Suffix Flashcards

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-able

A

Adj-

Able to be

Agreeable
Available
Portable

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-ac

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Adj

Pertaining to

Cardiac
Insomniac
Maniac

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-acity or -ocity

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Noun

Quality of

Audacity
Incapacity
Ferocity

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-age

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Noun

Action or process

Advantage
Blockage
Pilgrimage

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-al

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Adj

Relating to

Bacterial
Frugal
Natural

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-an or -ian

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Adj or noun

Relating to or one who is skilled at

Comedian
Theologian
Urban

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-arian

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Noun

A person who

Aquarian
Librarian
Vegetarian

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-ate

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Adj or verb

State or quality of; can make a word a verb

Affectionate
Fixate
Medicate

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-ative

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Adj

Trending to

Creative
Fixative
Talkative

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-cide

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Noun

Killing

Homocide
Insecticide
Suicide

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-cy

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Noun

Condition or state

Boredom
Freedom
Kingdom

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-ed

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Verb

Past tense

Chased
Laughed
Zipped

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-en

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Verb

Makes a word a verb

Frighten
Thicken
Sweeten

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-ence

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Noun

State or condition

Absence
Negligence
Sequence

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-ent

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Adj or noun

Causing or one who performs or causes

Competent
Correspondent
Incident

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-escence

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Noun

Process or state

Adolescence
Evanescence
Fluorescence

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Q

-est

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Adj

Most

Craziest
Healthiest
Stillest

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-ful

A

Adj

Having to quality of

Disrespectful
Hopeful
Thoughtful

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Q

-ible

A

Adj

Able to be

Convertible
Flexible
Legible

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-ic

A

Adj

Relating to or having the quality of

Apologetic
Genetic
Magnetic

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-ify

A

Verb

To transform something Into something else

Magnify
Objectify
Simplify

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-ing

A

Noun or verb

Materials or an action or process

Bedding
Dancing
Writing

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-ity

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Noun

State of or quality of

Density
Fertility
Plausibility

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-ive

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Adj or noun

Having a quality, or a person or thing with the quality of

Competitive
Explosive
Negative

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-ize
Verb Cause or become Characterize Hospitalize Personalize
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-less
Adj Without Directionless Heartless Senseless
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-ly
Ad verb Makes a word into an adverb Bravely Motherly Quickly
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-ment
Noun Action or result Establishment Movement Shipment
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-ness
Noun State or quality Fullness Kindness Thinness
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-or
Noun A person who Advisor Inventor Translator
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-ous
Adj Full of Dangerous Hazardous Porous
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-tion or -sion
Noun Act or process, result of a process, state, or quality Motion Navigation Tension
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-tude
Noun State, condition, or quality Fortitude Gratitude Solitude
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-ty
Adj or noun State, condition or quality Ability Meaty Scanty
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-uous
Adj State or quality of Arduous Strenuous Voluptuous
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-y
Adj Having or resembling Dirty Guilty Sporty