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Adjectives (1)
Advanced- word formation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accesible | something that can be easily reached /entered /obtained/used; accessibility (n) Opp: inaccessible, inaccessibility |
| accurate | precise/correct; accuracy (n)Opp: inaccurate, inaccuracy |
| apologetic | to say or show you are sorry for doing something |
| arguable | debatable , may be questioned [Note: it is arguable that: it can be argued that] |
| argumentative | quarrelsome; always ready to disagree |
| coherent | well-planned, clear and sensible; coherence (n) Opp: incoherent, incoherence (n) |
| decisive | careful in order to avoid embarrassinq or offending sb; discretion (n) Opp: indiscreet, indiscretion (n) |
| excessive | more or higher than is necessary or reasonable |
| knowledgeable | well-informed |
| legible | clear enough to read; legibility (n)Opp: illegible, illegibility[(n)-not common] |
| logical | reasonable/sensible; logic (n) Opp: illogical |
| loyal | faithful; loyalty (n) Opp: disloyal, disloyalty (n) |
| normal | usual/ordinary; normality (n) Opp: abnormal, abnormality (n) |
| obedient | somebody who does what they are told to do; obedience (n) |
| official | approved by somebody in authority Opp: unofficial |
| orthodox | accepted or used by most people; orthodoxy (n) Opp: unorthodox, unorthodoxy (n) |
| plausible | likely to be true, valid; plausibility (n) Opp: implausible, implausibility (n) |
| polite | with good manners, courteous; politeness (n) Opp: impolite, impoliteness (n) |
| practical | down-to-earth (for people ; effective/likely to be successful; practicality (n) Opp: impractical. impracticality (n) |
| precise | exact; precision (n) Opp: imprecision (n) |
| preferential treatment | (to be) treated better than other people |
| replaceable | disposable; Opp: irreplaceable |
| responsible | behaving sensibly and properly; responsibility (n) Opp: irresponsible, irresponsibility (n) |
| ripe | fully grown, ready to eat (fruit, grain); ripeness (n), ripen (v) Opp: unripe, unripeness [(n)-not common] |
| scrupulous | somebody who takes great care to do what is fair, honest or morally right; scruples (n) Opp: unscrupulous |