Common Suffixes (Cram) Flashcards
able, ible
capable of, subject to, prone to; worthy of, deserving of (impeccable, incorrigible, irrefutable, mutable, feasible, affable, gullible, laudable, reprehensible, culpable)
ac
relating to; person affected with (ammoniac, celiac, maniac, cardiac, hypochondriac)
age
relationship; condition; action or result; place (parentage, bondage, carage, anchorage)
al
of, pertaining to; the act of (logical, ephemeral, equivocal, glacial, peripheral, polemical, prodigal, provincial, rhetorical, satirical, superficial, terrestrial, whimsical, denial, rehearsal)
an, ian
belonging to, related to, characteristic of, resembling, one that is (canadian, freudian, reptilian, civilian, antediluvian, subterranean, authoritarian, partisan, artisan)
ance, ence
action or process; state of being (emergence, dependence, arrogance, compliance, vigilance, exuberance, impudence, nonchalance, opulence, quiescence, reticence)
ant, ent
causing or performing something; state of being; one who does or undergoes (document, flagrant, ardent, benevolent, indifferent, inherent, munificent, strident, virulent, contestant, pedant)
ar, ary
relating to; connected to (solar, polar, jocular, arbitrary, exemplary, mercenary, centenary)
ate
act upon; having; characterized by (obliterate, mitigate, deprecate, emulate, debilitate, extricate, facilitate, instigate, perpetuate, truncate, placate, intimidate, repudiate, ornate, innate, articulate)
cy
state of being; quality (ascendancy, bankruptcy, lunacy, dependency, complacency)
dom
domain; rank; state of being; collective office (fiefdom, boredom, martyrdom, officialdom)
eer, er, or
person who does something (auctioneer, engineer, contender, director, executor, orator)
ery
a place for; the act of; state of; qualities of (bakery, bribery, chicanery, slavery, snobbery)
escent
becoming; beginning to be; characterized by (crescent, nascent, evanescent, phosphorescent)
ferous
producing; carrying (coniferous, vociferous, aquiferous, calciferous, carboniferous)
fic
making; causing (terrific, horrific, beatific, prolific, soporific, benefic, malefic)
fy
make; cause to become (falsify, magnify, exemplify, ratify, rectify, personify, purify, mortify)
ia
abnormal condition; relating to (anorexia, toxemia, septicemia, memorabilia, personalia)
ial
relating to; characterized by (colloquial, glacial, terrestrial, inconsequential, superficial, cordial)
ic
having to do with; one characterized by (cosmic, hedonistic, caustic, aesthetic, altruistic, archaic, ascetic, bombastic, cryptic, dogmatic, eclectic, ironic, soporific, sporadic, lunatic, heretic)
ide
group of related chemical compounds; binary compounds; chemical element with properties that are similar to another (diglyceride, monosaccharide, sodium chloride, potassium bromide, boride)
il, ile
pertaining to; capable of being (puerile, ductile, infantile, senile, servile, tensile, versatile)
ine
having the nature of; relating to; resembling; made of; chemical substance (divine, feline, marine, leonine, saturnine, opaline, crystalline, tourmaline, incarnadine, gasoline)
ion, tion, ation
the result of (criterion, oblivion, limitation, adulation, affirmation, apprehension, aversion, conviction, degradation, disinclination, innovation, sanction, seclusion)
ise, ize
make; become like (surmise, maximize, scrutinize, vaporize, hypothesize, cauterize)
ism
belief; doctrine; devotion to; act of (ethnocentrism, egotism, fanaticism, criticism, witticism)
ist
one who does something; one who believes or adheres to; an expert (opportunist, cartoonist, ventriloquist, altruist, pacifist, nihilist, prohibitionist, linguist, geologist, psychiatrist, scientist)
ite
make, do; inhabitant or native of; descendant of; adherent of (ignite, israelite, luddite)
itis
inflammatory disease (dermatitis, phlebitis, appendicitis, tendonitis, osteoarthritis)
ity, ty
state of; quality (animosity, paucity, reality, uniformity, similarity, enmity, duplicity, depravity, insularity, notoriety, novelty, integrity, virility, tenacity, veracity)
ive
tending toward an action; belonging; quality of (argumentative, introspective, collective, comprehensive, derivative, elusive, exhaustive, furtive, inclusive)
let
small; small object worn on the body (eaglet, islet, piglet, ringlet, amulet, rivulet, pamphlet)
logy, ology
expression; theory; science or study of (eulogy, phraseology, ideology, geology)
ly
like; to the extent of, recurring at specified intervals; in a specified way (miserly, daily, slowly)
ment
an act; state; means (entertainment, admonishment, abatement, detachment, instrument)
oid
resembling; relating to (android, humanoid, planetoid, asteroid, spheroid, paranoid)
or
a person or thing that does something; a quality or condition (inspector, progenitor, incisor)
ory
relating to; characterized by; a placed used for (obligatory, conciliatory, cursory, observatory)
ose
full of; characterized by; a form of sugar (verbose, lachrymose, jocose, sucrose, dextrose)
osis
condition; disease (apotheosis, metamorphosis, morphosis, apoptosis, neurosis, psychosis)
ous
full of, characterized by (assiduous, autonomous, capricious, contentious, erroneous, fastidious, gregarious, ingenious, innocuous, nefarious, pretentious, querulous, raucous, scrupulous)
tude
state of (magnitude, solitude, solicitude, verisimilitude, lassitude, pulchritude, turpitude)
