Machete-Word Form
Machete-Word Form
Machete-Word Form
ROOT VERB
NOUN .
Black Blacken blackness
Bright brighten brightness
Broad broaden breadth
Dark darken darkness
Deaf deafen deafness
Deep deepen depth
Fat fatten fatness
Flat fatten flatness
Fresh freshen freshness
Glad gladden gladness
Hard harden hardness
High highten height
Less lessen lessening
Light lighten lightness
Long lengthen length
Loose Loosen looseness
Mad Madden madness
Quiet Quieten quietness
Red Redden redness
Ripe Ripen ripeness
Sad Sadden sadness
Sharp Sharpen sharpness
Short Shorten shortness
Soft Soften softness
Stiff Stiffen stiffness
Straight Straighten straightness
Strong Strengthen strength
Sweet Sweeten sweetness
Thick Thicken thickness
Tight Tighten tightness
Tough Toughen toughness
Weak Weaken weakness
White Whiten whiteness
Wide Widen width
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invaluable: too valuable for its value to be calculated (compare valueless, which means
without value)
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actor: only used for someone who acts in the cinema, theatre, the feminine is actress
collective: relating to a group acting together or owning something together
comparative: based on or judged by a comparison; grammatically, a form of adjective
or adverb like more, bigger
conserve, conservation: preserve, preservation (often used in connection with
ecology);
conservative: usually political or social, favouring the established order, resistant to
change
constructive: helping to develop, not usually related to buildings
co-operative: helpful, as well as done or owned by people working together
expansive: (personal), friendly, willing to talk
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expressive: (of a face or words): full of feeling and meaning
extension: a part added (to a building); extent indicates size, area;
extensive: considerable, or covering a large area
impressive: making an impression on others, admirable
inventive: having originality
objective: fair, not prejudiced ,
receptive: (personal) willing to listen, sympathetic
reflector: not a person but a surface that reflects light, reflective (personal) thoughtful .
sensation: feeling or state of excitement (adjective: sensational: causing excitement);
sensor is an apparatus to discover the presence of something;
sensitive (personal): with deep feelings, easily hurt: (thing): fine, measuring exactly or
showing reaction to a force or influence
expensive: costing a lot of money, requiring expense
NOUN ENDINGS -NCE, -NT; ADJECTIVE ENDING -NT; NOUN ENDING -NCE
. ROOT NOUN .
absent Absence
(in)convenient (in)convenience
distant distance
evident evidence
(in)frequent (in)frequency
(un)important (un)importance
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innocent innocence
(un)intelligent intelligence
(im)patient (im)patience
present presence
violent violence
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