Monday 24 November 2014

List of Adjectives, Adverbs, Nouns and Verbs

Adjective                  
Adverb
Noun
Verb        
    Meaning

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accurate accurately accurateness
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adj. - free from error. (antonym - inaccurate)
agreeable agreeably agreement agree adj.- giving pleasure to someone (antonym - disagreeable)
n. - a promise or contract made with someone
v. - to say that one is willing
amazing, amazed amazingly amazement amaze adj. - great surprise and wonder (antonym - unamazing)
annoying, annoyed annoyingly annoyance annoy adj. - annoying - causing slight anger or irritation
adj. - annoyed - rather angry
n. - the things that annoys
artistic artistically art
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adj. - having natural skills at drawing, painting, acting, etc. (antonym - unartistic)
associate
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association associate adj. - joined / part of (antonym - disassociate)
n. - group, organization
v. - to join together / to act together with or deal with somebody
attractive attractively attractiveness attract adj.- pretty /pleasing / interesting (antonym - unattractive)
b
behaved
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behaviour behave adj. - acting in a specific way. used to form compound adjectives e.g. well-behaved (antonym - misbehaved)
n. - way of acting / way of treating others
v. - to act in a specified way
believable believably belief
believe
adj. - that can be believed(antonym - unbelievable)
n. - the feeling that something is real or true
v. - to feel sure of the truth of something
beneficial beneficially beneficiary benefit adj. - having a helpful or useful effect (antonym -
n. - being kind, friendly and helpful
v. - profit / gain / future good
bold boldly boldness
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adj. - confident and brave (antonym - cowardly)
c
casual casually casualness
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adj. - happening by chance / not serious (antonym - formal)
clear clearly
clear
adj. - free from cloud / without , error, defect or drawback (antonym - unclear)
comfortable comfortably comfort comfort adj. - enjoyable / free from pain (antonym- adj. uncomfortable / antonym - noun discomfort)
v. - to make someone (or yourself) happy
convenient conveniently convenience
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adj. - easy / handy / useful (antonym - inconvenient)
commercial commercially commerce
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adj. - to make money / related to business practices and activities (antonym - noncommercial)
creative creatively creation
create
adj. - able to make or produce things(antonym - uncreative)
critical critically criticism
criticize
adj. - looking for faults or problems (antonym - uncritical)
d
dated dateless datedness
date
adj. - old fashion, not modern (antonym - modern)
v. - to write the date / to meet a person of the opposite sex
decided decidedly decision decide adj. - clear, definite (antonym - undecided)
n. - the conclusion reached / outcome / result / judgment
v. - to settle an argument or dispute / to choose / to make up one's mind
decisive decisively decisiveness
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adj. - showing the ability to decide quickly (antonym - indecisive)
deliberate deliberately
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adj. - done on purpose (antonym - undeliberate)
different differently
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adj. - unusual, uncommon (antonym - same)
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 discussion discuss  n. - a talk
v. - to talk or write about something
disputable disputably dispute dispute adj. - something that can be questioned or argued about (antonym - indisputable)
n. - argument
v. - to argue / to debate
distracted distractedly distraction
distract
adj. - unable to concentrate properly (antonym - undistracted )
n. - a noise, sound, sight, etc. which prevents concentration
e
ethical ethically ethic
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adj. - morally correct (plural ethics) antonym - unethical
exact exactly exactness exact adj. - strictly correct (antonym - inexact)
extraordinary extraordinarily
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adj. - above the usual (antonym - normal, usual, common
f
fashionable fashionably fashion fashion adj. - trendy / stylish (antonym- unfashionable)
v - to make
fascinated / fascinating
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fascination
fascinate
adj. - attracted and delighted by creating interest and curiosity (antonym - uncritical)
flexible flexibly flexibility flex adj. - the ability to bend (antonym - inflexible)
v. - to tighten, usually muscles in the human body
forgivable
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forgiveness forgive adj. - can be forgiven (antonym - unforgivable)
v. - to stop blaming or stop resenting someone for something he or she has done
fortunate fortunately fortune
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adj. - lucky (antonym - unfortunate)
friendly friendlily friendliness
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adj. - kind, affectionate (antonym - unfriendly)
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h
happy happily happiness
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adj. - content, glad (adj. - unhappy)
n. - joy
harmonious harmoniously harmony harmonize adj. - agreeable, friendly (antonym - disharmonious)
hidden
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hide
adj. - kept out of sight / unseen (antonym -visible )
heightened height
heighten
adj. - make higher / intensify (antonym -lowered )
honest honestly honesty
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adj - frank, open, truthful (antonym - dishonest)
honourable honourably honour honour adj. - ethical, fair, moral, principled (antonym - dishonourable)
n. - personal respect
v. - to respect highly / accept or pay a debt
i
imaginable / imaginary imaginably imagination imagine adj. - imaginable - likely, possible (antonym - unimaginable)
adj. - imaginary - existing only in the mind (antonym - unimaginary)
n. - the ability to create images of things that are not present
v. imagine - to create a picture in the mind
important importantly importance
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adj. - serious (antonym - unimportant)
improvable
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improvement
improve
adj. - can be made better (antonym - un improvable)
n. - something that adds to the value of something
inspirational inspirationally inspiration
inspire
adj. - (antonym - uninspired)
intrigued / intriguing intriguingly intrigue
intrigue
adj. - (antonym - un intrigued)
intelligent intelligently intelligence
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adj - cleaver, smart (antonym - unintelligent)
inventive inventively invention
invent
adj. - (antonym - uninventive)
irritable irritably irritant / irritation irritate adj. - easily annoyed
n. - irritant - person or thing causing irritation
n. - irritation - annoyance, slight pain
j
justified justifiable justification justify adj - morally correct (antonym - unjustified)
v - to show the rightness or justice of something
k
l
legal legally legality legalize adj. - allowed by law (antonym - illegal)
legible legibly legibility
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adj. - easily read (antonym - illegible)
legitimate legitimately legitimacy legitimize adj. - lawful, regular / born in wedlock (antonym - illegitimate)
liberal liberally liberal liberalize adj. - generous / tolerant / unrestricted amount of something (antonym - illiberal)
n. - a person who has liberal ideas (usually about freedom from control)
v. - to free from political or moral restrictions
likely likely likelihood like adj. - probably (antonym - unlikely)
adv, - very probable
n. - probability
v. - similar to / to be fond of / having some or all of the qualities or features of
logical logically logic
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adj. - clear, rational, reasonable (antonym - illogical)
n. - art or philosophy of reasoning
lucky luckily luck
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adj. - fortunately (antonym - unlucky)
m
mature maturely maturity mature adj. - ripe like a fruit / completely developed like an adult (antonym - immature)
moral morally morality moralize adj. - right and just (antonym - immoral)
v. - to talk in a self-righteous way about what is right or wrong
mortal mortally mortality
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adj. - human / deadly or fatal (antonym immortal - live forever)
n
noticeable noticeably notice notice adj. - attracting attention / easily seen (antonym - unnoticeable)
n. - a sign, advertisement or warning
v. - to see something
o
offensive offensively offensiveness offend adj. - upsetting or annoying (antonym -inoffensive)
ordinary ordinarily
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adj. common, usual, not strange (antonym - unordinary)
p
patient patiently patience
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adj. - ability to accept delay (antonym - impatient)
perfect perfect perfection perfect adj. - without error or flaw (antonym - imperfect)
v. - to make something without error or flaw
performing
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performance perform adj. - doing or acting / doing as expected (antonym - unperforming)
n. - act, play, feat, achievement
v. - to do something / to act a part in a play
polite politely politeness
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adj. - having or showing good manners (antonym - impolite)
possible possibly possibility
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adj. - something that can be done (antonym - impossible)
powerful powerfully power power adj. - very strong / having great influence (antonym - powerless)
n. - energy
v. - the ability to do something
preventable
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prevention prevent adj. - that which can be avoided, stopped or hindered (antonym - unpreventable)
v. - to stop or hinder
probable probably probability
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adj. - likely (antonym - improbable)
professional professionally professionalism
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adj. - a qualified worker who does something to a high standard (antonym - unprofessional)
protective protectively protection protect adj. - trying or intended to protect
n. - defense / safety
v. - to keep safe from harm, injury, hurt, etc. / guard
q
r
rational rationally rationale /
rationality
rationalize adj. - reasonable, sensible (antonym - (irrational)
v. - justify by reasoning
recommended / recommending
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recommendation
recommend
adj. - (antonym - unrecommended)
regular regularly regularity
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adj. - normal, usual, habitual (antonym - irregular)
relevant relevantly relevance
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adj. - related to the matter under discussion (antonym - irrelevant)
reliable reliability reliability
rely
adj. - dependable (antonym - unreliable)
religious religiously religiousness
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adj. - pious / conscientious / holy (antonym - unreligious - not religious / irreligious -  
replaceable
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replacement replace adj. - can be replaced (antonym - irreplaceable) 
representative
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representative represent adj. - typical (unrepresentative)
n. - one chosen to stand for a group
v. - to symbolize / to stand for
respectful respectable respectability respect adj. - showing consideration or politeness (antonym - disrespectful)
n. - worthy of respect
v. - to look up to / show consideration for
responsible responsibly responsibility
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adj. - legally or morally obliged (antonym - irresponsible) 
reversible reversibility reverse reverse adj. - can be changed back to its original condition (antonym - irreversible) 
n. - the opposite
romantic romantically romantic romanticize adj. - of or dealing with love / loving (antonym - unromantic)
 n. - visionary / a sentimental person
s
satisfactory satisfactorily satisfaction satisfy adj. - acceptable / fair / good enough (antonym - unsatisfactory) 
n. - pleasure / pride / sense of fulfilment
v. - to please / to come up to expectations
significant significantly significance signify adj. - important / meaningful (antonym - insignificant)
v. - to be a sign of
soluble
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solubility solution adj. - can be dissolved in water (antonym - insoluble) 
n. - the answer to a problem / the liquid in which something is dissolved
speedy speedily speed speed adj. - quickly (antonym - slowly)
n. - swiftness / rate of progress
v. - to move quickly
successful successfully success succeed adj. - profitable / rewarding / fortunate (antonym - unsuccessful)
n. - favourable outcome
v. - turn out satisfactorily
symbolic symbolically symbol symbolize adj. - using something as a symbol (antonym - unsymbolic)
n. - an image, object, etc. used to represent something
v. - to be a representation of something or someone
t
talkative
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talk / talkativeness
talk
adj. - (antonym - untalkative)
tasteful tastefully tastefulness taste adj. - in a good style / to one's liking (antonym - distasteful) 
v. - to eat a small amount of something
taught / teaching
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teacher
teach
adj. - instructed (antonym - unteachable)
thrilled / thrilling
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thrill
thrill
adj. - excited (antonym -unexcited )
u
v
valid
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validity validate adj. - genuine / good / true / accurate (antonym - invalid)
adv. - lawfulness / legality / right
v. - to make legally true / to make something logical or justifiable




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