Vocab-ability Suffix–336 (__en = verb suffix) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)

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My Vocab Practice

  1. Healthy Communication does deepen relationships.
  2. When i am running late i hasten myself up.
  3. Adding banana is a way to thicken pineapple juice.


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. He deepen the cut of the meat to one inch for the stew dish.

  2. He hasten to walk as it was already getting dark.

  3. He thicken the sauce of his spaghetti meal according to his preferences.


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Her love for him deepened after his unwavering support throughout her fight with cancer.

  2. American military support for the rebels hastened the demise of the African dictator's rule.

  3. The plot thickened after more alleged victims accused the country's president of sexual harassment.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Meditation helps to deepen one's thoughts
  2. If you hasten up, you can still catch the train
  3. The film gets more interesting as the plot thickens


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. To achieve success in life, i need to deepen my reasoning faculties
  2. If you hasten too much you may miss your steps
  3. The oil thickens when it gets cold


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Deepen
    Seeing the kind manner in which he treated my animals deepened my feelings for him.

  2. Hasten
    The flight leaves in an hour so we had better hasten our departure to get to the gate on time.

  3. Thicken
    People who have a medical condition making it difficult to swallow thin liquids often do well if the liquids are thickened.


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. His love for his wife deepened with every year.

  2. He hastened across the road before the traffic lights changed.

  3. Eating too many pastries made his waist thicken with fat.


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. In order to deepen the friendship with his neighbours, he invited them to a barbecue.

  2. The dad hastened to apologise after his toddler broke the ornament in the shop.

  3. The plot thickened as the conspirators multiplied.


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"MY VOCAB PRACTICE"

  1. Each section of the Holiday Camp Resort's expansion project had to be inspected and signed off by the Manager but when he came around to thw new long drop facility, he refused to sign off as completed as they would need to deepen the holes first by an additional 1 meter (this avoid future issues of sewerage/waste smells disturbing campers and causing potential health risks).
  2. The team gathered for an impromptu meeting to discuss how best to hasten their progress if they were to meet the target completion date of the project.
  3. I have always cooked gravy and other sauces with a roux as this was the way my mother taught me, but I discovered a lot of other people find it easier to thicken theirs with cornflour instead.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. I hasten to get to the meeting on time.
  2. In order to enhance your questioning ability you need to deepen in thinking.
  3. Milk thickens when it spoils.


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The artist added a small amount of black to the paint mix to deepen the colour.

  2. He hastened to the station to catch his train.

  3. The cook used cornflour to thicken the gravy sauce.


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My Vocab Practice

1.- To the same extent that the investment is deepened, the country risk will decrease.

2.- As he forms intellectually, he hastens his development as a professional.

3.- The longer the oatmeal stays on the stove over a low heat it will thicken


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. Deepen:
    We were advised to deepen our trust in the lord.

  2. Hasten:
    I had to hasten my application in order to get favoured.

  3. Thicken.
    I had to thicken the thrub to protect as a fence.


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Government pins hope on sukuk to deepen financial market
  2. Presidential decree needed to accelerate preparations
  3. Students stay at home as haze thickens


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Anna love for babies is deepened by each sighting of a pregnant lady.
  2. I had to hasten my breakfast, in order not to miss my flight which I had earlier thought was to depart by noon!
  3. In order to thicken the groundnut soul, Kate had to add some quakers which surprisingly came out nice.


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My Vocab Practice

1.- A deepened root helps tree to stand strong.

2.- We don't need to hasten for success if we are on the right track.

3.- Mom had thicken the milk shake by adding corn flour to it.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. His voice deepens as he changes to a lower key
  2. The sun hastens to set at dusk
  3. The tree trunk thickens as it grows older


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Deepen muscles appear as I train more and more.
  2. I need to hasten my work to go get my son in time from playground.
  3. I need to thicken my cream fast to complete my cake before the guests arrive.


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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. deepen
    He waited until he heard her breathing deepen and then fall asleep.
  2. hasten
    I had just returned from my journey, and hasten to write my first thoughts.
  3. thicken
    The building was used to create pudding, to thicken the jelly and as survival resources during wars.


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I think these vocab excercises are great; I am an English teacher too, and happen to love it as well, so anything that promotes the language -thereby helping to maintain high standards in the face of the obscenities and assaults recent trends and the internet perpetuate - is a significant and valuable way to make a difference and I appreciate it.

Cool. I'm glad you like these exercises, and I hope you get plenty of use out of them.

And, of course, I hope they help your students.

Cheers!

  1. The crisis in her community deepened her hatred for the government.
  2. The loss of her son hastened the death of the sick old woman.
  3. She tried to thicken the soup by stirring.

Please read Rule #5 above, and revise. Thanks.