Module 10: Suffixes

Question 1

ete, t

Answer 1

a person or thing doing

Question 2

ician

Answer 2

specialist in, practitioner of

Question 3

ics, tics

Answer 3

art, science, or study of

Question 4

ist

Answer 4

one who practices or partakes in

Question 5

ter

Answer 5

means of, place for

Question 6

isk, iscus

Answer 6

asterisk(little star), meniscus(little moon)

Question 7

ium, ion

Answer 7

bacterium (“little rod”), opium (dim. of “juice”), pterion (“little wing”)

Question 8

idium, idion

Answer 8

oncidium (a species of orchid with a “little swelling” on its lip), ophidion (eel-like fish, a “little snake”)