20 Word formations

1. Liskeard and Callington are basically _____ from here, so it'll take about the same time to get to either of them. (DISTANT)

Equidistant

2. The bride was _____ dressed in white. (STYLE)

Stylishly

3. His methodical _____ was a point of divergence from the Impressionists and he devoted many studies to creating the composition. (PAIN)

Painstakingness

4. It's _____ when people won't believe things that are obviously true. (FURY)

Infuriating

5. _____ of East and West Germany began in 1900 when the Berlin Wall came down. (UNITY)

Reunification

6. In Scotland, there is greater emphasis on _____ by individual schools. (VALUE)

Self-evaluation

7. Eighty percent of people interviewed _____ declared that the use of endangered wild animals such as elephants and tigers as a form of entertainment should be prohibited. (VOICE)

Unequivocally

8. Don't believe what they said. I think they are _____ witnesses. (TRUST)

Untruthworthy

9. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called the hanging an act of _____ which is deeply repugnant to all civilized people. (BARBARIC)

Barbarism

10. The _____ vigor of man-made things, as suggested by these metaphors, is at the same time ungainly and unnatural. (HUMAN)

Humanoid

11. Don't judge the matter by my opponent's _____ statement, but wait till you have heard the other side. (LATERAL)

Unilateral

12. In my opinion, this book is just _____ rubbish. (INTELLECT)

Pseudo-intellectual

13. Jim is one of the most _____ members of the committee. (SPEAK)

Outspoken

14. She found the idea deeply _____. (REPEL)

Repullsive/Repellent

15. He was discovered to have been _____ company funds. (PROPERTY)

Expropriating/Misappropriating

16. If you can respond calmly and _____, then I think that would be the best way forward. (AGGRESSIVE)

Non-aggressively

17. Most of the errors were corrected at the _____ stage before the copies were finally printed. (READ)

Proofreading

18. The other team completely _____ us and we lost 6-0. (PLAY)

Outplayed

19. Some species feed primarily on fruit and so aid in seed _____. (DISPERSE)

Dispersal

20. Any actor who becomes known for one role is in danger of becoming _____. (TYPE)

Typecast