prefixes/suffixes Flashcards
ablie,ible
to be able to
er, or
a person who/more (er)
ion,tion.ation,ition
state or quality/action of process
ous,ious,eous
full of/have the qualities of
tive
a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.:
active; corrective; destructive; detective; passive; sportive.
ment
a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state ( abridgment; refreshment), a product ( fragment), or means ( ornament).
itive
suffix occurring in substantives of Latin origin: definitive; fugitive.
ness
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.
ative
of, relating to, or tending to: authoritative, decorative, informative
ity
a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition:
jollity; civility; Latinity.
ence
a noun suffix equivalent to -ance, corresponding to the suffix -ent in adjectives: abstinence; continence; dependence; difference.