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    Word formation
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  • Herbert has been a(n) ……..member of this company's staff. I don't know what I would do without him! (dispense)
    indispensible
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  • The food at the restaurant was simply delicious. I just didn't think there was enough ……. (vary)
    variation
  •  20
  • Even though the actors did quite a poor job of bringing the book to the stage, the ……was of the highest quality. (produce)
    production
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  • Even though he is only 17, he is a very ………. tennis player who could have a big future in the game. (promise)
    promising
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  • The stock market has risen ……….in the last six months and now is a good time to invest. (consider)
    considerably
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  • The …………of the printer is often believed to have been one of the most important of the last 500 years. (invent)
    invention
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  • My brother chose that university because it does a very well recommended ……. course and that's what he has always wanted to do. (journalist)
    journalism
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  • All students must take English and Mathematics. Then they must choose two other courses, but the course in International Relations is……………. (option)
    optional
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  • It is my dream to work in the ship-building industry but unfortunately, there is so much…………around that I may have to alter my ambitions. (employ)
    unemployment
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  • Too much of the food we eat nowadays is full of chemicals and other…………... (add)
    additives
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  • I do like your new friend Jasper. He tells the funniest jokes and seems to be a very………young man. (entertain)
    entertaining
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  • He did a great report on the future of the ship-building industry but I didn't agree with his……….at all. (conclude)
    conclusion
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  • I'm afraid Mr. Perkins is…………..at the moment. He seems to be in a meeting. Is there any message you would like me to pass on to him? (available)
    unavailable
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  • I accepted the job without………….when I heard what the wage was! (hesitate)
    hesitation
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  • Stop sitting there looking so bored and…………... Get up and find something to do! I don't want you sitting around the house like this all summer. (enthusiasm)
    unenthusiastic
  •  25
  • Yesterday, the government announced a $10 million increase in the town's budget to try and tackle the …………….problem that exists. (house)
    household/ housing
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