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Words to Verbs

Word
Verb Formed
able

enable

angry

aggravate

annual

annually

bath

bathe

beauty

beautify

belief

believe

black

blacken

brass

braze

breath

breathe

bright

brighten

broad

broaden

calm

becalm

camp

encamp

certain

certify

cheap

cheapen

circle

encircle

clean

cleanse

clear

clarify

cloth

clothe

company

accompany

comparison

compare

courage

encourage

creation

create

custom

accustom

danger

endanger

deed

do

deep

deepen

dictation

dictate

division

divide

drama

dramatize

electric

electrify

endurance

endure

equal

equalise

false

falsify

fast

fasten

fat

fatten

feeble

enfeeble

fertile

fertilize

fine

refine

food

feed

force

enforce

free

freely

freedom

free

friend

befriend

fruit

fructify

glad

gladden

glass

glaze

glory

glorify

gold

gild

happy

happily

hard

harden

head

behead

health

heal

high

heighten

history

historically

hot

heat

humble

humiliate

joy

enjoy

judgment

judge

knee

kneel

large

enlarge

less

lessen

liberty

liberate

light

lighten

liquid

liquify

lively

enliven

long

lengthen

loose

loosen

loss

lose

low

lower

mad

madden

memory

memorize

menace

menacingly

modern

modernize

nation

nationalize

new

renew

noble

ennoble

noble

nobly

notice

notify

peace

pacify

people

popularize

peril

imperil

person

personify

pleasure

please

poor

impoverish

power

empower

product

produce

pure

purify

pursuit

pursue

resolution

resolve

rich

enrich

roll

enroll

sad

sadden

safe

save

sale

sell

shelf

shelve

siege

besiege

sight

see

simple

simplify

slaughter

slay

slave

enslave

smooth

smoothen

soft

soften

solemn

solemnize

solid

solidify

solution

solve

song

sing

speech

speak

strife

strive

strong

strengthen

stupid

stupefy

success

succeed

suspicion

suspect

sweet

sweeten

sympathy

sympathise

tale

tell

terror

terrify

thought

think

thought

think

tight

tighten

true

truly

trust

entrust

unison

unite

vacant

vacate

valour

valiantly

vigour

invigorate

wide

widen

Base Form Past Simple (V2) Past Participle (V3)
arise arose arisen
awake awoke awoken
be was/were been
bear bore born(e)
beat beat beaten
become became become
begin began begun
bend bent bent
bet bet bet
bind bound bound
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
breed bred bred
bring brought brought
broadcast broadcast broadcast
build built built
burn burnt/burned burnt/burned
burst burst burst
buy bought bought
can could … (been able)
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
cling clung clung
come came come
cost cost cost
creep crept crept
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
do did done
draw drew drawn
dream dreamt/dreamed dreamt/dreamed
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feed fed fed
feel felt felt
fight fought fought
find found found
fly flew flown
forbid forbade forbidden
forget forgot forgotten
forgive forgave forgiven
freeze froze frozen
get got got
give gave given
go went gone
grind ground ground
grow grew grown
hang hung hung
have had had
hear heard heard
hide hid hidden
hit hit hit
hold held held
hurt hurt hurt
keep kept kept
kneel knelt knelt
know knew known
lay laid laid
lead led led
lean leant/leaned leant/leaned
learn learnt/learned learnt/learned
leave left left
lent lent lent
lie (in bed) lay lain
lie (to not tell the truth) lied lied
light lit/lighted lit/lighted
lose lost lost
make made made
may might
mean meant meant
meet met met
mow mowed mown/mowed
must had to
overtake overtook overtaken
pay paid paid
put put put
read read read
ride rode ridden
ring rang rung
rise rose risen
run ran run
saw sawed sawn/sawed
say said said
see saw seen
sell sold sold
send sent sent
set set set
sew sewed sewn/sewed
shake shook shaken
shall should
shed shed shed
shine shone shone
shoot shot shot
show showed shown
shrink shrank shrunk
shut shut shut
sing sang sung
sink sank sunk
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
slide slid slid
smell smelt smelt
sow sowed sown/sowed
speak spoke spoken
spell spelt/spelled spelt/spelled
spend spent spent
spill spilt/spilled spilt/spilled
spit spat spat
spread spread spread
stand stood stood
steal stole stolen
stick stuck stuck
sting stung stung
stink stank stunk
strike struck struck
swear swore sworn
sweep swept swept
swell swelled swollen/swelled
swim swam swum
swing swung swung
take took taken
teach taught taught
tear tore torn
tell told told
think thought thought
throw threw thrown
understand understood understood
wake woke woken
wear wore worn
weep wept wept
will would
win won won
wind wound wound
write wrote written

 

Words expanded

abandon

abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons, e.g.

abandon

abstract

abstraction, abstractions, abstractly, abstracts, e.g.

abstract

academy

academia, academic, academically, academics, academies, e.g.

academy

access

accessed, accesses, accessibility, accessible, accessing, inaccessible

access

accommodate

accommodated, accommodates, accommodating, accommodation

accommodate

accompany

accompanied, accompanies, accompaniment, accompanying, unaccompanied

accompany

accumulate

accumulated, accumulating, accumulation, accumulates

accumulate

accurate

accuracy, accurately, inaccuracy, inaccuracies, inaccurate

accurate

achieve

achievable, achieved, achievement, achievements, achieves, achieving

achieve

acknowledge

acknowledged, acknowledges, acknowledging, acknowledgement, acknowledgements

acknowledge

acquire

acquired, acquires, acquiring, acquisition, acquisitions

acquire

adapt

adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, adaptations, adapted, adapting, adaptive, adapts

adapt

adequate

adequacy, adequately, inadequacies, inadequacy, inadequate, inadequately

adequate

adjacent

 

adjacent

adjust

adjusted, adjusting, adjustment, adjustments, adjusts, readjust, readjusted, readjusting, readjustment, readjustments, readjusts

adjust

administrate

administrates, administration, administrations, administrative, administratively, administrator, administrators

administrate

adult

adulthood, adults

adult

advocate

advocacy, advocated, advocates, advocating

advocate

affect

affected, affecting, affective, affectively, affects, unaffected

affect

aggregate

aggregated, aggregates, aggregating, aggregation

aggregate

aid

aided, aiding, aids, unaided

aid

albeit

 

albeit

allocate

allocated, allocates, allocating, allocation, allocations

allocate

alter

alterable, alteration, alterations, altered, altering, alternate, alternating, alters, unalterable, unaltered

alter

alternative

alternatively, alternatives

alternative

ambiguous

ambiguities, ambiguity, unambiguous, unambiguously

ambiguous

amend

amended, amending, amendment, amendments, amends

amend

analogy

analogies, analogous

analogy

analyse

analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses, analysing, analysis, analyst, analysts, analytic, analytical, analytically

analyse

annual

annually

annual

anticipate

anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, unanticipated

anticipate

apparent

apparently

apparent

append

appendix, appended, appends, appending, appendices, appendixes

append

appreciate

appreciable, appreciably, appreciated, appreciates, appreciating, appreciation, unappreciated

appreciate

approach

approachable, approached, approaches, approaching, unapproachable

approach

appropriate

appropriacy, appropriately, appropriateness, inappropriacy, inappropriate, inappropriately

appropriate

approximate

approximated, approximately, approximates, approximating, approximation, approximations

approximate

arbitrary

arbitrariness, arbitrarily

arbitrary

area

areas

area

aspect

aspects

aspect

assemble

assembled, assembles, assemblies, assembling, assembly

assemble

assess

assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing, assessment, assessments, reassess, reassessed, reassessing, reassessment, unassessed

assess

assign

assigned, assigning, assignment, assignments, assigns, reassign, reassigned, reassigning, reassigns, unassigned

assign

assist

assistance, assistant, assistants, assisted, assisting, assists, unassisted

assist

assume

assumed, assumes, assuming, assumption, assumptions

assume

assure

assurance, assurances, assured, assuredly, assures, assuring

assure

attach

attached, attaches, attaching, attachment, attachments, unattached

attach

attain

attainable, attained, attaining, attainment, attainments, attains, unattainable

attain

attitude

attitudes

attitude

attribute

attributable, attributed, attributes, attributing, attribution

attribute

author

authored, authoring, authors, authorship

author

authority

authoritative, authorities

authority

automate

automatic, automated, automates, automating, automatically, automation

automate

available

availability, unavailable

available

aware

awareness, unaware

aware

behalf

 

behalf

benefit

beneficial, beneficiary, beneficiaries, benefited, benefiting, benefits

benefit

bias

biased, biases, biasing, unbiased

bias

bond

bonded, bonding, bonds

bond

brief

brevity, briefed, briefing, briefly, briefs

brief

bulk

bulky

bulk

capable

capabilities, capability, incapable

capable

capacity

capacities, incapacitate, incapacitated

capacity

category

categories, categorisation, categorise, categorised, categorises, categorising, categorizing

category

cease

ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing

cease

challenge

challenged, challenger, challengers, challenges, challenging

challenge

channel

channelled, channelling, channels

channel

chapter

chapters

chapter

chart

charted, charting, charts, uncharted

chart

chemical

chemically, chemicals

chemical

circumstance

circumstances

circumstance

cite

citation, citations, cited, citing, cites

cite

civil

 

civil

clarify

clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying, clarity

clarify

classic

classical, classics

classic

clause

clauses

clause

code

coded, codes, coding

code

coherent

coherence, coherently, incoherent, incoherently

coherent

coincide

coincided, coincides, coinciding, coincidence, coincidences, coincident, coincidental

coincide

collapse

collapsed, collapses, collapsible, collapsing

collapse

colleague

colleagues

colleague

commence

commenced, commences, commencement, commencing, recommences, recommenced, recommencing

commence

comment

commentaries, commentary, commentator, commentators, commented, commenting, comments

comment

commission

commissioned, commissioner, commissioners, commissioning, commissions

commission

commit

commitment, commitments, commits, committed, committing

commit

commodity

commodities

commodity

communicate

communicable, communicated, communicates, communicating, communication, communications, communicative, communicatively, uncommunicative

communicate

community

communities

community

compatible

compatibility, incompatibility, incompatible

compatible

compensate

compensated, compensates, compensating, compensation, compensations, compensatory

compensate

compile

compilation, compilations, compiled, compiles, compiling

compile

complement

complementary, complemented, complementing, complements

complement

complex

complexities, complexity

complex

component

componentry, components

component

compound

compounded, compounding, compounds

compound

comprehensive

comprehensively

comprehensive

comprise

comprised, comprises, comprising

comprise

compute

computation, computational, computations, computable, computer, computed, computerised, computers, computing

compute

conceive

conceivable, conceivably, conceived, conceives, conceiving, inconceivable, inconceivably

conceive

concentrate

concentrated, concentrates, concentrating, concentration

concentrate

concept

conception, concepts, conceptual, conceptualisation, conceptualise, conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualising, conceptually

concept

conclude

concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusion, conclusions, conclusive, conclusively, inconclusive, inconclusively

conclude

concurrent

concurrently

concurrent

conduct

conducted, conducting, conducts

conduct

confer

conference, conferences, conferred, conferring, confers

confer

confine

confined, confines, confining, unconfined

confine

confirm

confirmation, confirmed, confirming, confirms

confirm

conflict

conflicted, conflicting, conflicts

conflict

conform

conformable, conformability, conformance, conformation, conformed, conforming, conformist, conformists, conformity, conforms, nonconformist, nonconformists, nonconformity, non-conformist, non-conformists, non-conformity

conform

consent

consensus, consented, consenting, consents

consent

consequent

consequence, consequences, consequently

consequent

considerable

considerably

considerable

consist

consisted, consistency, consistent, consistently, consisting, consists, inconsistencies, inconsistency, inconsistent

consist

constant

constancy, constantly, constants, inconstancy, inconstantly

constant

constitute

constituencies, constituency, constituent, constituents, constituted, constitutes, constituting, constitution, constitutions, constitutional, constitutionally, constitutive, unconstitutional

constitute

constrain

constrained, constraining, constrains, constraint, constraints, unconstrained

constrain

construct

constructed, constructing, construction, constructions, constructive, constructs, reconstruct, reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructs

construct

consult

consultancy, consultant, consultants, consultation, consultations, consultative, consulted, consults, consulting

consult

consume

consumed, consumer, consumers, consumes, consuming, consumption

consume

contact

contactable, contacted, contacting, contacts

contact

contemporary

contemporaries

contemporary

context

contexts, contextual, contextualise, contextualised, contextualising, uncontextualised

context

contract

contracted, contracting, contractor, contractors, contracts

contract

contradict

contradicted, contradicting, contradiction, contradictions, contradictory, contradicts

contradict

contrary

contrarily

contrary

contrast

contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contrasts

contrast

contribute

contributed, contributes, contributing, contribution, contributions, contributor, contributors

contribute

controversy

controversies, controversial, controversially, uncontroversial

controversy

convene

convention, convenes, convened, convening, conventional, conventionally, conventions, unconventional

convene

converse

conversely

converse

convert

conversion, conversions, converted, convertible, converting, converts

convert

convince

convinced, convinces, convincing, convincingly, unconvinced

convince

cooperate

cooperated, cooperates, cooperating, cooperation, cooperative, cooperatively, co-operate, co-operated, co-operates, co-operation, co-operative, co-operatively

cooperate

coordinate

coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, coordination, coordinator, coordinators, co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinates, co-ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-ordinators

coordinate

core

cores, coring, cored

core

corporate

corporates, corporation, corporations

corporate

correspond

corresponded, correspondence, corresponding, correspondingly, corresponds

correspond

couple

coupled, coupling, couples

couple

create

created, creates, creating, creation, creations, creative, creatively, creativity, creator, creators, recreate, recreated, recreates, recreating

create

credit

credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits

credit

criteria

criterion

criteria

crucial

crucially

crucial

culture

cultural, culturally, cultured, cultures, uncultured

culture

currency

currencies

currency

cycle

cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling

cycle

data

 

data

debate

debatable, debated, debates, debating

debate

decade

decades

decade

decline

declined, declines, declining

decline

deduce

deduced, deduces, deducing, deduction, deductions

deduce

define

definable, defined, defines, defining, definition, definitions, redefine, redefined, redefines, redefining, undefined

define

definite

definitely, definitive, indefinite, indefinitely

definite

demonstrate

demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrations, demonstrative, demonstratively, demonstrator, demonstrators

demonstrate

denote

denotation, denotations, denoted, denotes, denoting

denote

deny

deniable, denial, denials, denied, denies, denying, undeniable

deny

depress

depressed, depresses, depressing, depression

depress

derive

derivation, derivations, derivative, derivatives, derived, derives, deriving

derive

design

designed, designer, designers, designing, designs

design

despite

 

despite

detect

detectable, detected, detecting, detection, detective, detectives, detector, detectors, detects

detect

deviate

deviated, deviates, deviating, deviation, deviations

deviate

device

devices

device

devote

devoted, devotedly, devotes, devoting, devotion, devotions

devote

differentiate

differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation

differentiate

dimension

dimensional, dimensions, multidimensional

dimension

diminish

diminished, diminishes, diminishing, diminution, undiminished

diminish

discrete

discretely, discretion, discretionary, indiscrete, indiscretion

discrete

discriminate

discriminated, discriminates, discriminating, discrimination

discriminate

displace

displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing

displace

display

displayed, displaying, displays

display

dispose

disposable, disposal, disposed, disposes, disposing

dispose

distinct

distinction, distinctions, distinctive, distinctively, distinctly, indistinct, indistinctly

distinct

distort

distorted, distorting, distortion, distortions, distorts

distort

distribute

distributed, distributing, distribution, distributional, distributions, distributive, distributor, distributors, redistribute, redistributed, redistributes, redistributing, redistribution

distribute

diverse

diversely, diversification, diversified, diversifies, diversify, diversifying, diversity

diverse

document

documentation, documented, documenting, documents

document

domain

domains

domain

domestic

domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domesticating, domestics

domestic

dominate

dominance, dominant, dominated, dominates, dominating, domination

dominate

draft

drafted, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafted, redrafting, redrafts

draft

drama

dramas, dramatic, dramatically, dramatise, dramatised, dramatising, dramatises, dramatisation, dramatisations, dramatist, dramatists, dramatization, dramatizations, dramatizing

drama

duration

 

duration

dynamic

dynamically, dynamics

dynamic

economy

economic, economical, economically, economics, economies, economist, economists, uneconomical

economy

edit

edited, editing, edition, editions, editor, editorial, editorials, editors, edits

edit

element

elements

element

eliminate

eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination

eliminate

emerge

emerged, emergence, emergent, emerges, emerging

emerge

emphasis

emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, emphatic, emphatically

emphasis

empirical

empirically, empiricism

empirical

enable

enabled, enables, enabling

enable

encounter

encountered, encountering, encounters

encounter

energy

energetic, energetically, energies

energy

enforce

enforced, enforcement, enforces, enforcing

enforce

enhance

enhanced, enhancement, enhances, enhancing

enhance

enormous

enormity, enormously

enormous

ensure

ensured, ensures, ensuring

ensure

entity

entities

entity

environment

environmental, environmentalist, environmentalists, environmentally, environments

environment

equate

equated, equates, equating, equation, equations

equate

equip

equipment, equipped, equipping, equips

equip

equivalent

equivalence

equivalent

erode

eroded, erodes, eroding, erosion

erode

error

erroneous, erroneously, errors

error

establish

disestablish, disestablished, disestablishes, disestablishing, disestablishment, established, establishes, establishing, establishment, establishments

establish

estate

estates

estate

estimate

estimated, estimates, estimating, estimation, estimations, over-estimate, overestimate, overestimated, overestimates, overestimating, underestimate, underestimated, underestimates, underestimating

estimate

ethic

ethical, ethically, ethics, unethical

ethic

ethnic

ethnicity

ethnic

evaluate

evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation, evaluations, evaluative, re-evaluate, re-evaluated, re-evaluates, re-evaluating, re-evaluation

evaluate

eventual

eventuality, eventually

eventual

evident

evidenced, evidence, evidential, evidently

evident

evolve

evolution, evolved, evolving, evolves, evolutionary, evolutionist, evolutionists

evolve

exceed

exceeded, exceeding, exceeds

exceed

exclude

excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusionary, exclusionist, exclusions, exclusive, exclusively

exclude

exhibit

exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibits

exhibit

expand

expanded, expanding, expands, expansion, expansionism, expansive

expand

expert

expertise, expertly, experts

expert

explicit

explicitly

explicit

exploit

exploitation, exploited, exploiting, exploits

exploit

export

exported, exporter, exporters, exporting, exports

export

expose

exposed, exposes, exposing, exposure, exposures

expose

external

externalisation, externalise, externalised, externalises, externalising, externality

external

extract

extracted, extracting, extraction, extracts

extract

facilitate

facilitated, facilitates, facilities, facilitating, facilitation, facilitator, facilitators, facility

facilitate

factor

factored, factoring, factors

factor

feature

featured, features, featuring

feature

federal

federation, federations

federal

fee

fees

fee

file

filed, files, filing

file

final

finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising, finality, finally, finals

final

finance

financed, finances, financial, financially, financier, financiers, financing

finance

finite

infinite, infinitely

finite

flexible

flexibility, inflexible, inflexibility

flexible

fluctuate

fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation, fluctuations

fluctuate

focus

focused, focuses, focusing, refocus, refocused, refocuses, refocusing

focus

format

formatted, formatting, formats

format

formula

formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated, formulating, formulation, formulations, reformulate, reformulated, reformulating, reformulation, reformulations

formula

forthcoming

 

forthcoming

found

founded, founder, founders, founding, unfounded

found

foundation

foundations

foundation

framework

frameworks

framework

function

functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions

function

fund

funded, funder, funders, funding, funds

fund

fundamental

fundamentally

fundamental

furthermore

 

furthermore

gender

genders

gender

generate

generated, generates, generating

generate

generation

generations

generation

globe

global, globally, globalisation, globalization

globe

goal

goals

goal

grade

graded, grades, grading

grade

grant

granted, granting, grants

grant

guarantee

guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees

guarantee

guideline

guidelines

guideline

hence

 

hence

hierarchy

hierarchical, hierarchies

hierarchy

highlight

highlighted, highlighting, highlights

highlight

hypothesis

hypotheses, hypothesise, hypothesised, hypothesises, hypothesising, hypothetical, hypothetically

hypothesis

identical

identically

identical

identify

identifiable, identification, identified, identifies, identifying, identities, identity, unidentifiable

identify

ideology

ideological, ideologically, ideologies

ideology

ignorant

ignorance, ignore, ignored, ignores, ignoring

ignorant

illustrate

illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrations, illustrative

illustrate

image

imagery, images

image

immigrate

immigrant, immigrants, immigrated, immigrates, immigrating, immigration

immigrate

impact

impacted, impacting, impacts

impact

implement

implementation, implemented, implementing, implements

implement

implicate

implicated, implicates, implicating, implication, implications

implicate

implicit

implicitly

implicit

imply

implied, implies, implying

imply

impose

imposed, imposes, imposing, imposition

impose

incentive

incentives

incentive

incidence

incident, incidentally, incidents

incidence

incline

inclination, inclinations,inclined, inclines, inclining

incline

income

incomes

income

incorporate

incorporated, incorporates, incorporating, incorporation

incorporate

index

indexed, indexes, indexing

index

indicate

indicated, indicates, indicating, indication, indications, indicative, indicator, indicators

indicate

individual

individualised, individuality, individualism, individualist, individualists, individualistic, individually, individuals

individual

induce

induced, induces, inducing, induction

induce

inevitable

inevitability, inevitably

inevitable

infer

inference, inferences, inferred, inferring, infers

infer

infrastructure

infrastructures

infrastructure

inherent

inherently

inherent

inhibit

inhibited, inhibiting, inhibition, inhibitions, inhibits

inhibit

initial

initially

initial

initiate

initiated, initiates, initiating, initiation, initiations, initiative, initiatives, initiator, initiators

initiate

injure

injured, injures, injuries, injuring, injury, uninjured

injure

innovate

innovation, innovated, innovates, innovating, innovations, innovative, innovator, innovators

innovate

input

inputs

input

insert

inserted, inserting, insertion, inserts

insert

insight

insightful, insights

insight

inspect

inspected, inspecting, inspection, inspections, inspector, inspectors, inspects

inspect

instance

instances

instance

institute

instituted, institutes, instituting, institution, institutional, institutionalise, institutionalised, institutionalises, institutionalising, institutionally, institutions

institute

instruct

instruction, instructed, instructing, instructions, instructive, instructor, instructors, instructs

instruct

integral

 

integral

integrate

integrated, integrates, integrating, integration

integrate

integrity

 

integrity

intelligent

intelligence, intelligently, unintelligent

intelligent

intense

intensely, intenseness, intensification, intensified, intensifies, intensify, intensifying, intension, intensity, intensive, intensively

intense

interact

interacted, interacting, interaction, interactions, interactive, interactively, interacts

interact

intermediate

 

intermediate

internal

internalise, internalised, internalises, internalising, internally

internal

interpret

interpretation, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted, interpreting, interpretive, interprets, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted, misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpreted, reinterprets, reinterpreting, reinterpretation, reinterpretations

interpret

interval

intervals

interval

intervene

intervened, intervenes, intervening, intervention, interventions

intervene

intrinsic

intrinsically

intrinsic

invest

invested, investing, investment, investments, investor, investors, invests, reinvest, reinvested, reinvesting, reinvestment, reinvests

invest

investigate

investigated, investigates, investigating, investigation, investigations, investigative, investigator, investigators

investigate

invoke

invoked, invokes, invoking

invoke

involve

involved, involvement, involves, involving, uninvolved

involve

isolate

isolated, isolates, isolating, isolation, isolationism

isolate

issue

issued, issues, issuing

issue

item

itemisation, itemise, itemised, itemises, itemising, items

item

job

jobs

job

journal

journals

journal

justify

justifiable, justifiably, justification, justifications, justified, justifies, justifying, unjustified

justify

label

labelled, labelling, labels

label

labour

laboured, labouring, labours

labour

layer

layered, layering, layers

layer

lecture

lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lecturing

lecture

legal

illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally

legal

legislate

legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation, legislative, legislator, legislators, legislature

legislate

levy

levies

levy

liberal

liberalise, liberalism, liberalisation, liberalised, liberalises, liberalising, liberalization, liberate, liberated, liberates, liberation, liberations, liberating, liberator, liberators, liberally, liberals

liberal

licence

licences, license, licensed, licensing, licenses, unlicensed

licence

likewise

 

likewise

link

linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links

link

locate

located, locating, location, locations, relocate, relocated, relocates, relocating, relocation

locate

logic

illogical, illogically, logical, logically, logician, logicians

logic

maintain

maintained, maintaining, maintains, maintenance

maintain

major

majorities, majority

major

manipulate

manipulated, manipulates, manipulating, manipulation, manipulations, manipulative

manipulate

manual

manually, manuals

manual

margin

marginal, marginally, margins

margin

mature

immature, immaturity, maturation, maturational, matured, matures, maturing, maturity

mature

maximise

max, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximisation, maximum

maximise

mechanism

mechanisms

mechanism

media

 

media

mediate

mediated, mediates, mediating, mediation

mediate

medical

medically

medical

medium

 

medium

mental

mentality, mentally

mental

method

methodical, methodological, methodologies, methodology, methods

method

migrate

migrant, migrants, migrated, migrates, migrating, migration, migrations, migratory

migrate

military

 

military

minimal

minimalisation, minimalise, minimalises, minimalised, minimalising, minimalist, minimalists, minimalistic, minimally

minimal

minimise

minimised, minimises, minimising

minimise

minimum

 

minimum

ministry

ministered, ministering, ministerial, ministries

ministry

minor

minorities, minority, minors

minor

mode

modes

mode

modify

modification, modifications, modified, modifies, modifying, unmodified

modify

monitor

monitored, monitoring, monitors, unmonitored

monitor

motive

motivate, motivated, motivates, motivating, motivation, motivations, motives, unmotivated

motive

mutual

mutually

mutual

negate

negative, negated, negates, negating, negatively, negatives

negate

network

networked, networking, networks

network

neutral

neutralisation, neutralise, neutralised, neutralises, neutralising, neutrality

neutral

nevertheless

 

nevertheless

nonetheless

 

nonetheless

norm

norms

norm

normal

abnormal, abnormally, normalisation, normalise, normalised, normalises, normalising, normality, normally

normal

notion

notions

notion

notwithstanding

 

notwithstanding

nuclear

 

nuclear

objective

objectively, objectivity

objective

obtain

obtainable, obtained, obtaining, obtains, unobtainable

obtain

obvious

obviously

obvious

occupy

occupancy, occupant, occupants, occupation,occupational, occupations, occupied, occupier, occupiers, occupies, occupying

occupy

occur

occurred, occurrence, occurrences, occurring, occurs, reoccur, reoccurred, reoccurring, reoccurs

occur

odd

odds

odd

offset

offsets, offsetting

offset

ongoing

 

ongoing

option

optional, options

option

orient

orientate, orientated, orientates, orientation, orientating, oriented, orienting, orients, reorient, reorientation

orient

outcome

outcomes

outcome

output

outputs

output

overall

 

overall

overlap

overlapped, overlapping, overlaps

overlap

overseas

 

overseas

panel

panelled, panelling, panels

panel

paradigm

paradigms

paradigm

paragraph

paragraphing, paragraphs

paragraph

parallel

paralleled, parallels, unparalleled

parallel

parameter

parameters

parameter

participate

participant, participants, participated, participates, participating, participation, participatory

participate

partner

partners, partnership, partnerships

partner

passive

passively, passivity

passive

perceive

perceived, perceives, perceiving, perception, perceptions

perceive

percent

percentage, percentages

percent

period

periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicals, periods

period

persist

persisted, persistence, persistent, persistently, persisting, persists

persist

perspective

perspectives

perspective

phase

phased, phases, phasing

phase

phenomenon

phenomena, phenomenal

phenomenon

philosophy

philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, philosophically, philosophies, philosophise, philosophised, philosophises, philosophising

philosophy

physical

physically

physical

plus

pluses

plus

policy

policies

policy

portion

portions

portion

pose

posed, poses, posing

pose

positive

positively

positive

potential

potentially

potential

practitioner

practitioners

practitioner

precede

preceded, precedence, precedent, precedes, preceding, unprecedented

precede

precise

imprecise, precisely, precision

precise

predict

predictability, predictable, predictably, predicted, predicting, prediction, predictions, predicts, unpredictability, unpredictable

predict

predominant

predominance, predominantly, predominate, predominated, predominates, predominating

predominant

preliminary

preliminaries

preliminary

presume

presumably, presumed, presumes, presuming, presumption, presumptions, presumptuous

presume

previous

previously

previous

primary

primarily

primary

prime

primacy

prime

principal

principally

principal

principle

principled, principles, unprincipled

principle

prior

 

prior

priority

priorities, prioritisation, prioritise, prioritised, prioritises, prioritising

priority

proceed

procedural, procedure, procedures, proceeded, proceeding, proceedings, proceeds

proceed

process

processed, processes, processing

process

professional

professionally, professionals, professionalism

professional

prohibit

prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitions, prohibitive, prohibits

prohibit

project

projected, projecting, projection, projections, projects

project

promote

promoted, promoter, promoters, promotes, promoting, promotion, promotions

promote

proportion

disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionately, proportional, proportionally, proportionate, proportionately, proportions

proportion

prospect

prospective, prospects

prospect

protocol

protocols

protocol

psychology

psychological, psychologically, psychologist, psychologists

psychology

publication

publications

publication

publish

published, publisher, publishers, publishes, publishing, unpublished

publish

purchase

purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases, purchasing

purchase

pursue

pursued, pursues, pursuing, pursuit, pursuits

pursue

qualitative

qualitatively

qualitative

quote

quotation, quotations, quoted, quotes, quoting

quote

radical

radically, radicals

radical

random

randomly, randomness

random

range

ranged, ranges, ranging

range

ratio

ratios

ratio

rational

irrational, rationalisation, rationalisations, rationalise, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising, rationalism, rationality, rationally

rational

react

reacted, reacts, reacting, reaction, reactionaries, reactionary, reactions, reactive, reactivate, reactivation, reactor, reactors

react

recover

recoverable, recovered, recovering, recovers, recovery

recover

refine

refined, refinement, refinements, refines, refining

refine

regime

regimes

regime

region

regional, regionally, regions

region

register

deregister, deregistered, deregistering, deregisters, deregistration, registered, registering, registers, registration

register

regulate

deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation, regulated, regulates, regulating, regulation,regulations, regulator, regulators, regulatory, unregulated

regulate

reinforce

reinforced, reinforcement, reinforcements, reinforces, reinforcing

reinforce

reject

rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejects, rejections

reject

relax

relaxation, relaxed, relaxes, relaxing

relax

release

released, releases, releasing

release

relevant

irrelevance, irrelevant, relevance

relevant

reluctance

reluctant, reluctantly

reluctance

rely

reliability, reliable, reliably, reliance, reliant, relied, relies, relying, unreliable

rely

remove

removable, removal, removals, removed, removes, removing

remove

require

required, requirement, requirements, requires, requiring

require

research

researched, researcher, researchers, researches, researching

research

reside

resided, residence, resident, residential, residents, resides, residing

reside

resolve

resolution, resolved, resolves, resolving, unresolved

resolve

resource

resourced, resourceful, resources, resourcing, unresourceful, under-resourced

resource

respond

responded, respondent, respondents, responding, responds, response, responses, responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive

respond

restore

restoration, restored, restores, restoring

restore

restrain

restrained, restraining, restrains, restraint, restraints, unrestrained

restrain

restrict

restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictions, restrictive, restrictively, restricts, unrestricted, unrestrictive

restrict

retain

retained, retaining, retainer, retainers, retains, retention, retentive

retain

reveal

revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelations

reveal

revenue

revenues

revenue

reverse

reversal, reversed, reverses, reversible, reversing, reversals, irreversible

reverse

revise

revised, revises, revising, revision, revisions

revise

revolution

revolutionary, revolutionaries, revolutionise, revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising, revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutions

revolution

rigid

rigidities, rigidity, rigidly

rigid

role

roles

role

route

routed, routes, routing

route

scenario

scenarios

scenario

schedule

reschedule, rescheduled, reschedules, rescheduling, scheduled, schedules, scheduling, unscheduled

schedule

scheme

schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes, scheming

scheme

scope

 

scope

section

sectioned, sectioning, sections

section

sector

sectors

sector

secure

insecure, insecurities, insecurity, secured, securely, secures, securing, securities, security

secure

seek

seeking, seeks, sought

seek

select

selected, selecting, selection, selections, selective, selectively, selector, selectors, selects

select

sequence

sequenced, sequences, sequencing, sequential, sequentially

sequence

series

 

series

sex

sexes, sexism, sexual, sexuality, sexually

sex

shift

shifted, shifting, shifts

shift

significant

insignificant, insignificantly, significance, significantly, signified, signifies, signify, signifying

significant

similar

dissimilar, similarities, similarity, similarly

similar

simulate

simulated, simulates, simulating, simulation

simulate

site

sites

site

so-called

 

so-called

sole

solely

sole

somewhat

 

somewhat

source

sourced, sources, sourcing

source

specific

specifically, specification, specifications, specificity, specifics

specific

specify

specifiable, specified, specifies, specifying, unspecified

specify

sphere

spheres, spherical, spherically

sphere

stable

instability, stabilisation, stabilise, stabilised, stabilises, stabilising, stability, unstable

stable

statistic

statistician, statisticians, statistical, statistically, statistics

statistic

status

 

status

straightforward

 

straightforward

strategy

strategic, strategies, strategically, strategist, strategists

strategy

stress

stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, unstressed

stress

structure

restructure, restructured, restructures, restructuring, structural, structurally, structured, structures, structuring, unstructured

structure

style

styled, styles, styling, stylish, stylise, stylised, stylises, stylising

style

submit

submission, submissions, submits, submitted, submitting

submit

subordinate

subordinates, subordination

subordinate

subsequent

subsequently

subsequent

subsidy

subsidiary, subsidies, subsidise, subsidised, subsidises, subsidising

subsidy

substitute

substituted, substitutes, substituting, substitution

substitute

successor

succession, successions, successive, successively, successors

successor

sufficient

sufficiency, insufficient, insufficiently, sufficiently

sufficient

sum

summation, summed, summing, sums

sum

summary

summaries, summarise, summarised, summarises, summarising, summarisation, summarisations

summary

supplement

supplementary, supplemented, supplementing, supplements

supplement

survey

surveyed, surveying, surveys

survey

survive

survival, survived, survives, surviving, survivor, survivors

survive

suspend

suspended, suspending, suspends, suspension

suspend

sustain

sustainable, sustainability, sustained, sustaining, sustains, sustenance, unsustainable

sustain

symbol

symbolic, symbolically, symbolise, symbolises, symbolised, symbolising, symbolism, symbols

symbol

tape

taped, tapes, taping

tape

target

targeted, targeting, targets

target

task

tasks

task

team

teamed, teaming, teams

team

technical

technically

technical

technique

techniques

technique

technology

technological, technologically

technology

temporary

temporarily

temporary

tense

tension, tensely, tenser, tensest, tensions

tense

terminate

terminal, terminals, terminated, terminates, terminating, termination, terminations

terminate

text

texts, textual

text

theme

themes, thematic, thematically

theme

theory

theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist, theorists

theory

thereby

 

thereby

thesis

theses

thesis

topic

topical, topics

topic

trace

traceable, traced, traces, tracing

trace

tradition

non-traditional, traditional, traditionalist, traditionally, traditions

tradition

transfer

transferable, transference, transferred, transferring, transfers

transfer

transform

transformation, transformations, transformed, transforming, transforms

transform

transit

transited, transiting, transition, transitional, transitions, transitory, transits

transit

transmit

transmission, transmissions, transmitted, transmitting, transmits

transmit

transport

transportation, transported, transporter, transporters, transporting, transports

transport

trend

trends

trend

trigger

triggered, triggering, triggers

trigger

ultimate

ultimately

ultimate

undergo

undergoes, undergoing, undergone, underwent

undergo

underlie

underlay, underlies, underlying

underlie

undertake

undertaken, undertakes, undertaking, undertook

undertake

uniform

uniformity, uniformly

uniform

unify

unification, unified, unifies, unifying

unify

unique

uniquely, uniqueness

unique

utilise

utilisation, utilised, utilises, utilising, utiliser, utilisers, utility, utilities

utilise

valid

invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated, validating, validation, validity, validly

valid

vary

invariable, invariably, variability, variable, variables, variably, variance, variant, variants, variation, variations, varied, varies, varying

vary

vehicle

vehicles

vehicle

version

versions

version

via

 

via

violate

violated, violates, violating, violation, violations

violate

virtual

virtually

virtual

visible

visibility, visibly, invisible, invisibility

visible

vision

visions

vision

visual

visualise, visualised, visualised, visualising, visualisation, visually

visual

volume

volumes, vol

volume

voluntary

voluntarily, volunteer, volunteering, volunteered, volunteers

voluntary

welfare

 

welfare

whereas

 

whereas

whereby

 

whereby

widespread

 

widespread

 

 

resources

Explanation for Student Compendium
File Includes
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
ANU - Australian National University
An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the first letter (or first few letters) of each word in a phrase or title. Sometimes, the newly combined letters create a new word that becomes a part of everyday language. An example of this is the acronym radar. Also includes Mnemonics Educational Acronyms, Information Technolgy Acronyms,
a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words * Priest = Sacerdotal

Types of animals, Sounds the make, Where do they live, Collective names of animals

Apes - gibber, Camel live in Australia, Sahara & Arabia, names = Bull - is called a heifer

a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad - good ).

Opposites = Absent - present

Big_Words for small
Small word with big word alternative
Anger - Dudgeon * bold - Audacious
Business_Terms_Glossary Terms used in business

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them

A partner in crime - accomplice

Words pertaining to the church

A passage between the pews in a church - Aisle

Similar sounding words with different meanings also Homonyms

Council, an administrative or advisory body, do not confuse with counsel, advice or guidance.

All about communication see also A History of Communication
All computer terms (ASCII, Binary, Unicode)

Names given to certain towns or countries includes facts about climate

Aberdeen - The Granite City The Torrid Zone has the hottest climate Zinc - Mexico, U.S.A., Spain

Words pertaining to death

Occurring after death - posthumous

A diminutive person is short and small. A diminutive wordis a "cute" version of a word or name: for example, "duckling" is a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is a diminutive form of the name William

Cask - casket   

Famous world discoveries of countries continents, includes Australian discoverers

Matthew Flinders -discovered Bass Strait. * Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908

Explanation of a word, words in literal expressions denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage

Aloof -To keep to oneself and not mix with others.

Flags of the world Flags of countries in the world includes a countries quiz

Gender list of male female

Actor - Actress

Countries of the world and Geographical facts

The Circumference of the earth is approxinmately 24,800 miles.

List of gods and goddesses

War - Mars

Australian and UK government with words denoting government

Australian Government

Explains grammar syntax and verbs adjectives nouns etc.

Explains various uses of nouns verbs etc.

Homonyms

each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

Shoe Shoo

The art of living together includes senses, elements, cardinal numbers, cardinal virtues

THE ART OF LIVING - Consideration for the feelings of others

Alphabetical list of the most important inventions

Clock (pendulum) - Christian Huygens

List of kings and queens of Britain with facts and information

EGBERT 827 - 839

Practical list of  words explained in a sentence or phrase

A book in which the events of each day are recorded - Diary

Words pertaining to marriage included anniversary gifts

A hater of marriage - misogamist

Medical terms in use today

A disease confined to a particular district or place - endemic

Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated

Sounds that things make, description of various venues or habitats, special calendar dates, Aussie slang words, Mnemonics

All Fools' Day - 1st April - Aussie slang - sounds that things make etc.

Names of persons or things, occupations, and a description of word meanings i.e. Terrestrial = Earth

Various names explained Bird of night - Owl

Words connected to nature

A four-footed animal - quadruped

a word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal

That which cannot be pierced or penetrated - impenetrable

Explanation of nouns, COMMON Nouns, PROPER Nouns, COLLECTIVE  Nouns and ABSTRACT Nouns.

sit - seat (when to use Nouns)

Numbers of animals things i.e. A number of Cattle = herd

A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul

a person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else.

Unable to read - il-literate

Special days, Aussies slang and any other items not covered in this list

Any other items that might be of interest

List of Patron Saints

St. George of England, St. Andrew of Scotland

Noctiphobia - Fear of the night

A list of places A place where bees are kept = apiary

A place where fishes are kept - aquarium

The case which is used to show possession is called the possessive case or genitive case. In case of nouns, an apostrophe is used to show it.

Is the case which denotes the owner or possessor

All Prefixes

List of various professions

The commander of a fleet - Admiral

Famous proverbs A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

A bad beginning makes a good ending.

Serious Quotes and some Witty funny one liners

Someone has glued my pack of cards together...I cannot deal with it!

Famous sayings

as a drowned rat. - as ancient as the sun—as the stars.

List of words used in Science or Art

An instrument for detecting earthquakes - seismograph

Explanation of scientific items like barometer

The science of land management - agronomics

The seven wonders of the ancient world with explanations

The Pyramids of Egypt

Words to use as a Simile which is a phrase that describes one thing in terms of another.  A simile usually begins with like or as.

Archates - a good friend * Belt = to hit below the belt

List of words or phrases that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another 

abandon....... desert, forsake, leave.

Understanding words, Incorrect Use of Words,

Thesaurus of Words
:
Thesaurus - abandon = abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons affluent =having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value,words explained and incorrect use of words

The floor was dirt.  Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." 

Words used in war

Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents

Anniversary dates and wedding information

Words shown in noun or verb

strong - strengthen

Signs of the Zodiac

Please note there are some excellent links to assist with these pages

see at the end for the links for further information. 

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