extend- v. to stretch out, make longer Ex. Samuel was so relieved that the deadline for his history project extended to next week instead of tomorrow because he hadn't started it yet. -nonextendibilness [from O.Fr. estendre "stretch out, increase," from L. extendere "stretch out,"]
radical- adj. extreme Ex. The new chief of surgery announced on Tuesday that now that he was the chief of surgery there would be many radical changes to how the hospital would be run. -unradically [from 1786 "unconventional"]
crucial- adj. very important Ex. It was crucial that he find his history paper; it was worth 30% of his grade and if he didn't find it he'd fail the class. -noncrucially [from L. crux (gen. crucis) "cross"]
attain-v. to achieve or reach a goal Ex. Benny had been training to try to attain the title World Memory Champion since he was 17 years old. -reattain [from O.Fr. ataindre "to come up to, reach, strive," L. attingere "to touch"]
initiative-n. a first step; beginning action Ex. Everyone in school knew Louie had a crush on Angelica, but unfortunately Louie lacked the initiative to ask her out. -selfinitiative [from L. initiatus "that which begins"]
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