Word enemies
Mind benders
Language rebels
The dark side of vocabulary
Lost in prefixes
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CONFORMIST -->
(someone who behaves or thinks like everyone else, rather than being different)
NON-CONFORMIST
100
RATIONAL -->
(based on clear thought and reason)
IRRATIONAL
100
STABLE -->
(A stable person is mentally healthy)
UNSTABLE
100
MATURE -->
IMMATURE
100
UNDERSTOOD -->
MISUNDERSTOOD
(to think you have understood someone or something when you have not)
200
COMPETENT -->
(able to do something well= a competent secretary)
INCOMPETENT
200
SENSITIVE -->
(easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry)
INSENSITIVE
200
ABLE -->
UNABLE = not to be able to do something
DISABLE = to cause someone to have an illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult for them to do the things that other people do EX: She was disabled in the accident
200
MORAL -->
(relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than to laws)
IMMORAL
200
AGREEABLE -->
pleasant or pleasing
willing to do or accept something (AGREEABLE TO STH)
DISAGREEABLE
300
PROFESSIONAL -->
UNPROFESSIONAL
300
ESTABLISHMENT -->
THE ESTABLISHMENT= the important and powerful people who control a country, an organization, or an area of activity, especially those who support the existing situation
ANTIESTABLISHMENT =
opposed to or directed against the establishment
300
ACCURATE -->
(correct, exact, and without any mistakes)
INACURATE
300
COHERENT --> (C2)
An idea that are clear and carefully considered, and each part of it connects or follows in a natural or reasonable way.
INCOHERENT
300
SUFFICIENT -->
enough for a particular purpose
INSUFFICIENT
400
COURTEOUS --> C2
polite and showing respect:
DISCOURTEOUS
400
LITERATE --> C2
able to read and write
ILLITERATE
400
DECISIVE -->
strongly affecting how a situation will progress or end
ex: a decisive role
INDECISIVE
400
CONSIDERATE -->
kind and helpful
INCONSIDERATE
400
REVERSIBLE (C2)-->
sth that can be changed back to what it was before
ex: He believes that climate change may still be reversible
IRREVERSIBLE
500
PLAUSIBLE --> C2
seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed,
EX: a PLAUSIBLE explanation
IMPLAUSIBLE
500
ACCESSIBLE -->
able to be reached or easily obtained
INACCESSIBLE
500
LOGICAL -->
using reason
ILLOGICAL
500
PROFITABLE -->
likely to make a profit, likely to produce an advantage
UNPROFITABLE
500
CONSISTENT --> C2
always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way
ex: Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is she's not consistent
INCONSISTENT = changing
600
When my brother’s in a bad mood, he’s completely
UNAPPROACHABLE = unfriendly or a little frightening
600
INSENSITIVE = not feeling or showing sympathy for other people's feelings
600
IRRATIONAL
600
DISABLED
600
DISAGREEABLE