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Cognate Adjectives from the GSL and AWL

715 Words:  295 Cognates (41%)

absent
absolute
abstract
active
adjacent
adult
advance
aggregate
air
alternative
ambiguous
ambitious
animal
annual
anxious
apparent
appropriate
approximate
arbitrary
artificial
attentive
attractive
basic
calm
capital
central
circular
civil
classic
clear
coherent
color
commercial
common
compatible
complete
complex
concurrent
confidential
conscious
consequent
considerable
constant
contemporary
content
contrary
convenient
corporate
correct
criminal
crucial
cruel
curious
decisive
definite
delicate
dependent
descendant
desert
destructive
different
difficult
direct
discontent
discrete
distant
distinct
diverse
domestic
double
dynamic
effective
efficient
elastic
elect
electric
empirical
English
enormous
entire
equal
equivalent
essential
ethnic
eventual
evident
exact
excellent
excess
excessive
expert
explicit
explosive
express
extensive
external
extra
extraordinary
extreme
false
familiar
favorite
federal
final
firm
flexible
formal
fortunate
frequent
fresh
fundamental
future
gay
general
generous
gradual
grammatical
honest
horizontal
human
ideal
identical
imaginary
imaginative
immediate
immense
implicit
important
impossible
inclusive
incorporate
individual
inevitable
influential
inherent
initial
instant
integral
intense
intermediate
internal
international
intrinsic
legal
liberal
liquid
literary
local
manual
material
mechanic
mediate
medical
medium
mental
mere
metal
military
mineral
minimal
minimum
minor
minute
miserable
model
moderate
modern
modest
momentary
moral
motive
motor
much
mutual
native
necessary
net
neutral
noble
normal
north
northern
nuclear
numerous
obedient
objective
obvious
official
opposite
ordinary
paper
parallel
particular
passive
past
patient
patriotic
peculiar
perfect
permanent
physical
plural
political
popular
positive
possible
potential
practical
precious
precise
predominant
preliminary
present
pretend
previous
primary
principal
private
probable
professional
public
punctual
pure
purple
qualitative
quality
quiet
radical
rapid
rare
rational
real
reasonable
recent
regular
relative
relevant
representative
reserve
responsible
reverse
rich
rigid
rude
salt
satisfactory
scientific
second
secret
sensitive
separate
serious
severe
significant
silent
similar
simple
sincere
social
solemn
solid
special
specific
splendid
stable
standard
strict
stupid
subordinate
subsequent
substitute
sufficient
suspect
suspicious
sympathetic
technical
temporary
tense
terrible
theatrical
total
ultimate
uniform
unique
universal
urgent
usual
valid
valuable
various
violent
virtual
visible
visual
voluntary
ausente
absoluto
abstracto
activo
adyacente
adulto
avanzado
agregado
de aire
alternativa
ambiguo
ambicioso
animal
anual
ansioso
aparente
apropiado
aproximado
arbitrario
artificial
atento
atractivo
básico
calmado
capital
central
circular
civil
clásico
claro
coherente
color
comercial
común
compatible
completo
complejo
concurrente
confidencial
consciente
consecuente
considerable
constante
contemporáneo
contento/satisfecho
contrario
conveniente
corporativo
correcto
criminal
crucial
cruel
curioso
decisivo
definido
delicado
dependiente
descendiente
desertico
destructivo
diferente
difícil
directo
descontento
discreto
distante
distinto
diverso
doméstico
doble
dinámico
efectivo
eficiente
elástico
electo
eléctrico
empírico
inglés
enorme
entero
igual
equivalente
esencial
étnico
eventual
evidente
exacto
excelente
en exceso
excesivo
experto
explícito
explosivo
expreso
extenso
externo
extra
extraordinario
extremo
falso
familiar
favorito
federal
final
firme
flexible
formal
afortunado
frecuente
fresco
fundamental
futuro
gay
general
generoso
gradual
gramatical
honesto
horizontal
humano
ideal
idéntico
imaginario
imaginativo
inmediato
inmenso
implícito
importante
imposible
inclusive/incluido
incorporado
individual
inevitable
influyente
inherente
inicial
instantaneo
íntegral
intenso
intermedio
interior
internacional
intrínseco
legal
liberal
líquido
literario
local
manual
material
mecánico
mediato
médico
medio
mental
mero/solo
metal
militar
mineral
mínimo
mínimo
menor
diminuto
miserable
modelo
moderado
moderno
modesto
momentáneo
moral
motivo
motor
mucho
mutuo
nativo
necesario
neto
neutral
noble
normal
norte
norteño
nuclear
numeroso
obediente
objetivo
obvio
oficial
opuesto
ordinario
de papel
paralelo
particular
pasivo
pasado
paciente
patriótico
peculiar
perfecto
permanente
físico
plural
político
popular
positivo
posible
potencial
práctico
precioso
preciso
predominante
preliminar
presente
pretender
previo
primario
principal
privado
probable
profesional
público
puntual
puro
púrpura
cualitativo
de calidad
quieto/callado
radical
rápido
raro
racional
real
razonable
reciente
regular
relativo
relevante
representativo
de reserva
responsable
en reversa/opuesto
rico
rígido
rudo
sal/salado
satisfactorio
científico
segundo
secreto
sensitivo
separado
serio
severo
significante
silencioso
similar
simple
sincero
social
solemne
sólido
especial
específico
espléndido
estable
estándar
estricto
estúpido
subordinado
subsecuente
substituto
suficiente
sospechoso
sospechoso
simpático
técnico
temporal
tenso
terrible
teatral
total
último
uniforme
único
universal
urgente
usual
válido
valioso
varios
violento
virtual
visible
visual
voluntario
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