CPE Word Formation

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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. You can use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points. EXAM DESCRIPTION
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Technology

  
The twentieth century witnessed a (1) ... change in the relationship between science and society. MOMENT
In World War I, scientists were conscripted and died in the trenches. In World War II, they were  
exempted as national treasures and committed to (2) ... . They rallied behind their country's SECRET
war effort. The explanation of the change is not hard to find - governments came to believe that  
(3) ... research can produce practical improvements in industry, agriculture, and medicine. The THEORY
belief was firmly (4) ... by developments such as the discovery of antibiotics and the FORCE
(5) ... of nuclear physics to the production of atomic weapons. Science became so identified APPLY
with practical benefits that the dependence of technology on science is (6) ... believed to be a COMMON
(7) ... relationship and a single enterprise. Science and technology, research and development - TIME
these are believed to be almost (8) ... twins. These rank among the sacred phrases of our time. SEPARATE
The belief in the coupling of science and technology is now petrified in the dictionary definition of
technology as applied science.
   
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MOMENTOUS
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE MOMENT => MOMENTOUS
SUFFIX (-OUS) (in adjectives) - having the nature or quality of: POISONOUS, DANGEROUS
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SECRECY
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN SECRET => SECRECY
SUFFIX (-CY) (in nouns) - the state or quality of: INFANCY, VACANCY
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THEORETICAL
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE THEORY => THEORETICAL
SUFFIX (-ICAL) (in adjectives) - connected with: ECONOMICAL, COMICAL
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REINFORCED
NOUN TO VERB FORCE => REINFORCED
PREFIX (RE-) + INFORCE - variant of ENFORCE + SUFFIX (ED) - to give more force or effectiveness, to strengthen
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APPLICATION
VERB TO NOUN APPLY => APPLICATION
SUFFIX (-ION) (in nouns) - the action or state of: CONFESSION, COMPETITION
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COMMONLY
ADJECTIVE TO ADVERB COMMON => COMMONLY
SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - like a particular thing in manner, appearance, or nature: MOTHERLY, FATHERLY
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TIMELESS
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE TIME => TIMELESS
SUFFIX (-LESS) (in adjectives) - without, not doing; not affected by: CARELESS, TASTELESS
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INSEPARABLE
VERB TO NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE SEPARATE => INSEPARABLE
PREFIX (IN-) (in adverbs, nouns and adjectives) - the opposite of, not: + SUFFIX (-ABLE) (in adjectives) - having the quality of: INCAPABLE, INADVISABLE
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