Latin Suffixes 5 (Bases)

Question 1

aper-, apert-
(aperient, aperture)

Answer 1

to open

Question 2

av-
(avian, aviary)

Answer 2

bird

Question 3

crem-, cremat-
(cremate, crematorium)

Answer 3

to burn

Question 4

dilat-
(dilation, dilator)

Answer 4

spread out

Question 5

don-, donat-
(donation, donor)

Answer 5

to give

Question 6

firm-
(infirmary, infirmity)

Answer 6

strong, able

Question 7

habit-, habitat-
(cohabitation, inhabitant)

Answer 7

to dwell

Question 8

i-, it-
(exit, transient)

Answer 8

to go

Question 9

lubric-, lubricat-
(lubricant, lubrication)

Answer 9

to make smooth

Question 10

moll-
(emollient, mollusk)

Answer 10

soft

Question 11

oper-, operat-
(operator, postoperative)

Answer 11

to work

Question 12

ori-, ort-
(abortion, disorient)

Answer 12

to rise

Question 13

oscill-, oscillat-
(oscillator, oscillopsia)

Answer 13

to swing

Question 14

oss-
(interosseus, ossuary)

Answer 14

bone

Question 15

pati-, pass-
(passivity, patient)

Answer 15

to suffer, to endure

Question 16

pend-, pens-
(appendix, pendulum)

Answer 16

to hang, to weigh, to pay

Question 17

pil-
(depilatory, pileous)

Answer 17

hair

Question 18

pred-, predat-
(predation, predator)

Answer 18

prey, to hunt

Question 19

reg- (-rig-), rect-
(erector, regent)

Answer 19

to rule, to make straight

Question 20

rod-, ros-
(corrosion, rodent)

Answer 20

to gnaw

Question 21

spir-, spirat-
(respirator, respirometer)

Answer 21

to breathe

Question 22

string-, strict-
(astringent, constrictor)

Answer 22

to draw tight

Question 23

tribu-, tribut-
(contributor, distributor)

Answer 23

to assign, to allot

Question 24

vit-, viv-
(revitalize, vivarium)

Answer 24

life, to live