,
realization
reason, reasoning, reasonableness
receipt, receipts, receiver, reception,
recipient, reciprocity
recognition

pushed, pushy
qualied, unqualied

push
qualify, disqualify

quarterly
questionable, unquestionable

quarter
question

quarterly
unquestionably

quiet
racial, multiracial, racist
rare, rareed, raried
overrated, underrated
reactionary
readable, unreadable
ready
real, unreal, realistic, unrealistic,
realisable
reasonable, unreasonable, reasoned
receptive, reciprocal, received

quieten/quiet
race

quietly
racially
rarely

recognizable, unrecognizable,
recognized
recorded, unrecorded

record, recorder, recording


referee, reference, referral
reection, reector
regret
regular, regularity, irregularity
relation, relations, relationship,
relative
relaxation
reliability, reliance
religion
the remainder, remains
remark
repair, disrepair
repeat, repetition
report, reporter
representation, representative
reputation, disrepute
respect, disrespect, respectability,
respecter, respects

Adjectives

reective
regrettable, regretful
regular, irregular
related, unrelated, relative
relaxed, relaxing
reliable, unreliable, reliant
religious, irreligious
remaining
remarkable, unremarkable
irreparable
repeated, repetitive/repetitious
unreported
representative, unrepresentative
reputable, disreputable, reputed
respectable, respected, respectful,
disrespectful, respective

respondent, response, responsivenessresponsive, unresponsive


responsibility, irresponsibility
responsible, irresponsible
rest, unrest, restlessness
restless, rested, restful
retiree, retirement
retired, retiring
reward
rewarding, unrewarding
riches, richness, enrichment, the rich rich
ride, rider, riding
overriding, riderless
right, rightness, rights, righteousness,right, righteous, rightful, rightist
rightist
roll, roller
romance, romantic, romanticism
romantic, unromantic, romanticized
rough, roughage, roughness
rough
round, rounders, roundness
round, rounded
royal, royalist, royalty
royal, royalist
rudeness
rude
rule, ruler, ruling, unruliness
ruling, unruly
run, rerun, runner, running, rundownrunning, runny
sadness
sad, saddened
safe, safety
safe, unsafe
satisfaction, dissatisfaction
satisfactory, unsatisfactory,
satised, dissatised, unsatised,
satisfying
save, saver, saving, savings, saviour/
US savior
scare
scared, scary

rate, underrate
react, overreact
read

punishingly
purely
purposefully, purposely,
purposelessly

realize

readily
real, really, realistically

reason
receive

reasonably, unreasonably
reciprocally

recognize

recognizably

record
refer, referee
reect
regret
regulate
relate

reectively
regrettably, regretfully
regularly, irregularly
relatively

relax
rely
remain
remark
repair
repeat
report
represent
respect
respond
rest
retire
reward
enrich
ride, override
right
roll, unroll
romance, romanticize
rough, roughen
round
rule, overrule
run, outrun, overrun
sadden
satisfy
save
scare

reliably
religiously
remarkably
irreparably
repeatedly, repetitively
reportedly
reputedly, reputably
respectably, respectfully,
disrespectfully,
respectively, irrespective
responsively
responsibly, irresponsibly
restlessly
richly
right, rightly, rightfully
romantically
rough, roughly
round, roundly
royally
rudely
sadly
safely
satisfactorily,
unsatisfactorily

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Nouns

Adjectives

W O R D FA M I L I E S
Verbs

school, pre-school, schooling


pre-school, scholastic
school
science, scientist
scientic, unscientic
score, scorer
scoreless
score, outscore, underscore
search, research, researcher
searching, searchable
search, research
seat, seating
seated
seat, unseat
secrecy, secret, secretiveness
secret, secretive
sense, nonsense, sensibility, sensitivity, sensible, senseless, sensitive,
sense, sensitize, desensitize
insensitivity, sensitiveness, sensor insensitive, nonsensical, sensory
separation, separatism, separatist
separable, inseparable, separate
separate
seriousness
serious
servant, serve, server, service,
serviceable, servile
serve, service
disservice, services, serving, servitude,
servicing
sex, sexism, sexuality
sexist, sexual, bisexual, sexy, asexual
shadow, shade
shadowy
shadow, overshadow
shake, shakiness, shaker
shaky
shake
shape, shapeliness, shapelessness
shapeless, shapely, shaped
shape
(pencil) sharpener, sharpness
sharp
sharpen
shine, shininess
shiny
shine, outshine
shock, shocker
shocked, shocking, shockable
shock
shop, shopper, shopping
shop
short, shortage, shortness, shorts
short, shortish
shorten
shyness
shy
shy
sick, sickness
sick, sickening, sickly
sicken
sight, insight, oversight, sighting
sighted, unsightly
sight
sign, signal, signatory, signature,
signed, unsigned
sign, signal
signing
signicance, insignicance,
signicant, insignicant
signify
signication
silence, silencer
silent
silence
similarity
similar, dissimilar
simplicity, simplication
simple, simplistic
simplify
singer, singing
unsung
sing
single, singles
single, singular
single
skill
skilful/US skillful, skilled, unskilled
sleep, sleeper, sleepiness, sleeplessness asleep, sleepless, sleepy, sleeping sleep
slight
slight, slighted, slightest
slight
slip, slipper
slippery
slip
smoke, smoker, non-smoker, smoking smoked, smoking, non-smoking, smoky,
smokeless
smoothness, smoothie
smooth
smooth
society, sociologist, sociology,
sociable, unsociable, social,
socialize
socialism, socialist, socialite
anti-social, unsocial, sociological
softness, softy, softener
soft
soften
solid, solidarity, solidity, solids
solid
solidify
solution, solvent, solubility, solvency soluble, insoluble, unsolved, solvent, solve
solvable
south, southerner
south, southerly, southern, southbound,
southward, southernmost
speaker, speech
unspeakable, speechless, outspoken, speak
unspoken
special, specialist, speciality/US
special, specialized
specialize
specialty, specialization, specialism
speed, speeding, speediness
speedy
speed
spelling, speller
spell, misspell
spoils
spoilt/spoiled, unspoiled/unspoilt spoil
sport
sporting, sporty, unsporting
sport
spot
spotted, spotless, spotty
spot
stand, standing, standoff, standstill standing, outstanding
stand, withstand
standard, standardization
standard, substandard
standardize
start, starter, non-starter
start, restart
statement, understatement
understated
state, overstate
steam, steamer
steamy, steaming
steam
steepness
steep
steepen
sticker, stickiness
sticky, stuck, unstuck
stick
stiffness
stiff
stiffen
stone
stoned, stony
stone
stop, stoppage, stopper
non-stop
stop
storm
stormy
storm
straight
straight
straighten
stranger, strangeness
strange, estranged
strength
strong
strengthen

Adverbs
scholastically
scientically
searchingly
secretly, secretively
sensibly, sensitively,
insensitively, senselessly
inseparably, separately
seriously

sexually, sexily
shakily
shapelessly
sharp, sharply, sharpish
shockingly
short, shortly
shyly
sickeningly

signicantly,
insignicantly
silently
similarly
simply
singly
skilfully/US skillfully
sleepily
slightly
smoke
smoothly
socially, sociologically
softly
solidly
south, southward(s),
southbound
unspeakably
specially
speedily

spotlessly
outstandingly

steeply
stiff, stify
non-stop
straight
strangely
strongly

11

W O R D FA M I L I E S
Nouns

Adjectives

Verbs

stress, distress
stressed, stressful, distressing
stress
strike, striker
striking, strikebound
strike
structure, restructuring, structuralism,
structural, structuralist
structure, restructure
structuralist
student, study, studies, studiousness studious, studied
study
stupidity
stupid
style, stylist, stylishness
stylish, stylistic
style
substance
substantial, insubstantial, substantivesubstantiate
success, succession, successor
successful, unsuccessful, successive succeed
unsuccessfully
suddenness
sudden
sufferer, suffering, sufferance
suffer
insufferable
suggestion
suggestive, suggestible
suggest
summer, midsummer
summery
supplier, supplies, supply
supply
support, supporter, supportiveness supportive, supporting
support
supposition
supposed
suppose, presuppose
surface
surface
surface, resurface
surprise
surprised, surprising
surprise
surroundings, surrounds
surrounding
surround
survival, survivor
surviving, survivable
survive
suspect, suspicion
suspect, suspected, unsuspecting,
suspect
suspicious
swearing
sworn
swear
sweet, sweetener, sweetness, sweety sweet
sweeten
swim, swimmer, swimming
swim
symbol, symbolism, symbolist
symbolic, symbolist
symbolize
sympathy, sympathizer, sympathies sympathetic, unsympathetic
sympathize
system, systematization
systematic
systematize
takings, undertaking, taker
taken
take, overtake, undertake
talk, talks
talkative
talk
taste, distaste, taster
tasteful, distasteful, tasteless, tasty taste
tax, taxation
taxable, taxing
teacher, teaching, teachings
taught
tear, tearfulness
tearful
technicalities, technicality, technician,technical
technique
technology, technologist
technological
thanks, thankfulness
thankful, thankless
theorist, theory, theorem
theoretical
thick, thickness, thickener
thick
thinness, thinner
thin
think, rethink, thinker, thinking
unthinkable
thirst
thirsty
thought, thoughtfulness,
thoughtful, thoughtless
thoughtlessness
threat
threatening
tie
tightness
tight
time, overtime, timer, timing
timeless, timely, untimely
tiredness
tired, tireless, tiresome, tiring
title, subtitles, surtitle, titles
top, topping
touch

tax
teach

thank
theorize
thicken
thin
think, rethink

threaten
tie, untie
tighten
time
tire

titled
entitle
top, topless, topmost
top
touched, untouched, touching, touchytouch
tough
toughen
trade, trader, trading
trade
tradition, traditionalist, traditionalismtraditional
trainee, trainer, training, retraining untrained
train
transport, transportation, transporter
transport
treat, treatment, mistreatment,
untreated
treat, mistreat, maltreat
maltreatment
trick, trickery
tricky
trick
trouble
troubled, troublesome, troubling
trouble
trust, distrust, mistrust, trustee,
trusting, trustworthy
trust, distrust, mistrust, entrust
trusteeship
truth, untruth, truthfulness
true, untrue, truthful
try, trier
trying, untried
try
turn, upturn, turning, turnout,
upturned
turn, overturn
turnaround, turnover
twist, twister
twisted, twisty
twist

Adverbs
distressingly
strikingly
structurally
studiously
stupidly
stylishly, stylistically
substantially
successfully,
suddenly
insufferably
suggestively
supportively
supposedly
surprisingly
suspiciously
sweetly
swimmingly
symbolically
sympathetically
systematically
tastefully, distastefully,
tastelessly
tearfully
technically
technologically
thankfully
theoretically
thickly
thinly
thirstily
thoughtfully,
thoughtlessly
threateningly
tight, tightly
tirelessly, tiredly,
tiresomely
touchingly, touchily
toughly
traditionally

troublingly
trustfully
truly, truthfully

12
Nouns

Adjectives

type, typing, typist


understanding, misunderstanding

W O R D FA M I L I E S
Verbs

typical
typify
understandable, understanding,
understand, misunderstand
misunderstood
upset
upset, upsetting
upset
urgency, urge, urging
urgent
usage, use, disuse, misuse, usefulness, reusable, used, disused, unused, use, misuse, reuse
user
useful, useless
valuables, value, values, valuer,
valuable, invaluable, undervalued, value, devalue, evaluate
valuation
valueless
variable, variance, variant, variety, variable, varied, various
vary
variation
vegetable, vegetarian
vegetarian
view, overview, preview, review, viewer
view, preview, review
violence
violent, non-violent
violate
visit, visitor, visitation
visit, revisit
vote, voter, voting
vote
want, wants
wanted, unwanted
want
war, warfare, warrior
postwar, warring, warlike
warmth
warm
warm
wash, washer, washing, washout
washable, unwashed, awash
wash
wastage, waste, waster
waste, wasteful
waste
watch, watchfulness
watchful
watch
water, waters
underwater, waterproof, watery
water
way, subway
wayward
weakling, weakness
weak
weaken
wear, underwear
wearing, worn, wearable
wear
week, midweek
weekly, midweek
weight, weights, weighting
overweight, underweight, weighted, weigh, outweigh
weighty, weightless
welcome
welcome, unwelcome, welcoming welcome
west, western, westerner,
westerly, western, westernized,
westernize
westernization
westbound, westernmost
white, whiteness, whitening, whites white, whitish
whiten
whole
whole, wholesome, unwholesome
width
wide
widen
wild, wildness
wild
willingness, unwillingness
willing, unwilling
win, winner, winnings
winning
win
winter, midwinter
wintry
wire, wireless, wiring
wiry
wire
woman, womanhood
womanly
womanize
wonder
wonderful
wonder
wood
wooded, wooden, woody
wool, woollens, woolliness
woollen/US woolen, woolly/US
wooly
word, wording
wordy, worded, wordless
word, reword
work, workaholic, worker, workings, workable, unworkable, overworked, work, rework
workout
working
world, underworld
world, worldly, unworldly, worldwide
worry, worrier
worried, unworried, worrying,
worry
worriedly, worrisome
worth, worthlessness
worth, worthless, worthwhile, worthy,
unworthy
writer, writing, writings
written, unwritten
write, rewrite
wrong, wrongdoer
wrong, wrongful
wrong
year
young, youngster, youth

yearly
young, youthful

Adverbs
typically
understandably
urgently
usefully

invariably, variously

violently

warmly
wastefully
underwater
midway
weakly
weekly, midweek
weightlessly
west, westward(s),
westbound
wholly
wide, widely
wildly
willingly, unwillingly

wonderfully
woodenly

worldwide
worryingly
worthily
wrong, wrongly,
wrongfully
yearly
youthfully

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