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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Choose the negative form of the words. There is an explanation to help you build your vocabulary.
1. activate – (_____ = make inactive)
deactivate
diactivate
disactivate
inactivate
inactivate
2. agree – (_____ = be different from one another)
anti agree
desagree
disagree
in agree
misagree
3. appear – (_____ = become invisible or unnoticeable)
desappear
disapear
disappear
misappear
reappear
4. arm – (_____ = take away the weapons from)
disarm
inarm
misarm
rearm
unarm
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5. believe – (_____ = reject as false; refuse to accept)
unbeliever
unbeleiver
misbelieve
disbelieve
disbeleive
6. code – (_____ = convert code into ordinary language, intelligible form)
decode
descode
discode
incode
uncode
7. colonise – (_____ = grant independence to a former colony)
uncolonised
incolonise
discolonise
decolonise
decolonis
8. compress – (_____ = decrease the pressure of, become less tense)
decompres
decompress
discompress
uncompres
uncompress
9. connect – (_____ = to break the connection between a supply of electricity, gas, water,..)
desconnect
disconnect
inconnect
reconnect
unconnect
10. continue – (_____ = put an end to a state or an activity)
continue
continued
continuous
discontinue
incontinue
11. enable – (_____ = make unable to perform a certain action)
desenable
disenable
misenable
reenable
unenable
12. frost – (_____ = make or become free of frost or ice)
defrost
difrost
disfrost
infrost
unfrost
13. infect – (_____ = destroy micro-organisms or pathogens by cleansing)
desinfect
disinfect
misinfect
reinfect
uninfect
14. join – (_____ = become disconnected)
disjoin
injoin
misjoin
rejoin
unjoin
15. like – (_____ = have or feel a distaste for)
dislike
inlike
mislike
relike
unlike
16. please – (_____ = give displeasure to)
displease
implease
inplease
misplease
unpleased
17. qualify – (_____ = make unfit or unsuitable, declare unfit)
unqualify
requalify
inqualify
disqualify
desqualify
18. satisfy – (_____ = feel that something is not as good as it should be)
unsatisfy
missatisfy
insatisfy
dissatisfy
dessatisfy
19. stabilise – (_____ = become or make unstable)
unstabilize
misstabilize
instabilize
destabilize
desstabilize
20. trust – (_____ = regard with suspicion, suspect to be false)
detest
distrust
entrust
mistrust
untruest
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