Prefixes/Sufixes Flashcards
able, ible
able to do or be.
er, or
a person/more
ion, tion, ation, ition
state or quality/ action or process of
ous, ious, eous
full of/ having qualities
ative/itive
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.
ness
a headland; promontory; cape.
ment
a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state ( abridgment; refreshment), a product ( fragment), or means ( ornament
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 .