Chapter 5: Latin Suffixes 2 (suffixes/bases) Flashcards by Emily Crowder

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-able, -ible

A

tending to, inclined to, able to be (durable)

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-acious

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tending to, inclined to, able to be (audacious)

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-id

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tending to, inclined to, able to be (morbid)

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-ile

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tending to, inclined to, able to be (volatile)

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-itious

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tending to, inclined to, able to be (repetitious)

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-ive

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tending to, inclined to, able to be (destructive)

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-ulous

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tending to, inclined to, able to be (tremulous)

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-uous

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tending to, inclined to, able to be (inconspicuous)

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-lent

A

full of (virulent)

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-ose

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full of (adipose)

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-ous

A

full of (cancerous)

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adip-

A

fatty tissue (adipose)

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act-, ag-

A

to do, to act (active)

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aqu(a)-

A

water

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aud-, audit-

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to hear (auditory)

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cern-, cret-

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to separate, to distinguish (discern)

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cad-, cid-

A

to fall

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cid-, cis-

A

to cut, to kill (homicidal)

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duc-, duct-

A

to lead, to draw (conduction)

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fibr-

A

fiber

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flect-, flex-

A

to bend

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ger-, gest-

A

to carry, to bear (digestible)

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grad-, gress-

A

to go, to step (gradual)

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her-, hes-

A

to stick (adhere)

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liqu-

A

liquid

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me-, meat-

A

to go, to pass through (permeable)

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morb-

A

disease

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nasc-, nat-

A

to be born (nascimiento)

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nutr-, nutrit-

A

to nourish

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pur-

A

pus

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sens-, sent-

A

to feel, to perceive

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somn-

A

sleep (insomnia)

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ten-, (-tin-), tent-

A

to hold (retentive)

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trem-

A

to tremble

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varic-

A

twisted, swollen (varicose veins)

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vir-

A

virus

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vitr-

A

glass (in vitro)