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Question
Fill in the blanks in the table below. Then check your answers in a
dictionary.
| ADJECTIVES | NOUNS | ADJECTIVES | NOUNS |
| beautiful | beauty | fit | |
| clean | height | ||
| neatness | frequent | ||
| arrogant | proud | ||
| intelligent | anxiety |
Solution
| ADJECTIVES | NOUNS | ADJECTIVES | NOUNS |
| beautiful | beauty | fit | fitness |
| clean | cleanliness | high | height |
| neat | neatness | frequent | frequency |
| arrogant | arrogance | proud | pride |
| intelligent | intelligence | anxious | anxiety |
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