Words that contain unstressed vowels

How can we remember the spellings of these tricky words?

familiarstationarycompanydefinitefrighteninghospitaljewelleryliteraturemessengerstationerycompromisedefinitelyeasilyprimarygeneralseparatevoluntarylotteryprepare

abandoned animal category conference dictionary explanatory dictionary flattery generally widening library marvellous abominable description difference generous interest literacy

miserable original boundary poisonous deafening different factory formal Wednesday memorable predict business centre desperate doctor family freedom heavenly reference

Using your list of tricky words:

1. Group the words into the following categories – ending in ary, ery, ory or rence;

2. Words that contain en or er patterns;

3. Find root words for as many of the words as you can;

4. Find words with prefixes;

5. Find words with suffixes.