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1
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to persuade somebody not to do something

A

to dissuade (v)
dissonant (adj)
dissonance (n)

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fascinate

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to fascinate sb (v)
fascination (n)
fascinating (adj,obj)
fascinated (adj, p)

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respond

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to respond (v)
respondent (n,p)
response (n)
responsive (to) (adj)
responsively (adv)
unresponsive (adj,neg)
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contribute

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to contribute to sth. (v)
contribution (n)
contributor (n,p)

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fabricate

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to fabricate sth. (v)
fabrication (n)
fabric (n)

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popular

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popular (adj)
unpopular (adj,neg)
popularity (n)
popularisation (n)

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appeal

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appeal (n)
to appeal (v)
appealing (adj)
unappealing (adj,neg)

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desire

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to desire (v)
desire (n)
desirable (adj)
undesirable (adj)

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legal

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legal (adj)
illegal (adj,neg)
to legalise (v)
legalisation (n)

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ethic

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ethic (n)
ethical (adj)
unethical (adj,neg)
ethically (adv)
unethically (adv,neg)
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accurate

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accuracy (n)
(in)accurate (adj)
accurately (adv)

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believe

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belief (n)
to believe (v)
(un)believable (adj)
unbelievably (adv)

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change

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change (n)
to change (v)
(un)changed (adj)
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convince

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to convince (v)

(un) convincing
(un) convincingly

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cover

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cover (n)
to (un)cover (v)
(un)covered (adj)

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discover

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discovery (n)
discoverer (n,p)
to discover (v)
(un)discovered (adj)

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favour

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favour (n)
to favour (v)
(un)favourable / favourite
favourably (adv)

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inform

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information (n)
informer (n,p)
to inform (v)
(un)informative (adj)

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modern

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modernisation (n)
modernity (n)
to modernise (v)
(un)modernised (adj)
(un)modern (adj)
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sigific

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significance (n)
to (signify) (v)
(in)significant (adj)
significantly (adv)

21
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contest

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contest (n)
to contest (something) (v)
contestant (n,p)
contested (adj)

22
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announce

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announcement (n)
announcer (n,p)
to announce (sth. to sb.) (v)
(un)announced (adj)

23
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prestige

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prestige (n)
prestigious (adj)
prestige (adj)

24
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respect

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respect (n)
to respect (v)
(dis)respectful (adj)
respectfully (adv)

25
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aware

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awareness (n)

un)aware (adj

26
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appeal

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appeal (n)
to appeal (v)
(un)appealing (adj)
appealingly (adv)

27
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familiar

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familiarity (n)
to familiarise (v)
(un)familiar (adj)

28
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know

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knowledge / unknown(n)
to know (v)
knowledgeable / unknown / unknowing / unknowable (adj)
knowledgeably / unknowingly (adv)

29
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discover

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discovery (n)
to discover (verb)
(un)discovered (adj)

30
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remind

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reminder (n)
to remind (v)
31
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expect

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expectation (n)
to expect (v)
(un)expected / expecting (pregnant) / expectant father (adj)
(un)expectingly / (un)expectedly

32
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origin

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origin (n)
to originate (v)
(un)original (adj)
originally (adv)

33
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rigour

done carefully and with a lot of attention to detail

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rigorous (adj)
rigorously (adv)
rigour (n)

34
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music

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music (n)
musician (n,p)
musicianship (n,skill in performing or writing music)
musicality (n,skill and understanding in performing music)
musical (n)
(un)musical (adj)
musically (adv)

35
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repeat

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repeat (n)
to repeat (v)
repeatable (adj)
repeated (adj)
repeatedly (adv)
repetition (n)
repetitious (adj)
repetitiously (adv)
repetitive (adj)
repetitively (adv)
36
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perception

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perception (n)
perceive (v)
perceptive (adj,p)
perceptively (adv,p)
perceptible (adj)
perceptibly (adv)
37
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similar

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(dis)similar (adj)
similarly (adv)
similarity (n)

38
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vigor

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vigour (n) !!!!!!
vigorous (adj)
vigorously (adv)

39
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clear

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to clarify (v)
clear (v, adv)
clarification (n)

40
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appear

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to appear (v)
appearance (n)
apparently (adv)
apparent (adj)

41
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stubborn

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stubborn (adj)
stubbornly (adv)
stubbornness (n)

42
Q

debate

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debate (n)
to debate (v)
debatable (adj)

43
Q

vital

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vital (adj)
vitally (adv)
vitality (n)
to revitalise (v)
revitalisation (n)
44
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symptom

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symptom (n)
symptomatic of (adj)
to symptomise (v)
45
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custom

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custom (n, adj)
customer (n,p)
customary (adj)
customarily (adv)

46
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progress

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progress (n)
to progress (v)
progressive (adj)
progressively (adv)
progression (n)
47
Q

able

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(in)ability (n) !!!!!!!!
enable (v)
(un)able (adj)
disability (n) physical / mental

48
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severe

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severity (n)
severe (adj)
severely (adv)
severance (n)

49
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endure

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endure (v)
endurance (n)
enduring (adj) lasting for a long time

enduringly (adv)
(un)endurable (adj) (of something painful or unpleasant) that can be experienced or dealt with, especially without complaining

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