Prefixes/Suffixes

Question 1

able/ible

Answer 1

able to be

Question 2

er/or

Answer 2

a person who

Question 3

ion,tion,ation,ition

Answer 3

state or quality/action of process of

Question 4

ous ious eous

Answer 4

full of/ having the qualities of

Question 5

ment

Answer 5

a suffix of nouns that denote an action or resulting state (abridgment; refreshment), a product (fragment), or means (ornament)

Question 6

tive

Answer 6

suffix forming adjectives from verbs, meaning “pertaining to, tending to,” in some cases from Old French -if, but usually directly from Latin -ivus.

Question 7

itive

Answer 7

a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: active; corrective; destructive; detective; passive; sportive. Compare -ative, -itive.

Question 8

ative

Answer 8

suffix. The definition of ative is relating to or serving to. An example of ative used as a suffix is in the word informative, which means relating to give information.

Question 9

ness

Answer 9

a native English suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; kindness; obligingness; preparedness. Origin of -ness.

Question 10

ity

Answer 10

Word Origin and History for -ity. suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives, meaning “condition or quality of being ______,” from Middle English -ite, from Old French -ité and directly from Latin -itatem (nominative -itas), suffix denoting state or condition, composed of connective -i- + -tas (see -ty (2)).

Question 11

ence

Answer 11

indicating an action, state, condition, or quality: benevolence, residence, patience. via Old French from Latin -entia, from -ēns, present participial ending. Word Origin and History for -ence. see -ance.