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Word Formation

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    Word Formation C1
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  • The book is a series of interviews with......................... (stand) artists and writers.
    outstanding
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  • She was a fine............(stand) middle-aged lady with sharp eyes and a lucid tongue.
    upstanding
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  • There seems to be a lack of .............(stand) on the part of managers when it comes to employees' personal problems.
    understanding
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  • A woman...............(take) him for a well-known actor, and asked him for his autograph. That was embarrassing!
    mistook
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  • Each at the cutting edge of possibility within its own historical context, each a......................(break) in the standards of its day.
    breakthrough
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  • Doctors are very concerned about an ......................... (break) of tuberculosis in an East London School.
    outbreak
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  • The misunderstanding was the result of a communication .......................(break)
    breakdown
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  • In such cases, it is of........(most) importance to retrieve it lest the patient dies.
    utmost
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  • The article gives us a real............(sight) into the causes of the present economic crisis.
    insight
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  • There are fears that political................(stable) in the region will lead to civil war.
    instability
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  • Was it safe to trust someone who was so emotionally.............(stable)?
    unstable
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  • We want this to be a .....................(please) experience for everyone.
    pleasurable
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  • What a..................(please) surprise!
    pleasant
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  • Though............(please) to the eye, the building is drafty and cold.
    pleasing
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