Suffix Flashcards
-able
Adj-
Able to be
Agreeable
Available
Portable
-ac
Adj
Pertaining to
Cardiac
Insomniac
Maniac
-acity or -ocity
Noun
Quality of
Audacity
Incapacity
Ferocity
-age
Noun
Action or process
Advantage
Blockage
Pilgrimage
-al
Adj
Relating to
Bacterial
Frugal
Natural
-an or -ian
Adj or noun
Relating to or one who is skilled at
Comedian
Theologian
Urban
-arian
Noun
A person who
Aquarian
Librarian
Vegetarian
-ate
Adj or verb
State or quality of; can make a word a verb
Affectionate
Fixate
Medicate
-ative
Adj
Trending to
Creative
Fixative
Talkative
-cide
Noun
Killing
Homocide
Insecticide
Suicide
-cy
Noun
Condition or state
Boredom
Freedom
Kingdom
-ed
Verb
Past tense
Chased
Laughed
Zipped
-en
Verb
Makes a word a verb
Frighten
Thicken
Sweeten
-ence
Noun
State or condition
Absence
Negligence
Sequence
-ent
Adj or noun
Causing or one who performs or causes
Competent
Correspondent
Incident
-escence
Noun
Process or state
Adolescence
Evanescence
Fluorescence
-est
Adj
Most
Craziest
Healthiest
Stillest
-ful
Adj
Having to quality of
Disrespectful
Hopeful
Thoughtful
-ible
Adj
Able to be
Convertible
Flexible
Legible
-ic
Adj
Relating to or having the quality of
Apologetic
Genetic
Magnetic
-ify
Verb
To transform something Into something else
Magnify
Objectify
Simplify
-ing
Noun or verb
Materials or an action or process
Bedding
Dancing
Writing
-ity
Noun
State of or quality of
Density
Fertility
Plausibility
-ive
Adj or noun
Having a quality, or a person or thing with the quality of
Competitive
Explosive
Negative
-ize
Verb
Cause or become
Characterize
Hospitalize
Personalize
-less
Adj
Without
Directionless
Heartless
Senseless
-ly
Ad verb
Makes a word into an adverb
Bravely
Motherly
Quickly
-ment
Noun
Action or result
Establishment
Movement
Shipment
-ness
Noun
State or quality
Fullness
Kindness
Thinness
-or
Noun
A person who
Advisor
Inventor
Translator
-ous
Adj
Full of
Dangerous
Hazardous
Porous
-tion or -sion
Noun
Act or process, result of a process, state, or quality
Motion
Navigation
Tension
-tude
Noun
State, condition, or quality
Fortitude
Gratitude
Solitude
-ty
Adj or noun
State, condition or quality
Ability
Meaty
Scanty
-uous
Adj
State or quality of
Arduous
Strenuous
Voluptuous
-y
Adj
Having or resembling
Dirty
Guilty
Sporty
