Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
able
able to do
er/or
a person who
ion,tion,ation,ition
state or quallily/action or progres of
ous,ious,eous
full of/ having qualitres of
ence
denoting a quality or an instance of it.
“impertinence”
ity
forming nouns denoting quality or condition.
“humility”
ness
(usually in place names) a headland or promontory.
“Orford Ness”
ative
(forming adjectives) denoting a characteristic or propensity.
“pejorative”
itive
(forming adjectives) equivalent to -ative (as in genitive, positive ).
tive
It is a morophone(the smallest grammatical unit in a language) added at the end of a word to form a derivative(a word formed that makes another word)
ment
forming nouns expressing the means or result of an action.
“curtailment”
forming nouns from adjectives (such as merriment from merry ).