Exam: Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)

Definition: The quality or state of being able to catch fire easily.

Example: The inflammableness of the material made it dangerous to use near open flames.

Definition: In a way that is easily set on fire or capable of burning quickly.

Example: The materials were stored inflammably, increasing the risk of a fire.

Definition: Causing or likely to cause strong feelings of anger or excitement.

Example: The politician's inflammatory remarks sparked a heated debate among the audience.

Definition: Relating to or causing an increase in prices and a decrease in the purchasing power of money.

Example: The government implemented inflationary policies to stimulate the economy.

Definition: A belief or policy that promotes an increase in prices and a decrease in the purchasing power of money.

Example: The government adopted inflationism to stimulate economic growth.

Definition: To change the form of a word to express different grammatical features, such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case.

Example: In English, verbs inflect to show past or present tense.

Definition: To change a word's form to express different grammatical features, such as tense, mood, or number.

Example: In English, we inflect verbs to show past or present tense.

Definition: Able to change form or grammatical function, especially in terms of tense, case, or number.

Example: In some languages, nouns are inflectable to show different grammatical cases.

Definition: Changed in form to show different grammatical functions, such as tense, mood, or number, often used in reference to words in a language.

Example: In English, verbs are often inflected to indicate past tense or third person.

Definition: To change the form of a word to express different grammatical features such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case.

Example: The verb 'run' is inflected to 'ran' in the past tense.

Definition: A change in the form of a word to express different grammatical features, such as tense, mood, or number, often by adding prefixes or suffixes.

Example: In English, the word 'dogs' is an example of noun inflection, where 's' is added to indicate plural.

Definition: Relating to the way words change form to express different grammatical features, such as tense, mood, or number.

Example: In English, the inflectional forms of verbs indicate whether the action is happening in the past, present, or future.