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From Verb to Noun
1. To explain = Explanation 20. To insure = Insurance
2. To refuse = Refusal 21. To refer = Reference
3. To accept = Acceptance 22. To exist = Existence
4. To believe = Belief 23. To educate = Education
5. To invite = Invitation 24. To inform = Information
6. To complain = Complaint 25. To eliminate = Elimination
7. To o er = O er / O ering 26. To declare = Declaration
8. To agree = Agreement 27. To combine = Combination
9. To choose = Choice 28. To immigrate = Immigration
10. To compare = Comparison 29. To decide = Decision
11. To depart = Departure 30. To fail = Failure
12. To arrive = Arrival 31. To enclose = Enclosure
13. To land = Landing 32. To press = Pressure
14. To approve = Approval 33. To legislate = Legislature
15. To deny = Denial 34. To pay = payment
16. To propose = Proposal 35. To employ = Employment
17. To dismiss = dismissal 36. To argue = Argument
18. To attend = Attendance 37. To punish = Punishment
19. To prefer = Preference 38. To govern = Government

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39. To break = Breakage 60. To destroy = Destruction
40. To post = Postage 61. To disturb = Disturbance
41. To pack = Package 62. To empty = Emptiness
42. To pass = Passage 63. To evaporate = Evaporation
43. To marry = Marriage 64. To expect = Expectation
44. To bless = Blessing 65. To explore = Exploration
45. To write = Writing 66. To identify = Identi cation
46. To end = Ending 67. To imitate = Imitation
47. To achieve = Achievement 68. To impress = Impression
48. To act = Action 69. To indicate = Indication
49. To adjust = Adjustment 70. To invent = Invention
50. To admire = Admiration 71. To introduce = Introduction
51. To advise = Advise 72. To irritate = Irritation
52. To amuse = Amusement 73. To lead = Leadership
53. To attract = Attraction 74. To observe = Observation
54. To clear = Clarify 75. To own = Owner
55. To collect = Collection 76. To perform = Performance
56. To consider = Consideration 77. To permit = Permission
57. To confuse = Confusion 78. To please = Pleasure
58. To continue = Continuity 79. To die = Death
59. To create = Creation

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From Noun to Adjective 20. Pain = Painful
21. Question = Questionable

1. Anger = Angry
22. Romance = Romantic
2. In uence = In uential
23. Strength = Strong
3. Beauty = Beautiful
24. Truth = True
4. Craziness = Crazy
25. Ugliness = Ugly
5. Danger = Dangerous
26. Violence = Violent
6. Ease = Easy
27. Warmth = Warm
7. Function = Functional
28. Youth = Young
8. Politics = Political
29. Hero = Heroic
9. Reading = Readable
30. Wind = Windy
10. Familiarity = Familiar
31. Child = Childish
11. Guilt = Guilty
32. Mystery = Mysterious
12. Happiness = Happy
33. History = Historical
13. Intelligence = Intelligent
34. Rust = Rustic
14. Juice = Juicy
35. Accident = Accidental
15. Kindness = Kind
36. Length = Long
16. Luck = Lucky
37. Disaster = Disastrous
17. Misery = Miserable
38. Color = Colorful
18. Nature = Natural
39. Victory = Victorious
19. O ence = O ensive
40. Adventure = Adventurous
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41. Capability = Capable 62. Practice = Practical
42. Spectacle = Spectacular 63. Logic = Logical
43. Alphabet = Alphabetical 64. Statistic = Statistical
44. End = Endless 65. Fool = Foolish
45. Chemist = Chemical 66. Home = Homeless
46. Region = Regional 67. Friend = Friendly
47. Person = Personal 68. Day = Daily
48. Universe = Universal 69. Poison = Poisonous
49. Moment = Momentary 70. Motion = Motionless
50. Honor = Honorary 71. Nerve = Nervous
51. Darkness = Dark 72. Rain = Rainy
52. Brightness = Bright 73. Mess = Messy
53. Skill = Skillful 74. Fun = Funny
54. Wonder = Wonderful 75. Dirt = Dirty
55. Success = Successful 76. Mass = Massive
56. Delight = Delightful 77. Awe = Awesome
57. Harm = Harmful
58. Athlete = Athletic
59. Science = Scienti c
60. Magic = Magical
61. Foreigner = Foreign

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From Verb to Adjective 20. To harm = Harmful
21. To impress = Impressive

1. To read = Readable
22. To include = Inclusive
2. To talk = Talkative
23. To live = Lively
3. To use = Useful
24. To modernize = Modern
4. To like = Likable
25. To popularize = Popular
5. To enjoy = Enjoyable
26. To please = Pleasant
6. To help = Helpful
27. To attract = Attractive
7. To obey = Obedient
28. To comfort = Comfortable
8. To play = Playful
29. To hope = Hopeful
9. To act = Active
30. To rely = Reliable
10. To care = Careful
31. To remark = Remarkable
11. To create = Creative
32. To break = Broken
12. To curse = Cursed
33. To interest = Interesting/ed
13. To decide = Decisive
34. To repeat = Repetitive
14. To delight = Delightful
35. To sleep = Sleepy
15. To demand = Demanding
36. To inform = Informative
16. To destroy = Destructive
37. To invent = Inventive
17. To die = Dead
38. To smell = Smelly
18. To di er = Di erent
39. To taste = Tasty
19. To educate = Educative
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From Adjective to Adverb 21. Probable = Probably
1. Careful = Carefully 22. Terrible = Terribly
2. Early = Early 23. Near = Near
3. Cheerful = Cheerfully 24. Gentle = Gently
4. Quick = Quickly 25. Basic = Basically
5. Bad = Badly 26. Sudden = Suddenly
6. Sad = Sadly 27. Comfortable = Comfortably
7. Fast = Fast 28. Incredible = Incredibly
8. Hard = Hard 29. Straight = Straight
9. Hopeful = Hopefully 30. Wrong = Wrong
10. Firm = Firmly 31. Loud = Loudly
11. Powerful = Powerfully 32. Quiet = Quietly
12. Di erent = Di erently 33. Good = Well
13. Clear = Clearly 34. Polite = Politely
14. Easy = Easily 35. Full = Fully
15. High = High 36. Special = Specially
16. Slow = Slowly 37. True = Truly
17. Happy = Happily 38. Lazy = Lazily
18. Lucky = Luckily 39. Possible = Possibly
19. Realistic = Realistically 40. Ironic = Ironically
20. Late = Late
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From Verb to Noun

1. To explain = Explanation 20. To insure = Insurance

2. To refuse = Refusal 21. To refer = Reference

3. To accept = Acceptance 22. To exist = Existence

4. To believe = Belief 23. To educate = Education

5. To invite = Invitation 24. To inform = Information

6. To complain = Complaint 25. To eliminate = Elimination

7. To o er = O er / O ering 26. To declare = Declaration

8. To agree = Agreement 27. To combine = Combination

9. To choose = Choice 28. To immigrate = Immigration

10. To compare = Comparison 29. To decide = Decision

11. To depart = Departure 30. To fail = Failure

12. To arrive = Arrival 31. To enclose = Enclosure

13. To land = Landing 32. To press = Pressure

14. To approve = Approval 33. To legislate = Legislature

15. To deny = Denial 34. To pay = payment

16. To propose = Proposal 35. To employ = Employment

17. To dismiss = dismissal 36. To argue = Argument

18. To attend = Attendance 37. To punish = Punishment

19. To prefer = Preference 38. To govern = Government

40. To post = Postage 61. To disturb = Disturbance

41. To pack = Package 62. To empty = Emptiness

42. To pass = Passage 63. To evaporate = Evaporation

43. To marry = Marriage 64. To expect = Expectation

44. To bless = Blessing 65. To explore = Exploration

45. To write = Writing 66. To identify = Identi cation

46. To end = Ending 67. To imitate = Imitation

47. To achieve = Achievement 68. To impress = Impression

48. To act = Action 69. To indicate = Indication

49. To adjust = Adjustment 70. To invent = Invention

50. To admire = Admiration 71. To introduce = Introduction

51. To advise = Advise 72. To irritate = Irritation

52. To amuse = Amusement 73. To lead = Leadership

53. To attract = Attraction 74. To observe = Observation

54. To clear = Clarify 75. To own = Owner

55. To collect = Collection 76. To perform = Performance

56. To consider = Consideration 77. To permit = Permission

57. To confuse = Confusion 78. To please = Pleasure

58. To continue = Continuity 79. To die = Death

59. To create = Creation

21. Question = Questionable

42. Spectacle = Spectacular 63. Logic = Logical

43. Alphabet = Alphabetical 64. Statistic = Statistical

44. End = Endless 65. Fool = Foolish

45. Chemist = Chemical 66. Home = Homeless

46. Region = Regional 67. Friend = Friendly

47. Person = Personal 68. Day = Daily

48. Universe = Universal 69. Poison = Poisonous

49. Moment = Momentary 70. Motion = Motionless

50. Honor = Honorary 71. Nerve = Nervous

51. Darkness = Dark 72. Rain = Rainy

52. Brightness = Bright 73. Mess = Messy

53. Skill = Skillful 74. Fun = Funny

54. Wonder = Wonderful 75. Dirt = Dirty

55. Success = Successful 76. Mass = Massive

56. Delight = Delightful 77. Awe = Awesome

57. Harm = Harmful

58. Athlete = Athletic

59. Science = Scienti c

60. Magic = Magical