CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH examinations / PROFICIENCY EXAM / CPE / USE OF ENGLISH / word formation

For questions 1- 8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.


What is Aromatherapy?

The concept that preventative therapy has a vital role to play in the area of (1) ... medicine is now constantly gaining ground. What this (2) ... is an attempt to re-establish the connection with our planet that was so naturally enjoyed by our ancestors who had a more (3) ... relationship with the earth. Sadly, modern Westernized societies have lost their former awareness of the planet. Although orthodox medicine has an (4) ... important function, the responsibility for maintaining our personal (5) ... and well-being is ultimately our own. Our bodies, like all living things, need to be nurtured in order to prosper. As we are integrated into the living processes of earth, it naturally follows that we are (6) ... on the planet for survival. Our ancestors knew this; they took from and gave back to the earth; but we have severed these connections. Now we must re-establish them to (7) ... our future existence. Preventative medicine is an approach that is available to us all, and plants are among the most (8) ... gifts for this purpose that our planet has to offer.

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[answer="COMPLEMENTARY" label="COMPLEMENT"]

[answer="SIGNIFIES" label="SIGN"]

[answer="SYNERGISTIC" label="SYNERGY"]

[answer="INDISPUTABLY" label="DISPUTE"]

[answer="HEALTH" label="HALE"]

[answer="DEPENDENT" label="DEPEND"]

[answer="SAFEGUARD" label="SAFE"]

[answer="PRECIOUS" label="PRICE"]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    COMPLEMENTARY
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE COMPLEMENT => COMPLEMENTARY
SUFFIX (-ARY) (in adjectives and nouns) - connected with: PLANETARY, BUDGETARY

 
2)    SIGNIFIES
NOUN TO VERB SIGN => SIGNIFIES
SUFFIX (-IFY) (in verbs) - to make or become: PURIFY, SOLIDIFY

 
3)    SYNERGISTIC
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE SYNERGY => SYNERGISTIC
SUFFIX (-ISTIC) (in nouns and adjectives) - equivalent to a combination of '-ist' and '-ic': IMPRESSIONISTIC, COMMUNISTIC

 
4)    INDISPUTABLY
VERB TO ADVERB DISPUTE => INDISPUTABLY
PREFIX (IN-) (in nouns, adverbs and adjectives) - not; the opposite of: INFINITE, INFORMAL + SUFFIX (-ABLY) (in adverbs) - in a way that can or must be: NOTICEABLY, ADMIRABLY

 
5)    HEALTH
INTERNAL CHANGE HALE => HEALTH
INTERNAL CHANGE - HALE => HEALTH

 
6)    DEPENDENT
VERB TO ADJECTIVE DEPEND => DEPENDENT
SUFFIX (-END) (in adjectives and nouns) - that is or does something: DIFFERENT, EFFICIENT

 
7)    SAFEGUARD
COMPOUND VERB SAFE + GUARD
SAFEGUARD - to protect something/somebody from loss, harm or damage.

 
8)    PRECIOUS
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE PRICE => PRECIOUS
SUFFIX (-OUS) (in adjectives) - having the nature or quality of: POISONOUS, MOUNTAINOUS