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Thisresourceshowsyouonesimpleshortcuttoexpandyourvocabularyeasilyandimmediately.

Thetrickistoaddthesuffix/ending en toadjectivesornounstocreateusefulverbs.Sinceyou
alreadyknowthemeaningofmostofthesebasicadjectivesandnouns,thehardpartisdone!
Whenyouadd en ,itcreatesaverbwhichmeanstomakemoreofthequalitythattheadjective
ornoundescribes.

Howitworks
short + en = shorten
Thenewverb shorten meanstomakesomethingshorter.

length + en = lengthen
Thenewverb lengthen meanstoincreasesomethinginlength.

Itsthatsimple!

Formula

adjective
or + en = verb
noun

Examples
Size

short shorten

wide widen

deep deepen

broad broaden

length lengthen

height heighten

Color

white whiten

dark darken

light lighten

red redden

bright brighten

Other

hard harden

soft soften

thick thicken

quick quicken

damp dampen

sharp sharpen

weak weaken

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quiet quieten

fresh freshen

smart smarten

straight straighten

rough roughen

tough toughen

sweet sweeten

moist moisten

loose loosen

tight tighten

worse worsen

ripe ripen

slack slacken

dead deaden

less lessen

sad sadden

glad gladden

flat flatten

stiff stiffen

deaf deafen

sick sicken

fat fatten

awake awaken

great greaten

mad madden

coarse coarsen

fast fasten

fright frighten

threat threaten

haste hasten

strength strengthen

Byusingthisvocabularyhack,youcanexpandwordfamiliestoincludemoredynamicverbswhile
speakingandwritingEnglish.

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