Word Formation: Adjectives 2
Short-answer quiz
Prefixes often change the meanings of words. Complete the sentence using a prefix to change the adjective in brackets from positive to negative. Type your answer, then press "Check". If you need help, you can click on the "Hint" button to get a free letter.
As running or walking any distance becomes __________, it is avoided more and more. (comfortable)
You will probably be less able to cope with the pressures of life; the ability to cope and be relaxed does not come easily to a body that indulges in too little physical activity and is __________. (healthy)
You will be faced here with a great temptation to set goals for fast weight loss that will prove difficult or __________ for you to achieve. (possible)
Drugs which are rapidly inactivated have advantages, because the risk of overdosage is minimized and there are no cumulative effects. But they are also __________, because frequent doses must be given to maintain a continuous effect. (convenient)
__________ resources that took aeons to constitute are squandered in an instant, according to the "laws" of supply and demand. (replaceable)
At the same time it was made __________ for anyone who was not fully medically qualified and registered to treat these diseases. (legal)
Even in the university centres, perhaps only 50 per cent of cases are notified, while reporting from private practitioners is __________. (existent)
Garner shows how the worker, who is forced to be ___________, then feels free in turn to cheat his employer. (honest)