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Greek/Latin Suffixes Flashcards

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-able/-ably

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able to, capable of being (unalienable)

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-acy

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state or quality of being (intricacy)

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-age

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belonging to, related to (marriage)

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-al

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pertaining to, act of (ephemeral)

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-ana

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sayings, writings, facts of (Americana)

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-an/-ant/-ent

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one who is (charlatan)

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-ance

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act of, state of being, thing that (abeyance)

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-ary

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belonging to, a relation to (hereditary)

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-ate

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having (alienate)

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-ation/-ition

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the act of, result of (alteration)

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-ar

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relating to, like; the nature of (singular)

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-bulum/-ble

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means, instrument, place (stable, fable)

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-cide/-cidal

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killer; having the power to kill (suicidal)

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-crat/-cracy

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to govern (democracy)

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-culum/-cle

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means, instrument, place (curriculum)

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-en

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to become or cause to be (darken)

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-ence

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act, fact, quality, state (excellence)

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-ency

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state of being (dependency)

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-er/-or

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one who (volunteer)

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-ery/-ry

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a place to/for or occupation of (vinery)

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-esce

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becoming (coalesce)

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-fy

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to make, cause to be, or become (horrify)

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-hood

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state, quality; group of (childhood, priesthood)

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-ian

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belonging to, a relation to (plebian)

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-ier

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a person concerned with (soldier)

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-able/-ible

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able to/able to be (flexible)

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-ic

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pertaining to (prosaic)

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-ice

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quality or state of being (avarice)

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-il/-ile

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having to do with (civil)

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-ion

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the act/result of, one who (opinion)

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-ium/-y/-ce/-ge

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the act of (refuge)

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-cium/-tium/-gium

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something connected with the act (compendium)

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-ish

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belonging to, like (boyish)

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-ist

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a person who does, makes, or practices (artist)

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-itious

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having the nature of (nutritious)

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-itude/-tude

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state of being (aptitude)

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-ity

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state, character, condition (animosity)

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-ive

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one who, that which is (elusive)

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-less

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lacking (tireless)

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-like

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characteristic of; suitable for (godlike)

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-ly

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specified manner, extent, direction (hourly)

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-men

A

result or means (acumen)

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-mentum/-ment

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result or means of an act (moment)

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-ness

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state or quality of being (greatness)

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-oon

A

one who (buffoon)

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-or

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act or condition of (precursor)

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-ory

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relating to, thing which, place where (laboratory)

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-ose/-ous

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having, full of, characterized by (impervious)

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-ship

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quality, condition, state of (fellowship)

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-some

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like, tending to be (lonesome)

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-tion

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state of that which (commotion)

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-tude

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state of being (verisimilitude)

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-ulus/-ulous

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tending to (credulous)

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-ure

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state or act of (censure)

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-uous

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tending to (innocuous)

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-vorous/-vore

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eating/feeding on (herbivore)

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-wise

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direction, manner, in regard to (clockwise)

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-y

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state of being (apathy)

59
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-ac/-iac

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pertaining to (cardiac)

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-agia/-algia

A

pain (neuralgia)

61
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-ast

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one who does (enthusiast)

62
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-clasm

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destruction (iconoclasm)

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-emia

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condition of the blood (anemia)

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-genic

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suitable (photogenic)

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-gram

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record (telegram)

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-graph

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written (monograph)

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-graphy

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process/method of writing (photography)

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-ia/-y

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act or state of (euphoria)

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-iatrics

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treatment of disease (pediatrics)

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iatry

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healing (psychiatry)

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-ic

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pertaining to, one who (dogmatic)

72
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-ical

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pertaining to, made of (political)

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-ic/-ice

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art, science, study of (politics)

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-ise/-ize

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to make, to give (sanitize)

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-isk/-iscus

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little (asterisk)

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-ism

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belief in or profession of (baptism)

77
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-ist

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one who believes in (Platonist)

78
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-latry

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worship of (idolatry)

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-lite/-lith

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stone (monolith)

80
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-logue

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manner of speaking (monologue)

81
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-logy/-ology

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science or study of (geology)

82
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-lysis

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loosening (analysis)

83
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-ma/-m/-me

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result of (theorem)

84
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-mania

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madness for (pyromania)

85
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-meter

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to measure (centimeter)

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-oid

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resembling, like, shaped (android)

87
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-oma

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tumor (melanoma)

88
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-orama

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view (panorama)

89
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-pathy

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feeling, disease (antipathy)

90
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-philia/-philic/-phile

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love, affinity for; person with a love for (anglophilia, audiophile)

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-phobia

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fear of (claustrophobia)

92
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-phor

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that which carries (metaphor)

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-poly

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sale, selling (monopoly)

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-scope

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instrument for visual exam (telescope)

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-sis

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act, state of (metamorphosis)

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-tic

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pertaining to (static)

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-ant/-ent/-ient

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kind of agent, indication (important, convenient)

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