Prefixes/Sufixes

Question 1

able, ible

Answer 1

able to do or be.

Question 2

er, or

Answer 2

a person/more

Question 3

ion, tion, ation, ition

Answer 3

state or quality/ action or process of

Question 4

ous, ious, eous

Answer 4

full of/ having qualities

Question 5

ative/itive

Answer 5

a combination of -ate1.and -ive, used to form adjectives from stems in -ate 1, (regulative); on this model, because of the frequency and productivity of -ate1, used independently to form adjectives from stems of other origin:
normative.

Question 6

ness

Answer 6

a headland; promontory; cape.

Question 7

ment

Answer 7

a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state ( abridgment; refreshment), a product ( fragment), or means ( ornament

Question 8

ity

Answer 8

a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition:
jollity; civility; Latinity.

Question 9

ence

Answer 9

a noun suffix equivalent to -ance, corresponding to the suffix -ent in adjectives: abstinence; continence; dependence; difference .