Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards

1
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able

A

able to do

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2
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er/or

A

a person who

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3
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ion,tion,ation,ition

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state or quallily/action or progres of

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4
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ous,ious,eous

A

full of/ having qualitres of

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5
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ence

A

denoting a quality or an instance of it.

“impertinence”

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6
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ity

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forming nouns denoting quality or condition.

“humility”

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7
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ness

A

(usually in place names) a headland or promontory.

“Orford Ness”

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8
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ative

A

(forming adjectives) denoting a characteristic or propensity.
“pejorative”

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9
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itive

A

(forming adjectives) equivalent to -ative (as in genitive, positive ).

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10
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tive

A

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)

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ment

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forming nouns expressing the means or result of an action.
“curtailment”
forming nouns from adjectives (such as merriment from merry ).

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