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Common Suffixes (Cram) Flashcards

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able, ible

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capable of, subject to, prone to; worthy of, deserving of (impeccable, incorrigible, irrefutable, mutable, feasible, affable, gullible, laudable, reprehensible, culpable)

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ac

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relating to; person affected with (ammoniac, celiac, maniac, cardiac, hypochondriac)

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age

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relationship; condition; action or result; place (parentage, bondage, carage, anchorage)

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al

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of, pertaining to; the act of (logical, ephemeral, equivocal, glacial, peripheral, polemical, prodigal, provincial, rhetorical, satirical, superficial, terrestrial, whimsical, denial, rehearsal)

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an, ian

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belonging to, related to, characteristic of, resembling, one that is (canadian, freudian, reptilian, civilian, antediluvian, subterranean, authoritarian, partisan, artisan)

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ance, ence

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action or process; state of being (emergence, dependence, arrogance, compliance, vigilance, exuberance, impudence, nonchalance, opulence, quiescence, reticence)

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ant, ent

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causing or performing something; state of being; one who does or undergoes (document, flagrant, ardent, benevolent, indifferent, inherent, munificent, strident, virulent, contestant, pedant)

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ar, ary

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relating to; connected to (solar, polar, jocular, arbitrary, exemplary, mercenary, centenary)

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ate

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act upon; having; characterized by (obliterate, mitigate, deprecate, emulate, debilitate, extricate, facilitate, instigate, perpetuate, truncate, placate, intimidate, repudiate, ornate, innate, articulate)

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cy

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state of being; quality (ascendancy, bankruptcy, lunacy, dependency, complacency)

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dom

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domain; rank; state of being; collective office (fiefdom, boredom, martyrdom, officialdom)

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eer, er, or

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person who does something (auctioneer, engineer, contender, director, executor, orator)

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ery

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a place for; the act of; state of; qualities of (bakery, bribery, chicanery, slavery, snobbery)

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escent

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becoming; beginning to be; characterized by (crescent, nascent, evanescent, phosphorescent)

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ferous

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producing; carrying (coniferous, vociferous, aquiferous, calciferous, carboniferous)

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fic

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making; causing (terrific, horrific, beatific, prolific, soporific, benefic, malefic)

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fy

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make; cause to become (falsify, magnify, exemplify, ratify, rectify, personify, purify, mortify)

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ia

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abnormal condition; relating to (anorexia, toxemia, septicemia, memorabilia, personalia)

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ial

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relating to; characterized by (colloquial, glacial, terrestrial, inconsequential, superficial, cordial)

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ic

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having to do with; one characterized by (cosmic, hedonistic, caustic, aesthetic, altruistic, archaic, ascetic, bombastic, cryptic, dogmatic, eclectic, ironic, soporific, sporadic, lunatic, heretic)

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ide

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group of related chemical compounds; binary compounds; chemical element with properties that are similar to another (diglyceride, monosaccharide, sodium chloride, potassium bromide, boride)

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il, ile

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pertaining to; capable of being (puerile, ductile, infantile, senile, servile, tensile, versatile)

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ine

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having the nature of; relating to; resembling; made of; chemical substance (divine, feline, marine, leonine, saturnine, opaline, crystalline, tourmaline, incarnadine, gasoline)

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ion, tion, ation

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the result of (criterion, oblivion, limitation, adulation, affirmation, apprehension, aversion, conviction, degradation, disinclination, innovation, sanction, seclusion)

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ise, ize

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make; become like (surmise, maximize, scrutinize, vaporize, hypothesize, cauterize)

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ism

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belief; doctrine; devotion to; act of (ethnocentrism, egotism, fanaticism, criticism, witticism)

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ist

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one who does something; one who believes or adheres to; an expert (opportunist, cartoonist, ventriloquist, altruist, pacifist, nihilist, prohibitionist, linguist, geologist, psychiatrist, scientist)

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ite

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make, do; inhabitant or native of; descendant of; adherent of (ignite, israelite, luddite)

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itis

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inflammatory disease (dermatitis, phlebitis, appendicitis, tendonitis, osteoarthritis)

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ity, ty

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state of; quality (animosity, paucity, reality, uniformity, similarity, enmity, duplicity, depravity, insularity, notoriety, novelty, integrity, virility, tenacity, veracity)

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ive

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tending toward an action; belonging; quality of (argumentative, introspective, collective, comprehensive, derivative, elusive, exhaustive, furtive, inclusive)

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let

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small; small object worn on the body (eaglet, islet, piglet, ringlet, amulet, rivulet, pamphlet)

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logy, ology

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expression; theory; science or study of (eulogy, phraseology, ideology, geology)

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ly

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like; to the extent of, recurring at specified intervals; in a specified way (miserly, daily, slowly)

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ment

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an act; state; means (entertainment, admonishment, abatement, detachment, instrument)

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oid

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resembling; relating to (android, humanoid, planetoid, asteroid, spheroid, paranoid)

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or

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a person or thing that does something; a quality or condition (inspector, progenitor, incisor)

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ory

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relating to; characterized by; a placed used for (obligatory, conciliatory, cursory, observatory)

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ose

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full of; characterized by; a form of sugar (verbose, lachrymose, jocose, sucrose, dextrose)

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osis

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condition; disease (apotheosis, metamorphosis, morphosis, apoptosis, neurosis, psychosis)

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ous

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full of, characterized by (assiduous, autonomous, capricious, contentious, erroneous, fastidious, gregarious, ingenious, innocuous, nefarious, pretentious, querulous, raucous, scrupulous)

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tude

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state of (magnitude, solitude, solicitude, verisimilitude, lassitude, pulchritude, turpitude)

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