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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Babylonian Astronomy

  
Although the Babylonians did not contribute to cosmology, their astronomy is of  
great interest. The (1) ... data they accumulated would later be of the ASTRONOMY
(2) ... importance in the development of Greek geometric astronomy and cosmology. The MOST
(3) ... of Babylonian astronomy was preceded by the appearance of very advanced EMERGE
mathematics many centuries earlier, documented in cuneiform clay tablets dating back  
to 1700 B.C. and earlier. This mathematics was based on a base-60 positional (4) ... NUMERATE
system and contained solutions to quadratic (5) ... and algorithms to compute the square EQUATE
roots of numbers. Although there was some interest in geometry, the Babylonians (6) ... the EMPHASIS
arithmetic and algebraic parts of mathematics. There was, during this older period, an (7) ... COMPARE
development of astronomy in even its most (8) ... empirical form. It was only much later, RUDIMENTS
beginning around 600 B.C., that a sophisticated numerical astronomy was cultivated.  
   
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ASTRONOMICAL
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE ASTRONOMY => ASTRONOMICAL
SUFFIX (-ICAL) (in adjectives) - connected with: COMICAL, CHEMICAL
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UTMOST | UTTERMOST
COMPOUND ADJECTIVE UT + MOST
UTMOST - the greatest possible importance etc.
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EMERGENCE
VERB TO NOUN EMERGE => EMERGENCE
SUFFIX (-ENCE) (in nouns) - the action or state of: EXISTENCE, CONFIDENCE
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NUMERATION
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN NUMERATE => NUMERATION
SUFFIX (-ION) (in nouns) - the action or state of: CONFESSION, COMPETITION
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EQUATIONS
VERB TO NOUN EQUATE => EQUATION
SUFFIX (-ION) (in nouns) - the action or state of: CONFESSION, COMPETITION
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EMPHASIZED | EMPHASISED
NOUN TO VERB EMPHASIS => EMPHASIZED
SUFFIX (-ISE) (in verbs) - to speak, think, act, treat, etc. in the way mentioned: CRITICISE, THEORISE
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INCOMPARABLE
VERB TO NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE COMPARE => INCOMPARABLE
PREFIX (IN-) (in nouns, adjectives and adverb) - not; the opposite of: HISTORICAL + SUFFIX (-ABLE) (in adjectives) - having the quality of: FASHIONABLE
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RUDIMENTARY
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE RUDIMENTS => RUDIMENTARY
SUFFIX (-ARY) (in nouns and adjectives) - connected with: ELEMENTARY, PLANETARY
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