Fiszki: WORDBUILDING painful-productive | Quizlet

Betraying a trust is a very quick and _______way to terminate a friendship. PAIN

painful

Collecting data is a _______ slow process. PAIN

painfully

There must be more _______ ways of raising money. PAIN

painless

The laser beam heals the eye _______. PAIN

painlessly

Children always revolt against _______ disciplines. PARENT

parental

There is a social stigma attached to single _______ PAREN

parenthood

We have to change the public's _______ that money is being wasted. PERCEIVE

perception

She collected up her _______ belongings and left. PERSON

personal

The volume had been _______ inscribed by the author. PERSON

personally

Santa Claus is the _______ of Christmas. PERSON

personification

A child's _______ is fixed in the first five years of life. PERSON

personality

In this myth, entrepreneurial heroes _______ freedom and creativity. PERSON

personify

Finally his mother relented and gave _______ for her youngest son to marry. PERMIT

permission

It's a very _______ school where the children are allowed to do whatever they like. PERMIT

permissive

Three children were removed from the school for _______ bad behaviour. PERSIST

persistent

Her _______ and enthusiasm have helped the group to achieve its international success. PERSIST

persistence

She is a distinguished novelist and _______ PHILOSOPHY

philosopher

The teacher couldn't answer the _______ problem. PHILOSOPHY

philosophical

It ignores her, and looks _______ out the window at the darkening sky. PHILOSOPHY

philosophically

I had some teachers with who I could _______ about arts, design and being an entrepreneur. PHILOSOPHY

philosophize

A tennis _______ needs to have very quick reflexes. PLAY

player

He gave her a _______ punch on the arm. PLAY

playful

Her eyes flickered towards him and she _______ stuck out her tongue. PLAY

playfully

Some philosophers have claimed that our _______ is the most le part of our basic nature. PLAY

playfulness

Physically he has already proven that he can _______ anyone. PLAY

outplay

White House officials attempted to _______ the President's role in the affair. PLAY

downplay

What we learn with _______ we never forget. PLEASE

pleasure

The grass was cool and _______ underfoot. PLEASE

pleasant

The young singer was _______ surprised when waves of cheering broke over her at the end of her first performance. PLEASE

pleasantly

The incident has heightened public _______ with the authorities. PLEASE

displeasure

Unfortunately some _______ mushrooms look like edible mushrooms. POISON

poisonous

Voters have a choice between three main _______ parties. POLITICS

political

Journalists are supposed to be _______ neutral. POLITICS

politically

The _______ exposed himself by attacking the government's plan. POLITICS

politician

The ministry criticized what it called attempts to _______ the Olympics. POLITICS

politicize

If the patient is _______ nourished, the drugs make them feel nauseous. POOR

poorly

_______ is an abnormality to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. POOR

poverty

Reducing the income will further _______ these families and could tempt an offender into further crime. POOR

impoverish

The division between the prosperous west and the _______ east remains. POOR

impoverished

Wine bars have gained in _______ in recent years. POPULAR

popularity

The company are trying to _______ their new product. POPULAR

popularize

_______ of news was accelerated in the 1 840s with the introduction of telegraph wire services. POPULAR

popularization

He was a generally _______ choice for captain. POPULAR

unpopular

The house has been in the family's _______ since the 1500s. POSSESS

possession

The child was very _______ with his toys. POSSESS

possessive

The media has a _______ influence on public opinion. POWER

powerful

The villagers were _______ against the rising flood water. POWER

powerless

The new laws _______ the police to stop anybody in the street. POWER

empower

The wine is bland enough not to _______ the fish. POWER

overpower

My lack of _______ experience was a disadvantage. PRACTICE

practical

Her blouse was _______ transparent! PRACTICE

practically

Some _______ suggestions were turned down by the committee. PRACTICE

impractical

Elizabeth Quan is a London-based _______ of traditional Chinese medicine. PRACTICE

practitioner

The only _______ alternative is to postpone the meeting. PRACTICE

practicable

The timing of the gun was _______ synchronized with the turning of the plane's propeller. PRECISE

precisely

When the government policies are expressed _______ confusion results. PRECISE

imprecisely

With surgical _______ he cut four inches off the legs of the jeans. PRECISE

precision

She was rather _______ about the cost of the trip. PRECISE

imprecise

This served to hide the confusion and _______ In their thinking. PRECISE

imprecision

Not many people agree with the government's _______ that the economy will improve. PREDICT

prediction

The snow had a _______ effect on traffic. PREDICT

predictable

The weather there can be a bit _______ - one minute it's blue skies and the next minute it's pouring down. PREDICT

unpredictable

Day believes it will provide greater _______ in economic development efforts if all communities in Arizona have the same minimum wage. PREDICT

predictability

The _______ of life is built into his structure as an essential part of it. PREDICT

unpredictability

Her _______ is for comfortable rather than stylish clothes. PREFER

preference

Cold food would be _______ in this heat.PREFER

preferable

Inmates claimed that some prisoners had received _______ treatment. PREFER

preferential

Do something creative or take exercise, _______ in the fresh air. PREFER

preferably

Proper _______ solves 80 percent of life's problems. PREPARE

preparation

She was totally _______ for his response. PREPARE

unprepared

The army is in a state of _______ for war. PREPARE

preparedness

The organization is committed to AIDS _______ and education. PREVENT

prevention

We must take _______ measures to reduce crime in the area. PREVENT

preventive

The _______ was subjected to systematic torture. PRISON

prisoner

In order to arrest and temporarily _______ criminal suspects, the police have taken effective measures. PRISON

imprison

He was given one month's _______ without the option of a fine. PRISON

imprisonment

They put a new _______ on the market. PRODUCE

product

Most of us are more _______ in the morning. PRODUCE

productive