The following nouns take the preposition for after them. Use them in sentences | |
affection | act of affecting, state of being affected, feeling of love or strong attachment. |
ambition | Eager
or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment,
honor superiority, plitical power, or literary fame; Desire to distinguish one's self from other people. |
anxiety | An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event. |
apology | An
expression of remorse or regred for having said or done something that harmed
another, The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities. |
appetite | desire of or relish for food, any strong desire; a taste , preference |
aptitude | Natural ability to aquire knowledge or skill; The condistion of being suitable. |
blame | To bring into disrepute, To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; |
candidate | A person who is running in an election; A person who is applying to a position for a job; a participant in an examination; |
capacity | The ability to hold, receive or absorb; the ability to perform some task; the maximum that can be produced; the position in which one function; |
compassion | deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it; |
compensation | that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent, recompense or reward for some loss or service. |
contempt | a feeling or attitude; a state of being despised or dishonored; open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority |
craving | A strong desire, yearning |
desire | something wished for; strong attraction; feeling of desire |
esteem | To set a high value, to regard with respect; to regard as valuable |
fitness | cultivation of an attractive and healthy physiqe; ablity to perform |
fondness | The quality of being fond( have affection for) |
guarantee | anything that asures a certain outcome; written decleartion; person who gives such a guarantee; |
leisure | free time, time free from work or duties |
liking | like |
match | sporting event, attribute equaling or exceeding; to agree; to equal; make a successful pairing; equal or exceed in achievement; |
motive | To cause to commit a crime; music: theme or subject; to prompt or incite; relating to motion and/or to its cause |
need | derived terms; something required; loack of means of subsistence |
opportunity | chance for advancement, progress or profit; favorable circumstance or occasion |
partiality | to a partial degree or extent; incompletely |
passion | any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate; |
pity | A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something; something regrettable |
predilection | condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition |
pretext | A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense |
relish | pleasing taste; savor; quality; characteristic tinge; fondness; |
remorse | A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning |
reputation | What somebody is known for |
surety | certainty; promise to pay on behalf of another; one who undertakes such promise |
The following nouns take the preposition with after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Acquaintance, alliance, bargain, comparison, conformity, enmity, intercourse, intimacy,relations | |
acquaintance | to furnish or give experimental knowledge of, to communicate notice to; to familiarize; to accustom |
alliance | state of being allied; persons or parties allied; treaty between nations; unition resembling that of families or states |
bargain | agreement or contract concerning sale of property; agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge; item bought at low price; thing stipulated or purchased; |
comparison | evaluation of the similarities and differences of two or more things; |
conformity | state of things being similar, or identical; state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard |
enmity | The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriedly disposition |
intercourse | communication, conversation; dealing with people, including commerce and trade; sexual intercourse |
intimacy | feeling of closeness and openness towards someone else |
relations | way in which two things may be associated; member of one's family ; sexual relations |
The following nouns take the preposition of after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Abhorrence, assurance, charge, distrust, doubt, experience, failure, observance, proof,result, want. | |
Abhorrence | Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing; |
assurance | a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence; any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property |
charge | to place a burden upon, to assign a duty; to formally accuse of a crime; to add energy to; to attack by moving forward quickly; |
distrust | to put no trust in |
doubt | to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, suspect or question |
experience | event(s) of which one is cognizant; activity which one has performed; collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge; |
failure | state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success |
observance | The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule; observation or the act of watching |
proof | Any effort, process, or operation designed to established or discover a fact or truth; using in proving or testing |
result | to come out; to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence |
want | desire, wish, longing |
The following nouns take the preposition to after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Access,
accession, allegiance, alternative, antidote, antipathy, approach,
assent,attachment, attention, concession, disgrace, dislike, encouragement, enmity, exception, incentive, indifference, invitation, key, leniency, likeness, limit, menace, obedience, objection, obstruction, opposition, postscript, preface, reference, repugnance, resemblance, sequal, submission, succession, supplement, temptation, traitor. |
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access | way or means of approaching; process of locating data in the memory; communication with a computer program or the internet |
accession | The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; A mode of acquiring property; increase by something added |
allegiance | Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler |
alternative | A situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities |
antidote | remedy to counteract a poison; something that counteracts |
antipathy | a feeling of dislike; repugnance; or distaste; natural contrariety or incompatibility |
appraoch | to come or go near, in place or time; to draw high; to advance nearer; to take a approaches to |
assent | to agree to, give approval to |
attachment | strong bonding towards or with; dependence, especially a strong one; file sent along with an email |
attention | mental focus; a state of alertness in the standing position |
concession | The
act of conceding, especially that of defeat; something, such as an argument,
that is conceded or admitted to be wrong; the grant of some land to be used for a specified purpose; a contract to operate a small business as a subsidiary of a larger company, or within the premises of some institution; |
disgrace | condition of being out of favor; state of being dishonored; that which brings dishonor |
dislike | not to like something; to have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; to give a negative review |
encouragement | the act of encouraging; that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc |
enmity | The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition |
exception | The act of exception or excluding; exclusion; an objection; an interruption in normal processing |
incentive | something that motivates, rouses, or encourages; a bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder |
indifference | being in neutral equilibrium; having no preference; not caring |
invitation | ask for the presence or participation of someone or something; To request formally |
key | device designed to open and close a lock; crucial step; scale of musical note; |
leniency | quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case |
likeness | the state or quality of being like or alike; similitude; resemblance; similarity. |
limit | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go; value to which sequence converges; abstraction of this concept of limit |
menace | perceived threat or danger; act of threatening; annoying and bothersome person |
obedience | Willing to comply with the commands, instruction or orders of those in authority |
objection | act of objecting; statement expressing opposition; official protest raised in a court of law |
obstruction | The act of obstructing; that which obstruct or impedes; To block or fill |
opposition | The action of opposing or of being in conflict |
postscript | an addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature. An addition to a story, play. |
preface | The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book. |
reference | relationship; measurement one can compare to; information about a person; source; special sequence used to represent complex characters |
repugnance | extreme aversion, repulsion |
resemblance | The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity; probability ; verisimilitude; |
sequal(sequel) | any narrative that has a preceding narative of its own |
submission | The act of submitting; the things which has been submitted; combat sports |
succession | following in sequence; sequence arranged in order; pasing of royal power; |
supplement | supplement; extension to a document or publication; vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compund |
temptation | something attractive, tempting or deductive; an inducement or enticement; |
traitor | one who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; a betrayer |
The following nouns take the preposition from after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Abstinence, cessation, deliverance, descent, digression, escape, exemption, inference,respite. | |
abstinence | Practice of self-denial; delay of spending; |
cessation | A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final |
deliverance | Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered; Extrication from danger, imprisonment |
descent | instance of descending; way down; sloping passage or incline; lineage or herediatary derivation; drop to lower status or condition |
digression | A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern. |
escape | to get free; to elude; to avoid capture; to elude observation; |
exemption | state of being exempt; immunity; deduction from the normal amount of taxes |
inference | to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence; |
respite | brief interval of rest or relief; to delay or postpone |
The following adjectives and participles take the preposition to after them. Use them insentences:- | |
(a)
Abhorrent, acceptable, accessible, accustomed, addicted, adequate,
adjacent,affectionate, agreeable, akin, alien, alive, amenable, analogous,
applicable, appropriate,beneficial, callous, common, comparable, condemned. |
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abhorrent | inconsistent with; contrary or discordant; detestable or repugnant |
acceptable | capable, worthy or sure of being accepted |
accessible | easy of access or approach; of a person, approachable; obtainable; easily understood |
accustomed | familiar; inured to ; adapted to existing conditions |
addicted | devoted to something |
adequate | equal to some requirement; proportionate; or correspondent; fully sufficient; |
adjacent | Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; just before, after, or facing |
affectionate | having affection or warm regard; loving; fond |
agreeable | pleasing, either to the mind or sense; willing; ready to agree or consent |
akin | of same kin; related by blood; of the same kind; similar |
alien | an
animal, person, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family,
group, organization or territory under consideration on excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estraged; |
alive | having life; in a state of action; exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings |
amenable | willing ot respond to persuasion or suggestions; willing to comply with; agreeable. |
analogous | like, similar, correspoinding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; |
applicable | suitable for application; relevant |
appropriate | peculiar, suitable, fit, proper, suitable to social situation |
beneficial | helpful or good to something or someone |
callous | emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others |
common | mutual good; shared by more than one; |
comparable | able to be compared |
condemned | having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally; having been sharply scolded; Officially marked uninhabitable |
(b)
Conducive, conformable, congenial, consecrated, contrary, creditable,
deaf,derogatory, detrimental, devoted, disastrous, due, entitled, equal, essential, exposed,faithful, fatal, foreign, hostile, impertinent, incidental, in clined. |
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conducive | tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result |
conformable | having the same shape, very similar |
congenial | having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habbits or interest |
consecrated | To declare, or otherwise make something holy |
contrary | opposed in nature; strongly dissimilar |
creditable | credible or believable; that brings credit or honour; respectable; |
deaf | unable to hear; or only partially able to hear; unwilling to listen or be persuaded; |
derogatory | tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; legal clause |
detrimental | causing damage or harm; Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health |
devoted | to commit oneself for a certaion matter |
disastrous | unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage; unforeseen event causing great loss |
due | owed
or owing, to be paid by the stated time; appropriate; of an event, scheduled,
expected; having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time; of public transport, supposed to arrive at the stated time; of a pregment woman, due to give birth on the stated date |
entitled | Convinced of one's own righteousness, justifiability of one's or right to have something, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious. |
equal | The same in all respects; exactly identical; fair, impartial, sufficiently capable; intended for voice of one kind only, either all male or all female. |
essential | necessary; of high importance; needing to be ingested; in basic form |
exposed | to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to the light, introduce to; to subject photographic film to light; to submit to an active substance. |
faithful | loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause; having faith; reliable; worthy of trust; consistent with reality; |
fatal | proceeding from fate; foreboding death; causing death; |
foreign | located
outside one's own country or place; relating to different nation; alien,
strange; oraginating from or charachteristic of a different country; |
hostile | belonging or appropriate to an enemy; antagonistic; an enemy |
impertinent | insolent, ill-mannered; irrelevant |
incidental | loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident; being a likely consequence; occuring by chance; entering or approaching, prior to reflection |
inclined | slanted, sloped; having a tencency, preference, likelihood, or disposition |
Indebted,
indifferent, indispensable, indulgent, inimical, insensible, injured,
irrelevant,favourable, hurtful, immaterial, impervious, indigenous, liable, limited, lost, loyal,material, natural, necessary |
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indebted | obligated to someone |
indifferent | note caring; mediocre, usually used negatively; having no preference or bias, being impartial; not significant; being in netural equilibrium |
indispensable | not subject to release or exemptoin; absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without |
indulgent | to yield to a temptation; to satisfy the wishes or whims of ; to grant extension to payment |
inimical | harmful, hostile, unfriendly; |
insensible | unable to be perceived by the sense; incapable of emotional feeling |
injured | to wound or cause physical harm; to cause damage or impair; to do injustice to |
irrelevant | not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected |
favourable | pleaseing, encouraging or approving; useful; opportune; auspicious |
hurtful | tending to impair or damage; tending ot hurt someone's feelings |
immaterial | Having no matter or substance; so insubstantial as to be irrelevant, irrelevant |
impervious | unaffected or unable to be affected by; preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable; immune to damage or effect; |
indigenous | borned or engendered in, native to a land or region; innate, inborn |
liable | responsible; exposed to a certaion contingency |
limited | with certaion limit placed upon it; |
lost | unable to find one's way; in an unkown location; not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible |
loyal | firm in allegiance to a person or institution; faithful to a person or cause; having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something |
material | related to matter, worldly, significant; matter, text, sample or specimens for study, cloth, person |
natural | related to nature; without addatives; as expected; musically not sharp or flat; someone with innate ability |
necessary | required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty; |
Obedient,
obliged, offensive, opposite, painful, partial, peculiar, pertinent,
pledged,preferable, prejudicial, prior, profitable, prone, reduced, related, relevant, repugnant,responsible, restricted, sacred, sensitive, serviceable, subject, suitable, suited,supplementary, tantamount, true |
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Obdient | Willing to comply with commands |
obliged | under an obligation to do something for someone;indebted because of a favor done |
offensive | causing offense; relating to attack, offense; an attack, posture of attack |
opposite | located directly across from; facing the other way; of complementary or mutually exclusive things |
painful | suffering with pain; causing pain; requiring labor or toil; industrious |
partial | existing as a part or portion; incomplete; biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view |
peculiar | out of the ordinary; common or usual for a particular place or circumstance |
pertinent | important with regard to; relevant |
pledged | to make a solemn promise; to deposit something as a security; to give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's heath |
preferable | better than some other option |
prejudicial | exhibiting prejudice or bias; causing harm or injury; determined, harmful or injurious |
prior | former;
of that which come before, in advance; a high-ranking member of a monastery,
usually lower in rank than a abbot; a previous criminal offense on someone's record; |
profitable | total income or cash flow minus expenditures |
prone | lying face downward; prostrate; inclined, sloped; shooting from lying down position; predisposed |
reduced | made smaller, less; lowered in price; of a sauce, made more concentrated; |
related | standing in relation or connection; being a relative of; narrated; told |
relevant | directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic; not out of date |
repugnant | Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion; opposed or in conflict |
responsible | answerable
for an performed or for its consequences; able to answer reasonably for one's
conduct; involving a degree of personal accountability being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; able to be trusted; |
restricted | limited within bounds; available only to certaion authorized groups of people; one of the classifications of the secrecy of an official documents |
scared | afraid, frightened |
sensitive | having the faculty of sensation; responsive to stimuli; capable of offending, upsetting or hurting; accurate |
serviceable | easy to service; repairable instead of disposable; in condition for use; |
subject | likely to be affected by something; placed under the power of another |
suitable | Having the sufficient or the required properties for a certaion purpose or task; appropriate to a certaion occasion |
suited | suit of clothes; single garment that covers the whole body; full set of armour; pursuit of love interest; full set of sails |
supplementary | something additional; an extra; added to supply what is wanted |
tantamount | equivalent in meaning or effect or value |
TRUE | conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factualy correct; loayal, faithful;genuine; legitimate |
The following adjectives and participles take the preposition in after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Absorbed,
abstemious, accomplished, accurate, assiduous, backward, bigoted,
correct,defective, deficient, experienced, diligent, enveloped, fertile, foiled,- honest, implicated,interested, involved, lax, proficient, remiss, temperate, versed. |
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absorbed | fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed; taken in by a body without reflection; taken by through the pores of a surface |
abstemious | abstaining from wine; sparing in diet; sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; marked by |
accomplished | completed; finished successfully; to execute fully; to obtaion |
accurate | in exact or careful conformity to truth; free from failure, error or defect; deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits. |
assiduous | hard-working, diligent or regular; industrious |
backward | of direction towards the back; reluctance to advance; undeveloped; of an outdated value |
bigoted | one
obstinately or intolerantly devoted to their own openions or prejudices one strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, politics, etc and intolerant of those who differ; |
correct | free from error; with good manners |
defective | having one or more defects; having only some forms |
deficient | lacking something essential; insufficient or inadequate in amount |
experienced | Having experience and skill in a subject; experient |
diligent | performing with intense concentration, focus, responsible regard |
enveloped | to surround or enclose |
fertile | capable of growing abundant crops; cabable of reproducing; cabable of developing past the egg state; productive or prolific |
foiled | thin sheet of metal; type of sword used in fencing; character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character |
honest | scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; of a statement: true, fair, unbiased; in good faith, without malice; earned or acquired in a fair manner |
implicated | to connect or involve; to have as a necessary circumstance; to interwine |
interested | The
price paid for obtaining, or price receives for providing, money or goods in
a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value: A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curicosity; attention that is given to or received from someone or something |
involved | associated with others, be or be made a participant; having an affair with someone; |
lax | not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation; loose; not thight or taut; lacking care; diarrheal |
proficient | skilled, expert; good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill; |
remiss | at fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations; |
temperate | moderate; not excessive heat; climate; not marked with passion; moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions |
versed | knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced |
The following adjectives and participles take the preposition with after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Acquainted,
afficted, beset, busy, compatible, complaint, consistent,
contemporary,contented, contrasted, conversant, convulsed, delighted, deluged, disgusted, drenched,endowed, fatigued, fired, gifted., infaturated, infected, infested, inspired, intimate,invested, overcome, popular, replete, satiated, satisfied, touched. |
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acquainted | To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to communicate notice to; to familiarize; to accustom |
afficted | |
beset | to surround or hem in; to attack, especially from all sides; to decorate something with jewels, etc; get trapped by ice |
busy | crowded with business or activities; doing a great deal; engaged; complicated; |
compatible | capable of easy interaction; able to get along well; consistent; congruous |
complaint | grievance,
problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining; in a civil action,
the first pleading of the plaintiff; preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another; bodily disorder or diseases; |
consistent | Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature; compatible, accordant; not logically contradictory |
contemporary | from the same time period, coexistent in time; modern, of the present age; relatively recent; |
contented | satisfied |
contrasted | set in contrast; displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty |
conversant | closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction; familiar or aquainted by use or study; well-informed;concerned, occupied; |
convulsed | to violently shake or agitate; to create great laughter; |
delighted | greatly pleased; filled with wonder and delight |
deluged | a great flood; an overwhelming amount of something |
disgusted | to cause an intense dislike for something |
drenched | completely wet, sodden |
endowed | pertaining to an endownment, as with an endowed chair at a university |
fatigued | Tired, weary |
fired | oxidation
reaction; something that has produced or is capable of producing this
chemical reaction; one of the basic elements; occurrence of the basic elements |
gifted | endowed with special, in particular intellectual , abilities |
infaturated | be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for |
infected | an uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganism in a host |
infested | to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large number; to invade a host plant or animal |
inspired | having excellence through inspiration; filled with inspiration or motivated |
intimate | closely acquainted; familiar; of or involved in a sexual relationship; personal, private |
invested | to
spend money, time, effort into sth; to ceremonially install into office; to
clothe or wrap with garments; to make investment; to envelop, wrap, cover |
overcome | surmount, get the better of; to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest etc. to overwhelm with emotions |
popular | of or pertaining to the common people; aimed at the general public; liked by many pepole |
replete | abounding; filled to bursting; to restore something that has been depleted |
satiated | pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food; |
satisfied | to meet need; to fulfill |
touched | emotionally moved, made to feel emotion; slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head; |
The following adjectives and participles take the preposition of after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Accused,
acquitted, afraid, apprehensive, apprised, assured, aware, bereft,
bought,cautious, certain, characteristic, composed, confident, conscious, convicted, convinced,covetous, defrauded, deprived, desirous, destitute, devoid, diffident, distrustful, dull,easy, envious, fearful, fond, greedy, guilty, heedless, ignorant, informed, innocent,irrespective, lame, lavish, negligent, productive, proud, regardless, sanguine, sensible,sick, slow, subversive, sure, suspicious, tolerant, vain, void, weary, worthy. |
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accused | attribute to blame someone |
acquitted | to declare not guilty, innocent; to discharge from an obligation; to pay or atone for; to clear oneself; to release, rescue; to perform one's part |
afraid | impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive; colloquially, express sorrow |
apprehensive | anticipating something with anxiety or fear; perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect |
apprised | to notify, or to make aware; to inform |
assured | to make sure and secure; to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something; to reassure; |
aware | vigilant, on one's guard; having knowledge of something |
bereft | pained by the loss of someone; deprived of |
bought | to obtain something with money; to accept as true; |
cautious | careful; using or exercising caution; tentative |
certain | sure, positive; not doubting; not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite |
characteristic | being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing |
composed | calmness of mind or matter, self-possession; orderly adjustment; disposition; combination, a union; a bond; |
confident | being very sure of or positive about something; self-confident |
conscious | alert, awake, aware; aware of one's own existence |
convicted | to find guilty; to find guilty informally, notably morally |
convinced | to make someone believe, or feel sure about something |
covetous | inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and posses( especially money); avaricious |
defrauded | to obtain money or property by fraud |
deprived | take something away; deny someone of something |
desirous | feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous |
destitute | lacing something; devoid; expecially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken |
devoid | empty; having none of; completely without |
deffident | modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence |
distrustful | marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious |
dull | lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp; boring; not shiny; not bright or intelligent; sluggish;listless; cloudy, overcast |
easy | requiring little skill or effort; consenting readily to sex; comfortable; not difficult not hard; in a relaxed or causal manner |
envious | resentful desire of something possessed by another ; to feel displeasure towards someone because of their good fortuene, possessions |
fearful | frightening; filled with terror; tending to fear; terrible |
fond | having a liking or affection for; indulgent; outlandish |
greedy | selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, weath, food, or other possessions |
guilty | responsible for a dishonest act; judged to have committed a crime; having a sense of guilt; blameworthy |
heedless | unware, without noticing; sing we joyous, all together, heaedless of the wind and weather |
ignorant | the condistion of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or informance |
informed | to communicate knowledge to ; to impart information or knowledge; to make known, denounce |
innocent | pure, free from sin, untainted; not legally responsible for a wrongful act; naĂŻve, artless; harmless in intent |
irrespective | heedless; regardless; without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbaised; independent; impartial; |
lame | unable to walk properly because of a problems with one's feet or legs; moving with difficulty; by extension, hobbling; failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant |
lavish | expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; excessive; superabundant; |
negligent | careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention; culpable due to negligence |
productive | capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile; yielding good or useful results; constructive; producing mucus or sputum; producing new tissue |
proud | gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied; possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves; generating a sense of pride |
sanguine | having
the colour of blood; red; having the bodily constitution characterised by a
preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours; characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; anticipating the best |
sensible | perceptible
by the mind; easily perceived, appreciable; able to feel or perceive; aware
of something; acting with or whowing good judgement; characterised more by usefulness than by fashionableness |
sick | ill, mentally unstable, disturbed, in bad taste |
slow | not quick in motion; spread over a comparatively long time; of reduced intellectual capacity; behind the time; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation |
subversive | to overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to pervert the mind and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to upturn the convention by undermining it; |
sure | certaion, reliable; certain in one's knowledge of belief; certaion to act or be; |
suspicious | arousing suspicion; distrustful; expressing suspicion |
tolerant | tending to permit; allow, understand, or accept something; tending to withstand or survive; |
vain | overly
proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of
one's own accomplishments with slight reason. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unstaisfying; ostentatious; futile |
void | containing
nothing; unoccupied; being without; not producing any effect; vain; having
lost all legal validity; containing no immaterial quality; not returning value; |
weary | tired, fatigued; having one's patience exhausted; sick; expressive of fatigue |
worthy | having worth, merit or value; honourable or admireable; deserving, or having suficient worth; |
The following adjectives and participles take the preposition for after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Anxious,
celebrated, conspicuous, customary, designed, destined, eager, eligible,
eminent, fit, good, grateful, notorious, penitent, prepared, proper, qualified, ready, sorry,sufficient, useful, zealous |
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anxious | nervous or worried, full of anxiety, |
celebrated | extol or honour in a solemn manner; honour by rites, ceremonies, ; to engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event |
conspicuous | obvious or easy to notice; noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive; |
customary | a book containing laws and usages, or customs; agreeing with or established by custom; holding or held by custom |
designed | a plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system. |
destined | preordian; to assign something for a particular use; to have a particular destination; confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certaion |
eager | excited by desire in the persuit of any object |
eligible | meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen |
eminent | remarkable, great, of a person: distinguised, noteworthy |
fit | sutable, proper, in good shape. |
good | useful for a particular purpose |
grateful | showing gratitude; recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure |
notorious | widely known, especially for something bad;infamous |
penitent | Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; |
prepared | to make ready for a specific future purpose; |
proper | fit; suitable; suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous |
qualified | meeting the standards, requirement, and training for a position |
ready | prepared for immediate action or use; inclined, apt to happen; |
sorry | regretful for an action or grieved; poor, regrettable |
sufficient | adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; |
useful | having a practical or beneficial use |
zealous | Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion |
Exercise in Composition 81 | |
The following verbs take the preposition to after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Accede,
adapt, adhere, allot, allude, apologize, appoint, ascribe, aspire, assent,
attain,attend, attribute, belong, conduce, conform, consent, contribute, lead, listen, object,occur, prefer, pretend, refer, revert, stoop, succumb, surrender, testify, yield |
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accede | to approach; to enter upon an office or dignity; to join a group; to agree to a proposal or view |
adapt | to change to make oneself suitable; |
adhere | to stick fast or cleave; to hold, be attached, or devoted; to be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree |
allot | to distribute; to assign |
allude | refer to something indirectly or by suggestion |
apologize | to express regret; apology or defense or excuse |
appoint | to fix with power or firmness; to fix the time and place of; to provide with everything necessary |
ascribe | attribute a cause of characteristic to someone or something; |
aspire | to hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation; to rise, to ascend; to tower; to soar |
assent | to agree; to give approval; to admit a thing as true; |
attain | to accomplish; to achieve |
attend | to be at an event; to give attention to; |
attribute | characteristic or quality; word qualifying a noun; that which is predicated or affirmed of a subject |
belong | to have its proper place; to be accepted in a group; to be a part of a group; |
conduce | to contribute or lead to a specific result |
conform | to act in accordance with expectations; behave in the manner of others; to be in accordance with a set of specifications |
consent | to express willingness, to give permission; to cause to sign a consent |
contribute | to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole |
lead | guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; to go first |
listen | to hear; to pay attention to a sound |
object | thing, the goal, end or purpose of something; in grammer person or thing to which emotion is directed |
occur | to happen or take place; to present or offer; to come or be presented to the mind; to be present or found |
prefer | to favor |
pretend | to allege falsely; to lay claim to; to make oneself apper to do something |
refer | to direct to a source for help or informaiton; |
revert | to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse; to return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc. |
stoop | to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward; to lower oneself; to demaen or do something below one's status, standards, or morals |
succumb | to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire; to give up, or give in; |
surrender | to give up oneself into the power, control, or possession of another; intransitive or reflexive; |
testify | to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath; to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. |
yield | to give way; to give as required; to produce as return; to produce as a result |
Exercise in Composition 82 | |
The following verbs take the preposition from after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Abstain,
alight, cease, debar, derive, derogate, desist, detract, deviate, differ,
digress,dissent, elicit, emerge, escape, exclude, preserve, prevent, prohibit, protect, recoil,recover, refrain. |
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abstain | to hold oneself back; refrain from; refrain from voting; hinder, withhold |
alight | to make light or less heavy; to get off or exit a ehicle or animal; to find by accident; to switched on |
cease | to stop doing something; to fail; to pass away; to be wanting; |
debar | To prohibit a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program from future participation in that program. |
derive | obtain something from something else; deduce by reasoning; create from another by means of a reaction; originate; |
derogate | to partially repeal; to detract from something; to belittle; disparage; |
desist | to cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; |
detract | To take away; to withdraw or remove; to take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry |
deviate | to change course; to change plans; to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray |
differ | not to have same traits and characteristics; To have diverging opinions, disagree |
digress | to deviate; to step or turn aside; to swerve; to transgress; |
dissent | to disagree; disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc of a political party, government or religion; |
elicit | to evoke, educe; to draw out, bring out; to use logic to arrive at truth; |
emerge | to come into view; to come out of; to become known; |
escape | to get free; to elude; to avoid capture; to elude observation; |
exclude | to bar from entering; keep out; to expel, put out; to refuse to accept as valid |
preserve | to protect; to keep from harm or injury; to save from decay by the use of some preservative substances, such as a sugar or salt; to season and prepare for storage; |
prevent | to stop; to keep from happening; |
prohibit | to forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit; |
protect | to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to |
recoil | to pull back, especially in disgust, horror, or astonishment; to jerk back, to kick back as a firearm |
recover | to get back, regaion; to get better, regaion health; |
Exercise in Composition 83 | |
The following verbs take the preposition with after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Associate,
bear, clash, coincide, comply, condole, cope, correspond, credit,
deluge,disagree, dispense, expostulate, fill, grapple, intrigue,
meddle, part, quarrel, remonstrate,side, sympathize, trifle, vie. |
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associate | joined with others and having equal or near equal status; having partial satus or privileges; partner; cowrker; comapnion; comrade |
bear | large mammal of vamily Ursidae; large hairy man; investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices; characterized by falling prices; to suffer, as in carrying a burden; to sustaion; |
clash | loud sound; skirmish; opposition; contradiction; |
coincide | to occupy exactly the same space; to occur at the same time; to correspond, concur, or agree |
comply | to yield assent; to be ceremoniously courteous; to fulfill; to enfold; |
condole | to grieve; to express sympathetic sorrow, to lament; |
cope | to deal effectively with something difficult; to form a joint; to clip the beak or talons of a bird |
corespond | To
be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, orign, structure,
function etc To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time. |
credit | to believe; to add to an account; to acknowledge a contribution |
deluge | a great flood; an overwhelming amount of something; to flood with water; to overwhelm |
disagree | not harmonize; not correspond; not suit |
dispense | to issue, distribute, or put out; to supply or make up a medicine or prescription; to eliminate or do without; |
expostulate | to protest |
fill | occupy fully, take up all of; satisfy, obey; sufficient or more than sufficient amount; |
grapple | to seize and hold frimly; to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to wrestle or struggle |
intrigue | plot or scheme; to plan; to arouse interest; |
meddle | to mix with other substance; to have sex; to interfere in affairs; |
part | faction of a whole; group inside a larger group; position or role; section of a document; |
quarrel | verbal dispute or heated argument; complaint; to contend, argue srongly, squabble; |
remonstrate | to object or protest; to lodge an official objection; to prove; |
side | bounding straight edge of an object; flat surface of an object; left or fight half; |
sympathize | A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; ability to share the feelings of another; emapthy |
trifle | To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth; to act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest; |
vie | To rival; to struggle for superiority; to complete; |
Exercise in Composition 84 | |
The following verbs take the preposition of after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Acquit, beware, boast, complain, despair, die, disapprove, dispose, divest, dream, heal,judge, repent, taste. | |
acquit | To declare or find not guilty; innocent; to clear oneself; to discharge from an obligation; |
beware | use caution, pay attention |
boast | To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol; |
complain | To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; |
despair | to despair of; to cause to despair ; to be hopeless |
die | to stop leaving; to become spiritually dead; to break down; to cease to exist; |
disapprove | to condemn; to refuse to approve; to have or express unfavorable opinion |
dispose | to get rid of something; to distribute and put in place; |
divest | to undress, disrobe; to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something; to sell of obe rid of through sale especially of a subsidiary; |
dream | imaginary evens seen while sleeping; hope or wish; visionary schems |
heal | to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure; to free from guilt; |
judge | someone deciding another's fate; sports official; someone with valued opinions; to sit in judgement on, pass sentence on; to form an opinion on; |
repent | to feel sorrwo or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; to feel sorry for , to regret; |
taste | to sample the flavor of something orally; to experience; implicit set of preferences |
Exercise in Composition 85 | |
The following verbs take the prepositions for after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Atone, canvass, care, clamour, feel, hope, mourn, pine, start, stipulate, sue, wish, yearn. | |
atone | to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has commited; to clear someone else of wrongdoing |
canvass | to solicit voters; to conduct survey; to campaign; to examine thoroughly; to examine by discussion |
care | close attention, concern or responsibility; worry ; maintenance, upkeep; treatment of those in need |
clamour | to salute loudly; to stun with noise; to repeat the strokes quickly on so as to produce a loud clang; |
feel | to sense by touch; to experience an emotion or other mental state about; |
hope | to want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might; to be optimistic; be full of hope; |
mourn | to express sadness for, grieve over; |
pine | any coniferous tree of the genus pinus; to feel irritated; to reflect on a problem, to think something over |
start | beginning of an activity; sudden involuntary movement; |
stipulate | to require as a condition of a contract or agreement; to specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement; to acknowledge the truth of |
sue | To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action |
wish | want, desire, to hope for an outcome; to bestow a thought |
yearn | To have a strong desire; too long; to long for something in the past with melancholy; |
Exercise in Composition 86 | |
The following verbs take the preposition in after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Acquiesce, dabble, delight, employ, enlist, excel, fall, glory, increase, indulge, involve,persevere, persist. | |
acquiesce | with in; to rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discount; to concur upon conviction; |
dabble | To partially wet( something) by splashing or dipping; To participate or have an interest in an activity, but in a casual or superficial way; |
delight | joy; pleasure |
employ | to give someone work; to put into use |
enlist | to enter on a list; to join a cause or organization; to recruit or to obtaion; to secure; |
excel | to surpass someone or something; to be much better than others; |
fall | act of moving in a gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point; season; loss of greatness of status; |
glory | Honour,
admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing;
high reputation; renown;great beauty or splendour; honour and valour; worship or praise; to exult with joy; to rejoice; to be proud; to boast; |
increase | become larger, make larger, increased amount; act of becoming larger; |
indulge | to yield to a temptation or desire; to satisfy the wishes or whims of ; to grant extension to the deadline of a payment; |
involve | to roll; to envelop completely ; to complicate or make intricate; to engage thoroughly; to raise to any assigned power |
perservere | to
go on stubbornly or resolutely; to repeat an utterance; to continue to
exist; to persist steadfastly in
pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; |
persist | go on stubbornly or resolutely; continue to exist |
Exercise in Composition 87 | |
The following verbs take the preposition on after them. Use them in sentences:- | |
Comment, decide, deliberate, depend, determine, dwell, embark, encroach, enlarge,impose, insist, intrude, resolve, subsist, trample. | |
comment | to remark |
decide | to resolve; to choose, to determine, or to settle; to make up one's mind |
deliberate | done on purpose; intentional; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; |
depend | hang down; be pending; rely on support; trust; serve |
determine | to set the boundaries or limits of ; to figure out; to ascertaion definitely; to bring to an end; |
dwell | A
period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state; a
planned delay in a timed control program to live; to reside; to linger a particular thought, idea etc; |
embark | To get on a boat or ship or an aeroplane; to engage, enlist, or invest in any affair; |
encroach | to intrude unrightfully on someone else's rights or territory; to advance gradually beyond due limits; |
enlarge | to make larger; to increase the capacity of; to expand; to give scope or greater scope to; |
impose | to establish or apply by authority; to be an inconvenience; to enforce; compel to behave in a certain way; |
insist | to hold up a claim empatically; to demand that something be done; |
intrude | to thrust oneself in ; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass |
resolve | To find a solution to; to make clear or certain; to make a firm decision; to come to an agree; to melt; to dissolve; |
subsist | to survive on a minimum of resources; to retain a certaion state; |
trample | to crush something by walking on it; to treat someone harshly; to walk heavely and destructively; th esound of heavy footsteps |
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