Advanced Practice on Word Formation Key

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ANSWER KEY
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People

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1. well-bred
2. well-rounded
3. well-liked
4. self-deprecating
5. self-confident / self-assured
6. self-absorbed
7. well-informed
8. well-mannered / well-behaved
9. self-reliant
10. self-important
11. self-centred
12. well-brought-up / well-educated
13. self-conscious
14. well-adjusted
15. self-congratulatory
16. well-dressed
2
1. personality
2. characteristics
3. character
4. personalities
5. characteristics
6. (a) personality
(b) interpersonal

(c) intrapersonal
7. depersonalizes
8. (a) character
(b) personification
9. characterful / characterless
10. uncharacteristically
3
 -tion is the most commonly used suffix
 More suggested words: decadence,
credence, arrogance, accuracy, frequency,
freedom, childhood, desirability, brevity,
merriment, punishment, happiness,
forgiveness, prevention, conviction, caution,
tenure, failure, stricture


4
1. revolution
2. connections
3. development
4. foundation
5. existence
6. significance
7. stability
8. commitment
9. intimacy
10. happiness
2 Change
1
1. retrospect

2. retrospective
3. retrograde
4. retrogressive
5. retroactively / retrospectively
6. retronyms
7. retrofitted
2
1. bygone
2. contemporary / current / topical
3. current / topical
4. preceding
5. current
6. recurrence
7. concurrent
8. artefacts
9. infinitesimal
10. temporary
11. discolouring
12. withstand
13. deterioration
14. counterpoint
15. embalming

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anti-
anti-colonial/anticolonial, antiseptic
dis-
discomfort, disinterest, disobedience,
dissatisfied

im-
immature, immobile, impolite,
implausible
in-
incapable, ineligible, inexperience,
intolerant
mal-
malformation, malpractice
mis-
misbehave, misconduct, misgovernment,
misinform
un-
uncomfortable, undesirable, undo,
ungrateful, untrustworthy

Note: the prefix anti is sometimes used with a
hyphen, and sometimes not. There are no set
rules for when a hyphen is used or not, but, in
general, one is not used in words like antiseptic
or anticlimax, where the combination of prefix +
noun/adjective is quite commonly used. Hyphens
are frequently used in combinations like anti-
terrorist, antifascist, anti-nuclear. In some
words, both spellings may be used, depending on
individual preference e.g. anticlockwise or anti-
clockwise, antisocial or anti-social.
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 bring/put into
immigrate
(v) to come and live permanently

in a country after leaving your
own country
implant
(v) to fix an idea, attitude, etc.
firmly in sb’s mind; to put sth
(usually sth artificial) into a part
of the body for medical purposes,
usually by means of an operation
implant
(n) sth that is put into a person’s
body in a medical operation
imperil
(v) to put sth/sb in danger
import
(v) to bring a product, a service,
an idea, etc. into one country from
another
import
(n) a product or service that is
brought into one country to
another
imprison
(v) to put sb in a prison or another
place from which they cannot
escape
5
1. inefficiency
2. antisocial
3. mistrust
4. monotonous

5. malnutrition
6. underdone / overdone
7. inedible
8. miscalculated
9. impatience
10. disinclination
11. unacceptable
12. uncharacteristic
13. immodest
14. finalist
15. deliberately
3 Community
1
1. individuality (NOT individualities)
2. dissociate
3. assimilated
4. stereotypical
5. self-destruction
6. counter-culture
7. coarsened
8. dropouts
9. standout
10. breakaway
11. opt-out
12. dumbfounded
13. repulsive / compulsive
14. impulsive
15. foremost
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-ful

blissful, cheerful, delightful, disgraceful,
forgetful, playful, restful, wasteful
-ic
artistic, chaotic, dramatic, ecstatic,
idyllic, materialistic, sarcastic,
therapeutic

3
dreadful – dread (noun and verb): a feeling of /
feeling anxiety about something that may happen
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artful: clever at deceiving people
5
Possible answers: archaic, aquatic, atavistic,
chic, eccentric, erratic, frenetic, prolific, rustic,
septic, sporadic
6
critic – critical, logic – logical, polemic –
polemical, statistic – statistical, topic – topical
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1. materialistic
2. meaningful
3. therapeutic
4. stressful
5. uneventful
6. atmospheric
7. distasteful
8. enthusiastic
9. Understandably

10. resentful
11. unrealistic
12. hypocritical
13. inconveniences
4 Science
1
1. pharmaceutical
2. after-effects / side-effects
3. additives
4. contagious
5. connote
6. unveiled
7. bewildering
8. ailments
9. lifespan
10. undertake
11. disinfectant(s)
12. inflammation
13. (in)flammable / non-flammable
14. anti-inflammatory
15. war-torn – poverty-stricken
16. refrigerants – refrigeration
17. enumerate
18. numberless / innumerable
19. innumerate
20. waterproof / water-resistant
2
1. evidence-based
2. evaluation
3. exposure

4. foundation
5. dosage
6. contaminants
7. analysing
3
de-
decompress – decompression,
decontaminate – decontamination,
defrost, delouse, demotivate –
demotivation
em-/
en-
embitter – embitterment, enclose –
enclosure, encourage – encouragement,
enlarge – enlargement
re-
refuel – refuel, replace – replacement,
restate – restatement, retry - retrial

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deform
(v) change the usual shape of
something so that its usefulness
or appearance is spoiled
degenerate
(v) become worse
devalue
(v) reduce the value of a
currency; make someone or
something seem less important or

valuable than they really are
devitalize
(v) take the power or strength
away from something
reform
(v) change a system, law,
organization, etc. so that it
operates in a more effective way;
change you behaviour and
become a better person
regenerate
(v) make something develop and
grow strong again
revalue
(v) examine something again in
order to calculate is present value;
increase the value of a country’s
money in relation to that of other
countries
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revitalize
(v) put new strength or power
into something

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1. Intergovernmental
2. reappraise
3. projections
4. unequivocally
5. deforestation

6. recycle
7. concentrations
8. cattle-raising / cattle-rearing
9. decomposing
10. endangering
11. livelihoods
12. unanimity
13. emissions
14. enact
15. reaffirmed
16. renewable
5 Achievement
1
1. a. contexts
b. contextualize
c. contextual
2. a. indefinable
b. (un)defined / indefinite
c. well-defined
3. a. well-established
b. disestablished
c. establishments
4. a. consist
b. inconsistency
c. consistent
5. a. misconceptions
b. conceptual
c. conceptualize
6. a. reassessment
b. self-assessment

c. Assessable
7. a. lessen
b. selfless
c. belittled
8. a. hypothesis
b. hypothesizing
c. hypothetical
9. a. future-proofed
b. proofreading
c. unproven
10. a. invalidate
b. validity
c. invalid
2
1. profoundly
2. refine
3. strategies
4. periodically
5. multi-tasking
6. counterparts
7. excelling
8. emotional
9. conclusion
10. disability
3 & 4
Noun
outbreak, outbuilding, outburst,
outlaw, outlook, outpatient, outset
Verb
outdistance, outdo, outgrow,

outlast, outlaw, outlive, outnumber,
outperform, outstay
Adjective
outdated, outdoor, outlying,
outspoken

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outburst
(burst out)
an explosion / sudden occurrence
of something, e.g. noise, anger,
protest
outlook
(look out)
the prospects for something, e.g.
the economic outlook; the
outlook for tomorrow’s weather
or your attitude to life, e.g. an
optimistic outlook
outset
(set out)
the beginning
outspoken
(speak out)
unafraid to voice an opinion
openly

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outlaw

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1. deprivation
2. outstrip
3. backgrounds
4. well-balanced
5. outperforming
6. achievement
7. underperformance
8. spokesman
9. Discouragement
10. hostility
11. resentful
12. underprivileged
13. outstandingly
14. outshone
15. supportive